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HGTV’s Rehab Addict Canceled After Nicole Curtis Used Racial Slur While Filming
People ^ | 02 12 2026 | Ingrid Vasquez

Posted on 02/13/2026 3:57:35 AM PST by yesthatjallen

HGTV's Rehab Addict has been canceled after its star, Nicole Curtis, was caught using a racial slur while filming the series

A video of Curtis using the n-word while filming the show was posted by Radar on Wednesday, Feb. 11, the same day it was set to return

"Not only is language like this hurtful and disappointing to our viewers, partners, and employees - it does not align with the values of HGTV," the network said in a statement to PEOPLE

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(Excerpt) Read more at people.com ...


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KEYWORDS: buhbye; cancelculture; hgtv; ingridvasquez; nicolecurtis; people; racialslur; rehabaddict
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To: ohioman

She better not be listening to rap music.

I hear one of those folks uses the H word a lot.

Lol.


41 posted on 02/13/2026 6:09:05 AM PST by cgbg ("Your identity is how power treats you.")
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To: yesthatjallen

Odd this news broke the same day her new season opener was to begin. Someone must have had it in for her. Timing just seems odd.


42 posted on 02/13/2026 6:09:26 AM PST by donozark (Trump isn't a fascist. America's trains still do not run on time.)
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To: yesthatjallen
"I want to be clear: the word in question is wrong and not part of my vocabulary and never has been"

LOL. Did someone dub it in then????

43 posted on 02/13/2026 6:10:30 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: bk1000

Progressives are niggards when it come to “allowable” language.


44 posted on 02/13/2026 6:11:42 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: napscoordinator

Depends on the facts. If its retaliation, then there is a case.


45 posted on 02/13/2026 6:15:26 AM PST by Candor7 ( Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=300</img><a href="">tag</a>))
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To: FirstFlaBn

Or transitioning into a Puerto Rican Rapper who goes by the stage name of Bad Beaver….


46 posted on 02/13/2026 6:15:27 AM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: cgbg; albie
Interestingly enough, a white person can use the n-word if the person is a powerful Democrat politician. You can even be a KKK leader without any repercussions.


47 posted on 02/13/2026 6:16:06 AM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Wasn’t that white cook destroyed a few years back when she admitted she had once used the n-word?

Back in the day, some referred to Arabs as “Sand N-—rs”. Can’t imagine the blacks were offended at that.

Oh, well. They’ll get “wee wee’d up” over something...


48 posted on 02/13/2026 6:20:23 AM PST by OrangeHoof ("Our property is protected by two pitbulls. They love visitors, especially with marinara or garlic.")
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To: yesthatjallen

With the total coarseness of today’s language, why should any word be off limits. Lately it appears to be completely in vogue to throw the f-bomb around willy-nilly, so I don’t see the issue. Selective outrage is so tiresome.


49 posted on 02/13/2026 6:23:31 AM PST by AT7Saluki (No cejar, no ceder)
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To: yesthatjallen
”it does not align with the values of HGTV," the network said in a statement to PEOPLE

But a network about homes and gardens DOES align with a show about rehabbing drug addicts? Ok.

50 posted on 02/13/2026 6:36:02 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: OrangeHoof

Paula Deen


51 posted on 02/13/2026 6:38:18 AM PST by albie
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To: napscoordinator

“Music yes. Home decorator not so much.”

It’s not like it was a live broadcast. They could have edited it if they wanted to. This looks more like they were looking for any reason to fire her without repercussions, so they jumped on this.


52 posted on 02/13/2026 6:39:37 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: yesthatjallen

Does she have a GoFundMe?


53 posted on 02/13/2026 6:41:43 AM PST by Kleon
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To: Sicon
But a network about homes and gardens DOES align with a show about rehabbing drug addicts? Ok.

Huh?

54 posted on 02/13/2026 6:44:36 AM PST by Kleon
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To: yesthatjallen

I’m guessing Nicole is not black. Black people are allowed to be racists. Whites are not.


55 posted on 02/13/2026 7:04:04 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Import the third world. Become the second world.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Some of The richest blacks in the world made their living out of profiting from that word. Jay Z. ‘Dr. Dre.’ ‘Snoop Dog’ and blacks with other equally ridiculous Nick names. How many basketball Americans utter that word every five seconds? It is ridiculous how that stupid word is weaponized.

Just don’t call them “neighbor “


56 posted on 02/13/2026 7:21:26 AM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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To: yesthatjallen

The word has been used so much its been desensitized. Double standard in penalizing her.


57 posted on 02/13/2026 7:29:05 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: Vision

Sad but true.


58 posted on 02/13/2026 7:30:52 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Kleon

The network said that the racial slur doesn’t align with their network’s values, which makes sense. My point was, if your network is about homes and gardens, why do you have a show about rehabbing drug addicts on it? Do drug addicts align with their values? Rehabbing or not, what does it have to do with homes and gardens? Are the rehabbing drug addicts renovating houses or planting gardens as a way to stay off drugs?


59 posted on 02/13/2026 7:32:51 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: yesthatjallen

Just so long as we all agree its perfectly acceptable for all minorities to use any slur word they like about white people its a great day for civil rights.(?) 🤔


60 posted on 02/13/2026 7:35:04 AM PST by Nekman (The Dems are SocialistCommunistUtopianMarxists...SCUM for short...it FITS!)
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