Chip and Joanna Gaines are responding to backlash over the latest show in their media empire. Chip Gaines took to social media on Sunday to defend their new Magnolia Network reality series, “Back to the Frontier.” The show drew criticism from some Christian conservatives for featuring a gay couple, Jason Hanna and Joe Riggs.

Chip Gaines appears to have defended his new series, “Back to the Frontier,” for including a same-sex couple after their casting upset fans.

Jason Hanna and Joe Riggs make up one of the three families featured in Chip and Joanna Gaines' new Magnolia Network reality series ‘Back to the Frontier’