HGTV star Nicole Curtis has one particular person coming to her protection after a video leaked of her utilizing the N-word on her standard present “Rehab Addict” … properly, kinda.
Here is the deal … the community shelved Nicole’s present yesterday after the slur was made public … and he or she later issued an apology, telling TMZ the usage of that phrase doesn’t symbolize who she is.
Ryan Sawtelle — who labored on “Rehab Addict” and dated NC in the course of the decade they knew one another — advised us he thinks Nicole’s a nasty one who treats others on the present like rubbish … so he is not stunned this video was leaked. He pointed to experiences previously of contractors suing her, claiming they weren’t paid for his or her work.
Nevertheless, he additionally added, “As a lot as I dislike her — and it could be validating to see her get in hassle — she is unequivocally not a racist. Nor has she ever stated something racially insensitive over time we dated, and I’ve identified her.”
Ryan — who was truly holding the ladder within the 2022 episode clip if you hear Nicole blurt out the N-word — advised us she usually used nonsensical phrases and gibberish to keep away from cussing on the present … and calls it “unlucky” she mistakenly blurted out the slur. RS factors out … “It was so surprising, the crew laughed as a result of we knew that isn’t her.”
As for many who’ve labeled Nicole a racist for all times — and suppose Ryan’s off his rocker for defending her — RS tells us … “Because of the truth I’d moderately run a marathon barefoot on LEGOs than converse to her once more, I don’t care what anybody actually believes. I’m simply telling you the reality. The underside line right here is that movies like this usually are not leaked to break ‘good’ individuals.”
Nicole, after all, wished to deal with Ryan’s feedback … the nice and the brutal.
Nicole tells TMZ … “I respect that Ryan has admitted to the right nature of the video. It’s a manipulated, edited model. This footage was shot for my very own use, documenting our home restoration. There was no contract with HGTV in 2022. This home was not filmed for HGTV in 2022.”
She added, “We now have solely communicated via attorneys for the previous few years. He has had no involvement with the present that I produced alone dime. He argued for a glory title, and we gave it to him. He’s not somebody to talk on any tradition of any set of ours. My guys don’t take care of him due to the hell I went via with understanding him. I’ve executed my greatest to be cordial and aired him in the very best gentle. He continues to deliver disruption to mine.”