Chip Gaines is all about embracing change.
The Fixer Upper star, 50, opened up about whether or not he’ll keep his new shorter haircut while chatting exclusively with Parade amid his partnership with Bobcat and the Work Worth Doing campaign. Throughout the years, Gaines has typically sported a longer ‘do, but decided to switch up his look in April.
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“I’m so convinced that I am [keeping it],” he tells Parade. “I’m a better human with long hair — not like, better morality. I probably am a bit rowdier with long hair. It’s probably a good decision that I keep my hair short, but anytime I cut it short, I feel like, gosh, that’s the boring decision that any old person might make. So I’m always desperate to grow it long again, but I think it’s pretty clear that I definitely do better with a short head of hair.”
He adds: “Jo would definitely agree with you. She was like, begging me for her birthday present. Everybody says that I talk too much. Everybody says I can be a shade narcissistic, and I was like, that doesn’t feel fair, that for your birthday, you’re going to ask that I get a haircut. But here, now, after the fact, I’m glad she prompted me to do it.”
As for his partnership with Bobcat, Gaines tells Parade that linking up with the brand was a no-brainer, especially since he has the chance to give back to Jason Shields, a U.S. veteran who founded the Hoof Haven Sanctuary, an organization dedicated to rescuing injured and endangered horses.
Gaines presented Shields with Bobcat’s compact track loader as part of their new campaign, which is dedicated to recognizing and supporting hometown heroes who inspire others through their communities.
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“Hearing his story, his level of commitment to this community [and] to the veterans that he’s looking to serve, it’s pretty incredible,” he says. “When I think about philanthropy, it almost sounds like a big corporate thing that is a little hard to touch and feel, but what I mean by that is just, when you see a person in need, how do you engage with that need and and how do you step in in a real, practical way?”
He adds: “So Jo and I — that’s just who we were 15 or 20 years ago when we first got started, and it’s just become part of who we are now. And this platform gives us an opportunity to really step into really practical, big, real, audacious opportunities, and today’s a perfect example.”
