[aimhigh]

Dumbest lawsuit reason I’ve ever heard of. Sounds like a set up to tarnish them.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Not everything immoral is illegal.

But what goes around comes around.

[Red Badger]

Hmm, and had HGTV declined the show, they would be where?...................

[drop 50 and fire for effect]

Wow, so he shrewdly bought out his partners before he struck it big.

I congratulate Mr. Gaines on his clairvoyance that his show would become a hit, instead of crashing and burning in near anonymity, like most attempts to create shows on basic cable.

[vpintheak]

I call bull!

[McGavin999]

You know what makes Fixer Upper great? Chip and Joanna Gaines

[C210N]

Something bizarre either with Chip/Joanna, or folks peddling on their names...

HGTV has had enough. Joanna has been showing up late to the construction sites as well as the filmings and now have found out Joanna has been leading a double life. Her disinterest in the show "Fixer Upper" with her hilarious husband Chip Gaines has fallen to the wayside due to her side business. Here we reveal the truth behind what this side business is really all about...

[caver]

$2500 each ain’t squat. It sure wasn’t worth much.

[Jane Long]

Lewis & Clark's loss is Chip's gain 😂

[NohSpinZone]

Wait, Chip Gaines pulled a Luca Brasi and made them sign the papers to dissolve their partnership?

“Either your signature or your brains will be on this paper.”

[rxsid]

The first show was May 23, 2013, and these former partners have decided that now they want to sue?

HGTV had to have known about these other partners while they were engaging Chip regarding the (then) planed TV show.

Sounds like the others weren't interested in taking their business down the "reality" TV venue, wanted out...and are now trying to claim what...that the TV deal was kept hidden from them when they sold out?

[Jrabbit]

And, Fox News treats this as “News”? How stupid.

[cicero2k]

Reality meets Realty.

Reality TV is about people as much as process. Even if the partners did not know, they were compensated an amount agreed upon.

They can start another realty and proceed with a 5K head start, or work as agents elsewhere. I don’t see the damages. They were not pretty enough for the show, apparently.

[Wuli]

I wonder of this suit will come under the legal framework of “insider trading”?

However, they apparently wanted out of the business or would not have sold their interest to Chip for so little.

[IrishBrigade]

“Fixer Upper” star Chip Gaines is being sued

I’d sue him for acting like ten year old child on this dumb show and allowing his wife unlimited access to condescending remarks...

[CharlesWayneCT]

Not enough information in the article or others to really tell who’s got the upper hand here.

However, it appears that HGTV was bargaining directly with Gaines, NOT with the real estate company. Gaines ended up using it to enhance the company, but I guess if his partners hadn’t sold, he could have quit and formed a new company and promoted THAT on the show.

But, maybe HGTV WAS specifically working with the company. Like I said, there just isn’t enough information readily available to tell.

[TADSLOS]

Sounds like an attempt to turn sour grapes into cash.