HGTV has taken disciplinary motion after RadarOnline.com revealed a video of Rehab Addict star Nicole Curtis dropping the “N phrase.”
After reaching out to the community, representatives acquired again to Radar and solely confirmed the host has been fired.
In an official assertion, HGTV knowledgeable Radar they had been “just lately made conscious of an offensive racial remark made through the filming of Rehab Addict.“
“We perceive that language like that is hurtful and disappointing to our viewers, companions, and staff, and it doesn’t align with the values of HGTV,” they defined within the assertion.
Because of the racial epithet dropped within the clip, HGTV mentioned they’ve accordingly “eliminated the collection from all HGTV platforms.”
“We stay devoted to fostering a tradition of respect and inclusion throughout our content material and our office,” they concluded.
Within the video Radar obtained solely, Curtis, 49, was having bother performing some renovation work when she shockingly exclaimed, “Why? It is the final one. Oh, fart n*****.”
The truth starlet was then heard pleading with the crew of her present to nix the recording, recognizing the influence what she’d mentioned might have on her.
“What the f*** is that I simply mentioned?” she requested, whereas a number of the crew laughed off digital camera. “Nick, you gotta, you gotta, are you able to kill that? F*** my life.”
After the video was shared, Curtis, whose present was due again on HGTV immediately after a hiatus, returned to social media and seemingly disregarded the ordeal.
She shared a photograph of herself promoting her present approaching immediately at midday and claimed she is going to “go to my final breath being proud that I did this extra actual, extra uncooked than anybody else.”
“There’s by no means been 100 folks, not to mention 25 folks, even 10 folks labeled manufacturing once I’m working,” she famous. “It is me, it is my building guys, on huge days (that means there’s an enormous construct like roof occurring), it is 2 cameras, however most, it’s one. It is by no means been about how I look (I repair that in publish) it is all the time been about the home.”
Curtis added they’ve had “squatters, medicine, human waste, the nastiest you may think about and we ended up with the attractive Doris home,” which she mentioned proves “once more – flippers flip.”
“Nicole Curtis (that is me) and workforce restore histor.”
Previous to HGTV’s assertion, the community quietly deleted an Instagram publish they’d made concerning her present’s return.
Whereas the publish was up as of earlier immediately, it was out of the blue unable to be discovered and has seemingly been deleted.
When clicking on the unique hyperlink, it redirected to a message informing Instagram customers it “is not accessible.”
“The hyperlink could also be damaged, or the profile might have been eliminated,” it added.
The publish had additionally been embedded in a media outlet’s protection of the present’s return, and the place the publish as soon as was, a message from Instagram now states the next: “The hyperlink to this picture or video could also be damaged, or the publish might have been eliminated.”