Joanna Gaines Looks Sleepy on Day 1 of Her Korean Vacation: ‘When Jet Lag Sets In’
While Joanna Gaines is enjoying her major trip to South Korea, she isn’t thrilled with the time shift that comes with it.
On Monday, the 44-year-old Magnolia Network star led her followers on a journey from Waco, Texas, to Seoul, South Korea, where her mother, Nan, grew up. In a hilarious Instagram post, Gaines later highlighted the 14-hour time difference between the two cities.
“When the jet lag sets in…,” she captioned her Tuesday post. As the camera zooms in on the home restoration expert standing alone in an empty outdoor setting, she appears weary and spaced out. The funny sequence is set to the tune of The Beatles’ “I’m So Tired.”
Chip Gaines, her husband, and Fixer Upper: Welcome Home co-star echoed a similar sentiment in the comments section, dropping a single emoji with an outlined neutral expression.
Joanna captured the start of her thrilling vacation on her Instagram Story before jet lag set in, beginning with the lengthy aircraft travel.
She began a sequence of video clips with an aerial view of a mountainous region while the song “Free Bird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd played in the background. Along with the lovely photo, she captioned it, “Headed to!”
Joanna described her first few minutes in Seoul, including cherry blossom-lined streets. This sign said “Seoul Welcomes You” inscribed on an overpass, and the music video for K-pop duo Billie’s “EUNOIA” playing on the taxi screen.
Her journey to Seoul comes after she recently said that she struggled to accept her Korean ethnicity when she was younger. In an interview in November, Joanna discussed how bullying made her feel insecure about her Korean heritage.
The author said that she and her sisters were “literally the only Asians in our entire school,” and that they were frequently harassed for bringing rice to school.
“It was deeply personal because that was half of my story,” she explained. “I realized that if this isn’t accepted, maybe I should hide it and focus more on the other side of myself.”
She noted that it took her years to work over her concerns before she felt proud of her background, which she discussed with her mother on an episode of her podcast The Stories We Tell with Joanna Gaines in November.
“I don’t know if I ever told you this,” she cried as she spoke to her mother, “but I always wanted to apologize for living in halfness.” And not fully accepting the most beautiful aspect of myself, which were you.”
“The culture that was half of me as a Korean little girl, as a Korean teenager, as a Korean woman,” she added. That I was filled with remorse and regret, that’s my mother, and this is her culture.”
