HGTV fans adore Jenny and Dave Marrs. But viewers almost didn’t have a chance to meet the “Fixer to Fabulous” couple, as they turned down the show “multiple times.”
Jenny and Dave Marrs Turned Down ‘Fixer to Fabulous’
Before becoming fan favorites for their home renovations, Jenny and Dave Marrs ran a successful business in their home state of Arkansas. When HGTV came knocking, they were hesitant to make the jump.
“But we said no at the time because we really just we just were busy with our business, with our kids,” Jenny said during an interview with Extra TV ahead of season 7.
Dave added, “We’d just come through a pretty tough season of adoption, and we were just kind of coming out of the weeds where life was getting back to normal.”
According to Dave, the couple was concerned about how the show would represent their “little town” in Arkansas.
“We just we had a good business. We didn’t really have a desire to grow a lot more, [or to] be on television. So we yeah, we just said no originally,” he continued.
Jenny also voiced concern for the scrutiny that might come from a life in the public eye.
“You open yourself up to all the things. Like when you put your life out there, then you’re saying, ‘Okay, tell me what you think of that,'” she explained. “It’s not very fun sometimes to be on the other end of that.”
Jenny and Dave Marrs Didn’t Expect the Show to Last
After finally saying yes to an HGTV show, the Arkansas-based couple thought it would be over quickly.
“We did say yes and thinking, ‘Hey, we’ll have a pilot maybe a few more episodes,” Dave told Extra TV. “And here we are in season 7.”
As the Marrs gear up for season 7, they are also heading into a new season in life after a tough personal year.
“I’ve always been strictly in the no-decorating-before-Thanksgiving camp, but our family collectively decided that, this year, we need holiday cheer and twinkling lights and stockings and the Hope of Christmas sooner,” Jenny shared via Instagram on November 23. “All the firsts without the champion of Christmas herself: Dave’s mom. She is missed everyday but the first Christmas without her and the way she spearheaded Christmas cheer feels monumental and impossible. And, the first Christmas season without a mid-December pizza night and ridiculous over-the-top gifts from our neighbors’ Bob and Jill. And, the first without unwrapping the seven angel ornaments for the tree from Nana. And, the first without Dolly sleeping by the warmth of the fire.”
She added, “So, we decked the halls today. And the twinkling lights may not make our tender, weary hearts feel whole but they certainly don’t hurt. Our home feels like it’s smiling and that’s surely the start of something good.”
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