Former HGTV star Jen Hatmaker is making headlines for her personal life instead of her design choices. In her September 2025 book titled Awake: A Memoir, Jen recalled the moment she caught her then-husband, Brandon Hatmaker, being unfaithful. In the early morning hours of July 11, 2020, Jen claimed she woke up to the sound of her husband of 26 years whispering on the phone to another woman. "It was so shocking and stunning, and I almost could not process it," Jen said in an interview with the New York Post before the September 23, 2025, release date of her book. "I couldn't even cry.