HGTV’s Renovation Aloha Sued for Showing Remains

Following the episode’s air date, HGTV issued an apology and confirmed it would release a re-edited version of the episode. 

“We take the concerns raised by the Native Hawaiian community very seriously and are committed to ensuring our programming is respectful and appropriate,” said Warner Bros. Discovery’s Vice President of Communications Lynne Davis Adeyemi in a statement per Honolulu Civil Beat. “We apologize to anyone who found any part of the episode offensive, as that was not HGTV’s intention.”

Meanwhile, Tristyn and Kamohai shared their side of the story, apologizing that the footage aired and sharing that they tried to take every possible proper step after they found the remains. 

“In our case, we did not build on the lot,” Tristyn said during the Instagram Live. “It was just instructed by our kupuna and the cultural practitioners we spoke to to leave it in place and to not disturb, and that is exactly what we did.”