What To Know
- Former Fixer Upper star Clint Harp opened up about his expertise working on the HGTV sequence.
- Harp revealed he was “never paid as an actor” on the sequence.
- Clint and his spouse, Kelly Harp, additionally shared the realities of being on TV and the way fame modified their lives.
A former Fixer Upper star is getting candid about his time on the hit residence renovation sequence.
Fixer Upper debuted on HGTV again in 2013 and ran for 5 seasons till it concluded in 2018. The sequence starred couple Chip and Joanna Gaines as they gave new life to houses within the Waco, Texas, space. Carpenter Clint Harp was frequently featured on the present, serving to Chip and Joanna with their renovation and furnishing initiatives.
Clint appeared again at his time on Fixer Upper along with his spouse, Kelly Harp, throughout a current episode of the pair’s On Couch podcast. “I was a side character, B character, whatever, in the show, but there were still requirements and things I had to do,” he recalled. “And one of the things we talked about before was how people that were coming here to work with us were people that were working with actors all over the country. Because that’s one of the things that people don’t realize about TV. I didn’t. It’s like you have this crew of people that comes in and works on the show, but they’re from all over. They may not even know each other. And they’re all working on different shows.”
Clint went on to disclose that he was “never paid as an actor on Fixer Upper,” however quite was “paid one season as a contractor.” Meanwhile, Kelly famous that the present helped carry publicity to Waco and to their enterprise, Harp Design Co.
Their TV fame introduced alongside some challenges, together with studying the right way to maintain their household life personal from the general public eye. “First of all, we weren’t even Chip and Jo. They were going through a whole other stratosphere of stuff. But like, it was a thing. It was definitely a thing,” Clint stated, recalling a time he was acknowledged on the household’s seaside trip, regardless of carrying a baseball cap and sun shades as a disguise.
“One of the things that you quickly learn is that the network, let’s just say, they’re not concerned about your marriage. They’re not out to get you. They’re just not out to — that’s not what they’re thinking,” he went on to share. Kelly added, “They’re just concerned about making a television show. And really, the people who are here, they’re concerned with making their bosses happy.”
Following the top of Fixer Upper, the couple went on to star on the one-season present Wood Work from 2017 to 2018. Chip and Joanna launched Magnolia Network digitally in 2021, and the community transitioned to TV the next yr. Clint reunited with the couple to launch his most up-to-date present, Renovation Road, which premiered in 2021. (The present hasn’t aired new episodes since 2024 however has not been formally canceled.)
On the podcast, Clint advised viewers that making a TV present will not be as glamorous as some would possibly suppose. “It’s kind of like a bunch of people all fighting for their lives and their careers, trying to make something good that will make money for the people that are in charge, so that they’ll hopefully ask them to go make something else, that will hopefully make money and make the people in charge happy,” he said. “But the kicker is, the next time they ask you to do it, will probably be for less money.”
Both Clint and Kelly agreed that their expertise on Renovation Road was “better” than their earlier TV initiatives. “It was just you. It was not really our business,” Kelly stated. “It was hard to travel, so there were other things, but we could compartmentalize, I think, in a way that made it really hard.”
