Property Brothers Drew and Jonathan Scott have given fans a glimpse into their ‘bittersweet’ personal summer amid the ongoing turmoil at HGTV.
The duo recently shared that during the show’s hiatus they took their 91-year-old father, Jim, to Scotland – where he was born.
They also took their own children, including Drew’s young kids – Parker and Piper, along to visit Jim’s hometown as he reconnected with his roots.
Jonathan was accompanied by fiancée Zooey Deschanel but it is unclear if her kids Elsie and Charlie – to whom he is a stepfather – joined in on the getaway.
‘We took our dad back to his hometown, and then we stayed in a castle, and then we went to Munich and Italy and Zurich. So it was fun to travel and get the kids used at a young age to traveling abroad,’ Drew shared to People.
‘Our dad’s 91, so if we go, it’s nice to take him too, because he can go back and see his brother and family.
‘So, we did a big family reunion there. We had 60 people together and it was a lot of fun.’
In July, without warning, HGTV pulled the plug on Bargain Block, Married to Real Estate, and Izzy Does It – with sources telling the Daily Mail more changes are coming.
Property Brothers Drew and Jonathan Scott have given fans a glimpse into their bittersweet personal summer amid the ongoing turmoil at HGTV
The duo recently shared that during the show’s hiatus they took their 91-year-old father, Jim, to Scotland – where he was born
It also delayed the twins’ new show titled Chasing the West.
It was supposed to come out on July 20 but it was postponed to July 30 amid the ongoing shakeup.
Another program of theirs – Don’t Hate Your House With the Property Brothers – was meant to begin airing its second season on July 30.
But an updated press release stated that season two of the home renovation show will start ‘later this year,’ with no specific date announced.
The Scotts’ show Celebrity IOU, however, has managed to stay on its original schedule, premiering on July 9 with guest star Rachel Brosnahan.
Chasing the West will see the Property Brothers help families escape the city and acclimate to country life across an eight-episode first season.
The brothers grew up on a 160-acre ranch at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada.
‘It was sort of bittersweet because we could share what we loved about growing up on a ranch with all of these families,’ Jonathan told People. ‘On the flip side, I miss it. It was so fun to be in the mountains.’
Their summer plans came during a rocky time at HGTV as the channel pulled multiple shows without warning and delayed others
Drew added: ‘It was like a blast to the past for us. It was nostalgic. We were riding horses every other day, and I haven’t ridden in years, so I was sore.’
Shortly after the initial raft of HGTV cancellations last month, network sources spoke exclusively to the Daily Mail about the thinking behind the move.
‘We had to stop the bleeding,’ said the senior source, who claimed that revenues were underperforming and the network needed to act.
‘We were hemorrhaging money. So in order to stop the bleeding, we had to have a bloodbath. It was calculated cuts to make things make sense, financially.’