Dwelling design guru Alison Victoria has claimed that HGTV fired her from her co-hosting duties on “Battle on the Seashore” as a result of she instructed followers the sequence had been “canceled,” as a substitute of stating that it had not been “renewed.”
Victoria, 44, fronted the present for 4 seasons, alongside co-hosts Ty Pennington and Taniya Nayak. However in July 2025, throughout an episode of her podcast “The Pap Smear,” she instructed her “Ugliest Homes in America” co-star Retta that the sequence had been “canceled” as a part of a sweeping program cull carried out by HGTV throughout that summer time.
Awkwardly for Victoria, the sequence truly did find yourself being revived by the house renovation community simply 10 months later—however with out her or Nayak selecting again up their internet hosting duties. As an alternative, Pennington continued to steer the sequence, this time together with Mika Kleinschmidt and Sarah Baeumler.
Now, the on-air host has opened up about her elimination from “Battle on the Seashore,” telling the Every day Mail that she thinks it was her use of the phrase “canceled”—reasonably than her insinuation that the sequence wouldn’t be returning—that led to her axing as a number.
“I stated that ‘Battle on the Seashore’ was canceled,” she recalled. “Now, that phrase shouldn’t have been used. I ought to have stated it was ‘not renewed.’ That’s the language that I ought to have used.”
In her podcast, Victoria additionally made a number of claims about why she believed the present had been left on the chopping block, describing it as being like “grownup spring break” and hinting that the modifying of the sequence was in charge for its poor efficiency.
“‘Battle on the Seashore’ didn’t get picked again up, which is gloomy, as a result of it was like grownup spring break. However I imagine it was all modifying,” she stated on the time.
Addressing the second, Victoria famous to the Every day Mail that she does little to actually put together for her podcast—and that the episodes undergo restricted modifying, noting that, in hindsight, she ought to have been higher prepped for the dialogue with Retta.
“It is simply dialog. I haven’t got notes. I must be extra ready, however I am not and she or he and I had been simply speaking about completely different reveals and I had stated that ‘Battle on the Seashore’ was canceled,” she shared.
The HGTV star added that she discovered of the brand new season by pal Nayak, 53, explaining, “She was like, ‘They picked up “Battle on the Seashore,” and neither of us are gonna be on,’ and I checked out her and I simply stated, ‘I anticipated that.'”
“For me, we liked that present and we simply had enjoyable. We made nice tv, and now it is time to cross the torch and see what they have. So solely time will inform, and you understand, the scores would be the suggestions, and I hope that the scores are superb.”
In the meantime, Victoria—who’s now internet hosting “Sin Metropolis Rehab,” and dealing on “Scariest Home in America” and “Ugliest Home in America,” revealed that she has a really busy schedule, and would not even have been ready to participate within the present.
“I am working very onerous on my present, so even for example I did get requested to be again—which I didn’t, however for example I did—I would not have been capable of do it as a result of there was no solution to juggle it. A part of me hopes that possibly they did not ask me again as a result of they knew I did not have time,” she added.
Loads has additionally modified within the renovation skilled’s private life since she was minimize from “Battle on the Seashore,” specifically her relocation from Chicago to Las Vegas in fall 2025, a transfer that she later admitted was prompted by a messy lawsuit within the Windy Metropolis.
Victoria and her former costar, Donovan Eckhardt, had been each sued by a number of purchasers—and Victoria then sued Eckhardt for mishandling funds and shady habits.
“After what I went by with the a number of lawsuits and the constructing division in Chicago, it simply … I do not know find out how to clarify it. It is such as you’re in a relationship, proper? I used to be in a relationship with town that I liked and lived in, after which it did not deal with me properly,” she defined.
“It simply did not, and I wanted a break. I simply wanted to get out of there. I wasn’t my happiest self; I wasn’t dwelling my finest life.”
The HGTV star added, “Once I’m glad, I am my most artistic self. My creativity was dying in Chicago, and I felt that in my work.
“I actually up and left. I left probably the most lovely dream residence, which is simply excellent. It is simply caught the way in which that I left it—totally furnished, all my garments are there. I simply was like, ‘I am out.’”
The designer now lives in a Spanish-style pad in Henderson, NV, which she has branded her “sanctuary.”
Now that she has settled in her Nevada residence, Victoria revealed that she hopes to vary town “one home at a time, to point out those that it does not need to all look the identical.”
She later instructed Realtor.com® that she feels as if Vegas is her be-all and end-all residence, explaining: “I will let you know this a lot: I am residence. I’m lastly, for the primary time in my life, I’m residence. I imply, I design homes all around the nation. So my enterprise will continually be rising and doing jobs all around the nation.
“So that may by no means change, and I shall be spending lots of time in California. My boyfriend lives in Malibu, so we’ll be going between Malibu and Las Vegas. However I lastly really feel like I am dwelling my finest life, and it feels actually, actually protected, and it feels actually good.”
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