>>> WERE BACK. ITS 8:13.
ITS 8:13.
WEVE GOT A MORNING EXCLUSIVE. CHIP AND JOANNA GAINES BROKE A
LOT OF HEARTS LAST MONTH WHEN
THEY ANNOUNCED THEY WERE LEAVING
THEIR HIT HGTV SHOW, "FIXER UPPER."IT HGTV SHOW, "FIXER
UPPER."
THEYRE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT
AND CHIPS NEW BOOK, "CAPITAL
GAINES,
GAINES.
YOU SHOULD HAVE ALSO STARTED A
SUPPORT GROUP.
>> I THINK.
>> BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE IN DESPAIR
ABOUT THIS.
ARE YOU SURPRISED AT THE
REACTION?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I KNEW MY MOM
WAS GOING TO BE UPSET.
WHEN SHE FOUND OUT, SHE HAS GOT
THIS LITTLE BUNKO CREW SHE RUNS
WITH, AND SHE SAID THEY ASKED
HER TO LEAVE.
>> LIKE, YOURE OUT.
>> SO THAT WAS A BIT SAD.
>> I MEAN, PEOPLE LOVE THIS
SHOW.
THEY LOVE YOU.
AND THEY DO NOT SEEM READY TO
LET IT GO. >> YOU KNOW, I THINK ON THAT
SIDE, I GET THAT.
BECAUSE I THINK ITS JUST --
WEVE KIND OF ALL GROWN
TOGETHER.
I FEEL LIKE WITH THE AUDIENCE, THEY HAVE COME ALONG SIDE WITH
US.
US.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, ITS LIKE
THERE IS SO MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT.
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SAD, IT WAS
ALSO THEY GET IT.
WE HAVE THIS YOUNG GROWING FAMILY. THIS YOUNG GROWING
FAMILY.
AND I JUST THINK THAT WAS ONE OF
THE BIGGEST REASONS WHY WE WANTED IT.T REASONS WHY WE
WANTED IT. >> YOU WRITE ABOUT IT IN YOUR
BOOK, CHIP.
BOOK, CHIP.
IT LOOKS LIKE FUN AND ITS FUN FOR US TO WATCH.N AND ITS FUN
FOR US TO WATCH. THIS IS HARD WORK, REALITY TV.
TAKE PEOPLE INTO THAT.
WHAT IS THIS -- TO PULL OFF A
SHOW LIKE THIS, WHATS ACTUALLY
INVOLVED?
INVOLVED?
>>
>> NOBODY KNOWS WHEN YOU GET
INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, FROM
OUR PERSPECTIVE.
OBVIOUSLY, SOMEBODY KNOWS.
BUT WHEN WE GOT INTO THIS, YOU
KNOW, BECAUSE IM AN IDIOT, I
THOUGHT THIS WAS LIKE A GET RICH
QUICK SCHEME.
SO I WAS LIKE, SWEET.
THEY THINK WE COULD WORK ABOUT
EIGHT HOURS A MONTH, AND
SUPPOSEDLY YOU END UP WITH ALL
THESE RICHES WHEN THIS IS ALL
SAID AND DONE.
UNFORTUNATELY, ITS NOT QUITE
THAT EASY.
AND THE EMOTION AND THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT IT TAKES TO KIND
OF POUR SOMETHING LIKE THIS
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
AND WHO KNOWS? I CANT SPEAK ON ANYBODY ELSES
BEHALF.
BEHALF.
BUT I KNOW FOR JO AND I, WE WANTED IT TO BE THE REAL DEAL,
AUTHENTIC, LEGIT, SINCERE.
AND I THINK THATS WHY PEOPLE
WERE DRAWN TO IT.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. IMMEDIATELY PEOPLE ARE LIKE,
THAT CANT BE THE REAL REASON.
SO PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO SAY,
OH, ITS SOMETHING ELSE.
ILL LET YOU TAKE IT ON.
>> SURE.
>> SURE.
>> SOME PEOPLE SAID, OKAY, SOMETHING IS GOING ON IN THE
RELATIONSHIP.
RELATIONSHIP.
>> SURE.
>> AND THATS WHY THE SHOW ENDED, TO WHICH YOU SAY?W
ENDED, TO WHICH YOU SAY? >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK, ILL GIVE THEM A LITTLE CREDENCE.
THERE IS ALWAYS WHATS NEXT.
AND FOR US, THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IN THE WORLD IS JO AND IS
RELATIONSHIP, FOLLOWED VERY
QUICKLY BY THESE FOUR BEAUTIFUL
KIDS.
KIDS.
AND WE DIDNT WANT TO PUSH IT, RED LINE IT, FOR SO LONG THAT WE
WOKE UP AND REALIZED, WE ARE AT
A POINT OF NO RETURN.
SO WE WANTED TO TAKE A STEP BACK
AND FOCUS ON THE THING THAT WAS
ABSOLUTELY THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING TO US IN THE WORLD, WHICH
IS JO AND IS RELATIONSHIP.
AND ITS FUNNY.
PEOPLE IN OUR INNER CIRCLE, I
TELL THEM, WERE AS HEALTHY AS
WEVE EVER BEEN.
I JUST DIDNT WANT TO CONTINUE
PUSHING THIS ENVELOPE TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT.
FULLEST EXTENT. AND IM -- YOU KNOW, WERE
REALLY THANKFUL WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF STEP BACK
AND TAKE A BREAK.
>> WOULD YOU DO IT AGAIN?
>> IN A HEARTBEAT.
>> WOULD YOU DO ANOTHER SHOW,
MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD?
>> WHO KNOWS. >> YEAH?NOWS.
>> YEAH? >> WERE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS
BREAK.
BREAK.
BUT WOULD WE GO BACK AND DO THIS AGAIN?ULD WE GO BACK AND DO THIS
AGAIN?
ABSOLUTELY.
IN A HEARTBEAT.
IT WAS A JOY.
IT WAS A PLEASURE.
ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW
ABOUT IT.
I MEAN, IT INTRODUCED US TO KANSAS. IT INTRODUCED US TO
KANSAS.
AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS IN NEW YORK DONT KNOW ABOUT USKS IN
NEW YORK DONT KNOW ABOUT US YET.
YET.
AND SO WERE HOPING THAT MAYBE
THE SHOW MAKES IT FURTHER
NORTHEAST.
BUT IN KANSAS, WERE CRAZY -- WERE HUGE.SAS, WERE CRAZY --
WERE HUGE.
>> YOU KNOW, CHIP JUST WROTE THE
BOOK.
AND ITS ACTUALLY FULL OF LIFE
LESSONS.
AND YOURE A BIG RISK-TAKER AND
I THINK PEOPLE FIND IT
INSPIRING.
BUT JOANNA, WHEN YOU MET CHIP, FAIR TO SAY, HE WAS A BIT OF A
FIXER UPPER.
FIXER UPPER.
>> SHE WAS THE ONE WHO TOOK THE
ORIGINAL BIG RISK, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I GET FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE OF WHAT
ITS LIKE TO HAVE THIS GUY BY MY
SIDE TO REALLY PUSH ME TO MY
DREAMS.
DREAMS.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT THIS BOOK
IS.
JUST LIKE GET PAST FEAR AND
FAILURE AND GO FOR YOUR DREAMS. AND I FEEL LIKE IN THE BEGINNING
I WAS THE WINTER FILED OF THAT.
SO RIGHT OFF THE BAT, HE WAS THE
ONE THAT ENCOURAGED ME.
IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU WANT
TO DO, GET AFTER IT.
>> WHAT IS YOUR BEST ADVICE TO
PEOPLE?
PEOPLE?
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE FEAR, BUT MAYBE FOR GOOD REASON,
BECAUSE YOU DONT WANT TO TAKE A
DUMB RISK.
DUMB RISK.
GOOD TO TAKE RISKS.
YOU DONT WANT TO TAKE A DUMB RISK.ONT WANT TO TAKE A DUMB
RISK.
>> FOR ME, I HAVE THIS GLASS HALF FULL KIND OF MENTALITY.
AND I THINK EVEN THE DUMB RISKS
END UP PAYING OFF TO SOME
EXTENT.
EXTENT.
YOU KNOW, ITS LIKE, THE THINGS
YOU LEARN THROUGH THOSE BAD DECISIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE THE
THINGS THAT MEAN THE VERY MOST
TO ME NOW, LOOKING BACKWARDS,
HAD I NOT MADE THESE GRAVE
MISTAKES.
MISTAKES.
YOU KNOW, I WOULDNT HAVE MADE IT WHERE I AM.ULDNT HAVE MADE
IT WHERE I AM.
>> WHATS THE DUMBEST THING YOU EVER DID?THE DUMBEST THING YOU
EVER DID?
SINCE THE BOOK TITLE JUST
INVITES THAT QUESTION.
OH, JOANNA, YOU CAN ALSO ANSWER. >> ILL LET HIM ANSWER.SO ANSWER.
>> ILL LET HIM ANSWER. >> IM NERVOUS.
I THINK WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE
ROLLING, I FEEL LIKE TO SOME
EXTENT -- LIKE, THIS IS A GOOD
EXAMPLE.
EXAMPLE.
WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE HERE, AND THEYRE ON BIG DADDY, I REFER TO
MYSELF IN MY OWN MIND.
I -- I FEEL LIKE ITS DARING ME
TO DO SOMETHING THATS A LITTLE
BIT OUTSIDE THE ENVELOPE.
AND SO I JUST THINK THAT BECAUSE
OF THE WAY THAT WHOLE THING CAME
TOGETHER, IT CERTAINLY ALLOWED
FOR -- THERE WAS NEVER A DULL
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
>> THERE WERE MOMENTS YOURE LIKE, OH, WHY DID I DO THAT ON
TV?
TV?
YOU EVER WANT TO RUN OVER AND
GIVE A BIG KISS TO MATT LAUER ON THE CHEEK? KISS TO MATT LAUER ON
THE CHEEK?
HES JUST RIGHT OVER THERE. >> THATS IT.HT OVER THERE.
>> THATS IT.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING! >> YOU BIG HUNK OF MAN CANDY.G!
>> YOU BIG HUNK OF MAN CANDY. >> ITS SO CUTE.
CHIP AND JOANNA, THANK YOU SO MUCH.AND JOANNA, THANK YOU SO
MUCH. YOULL NEVER REGRET THAT.
YOU WILL NEVER, NEVER, NEVER
REGRET IT.
REGRET IT. THE BOOK IS CALLED "CAPITAL
GAINES."
GAINES."
RICHARD BRANSON IS OVER THERE. EVERYONE GETS A KISS!ER THERE.