HGTV's Jenny Marrs Speaks Out Amid Hateful Comments Online
Jenny Marrs is opening up about online vitriol.
The 46-year-old Fixer to Fabulous co-host and HGTV star spoke out on social media amid mean comments online.
In a post over the weekend, Jenny spoke out alongside a note and a passage from The Bible Recap by Tara-Leigh Cobble.
“Yesterday, I happened upon some really hateful words written about me on the good ole’ internet. Reading through the thread, I went down a deep dark tunnel online of vile hatred. I was shocked and so deeply hurt. I truly don’t understand how strangers could feel so passionately about things like my voice (I can’t change this), my paint choices (take a breath folks, it’s paint), my sarcastic jokes (I’m sorry, I’m sarcastic, I always have been and always will) and my parenting (I won’t even get into how hurtful and disgusting this line of reasoning was),” she began.
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Jenny is married to Dave Marrs, 45, who’s also her co-host on the HGTV renovation show. They have five children — twins Nathan and Ben, 14, Sylvie, 12, whom they adopted in 2014, Charlotte, 10, and Luke, 5.
“So? I took a few moments and sat in the hurt. I was really sad about it. I was also really angry. I laid it at God’s feet in my frustration. I told Him that I didn’t ask for any of this. He led me here. He knows how much I hate being looked at and judged by strangers. He knows I’m really just an insecure girl who wants a quiet life with my family, my animals and my garden. Yet, He asked me to step into a very different life than the one I wanted and He has led me every step of the way and held me so faithfully. Even still, I told Him I quit. I’m done. I’m tired. I can’t make everyone happy and it’s not worth trying. They talked about MY KID, GOD. I am done,” she continued.
“Then, I sent an SOS text (if you don’t have your SOS people, find them, trust me) and was reminded of TRUTH. I was prayed for and sent scripture and silly memes. Peace enveloped (but, in my humanity, the sting remained). This morning, like I do every morning, I took out my Bible Recap study and I turned to the page marked by this little green card. I’ve read it hundreds of times but, most days, I just flip to the page it holds and carry on with my study. Today, I felt led to read the words. And, they lifted my heart. What an encouragement,” Jenny wrote.
“I had received this card and this book in the mail from a stranger. No return address. I’ve never been able to thank Terry Brown for this gift. The words she wrote and the study she gifted me have been a source of daily joy for the past couple of years. I’ve now gifted this same study countless times. We now carry it at the Mercantile. It’s been life-giving,” Jenny noted.
“Today’s reading was particularly poignant. My word for the year is ‘delight’ and here, in black and white, is a reminder that God called me His ‘beloved’ and He delights in doing so. Beloved. Not the lies from behind the screen. So, while I hesitated in sharing this. I know there are others out there struggling with loud lies coming at them. If that’s you, I pray that you can turn down the lies and remember that you are Beloved. And, as I read today in Romans 8:31: What can I say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Sending love and light out into the darkness today. ????????️.”
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