{"id":1767465,"date":"2022-12-08T10:18:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T15:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1767465"},"modified":"2022-12-08T10:18:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T15:18:59","slug":"chip-and-joanna-gaines-sued-for-1m-by-former-literary-agent-says-he-didnt-get-his-promised-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chip-and-joanna-gaines-sued-for-1m-by-former-literary-agent-says-he-didnt-get-his-promised-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Chip And Joanna Gaines Sued For $1M By Former Literary Agent, Says He Didn\u2019t Get His Promised Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchip-and-joanna-gaines-sued-for-1m-by-former-literary-agent-says-he-didnt-get-his-promised-cut%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1767465&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Chip and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joanna-gaines\">Joanna Gaines<\/a>, who starred in the HGTV reality series \u201cFixer Upper,\u201d are being sued by their former literary agent for what he\u2019s describing as a breach of contract.<\/p>\n<p>Joanna had previously agreed to write five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/books\">books<\/a> with HarperCollins as part of a $12.5 million deal, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/12\/07\/joanna-gaines-chip-sue-literary-agent-book-deal-fixer-upper-hgtv\/\">TMZ<\/a>. The arrangement was brokered by the boutique literary agency Vigliano Associates.<\/p>\n<p>Now their former agent, David Vigliano, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/lawsuit\">suing<\/a> the couple for at least $1 million in damages for allegedly not holding up their end of the bargain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After writing the first two books, Vigliano claims that the Gaineses altered the original contract by reducing the number of books Joanna would write down to four. He also accused the couple of failing to pay the agreed-upon fees and earnings from the original agreement.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/readers-pass\/read-only-v2?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/readers-pass\/read-only-v2?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-35350\">TIRED OF THE LEGACY MEDIA\u2019S BIAS CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE AND OBSCURING THE TRUTH? JOIN US.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vigliano said the pair also eliminated the possibility of a sixth book and tried to swap out Chip as the author of one book when Joanna was supposed to write them all.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit states that Vigliano Associates is entitled to 7.5% of total advances, bonuses, and royalties Joanna earns from the books per the original agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Joanna just released the memoir \u201cThe Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters\u201d with another agent. Vigliano is asserting that his company is owed a portion of those sales.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoanna and Chip Gaines brand themselves as moral Christians who purportedly operate in an ethical manner \u2026 nothing could be further from the truth,\u201d legal documents obtained by TMZ said.<\/p>\n<p>The former HGTV star and creator of Magnolia Network has been busy promoting her new book, which Joanna said was \u201cwritten for my six-year-old self, who walked into rooms and knew that she mattered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is something that resonates with me about going back,\u201d the mom of five told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womansday.com\/life\/entertainment\/a41899843\/joanna-gaines-interview-memoir-the-stories-we-tell\/\">Woman\u2019s Day<\/a> about her inspiration for the memoir.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is magic to going back. \u2026 How do I recapture some of that? The older I get, I want these things to matter. These grounding moments, places where I feel safe. For the longest time, I let fear lead my decision-making. Now I\u2019m constantly rewriting these thoughts, so that I\u2019m walking in who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you let go, you have the capacity to hold more of what matters,\u201d Joanna continued. \u201cI want to continue to evolve and surprise myself. I don\u2019t want to be put in a box. I want to continue to grow and learn and be surprised by life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Stories We Tell\u201d quickly became a top seller, joining Joanna\u2019s six other books, including two cookbooks and two children\u2019s books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chip and Joanna Gaines, who starred in the HGTV reality series \u201cFixer Upper,\u201d are being sued by their former literary agent for what he\u2019s describing as a breach of contract. Joanna had previously agreed to write five books with HarperCollins as part of a $12.5 million deal, per TMZ. 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