During the late 2000s, a Canadian-made home-renovation show made its debut on HGTV.
While her father was Canadian, her mother was British.
That led her to segue from ballet to another performing art.
“So, I grew up with Christmas every year.
I loved it then and I love it now.”
“I didn’t even have a speaking part,” she toldBaltimore Media Blog.
“I was extremely young, and all my friends were a part of that film.
They liked my work, and decided to create a part for me out of nothing.
It was great fun.”
In between auditions, she designed sets for television shows and movies.
She also branched out as a decorator, and designed homes for clients.
“I didn’t know, actually.
“I had moved a few times.
Everyone loved my house in Los Angeles, so I decided to turn into a business.”
It was not a hit, closing after just 39 performances.
By then, her marriage to Gordon Farr had ended badly.
Remembering her state of mind at the time, she recalled feeling only spite for her ex-husband.
When she arrived at the audition, she was still in a state of simmering fury over divorce.
It was a gig that would change Farr’s life on multiple levels.
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One of these was to serve as a contributor to HuffPost Canada.
She also wrote another holiday-themed piece forHuffPost, “The 12 Trees of Christmas.”
In 2021, Farr toldPeopleabout discovering a precancerous lump in her breast during a routine mammogram in 2012.
The lump was removed, and she was given a clean bill of health.
“I felt so much relief,” she said.
Two years later, things took another serious turn when Farr was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer.
“I felt absolute fury that someone could be so flippantly wrong.
I could have been dead,” Farr recalled, noting that time was as precious as could be.
Since then, she’s been cancer-free.
In the aforementioned People interview, she noted how important it is to be proactive.
“If I can change that for one person, then that’s enough.”
“I’m fully expecting to lose at least five pounds,” she added.
Meanwhile, Farr admitted she’d also had to adjust her personality to suit the stage.
This is television,'" she explained on an episode of"Your Morning.
““Now it’s like, ‘Bigger!
You gotta go bigger!'”
“Hilary’s amazing.
“She’s so charming.
The show, titled “Tough Love,” made its debut that fall.
As of January 2025, plans for a third season remained up in the air.
“It’s got me through hard times,” she told the outlet.
“It’s got the audiences through hard times.
It has evolved into a mainstay of people’s lives and it’s been incredibly gratifying.
But now it’s time for me to move on and meet new challenges.”
Clearly, Farr’s departure from the show left its longterm future in limbo.
He addressed her decision in a statement he issued toVariety.
I look forward to continuing that friendship and wish her all the best in everything she does.”
“That will be an adventure,” she declared.
“It felt very stale,” she said.
“It’s a very formulaic show.”
She also confirmed she was nowhere near retirement.
“I don’t think it’s a retirement at all,” she explained.
I just need to do them on my terms.”
Whether that has to do with her next project, however, remained to be seen.
