Heartbreaking Facts About HGTV’s Jasmine Roth

HGTV’s Jasmine Roth has become known for her down-to-earth personality and genuineness. Alongside her bubbly persona, she often shares moments of vulnerability online. Besides talking about the challenges she faces as a mother, Roth has also opened up about her health issues. Even when sharing the tougher parts of her life, she retains a hopeful outlook, a perspective she admits has taken practice.

“This is going to sound cheesy, but I do practice gratitude,” Roth revealed on the “Girls Night” podcast. “The minute I flip things on its end like that, it really helps me through a tough time. It gives me that perspective to kind of say, ‘Okay, well, what’s next?’ Like, how can I take the opportunities I’ve been given? How can I take this privilege I have? How can I take whatever it is that seems really sad and, you know, maybe not how I planned and use this and grow?”

The Virginia native made her debut on HGTV in 2017, capturing the attention of viewers in “Hidden Potential” with her practical design approach. She later earned acclaim for competing on the first season of “Rock the Block” and headlined the series “Help! I Wrecked My House.” Throughout her career, she has maintained a positive attitude.

Back in October 2020, Jasmine Roth shared an unexpected health struggle stemming from her pregnancy. After giving birth to her daughter Hazel in April 2020, Roth experienced chronic nosebleeds. “My OB @nc_wh looked in my nose and thought it was just from wearing my mask,” Roth wrote on Instagram. “Well fast forward 5 months and I’m getting 5-30 nosebleeds PER DAY!”

Eventually, Roth was referred to an ears, nose, and throat doctor who found a growth in her nostril. “Long story short, the hormones from having a baby spurred a growth in my nostril that needed to be surgically removed,” Roth explained.

She was scheduled for surgery, but an unexpected incident where her daughter’s head lightly bumped her nose caused the growth to fall out. Roth rushed inside to stop the bleeding and called her doctor’s emergency line. Fortunately, the wound was cauterized at the doctor’s office. “We were back home by 9pm!” Roth shared gratefully. While health issues are never easy, Roth’s situation had a positive outcome.

Roth has also shared her insecurities as a new mom, particularly when her daughter Hazel was prescribed a corrective helmet for plagiocephaly. On her blog, Roth wrote about her concerns regarding how the helmet would affect Hazel’s development. “My first question (and one of MANY for the doc) was how this would affect Hazel and her development?” Roth blogged. “Would she be able to sleep okay? Would she be able to do tummy time? Would she be annoyed by it?”

The doctor reassured Roth that the helmet wouldn’t impede Hazel’s development or be a nuisance. “Once Hazel was in the clear, my thoughts went a different direction,” Roth continued. “What would people think? I know, I know, in retrospect this is such a shallow way to look at things, but in the moment that’s honestly where my mind went. I was insecure.”

Roth feared judgment from others or that she would be perceived as a bad mother. To combat these insecurities, she put her situation into perspective. “Now that we’re 4 weeks into her wearing a helmet, these petty fears feel pretty embarrassing,” she wrote. “Brett and I are HOME with our baby. She’s safe and healthy, surrounded by those that love her.”

In 2022, Roth talked about a painful neck injury she sustained. She began feeling pain while on a trip to New Jersey with her mom and her daughter Hazel. “At 2 yrs old, carrying her through 2 airports and on and off the planes was a challenge, but nothing out of the ordinary for me,” Roth wrote on Instagram, detailing her experience.

However, she soon felt the toll of her travels. “By the time we got to our rental car, drove a few hours to the Jersey shore, got inside with groceries unpacked, and got ready for bed…I knew something wasn’t right,” she added. “My neck hurt and it hurt BAD.” Upon returning to California, Roth was diagnosed with a herniated disk. She described it as a “journey of MRIs, injections, tons of physical therapy, rest, and pain.”

Roth’s neck injury impacted her experience filming “Help! I Wrecked My House.” In an Instagram post, she admitted to having mixed feelings about Season 4. “While I was excited (so excited!), I was also recovering from a neck injury,” she wrote. “And the last time I checked, renovating 12 houses on camera might not be the ‘rest and relaxation’ the doctor ordered.”

In an interview with TV Insider, Roth explained she had to modify how she approached renovations. “I’ve had to figure out what my priorities are and how I can do my job without being as physical,” she said. Despite the challenges, Roth was pleased with the outcome. “I jumped in with both feet, ready to tackle projects that my clients hadn’t been able to overcome,” she stated on Instagram.

Roth has also been open about her family’s struggles with mental health. In an Instagram post, she shared, “I don’t talk about it much, but mental illness has deeply affected my family. It’s not a fun topic, so I try not to give it additional space, but it’s always there and it’s a constant silent stressor.”

She previously discussed her family’s mental health struggles around her wedding day on Facebook, revealing many extended family members weren’t able to attend. “Mental illness has taken an irreversible toll on our family – leaving us questioning daily ‘why,'” she said. “Sometimes it’s hard to move forward, and it’s not getting any easier.”

Despite these challenges, Roth encourages her followers to find healthy boundaries. “I share this because I know it’s hard,” she wrote. “I hope my story helps encourage someone to rise to the challenge of figuring out what healthy boundaries look like and how you might benefit from setting them.”

If you or someone you know needs help with mental health, please contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741, call the National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), or visit the National Institute of Mental Health website.