Ben Napier is finest recognized for starring alongside his spouse, Erin Napier, on the hit HGTV reveals House City and House City Takeover, however his profession might have regarded very totally different had a 2013 election gone in his favor.
The fact TV couple just lately appeared on Kate Bowler’s All the things Occurs podcast, the place Ben opened up about his political aspirations and the way he ran an unsuccessful bid for a spot on town council in Laurel, Mississippi, again in 2013. Working as an Impartial, he got here second behind a Democrat.
“Actually, I assumed I used to be going to enter politics as a result of I used to be going to make a distinction, however that didn’t work out,” Ben shared. “And the producer who found us advised me, she’s like, ‘I’m so glad you misplaced that election ’trigger we couldn’t do that (present).’”
Erin revealed that her husband’s marketing campaign slogan was “Huge Ben Means Enterprise,” along with his goal to draw extra small companies to downtown Laurel. Ben additionally famous that election day was on June 4th, Independence Day, and so he referred to it as “Impartial’s Day,” seeing as he was working as an Impartial.
“It was somewhat too deep for lots of people,” Ben quipped. “English is tough.”
As for what attracted Ben to politics, Erin instructed, “I feel he thought he might make it an sincere factor,” to which Ben replied, “Which may be very troublesome.”
“I don’t know, I simply preferred the thought of having the ability to affect and make adjustments,” he continued, noting that his grandfather was an elected sheriff for a few years. “He was closely concerned in state and native politics our total life, and so me and my brothers would go to, like, these large political rallies and get-togethers, and it was simply, you understand, it was very thrilling.”
Although Ben’s political profession didn’t work out, he’s been in a position to make a distinction due to the success of House City. Over the previous few years, the Napiers have helped restore a lot of Laurel’s deserted buildings and produce new companies downtown, together with their very own firms, corresponding to Laurel Mercantile Co., The Scent Library, and Scotsman USA.
“My goal was to usher in small companies to downtown Laurel… and now we’ve accomplished it, with out me being in workplace,” Ben said, with Erin including, “Which is far, a lot better.”
As for whether or not Ben would ever take into account working for workplace once more, he beforehand advised CBS Sunday Morning he had no need to get again into politics. Showing on the present in 2021, the woodworker mentioned, “I’ll completely by no means run for workplace once more.”
“You’d higher by no means run for workplace once more,” Erin added, quipping, “Although I did design some very handsome advertising and marketing supplies.”
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