According to a report from Starcasm, "Kitchen Cousins" stars Anthony Carrino and John Colaneri were sued in 2013 by former clients Robert and Peng Avery. The Averys had bought a $1.3 million home in Tenafly, New Jersey that had once belonged to Yankee great Don Mattingly, and they hired the cousins for a re-do. However, the TV stars "botched" the job, the Averys alleged, leaving unfinished or improperly installed work in plumbing, ductwork, and other areas. They also accused the cousins of lying about the home's passing inspection. The suit named both the cousins' construction company and Carrino and Colaneri separately as defendants; a judge ruled against them and awarded the Averys $860,000 in reparations.
The ruling proved devastating for Carrino and Colaneri, who each filed for personal bankruptcy. It didn't keep them down for long, however. Although "Kitchen Cousins" was canceled around the same time, the cousins went on to star in the follow-up HGTV series "Cousins on Call," "Cousins Undercover," and "America's Most Desperate Kitchens." In 2021, Carrino went his own way by launching his own web channel, TheBuild.tv, which offers a deeper dive into the business of home renovation. Taking a little dig at his former outlet, he writes, "[W]hile I have loved making all of my shows for HGTV, it became very obvious that there is a massive disconnect between homeowners' expectations and the reality of construction and home renovation, [because] the network doesn't have any shows that educate."
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