<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - The best parenting tips Chip and Joanna Gaines have ever shared"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/tv/2019/10/22/chip-joanna-gaines-announce-magnolia-networks-first-show/4066861002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Chip and Joanna Gaines </a>are responding to accusations of being racist and anti-LGBTQ. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The home improvement couple, who rose to fame on HGTV show <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hgtv.com/shows/fixer-upper" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">"Fixer Upper,"</a> have faced scrutiny over the years for alleged discrimination. In 2016, reports found that the couple, who live near Waco, Texas, <a target="_blank" href="/story/life/tv/2016/12/02/hgtv-we-dont-discriminate-against-lgbt-people/94795320/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">attended a church led by a pastor that had been verbally against same-sex marriage</a>. Last year, <a target="_blank" href="/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/06/05/celebrities-share-emotions-racism-and-kids-gayle-king-ciara/3153424001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">the couple appeared on Emmanuel Acho's YouTube series</a> "Conversations with a Black Man" to ask him for advice on talking to their kids about race.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The Gaineses have been remained mostly quiet about the claims, except for some messages on their brand Magnolia's website: one where <a target="_blank" href="https://magnolia.com/we-stand-with-you/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">the company condemned racism</a> and announced donations to Waco NAACP, the Waco Community Race Relations Coalition and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Race Forward, and another where <a target="_blank" href="https://magnolia.com/chips-new-years-revelation/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Chip Gaines spoke of supporting all people</a> no matter the color of their skin or their sexual orientation.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">In an interview with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/chip-joanna-gaines-fixer-upper-magnolia-network-1234975027/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">The Hollywood Reporter</a> that published Wednesday, they addressed the accusations head on.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“Sometimes I’m like, ‘Can I just make a statement?’ ” Joanna Gaines said<a target="_blank" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/chip-joanna-gaines-fixer-upper-magnolia-network-1234975027/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">. </a>“The accusations that get thrown at you, like you’re a racist or you don’t like people in the LGBTQ community, that’s the stuff that really eats my lunch— because it’s so far from who we really are. That’s the stuff that keeps me up.” </p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img gnt_em_img__inset"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:451px" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/04/09/USAT/1718a96b-5056-4323-9732-af97077dae32-chip.jpg?width=300&height=451&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/04/09/USAT/1718a96b-5056-4323-9732-af97077dae32-chip.jpg?width=600&height=902&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="Joanna and Chip Gaines recently addressed past accusations that they did not support the LGBTQ community."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><a target="_blank" href="/story/life/tv/2019/04/10/exclusive-chip-and-joanna-gaines-reveal-plans-new-tv-venture/3412816002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a"><strong>Exclusive</strong>: Chip and Joanna Gaines on latest renovation project: Their own cable network</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong...</strong></p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/07/01/chip-and-joanna-gaines-address-claims-being-racist-anti-lgbtq/7823725002/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
