{"id":2279489,"date":"2026-02-12T21:40:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2279489"},"modified":"2026-02-12T21:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:40:04","slug":"hgtv-pulls-rehab-addict-after-host-uses-a-racial-slur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hgtv-pulls-rehab-addict-after-host-uses-a-racial-slur\/","title":{"rendered":"HGTV pulls ‘Rehab Addict’ after host uses a racial slur"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Nicole Curtis, whose home-rehab work in Detroit and Minneapolis has been the backbone of \u201cRehab Addict\u201d on HGTV, is thanking people for their support and apologizing after a video surfaced in which she used a racial slur.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could say more, but I shall say less,\u201d she wrote Wednesday in a caption on an Instagram video<\/a> showing her going back and forth on an airport\u2019s moving sidewalk. \u201cThank you for 15 years of amazing, amazing support! Your love took me from a struggling mommy working odd jobs in Craigslist to a real estate mogul whose voice (more than face) gets recognized all over the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cGod Bless … Set the DVR -stream it -just make sure these old houses are saved.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the video, you can see her riding in one direction as the text over the video states, \u201cPOV: you waiting all this time for more Rehab Addict. Then she\u2019s going the other way with text saying, \u201cMe: I promise\u201d followed by another direction switch and text that reads, \u201cMe: forgive me.\u201d<\/p>\n

In her Instagram Stories, she shared a text exchange with TMZ<\/a> where she said, in part, \u201cRegarding HGTV, I\u2019m grateful for the 15-year journey we\u2019ve shared. It\u2019s been a meaningful chapter, but my focus isn\u2019t on my career. My focus at this moment is rightfully on my relationships, and my community \u2014 the people who truly know my character and where my heart is. I want to be clear: the word in question is wrong and not part of my vocabulary and never has been, and I apologize to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

She followed that up with a series of screen grabs showing messages from strangers calling her profane names, insulting her and labeling her a racist. One person<\/a> said he wanted her deported and \u201cdisposed of\u201d and added, amid his all-caps profanity, \u201cmay you never have a day of peace again.\u201d Curtis told TMZ she was focused on being a mom. <\/p>\n

Video of the slip was captured two years ago, according to Radar Online<\/a>, which posted it Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy? It\u2019s my last one,\u201d she says in the brief clip, whining a bit as she stands on a ladder and struggles to clip some wires. Then she uses the N-word.<\/p>\n

She immediately stops what she\u2019s doing, turns around and says, \u201cWhat the f\u2014 is that that I just said? Nick, you gotta, you gotta \u2014 can you kill that?\u201d A worker is seen helping her at ground level. Someone can be heard laughing off camera.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I\u2019ve got 35 minutes [of footage shot], I can\u2019t …,\u201d her cameraman says from farther away, off-camera.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, f\u2014 my life,\u201d Curtis says, distressed over what she just said.<\/p>\n

HGTV said in a statement that the network had been \u201crecently made aware of an offensive racial comment made during the filming of Rehab Addict. Not only is language like this hurtful and disappointing to our viewers, partners, and employees \u2014 it does not align with the values of HGTV.\u201d<\/p>\n

The network said it had removed the show \u201cfrom all HGTV platforms.\u201d The show was produced for eight full seasons from 2010 to 2018 and was in the midst of an apparently short ninth season spread over two years when it was pulled. The franchise \u2014 which also included \u201cRehab Addict Rescue\u201d (2021) and \u201cRehab Addict Lake House Rescue\u201d (2022) \u2014 was no longer available to stream on the HBO Max or Discovery+ platforms on Thursday. <\/p>\n

Curtis had posted a promo<\/a> for the new episodes of \u201cRehab Addict,\u201d which hasn\u2019t showed new material since last summer. <\/p>\n

\u201cStraight from Detroit \u2014the new episodes drop Wednesday \u2026was told now or never -so you get them now,\u201d the Instagram post says. Two episodes were set to air, but did not,\u201d she wrote in the promo caption.\u201dAnd can you do me a huge show of support by sharing this. Sending it to friends, tag a friend, a stranger.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curtis talked with The Times about her 2016 book \u201cBetter Than New: Lessons I\u2019ve Learned From Saving Old Houses,\u201d where she wrote, \u201cThe best way to get through hell is to keep on moving.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYears ago, I was having a bad time and I was sitting there in my pajamas crying, and a friend was there and said, \u2018C\u2019mon, get up, we\u2019re going for a walk,\u2019\u201d she said at the time. \u201cNow I\u2019ve got mascara running down my face, and I\u2019m a mess, but she said, \u2018You have to keep moving, now, let\u2019s go!\u2019 And that was really helpful. If I wasn\u2019t so physically active, I probably wouldn\u2019t get out of bed some days. You have to get fired back up \u2014 just get up and move.\u201d<\/p>\n

It could be time for Curtis to get up and moving again.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n