HGTV star Nicole Curtis has one particular person coming to her protection after a video leaked of her utilizing the N-word on her in style present “Rehab Addict” … properly, kinda.
Here is the deal … the community shelved Nicole’s present yesterday after the slur was made public … and she or he later issued an apology, telling TMZ using 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 foul one that treats others on the present like rubbish … so he is not stunned this video was leaked. He pointed to stories up to now of contractors suing her, claiming they weren’t paid for his or her work.
Nonetheless, he additionally added, “As much as I dislike her — and it may be validating to see her get in trouble — she is unequivocally not a racist. Nor has she ever said anything racially insensitive over the years we dated, and I have known her.”
Ryan — who was really holding the ladder within the 2022 episode clip if you hear Nicole blurt out the N-word — advised us she typically used nonsensical phrases and gibberish to keep away from cussing on the present … and calls it “unfortunate” she mistakenly blurted out the slur. RS points out … “It was so unexpected, the crew laughed because we knew that isn’t her.”
As for many who’ve labeled Nicole a racist for all times — and assume Ryan’s off his rocker for defending her — RS tells us … “As a result of reality I’d fairly 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 will not be leaked to break ‘good’ individuals.”
Nicole, in fact, wished to handle Ryan’s feedback … the nice and the brutal.
Nicole tells TMZ … “I appreciate that Ryan has admitted to the correct nature of the video. It is a manipulated, edited version. This footage was shot for my own use, documenting our house restoration. There was no contract with HGTV in 2022. This house was not filmed for HGTV in 2022.”
She added, “We have only communicated through attorneys for the past few years. He has had no involvement with the show that I produced on my own dime. He argued for a glory title, and we gave it to him. He is not someone to speak on any culture of any set of ours. My guys do not care for him because of the hell I went through with knowing him. I’ve done my best to be cordial and aired him in the best light. He continues to bring disruption to mine.”
