Jonathan Scott having a great moment: the contractor, famous around the world for his successful home remodeling program Brothers to workis about to marry Zooey Deschanel. In addition, he is preparing his return to television. However, behind the wedding planning and the preparation of her new show, there is a little-known history of scandals and legal problems.
On August 14 of last year. Scott and Zooey announced, through a joint Instagram post, their engagement after four years together. With a close-up photo of the two, where the smiles and the huge diamond ring on the Hollywood star’s index finger stood out, they confirmed their project of passing through the altar. “Forever begins now,” they wrote. The proposal was in Glasgow, Scotland.
A few days ago, the 45-year-old businessman gave more details of the moment in which he asked the actress to become his wife. Speaking to the PageSix portal, he revealed that the set included Zooey’s two children, Elsie, 8, and Charlie, 6, the result of her relationship with film producer Jacob Pechenik. “We were on a family trip with the kids and I had planned everything in advance,” she reviewed. He then explained that while they were at Edinburgh Castle, he waited for the rest of the tourists to leave before giving the green light to the request.
“At one point, the kids said ‘there’s a bagpipe band, do you want to go listen?’” he reviewed, and explained that everyone came to listen. “Then all of a sudden one of the guitarists stepped forward and started playing our song, ‘Harvest Moon,’ by Neil Young, and the kids held up a sign that said, ‘Will you marry me?’” Scott detailed. . “She cried and said ‘yes.’ And I, who am very sensitive, also cried,” he confessed.
In addition to the wedding, on the driver’s near horizon is his return to television. Through their website, the Scott brothers confirmed that on Wednesday, June 5, they return to the screen with a new cycle, Backed by the Bros. Thus, they will end five years out of the way. Of its success, of those 14 seasons of Brothers to workthe most famous twins in the industry were left with big profits, worldwide fame and several headaches.
During the show’s run, Drew and Jonathan – one a well-known real estate guru and the other a top contractor – helped hundreds of families find and rebuild the home of their dreams. And although all the chapters seemed to have a happy ending, behind the scenes showed, on several occasions, a very different reality.
One of the biggest controversies arose after the end of the shipment. Although there was no official statement about the reasons for the dismissal, it immediately came to light that the stars had been sued by a Las Vegas couple as a result of a failed job. According to the local television station KTNVPaul and Mindy King signed up to appear in an episode of the show and paid the production company Cineflix $193,000 for renovations on their home, but when they entered their new home, they were terribly disappointed and decided to go to court.
In a talk with ThePost and some time after living in the remodeled house, Mindy explained the flaws in the work. “We live without an oven or kitchen,” the woman explained. “The sink fell through the counter. We cannot use our gas stove; We haven’t been able to use it in four years. “I have to cook on a hot plate in my patio,” the woman added in an interview conducted in November of last year. She also reported that the electrical work was poorly done, that it did not have the necessary controls, that the dishwasher flooded the kitchen and that mud was coming out of the pipes.
The victims revealed that payment for the work was made in advance, that they ended up with the house destroyed and that neither the drivers nor anyone from the production contacted them again. “They never came back.” The couple sued the channel and the show’s producer for “fraud, misrepresentation and defective workmanship.” For its part, the company denied the accusations. As for the twins, although they do not appear in the lawsuit, the Kings said that they approached them to ask for help but that they never answered them.
Although it is known that every reality show has a production behind it, Jonathan himself confessed on one occasion that the property searches seen in the show are not as they are seen on TV. As he revealed in an interview that he gave to PopSugar, all the owners arrive with the chosen home because the show does not work with people who have not yet started searching or if they have to choose in front of the cameras.
For her part, designer Jenny Reimold, who participated in an episode with her house as a source of inspiration for the contestants, shared what she experienced while the cameras were off in a note she gave to People magazine. First, she highlighted that her teenage daughter’s bathroom, which is located on the first floor, was presented as a toilet. Plus, when they showed the backyard, she realized it wasn’t hers.
“When we first saw that, we were shocked, because we didn’t see that edit coming,” Jenny explained. “While we think our garden is more aesthetically pleasing, we imagine the other garden was used because it had a tall wooden fence that offered more privacy,” she completed. Despite the changes, Reimold assured that the Scott brothers were very attentive and kind to them.
In 2016, Jonathan Scott was involved in a brawl inside Dempsey’s Public House, a bar located in Fargo, North Dakota. According to TMZ, local police reported that it all started when the establishment’s employees began raising glasses shortly before closing time. At that point, Scott called 911 at 1:57 and said he had been assaulted by a security man. Shortly before, the driver had tried to mediate between two people who were arguing. A person from his close circle assured that he had nothing to do with the fight. The night ended without charges or prisoners, although the photo of the construction man fighting in a bar at two in the morning was circulated by all the media.
