Ben and Erin Napier Say Daughter Helen Is Old Enough to Decide If She Wants to Film ‘Home Town’: ‘We Don’t Push It’
usmagazine.comRespecting their privacy. Ben Napier and wife Erin Napier want their two daughters to have a say in whether they appear on Home Town.The couple, who tied the knot in 2008, share two daughters, Helen, 4, and Mae, 9 months.
The Napiers exclusively told Us Weekly that their eldest child has already decided that she isn’t a big fan of filming their HGTV series.“Now she’s old enough and she lets us know, ‘I don’t wanna do that,’” Erin, 36, told Us while promoting the duo’s partnership with Swiffer.Ben, 38, chimed in, “We don’t push it, push It.
You know, as they get older, they may wanna do it more.”The Laurel, Mississippi native explained that she doesn’t want to “overexpose” their little ones, especially without their approval.“I don’t want them to feel like [we] shared too much of [their] life when [they were] young without [their] permission,” Erin said. “Cause our parents never had any kind of option do that with us.”The woodworker pointed out that social media didn’t exist when they were growing up. “It’s a very different world that we’re raising our kids in,” Ben added.Helen, however, has been seen from time to time on the home improvement series, with Ben telling Us that those are rare occasions.“With the girls, they’re never on camera just for the shot.
There [has to be] something happening in our lives that we need them there for it,” the Scotsman Co. founder said. “There was one [scene] where Helen was there when I was dropping off furniture.
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