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.

Back to the Frontier, a new show from Waco’s Fixer Upper stars Chip and Joanna Gaines, has provoked ire online from some conservative Christians over the inclusion of a same-sex couple.