'rehab Addict' Pulled After Video Shows Hgtv Host Nicole Curtis Using A Racial Slur

Nicole Curtis, whose home-rehab activity successful Detroit and Minneapolis has been nan backbone of “Rehab Addict” connected HGTV, is thanking group for their support and apologizing aft a video surfaced successful which she utilized a group slur.

“I could opportunity more, but I shall opportunity less,” she wrote Wednesday successful a caption connected an Instagram video showing her going backmost and distant connected an airport’s moving sidewalk. “Thank you for 15 years of amazing, astonishing support! Your emotion took maine from a struggling mommy moving overseas jobs successful Craigslist to a existent property mogul whose sound (more than face) gets recognized each complete nan world.

“God Bless ... Set nan DVR -stream it -just make judge these aged houses are saved.”

In nan video, you tin spot her riding successful 1 guidance arsenic nan matter complete nan video states, “POV: you waiting each this clip for much Rehab Addict. Then she’s going nan different measurement pinch matter saying, “Me: I promise” followed by different guidance move and matter that reads, “Me: forgive me.”

In her Instagram Stories, she shared a matter exchange pinch TMZ wherever she said, successful part, “Regarding HGTV, I’m grateful for nan 15-year travel we’ve shared. It’s been a meaningful chapter, but my attraction isn’t connected my career. My attraction astatine this infinitesimal is rightfully connected my relationships, and my organization — nan group who genuinely cognize my characteristic and wherever my bosom is. I want to beryllium clear: nan connection successful mobility is incorrect and not portion of my vocabulary and ne'er has been, and I apologize to everyone.”

She followed that up pinch a bid of surface grabs showing messages from strangers calling her profane names, insulting her and labeling her a racist. One person said he wanted her deported and “disposed of” and added, amid his all-caps profanity, “may you ne'er person a time of bid again.” Curtis told TMZ she was focused connected being a mom.

Video of nan gaffe was captured 2 years ago, according to Radar Online, which posted it Wednesday.

“Why? It’s my past one,” she says successful nan little clip, whining a spot arsenic she stands connected a ladder and struggles to clip immoderate wires. Then she uses nan N-word.

She instantly stops what she’s doing, turns astir and says, “What nan f— is that that I conscionable said? Nick, you gotta, you gotta — tin you termination that?” A worker is seen helping her astatine crushed level. Someone tin beryllium heard laughing disconnected camera.

“No, I’ve sewage 35 minutes [of footage shot], I can’t ...,” her cameraman says from farther away, off-camera.

“Oh, f— my life,” Curtis says, distressed complete what she conscionable said.

HGTV said successful a connection that nan web had been “recently made alert of an violative group remark made during nan filming of Rehab Addict. Not only is connection for illustration this hurtful and disappointing to our viewers, partners, and labor — it does not align pinch nan values of HGTV.”

The web said it had removed nan show “from each HGTV platforms.” The show was produced for 8 afloat seasons from 2010 to 2018 and was successful nan midst of an apparently short ninth play dispersed complete 2 years erstwhile it was pulled. The franchise — which besides included “Rehab Addict Rescue” (2021) and “Rehab Addict Lake House Rescue” (2022) — was nary longer disposable to watercourse connected nan HBO Max aliases Discovery+ platforms connected Thursday.

Curtis had posted a promo for nan caller episodes of “Rehab Addict,” which hasn’t showed caller worldly since past summer.

“Straight from Detroit —the caller episodes driblet Wednesday …was told now aliases ne'er -so you get them now,” nan Instagram station says. Two episodes were group to air, but did not,” she wrote successful nan promo caption.”And tin you do maine a immense show of support by sharing this. Sending it to friends, tag a friend, a stranger.”

Curtis talked pinch The Times astir her 2016 book “Better Than New: Lessons I’ve Learned From Saving Old Houses,” wherever she wrote, “The champion measurement to get done hellhole is to support connected moving.”

“Years ago, I was having a bad clip and I was sitting location successful my pajamas crying, and a friend was location and said, ‘C’mon, get up, we’re going for a walk,’” she said astatine nan time. “Now I’ve sewage mascara moving down my face, and I’m a mess, but she said, ‘You person to support moving, now, let’s go!’ And that was really helpful. If I wasn’t truthful physically active, I astir apt wouldn’t get retired of furniture immoderate days. You person to get fired backmost up — conscionable get up and move.”

It could beryllium clip for Curtis to get up and moving again.