Drew and Jonathan Scott‘s new HGTV series “Property Brothers: Under Pressure” has a more emotional edge than their other shows. Jonathan revealed that his experience supporting fiancée Zooey Deschanel after her family lost their home in the Los Angeles fires shaped how he connected with a couple on the show facing a similar loss.
Jonathan Scott Recalls the ‘Emotional’ Toll of Zooey Deschanel’s Family Loss
In a March 2026 interview with “Extra TV,” the brothers discussed their new show, which involves working with smaller budgets.
“We’re in a housing crisis,” Drew noted. “A lot of people across America, they can’t afford to live where they work.”
He added, “We didn’t take on massive budgets this season. We took smaller budgets for people who truly needed the help because they didn’t see any way to get what they needed.”
On the show, the brothers helped one couple who lost their home in the L.A. fires, something Jonathan could personally connect with.
“Zooey’s family’s home of 42 years burned in the fires and her parents lost every memory they had, every single thing,” Jonathan explained. “They literally didn’t even have clothes when they left the house. And so it was really hard for us and emotional.”
Jonathan noted that he’s in the process of rebuilding the Deschanel family home. “We’re rebuilding and I’m excited,” he said. “And they’re fortunate, they have a builder in the family.”
Drew Scott Discusses the Stress of Tight Home Budgets
In a March 2026 interview with Collider, Drew explained more about the tight budgets on their show.
“They just can’t afford to live where they work and it’s such a sad thing,” Drew shared. “You shouldn’t have to drive one, two hours each each way every day. Like, that’s just awful.”
“And so the budgets are the biggest difference too in this season,” the HGTV star continued. “We had a lot of people that applied for the show that had massive budgets” who wanted “to do a full renovation.”
He explained. “We turned that down. We really wanted to work with the people where they had nowhere else to go. They didn’t know what to do. We had budgets from $35,000 up. Literally, Jonathan and I were banging our heads on the wall sometimes trying to figure out how can we make this happen within their budget.”
Drew added, “So, it was a huge puzzle and there were moments where Jonathan and I didn’t know if we were going to be able to do it. And you see that stress on camera.”
