No Duh: “Extreme Makeover” is Emotional
When I saw the headline for this new article, I thought, “What, is it a slow news day?” It’s hardly breaking news that ABC’s reality hit “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” is a bit of a tear jerker. In an interview in the January 29 issue of OK! Weekly, some of the show’s designers dish up about the emotional toll the show takes on them. One only has to watch an episode or two of the show and watch the designers tear up multiple times during the building of yet another dream house to know this is true. In fact, one could make a drinking game out of it; take a drink each time a designer cries. That is, of course, if you weren’t busy tearing up yourself.
Designer Tracey Hutson said, “Sometimes it gets a little hard because you can’t help but have empathy for these families; especially since I’ve become a mom myself, I get even more emotional.” Her cohort and co-star Paige Hemmis says, “I keep in touch with a lot of the families because we genuinely care.” And the ladies aren’t the only ones who get choked up. Carpenter Ed Sanders said, “It’s impossible not to get affected by the stories of these families.”
I figure working on this show has to extremely hard work. Long hours, lots of traveling, sincerely physical work. But I doubt there are many more jobs that are more rewarding in the end. Good work, guys.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, ABC, Paige Hemmis, Tracey Hutson, Ed Sanders
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