HGTV ‘Good Bones’ Star Mina Starsiak Hawk Reveals She Reunited With Family
Good Bones star Mina Starsiak Hawk has revealed that she had a reunion with her family over Christmas after months of feuding.
The HGTV personality updated fans on how she spent the holidays during an episode of her “Mina AF” podcast on Monday, January 8.
According to Hawk, she was torn about what to do amid her ongoing drama with her mom, Karen E. Laine, brother Tad Starsiak, and former costar Cory Miller. Back in November, Mina and her husband, Steve Hawk, decided not to spend Thanksgiving with the whole family.
“I wasn’t in a place where I felt like the fallout from not being there was going to be more manageable than the bad feelings I would have from being there and sitting at a table and pretending everything was OK,” she explained.
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The couple used Thanksgiving as a test run for how to handle going into Christmas, but after Turkey Day, her family didn’t “sit well” with Mina and made her feel uncertain.
“I was just feeling very crummy and angry and like not in a good place with a lot of things and a lot of people, I think that’s kind of how I started feeling going into the holidays, and it wasn’t bringing out the best version of myself,” the real estate investor said.
However, when Christmas came around, Mina decided to go see family members.
She and husband Steve went to his grandmother’s house on Christmas Eve. Their children, Jack, 5, and Charlotte, 3, sported matching pajamas.
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After an hour, Mina took the kids to her family’s celebration, but Steve at his grandma’s house for Christmas to spend more time with his side of the family.
“Steve did not come to everything, but I did end up going to all the family celebrations,” she said. “I think because after Thanksgiving, I just kind of adjusted my mindset to, ‘I can’t control any of this. I’ve said my piece, people know where I stand, and me being like angstful or upset or stressed out at this point is really affecting nobody but me, so I’m just going to move on mentally and make the decisions that I think are right, do the things that I think are best, and if other people don’t, then they’ve shown me who they are and where they stand and I can make my own decisions from there.”
Mina admitted it has been “exhausting to pretend everything is OK.” She is still “not in a great place” with several family members and feels “weird tension and negative energy” trying to reconcile their differences.
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I think Nina needs to lighten up and enjoy her life and family. Her family is more important than business and her children need to know their family.. I stopped watching long before I read this because I could see she was becoming more obsessed with and prioritizing business and success over famial ties. Business comes and goes but where you gonna go when business goes away and you've seperated from your family. Not good....... not good at all. Having a family is "living", business is how you "make" a living. Don't get confused about which is most important........
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I feel Karen, Tad, and Cory should approach HGTV about starting their own show. The success of the original show was a result of everyone on the show.
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I hope you all come together, I'd like to see everyone of you back on the show you're a great group. Missing you all!🥰🫂❤️
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Mina needs to come down to earth and quit thinking it's her way or the highway. That's family, not some business agreement. I liked her b4 the body change. I think she feels better than the others now, sad!
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I absolutely love you and the show. The family dynamic on the show was so enjoyable. I hope to see you all back soon.
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I enjoyed every person on the show. I understand Mina feeling overwhelmed with everything on her shoulders. But she can't change people because her situation changed. Family business has to be kept separate from family acceptance. Enjoy family for who they are to you. Different personalities.
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It seems Mina is the problem. Everyone else is getting along. She's a controlling person as she showed on the show. But she can't control everyone else in real life. She needs to take a look at herself and make adjustments in her attitude. She doesn't run the world as much as she'd like to. Grow up Mina.
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I use to yell at Tad a lot. He was to immature. He acted too childish and rebellious. He didn't care about safety issues. It was always like he was showing off. On Every construction site there has to be a boss. A person in charge. Who brought the money in? Who had the budget to watch? Who was the architect? Who held the responsibility of Safety on the job? Tad always looked like a liability.
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I think everyone should lay off acting like they know what is going on inside this family. They can guess and lay blame but it is really none of their business. I could go on and on about some of the problems I seen with the whole family but it is just my opinion. Someone has to be in charge, yes they do. When it is your name on the contract, your the one paying the bills and paying the crew and they aren't acting professional or taking you serious, it gets old. Like butting your head against a wall. You get to a point where you just have to say, enough is enough.
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I love Good Bones and would love it just as much without MINA DRAMA!
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