HGTV stars Brian and Mika Kleinschmidt from “100 Day Dream Home” spoke with EntertainmentNOW in December 2024 about their collaboration with Louis Jadot wines and No Story Lost. For their collaboration, the Kleinschmidts got to sit for an interview with one of No Story Lost’s dedicated writers, who turned their love story into a hardcover book that the couple gets to keep.
We asked the Kleinschmidts which other HGTV couple’s love story they’d like to read, and in his answer, Brian revealed a special connection to one of the “Fixer to Fabulous” hosts.
“I would have to pick Dave and Jenny [Marrs]. Fun fact, Jenny and I actually went to college together at UCF [(University of Central Florida)] in Orlando,” Brian shared. “Talk about a small world. I’d love to hear how she got from UCF to HGTV, totally different from the way I got from UCF to HGTV.”
Did Brian Kleinschmidt & Jenny Marrs Know Each Other in College?
Jenny has shared some of her journey from college to HGTV in a 2018 interview with AboutYou. She and Dave told the outlet about how they met at a job right out of college. They began dating, and soon after Dave left the company to pursue construction work in Northwest Arkansas. After quite a few years, Jenny left her job to join him full time as well. From there, HGTV started looking at the Northwest Arkansas market as a place to base a new show. The Marrses got connected with the network, and the rest is history.
Brian went on to share that his “small world” moment got even smaller, saying, “It’s so funny, I was a radio and television major and a marketing minor, and she was I think a marketing major, so we had to have had some classes together, but our paths never crossed at UCF. And then when we found out we went to school together it was just kind of crazy to even think about it, because I’m sure we passed each other every day.”
What Other Love Story Do the Kleinschmidts Want to Read?
The Marrses aren’t the only couple whose love story the Kleinschmidts want to hear more about. “We have some history of it, but this is kind of hard. I already know Chip and Joanna [Gaines] because I read their book, so I think maybe Mike [Jackson] and Egypt [Sherrod from ‘Married to Real Estate’], because they kind of have an interesting story of how they started,” Mika told us.
“Mike and Egypt would be fun to read. We’re friends with all of them but we don’t know their whole story,” Brian added.
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EXCLUSIVE: Brian Kleinschmidt Shares Strange Connection to Fellow HGTV Star Jenny Marrs