After years in the public eye, Chip Gaines has some thoughts about society’s perspective on aging.
The 51-year-old Fixer Upper star penned a candid essay about aging in the summer 2026 issue of his and Joanna Gaines‘ Magnolia Journal magazine. “Spend any amount of time on the internet or social media and you’ll notice a lot of people out there still buying into this ‘fountain of youth’ idea that’s been around since Alex the Great,” Chip wrote in the piece, which was shared on Magnolia’s website. “The myth has changed forms and hands over the centuries, from tantalizing ‘rivers of paradise’ to magical solutions that grant wishes of staying forever young, and I don’t doubt that, if faced with the theory, you and I would be quick to deny something so outlandish. And yet, there seems to be a part of that old folklore that has some staying power.”
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