Why ‘Love It or List It’ co-host Hilary Farr is exiting after 19 seasons: ‘I’m done’

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HGTV’s “Love It or List It” after 19 seasons on the air.The interior designer, 71, shared the news with People Friday, saying: “I’ve given it so many years of my life.”“It’s got me through hard times.

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,” she revealed. The Canadian-British TV personality has co-hosted the home design show with real estate agent David Visentin since 2008.She recently told “everyone I’m done” after filming the most recent season.Farr explained that she needed to “bloom” and that it was “time” for her to embark on other career opportunities.When she told Visentin that she was departing, he “didn’t believe” her. “We are who we are [in real life] on that show,” she said. “Think of your brother as his most obnoxious and annoying, that’s David.”A post shared by Hilary Farr (@hilary_farr)However, she said she will miss “everything” about working with her pals and co-emcee, adding that he was immensely supportive of her when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014.While she is now in remission, she underwent three lumpectomies and radiation since her diagnosis.She continued: “I was working all the way through cancer and he was always there.