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On a recent episode of the SmartLess podcast, Parker Posey told hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes that her upstate-farmhouse renovation was expensive and endless. “My house is really crunchy granola. I am trying to renovate and get a new kitchen because there’s the insulation — you know, the pipes freeze and all that,” she said. The lifelong New Yorker admitted she was even contemplating selling it and leaving the East Coast altogether for life in Hollywood (a complete reversal from what most of the industry is currently doing). Arnett suggested Posey could offset the costs by “getting together with the gang over at Discovery” to film the renovation (the network is under the same umbrella as Posey’s employer HBO). Posey was a step ahead. “That’s what I tell the contractors when they come over. I’m like, ‘Are you open to me filming you with my phone?’” Piper, yessssss!
Posey as a home-renovation host would be absolutely delicious. Imagine the indie queen going on about swatches and granite, cabinet pulls and grout. It could be shot like a Christopher Guest mockumentary. Her White Lotus and Best in Show colleague Jennifer Coolidge could even pop in. As she told our colleagues at Vulture, “I really like home-improvement shows, and I think there’s comedy to be mined with real people like mechanics, plumbers, contractors, and hardware stores — and me.” What are you waiting for, Zaslav?!
The Party Girl actress has always had wild dreams for the farmhouse. After moving out of her Manhattan homes, the latest of which was a Chelsea triplex at 365 West 19th Street, which she sold in 2023, she purchased the home in Ghent from Tatum O’Neal in 2007 for $650,000 (the house is currently estimated to be worth around $1 million). Since then, she has talked to the press about filming a show about off-grid home-building, starting an intentional community around the farmhouse, and getting into a woo-woo version of the “agritainment” world. You don’t have to convince us. If anyone can be both a Hollywood star and an HGTV one, it’s Parker Posey.