There ain't no doubt about it, Vince was twitterpated first. Lord have mercy, we should all have someone in our lives who look at us with the purest and truest love that comes from the heart.
@@joepersonI forgot about that but I ve been with an addict it's so hard and there are affairs but both sides ..I doubt Amy's that bad I can't imagine her temptations crazy ..really it's so hard ..addiction s is so rough I applaud 👏 ✌️ how far her and gary came along they did their best ❤❤ alot of good I went to her concerts
Amy Grant's marriage to her first husband, the drug and alcohol addicted Gary Chapman, was extremely unhappy long before she even met Vince Gill. (He kept his addictions secret until he married her.) She has never revealed the truth about the suffering she had to endure at the hands of Gary, for the sake of her 3 children by him. Hence she became the target of criticism in the Christian world. She said that one day the truth will be revealed, hence, she is content to stay silent. Gary Chapman was also extremely jealous of Amy's success.
@@hadiyahalkauthar Oh, please. He occasionally used cocaine up until 1986 which was pretty standard in the Nashville songwriting community. Gary was a major contributor to her success right up to Heart In Motion, giving her a far wider following than the pleasant but simple songs on her first album.
@@mpmattson Gary even admitted he was jealous of Amy's success and was completely addicted to cocaine. He also said he was an alcoholic by the time he got into high school. He also emotionally abused Amy, even in public, when he wiped her kiss off his mouth in front of thousands. He even admitted to having been extremely angry about Amy's success.
The lights WERE coming on in the House of Love...I can see it in their eyes. So glad they wound up together...still going strong 18 years later! They are soul mates.
The most beautiful voice and Violin master wonderful sound are both girls from Tennessee you feel it deep because it not only relaxing, it does enhance the Holy Spirit feeling warmly ❤❤
@@sarracene They were neighbours and friends. Amy's marriage to Gary was already on the rocks. That's why she wrote the song, Whatever It Takes. Didn't last.
@@elparadisowellnesscentre , even gary today always refers to a 'biggest mistake i ever made' w/o going into specifics; that's all he states, even after marrying his 3rd spouse, 23yrs. younger than him, a former hooters girl N meeting her in the bahamas...go figure. i noticed during that early 80s concert how he wipes off the kiss from a young amy; surely done for laughs, b/ it makes you wonder, why not going f/ something more endearing, particularly knowing that it's being specially recorded f/ posterity..
Happiness outside of God's will? If God brought Amy and Vince together then OK. If not that's not guts, not admirable, and not happy. Amy is a human being who made a mistake.
They married in 1982. This was 1994 so Amy had already been dealing with Gary’s issues (drugs, jealousy) for 12 years at this point. Read his interview in Texas Monthly magazine Aug 1997 where he admits his addiction to cocaine and his jealousy of Amy’s career.
@@guestguest2030he admits to it. There’s nothing false about it. Or did you miss the DUI and drug possession arrest? The adultery accusation is what’s unfounded.
@@whatiwasgoingtosay The reason given for the divorce is the false accusation. The adultery claim is not unfounded. Christ Himself says divorcing and remarrying is adultery. Look it up.
I remember reading an article with Gary (right after the divorce) and he stated, "My best friend ran off with my wife" and I was like, "Dude, don't you mean a guy you were friends with ran off with your best friend?!" Sounds like Gary had his priorities skewed.
This is around the time when Amy's children were only 7, 5, & 2 that she told their father, Gary, that marrying him was the worst mistake of her life, she'd given her heart to another man & wanted a divorce....he held on, though she lived separately from him in the same house. Those poor kids! ❤
Yay! I'm so glad I found this! This is my absolute favorite Amy Grant Christmas appearance. I have the whole program recorded on a VHS tape (including the interview with Carly Simon, Mary Kate and Ashley Olson, etc.) and I was trying to figure out how I was going to digitize it. Thank you for posting this!
@@TNsher776 Judge not lest ye be judged. How's your lawn? You let those herbicides poison your brain and you didn't have much to start with you pious ass!
@@lesliewilson557 I say, Judge and condemn sin! I say judge those who you see sinning and confront them about their sin! Before they be cast into the lake of fire, AKA HELL!! Oh yes mam, the devil himself wants you not to judge others about their sin, about their path to hell! Jesus Christ confronted sinners and told them to repent from sin lest to be cast into hell for an eternity! So if you want souls to go to heaven and not hell, I say to you judge sinners and tell them to stop sinning and to repent and turn to Jesus Christ humanity's Lord and Saviour that died on the cross more than two years ago! That's only if you're not selfish and truly care about others!
I've been married for 26 yrs. No perfect marriage. But I choose Christ and I choose Love. If you don't feel to love your wife and your husband. Choose the Unconditional love because its not about you feel. Its about called Commitment.
As Christians, we cannot judge, but speaking generally, Christianity is not for sissies or the weak. One of the only times Jesus repeated himself in the scripture is when he talked about the insolubility of marriage. It means, if it doesn't work out and you do separate - fine, it happens. But then you cannot marry again. Is this a tough teaching? - absolutely. Is it do-able? With God's grace, absolutely!
And is there any unforgivable sin in the Bible? No there is not. Jesus’ sacrifice washes us all clean. All we have to do is ask for forgiveness and accept this free gift. Nothing we do on our own can make us right with God. It is by His grace and mercy alone. Jesus forgave the murderer next to Him on the cross and said “Today you will be with Me in Paradise “ If He can forgive murder with no hesitation, He can forgive divorce and remarriage. God forgave David for adultery and murder and blessed he and Bathsheba with Solomon.
And we are commanded not to use God's Grace as a license to sin. The reason Jesus said what He did about adultery was to slshow by tgis illustration that marriage is a Covenant and not based on feelings and not about you or us but about Christ. The Bible is all about Christ, not us!
@@terri4049 Yes, he can forgive, that's not in question, but then the person needs to repent by getting out of the illicit second marriage and getting right with the Lord.
So, easy to make comments when Hines sight is 20/20, Amy has already stated that her actions were not just but that her affair was of the heart and not the flesh...which one of you is without fault?
Me. I've been faithful to one woman for 29 years. Never gave in to wanting to cheat. And I'm not alone. There are millions of us. BTW, that's "hindsight".
@@juliandavies3307 Thank you. Finally a voice of reason. Everyone is condoning their relationship. Here Vince sits right in Gary and Amy's barn singing with lust in his heart to a married woman and vice versa. Nothing beautiful about that. Disgraceful. Just because they didn't "act" on their lust physically doesn't make it any less adultery. Matthew 5:28 "But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."
@@juliandavies3307 Good for you! I have also been married to for 29 years and never gave in to cheating. But I do know that not everyone is perfect nor in a perfect relationship or marriage. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, it doesn't work out. Amy and Vince never cheated on their spouses. They worked on their marriages, but in the end their marriages failed for other reasons than other people. It is the way it is, my parents divorced, I have friends who have divorced, and know of many divorced couples. Not all of them are from adultery. not even most of them.
@@waitn4theharpazo So you know that lust was in his heart? Very spiritual of you to be able to see into the hearts and minds of men and judge them accordingly. So righteous of you to NEVER have been faced with temptation. And regardless, they did nothing and walked away from each other and continued to work on their marriages. "Let he is without sin, cast the first stone." - John 8:7
If you observe how Gary looks at Amy it certainly doesn't say love or peace. Amy is so effervescent, authentic and loving. She and Vince look comfortable and at peace... I think they WEE just "soul mates" and with Amy it would never go any futrher until God opened a door.
That was mean! She and Vince make a WONDERFUL couple...and they've been married 18 years now...so get over it. Allegedly, her first husband was a drug addict/drunk/not too great to live with! In fact, he got busted after she left him.
So many of you people are judging Amy and Vince without knowing the whole story. You are assuming they had a physical affair, because you just can't believe they wouldn't be faithful to their spouses. This video was from 1994. Vince didn't divorce from Janis until 1997 and Amy and Gary divorced in mid-1999 (although they were in mediation for a year or so before that). Vince and Amy started dating each other in late 1999. During the period between Vince's 1993 Christmas special (that Amy first met him on) until they began dating after their divorces, they only time Amy and Vince were together was for professional reasons (House of Love album, TV specials, etc) There is no evidence at all that they spent ANY personal time together during that time. They both worked on their marriages, but sometimes it doesn't work no matter how hard you try. Stop judging epole you do not know. And if you know them, stop judging , too! It isn't our job.
Kyuzio the affair started. Right here this day. Can you not see how they are looking at each other. After that there would be no working on their respective marriages, there would be no reason to. This moment here is when they both left their marriages. God will judge. Not us. It is still adulatory Sorry. That's how I look at it......
@@gera1c1 "God will judge. Not us." and yet there you go judging them by what you see and ASSUME is in their eyes and their hearts. You cannot see into the hearts and minds of people. Yet you are judging them as if you can and call them adulterers. According to the definition of adultery in the Bible, they did not commit adultery, your belief notwithstanding.
The emotional affair started long before each divorced their spouses. Once that started their marriages were doomed. If that's judging. Too damn bad. So be it
@@gera1c1 Wow and right after saying you weren't judging. How hypocritical. Anyway, your opinion and judgement matter just as much as my opinion and judgement, which means not one damn iota. Have a blessed day!
What?! Amy and Gary had been in marriage counseling off/on since early 1985. You don't get married to stay in counseling. Life is too short to figure out how to make yourself happy to be with someone who makes you unhappy.
I felt sorry for the tree. I know it's inanimate; but still it was a living thing; and such a waste for what? 5 weeks? It's a wonder they didn't catch their house on fire. Also seems reminiscent of Jeremiah 10 passages.
What a beautiful family they were and what an ugly betrayal... Indeed, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" Jer 17:9
It's sad that this video is still uploaded, because it clearly shows the attraction between Amy and Vince. Even though their children are grown up and life has gone on, out of respect for their kids, I say take it down. You are seeing Gary looking happy with his wife and children then the next minute, his wife looking 'very friendly' with another man. No matter what your beliefs, it sends mixed messages and highlights that innocent children were caught up in this. I think Gary Chapman showed strength if character to carry on after all this, and he is a very gifted singer. Saw a recent interview with him, and he shared about the power of forgiveness. He has a genuine 'gift' with his voice.
Wow, so with your thinking, absolutely no video or picture of any couple who are not together can ever be shown again in any way because it's "insensitive"? Please. Last I heard, Gary was working on his third marriage, yet stated at Millie's wedding that everyone in the Grant/Gill/Chapman family was giving her away that day. Sounds like they buried the hatchet to me. Not that it's any of your concern. And for the record, the next time you get on your soapbox and point your Holier-Than-Thou finger at the rest of us, you might want to download GRAMMARLY. Just saying.
While there MAY have been attraction between Vince & Amy at this time, none of us are qualified to evaluate the hearts of others. People can be friends & perhaps even be attracted to one another but “not DO anything about it.” That’s a choice & it’s our choices that make us who we are. I find it admirable that Vince & Amy continued to work on their marriages beyond the time of this Christmas Special but but sadly weren’t able to save them. It doesn’t follow that b/c of this, they don’t deserve happiness in life moving forward.
I like both these guys but the more I see Amy the more my sympathy grows for Janis Oliver, I love her performing with her sister, but I remember her playing a bluegrass instrumental with Vincce she did a great job but at the end of her solo piece she immediately looked at vince like seeking approval he nodded an smiled , her face lit up to have got the ok from him, I bet she was totally oblivious of what was happening.I would say that it was a mismatch Amy very sharp business woman with many strings go her now Janis never had a chance though in my opinion, she was the prettier of the two at that time.
Tom, there were problems in Vince and Janis' marriage before this. Vince and Amy never had an affair. No one ever wins in divorce, there is always hurt on both sides, regret on both sides.
Look at the video interview from 1991 with Vince and Janice. It is on RU-vid. The lady interviewing them asks if it is difficult being in a 2 musician marriage. They both say that they have struggled, and Janice says she thought that they wouldn’t make it a couple of times. This was way before Amy. Their marriage was already hanging on by a thread.
So freaking awkward... the way her and Vince Gill look at each other.. it’s so obvious that something was already going on between them.. clearly don’t know all the details of Amy and Gary and what struggles of there marriage was going through prior to her and Vince starting there affair (cause let’s face, despite what they want us to believe, they had an affair).. but still.. this is so awkward lol
Amy Grant winking at Vince at 5:07 likely indicates that they were already sleeping together or the affair was imminent. I adore Amy Grant, but how bold to be so blatant with the flirting when her then husband, Gary, is standing right in front of her on while on air. She knew the cameras would be up on her face and he would see her winking at Vince but she clearly did not care and Gary probably didn't care either. In fact, I guess nobody cared.
They were always flirtatious...no denying the chemistry between them. They make a great couple and I'm certainly not judging them. I don't think Gary was too good to her...he had some SERIOUS issues.
When u get marrie you say for Better an for Worse. U will not ivorce ur hubby bec he is Worse. Thats my Bible sai Go hates ivorce. But now only Jesus will b juge. I cnt juge.
I don't think God is pleased with divorce, but I think He understands they whys and reasons for it to happen. Also, you get married stating that you are holding nothing back and you are presenting your true self. Forsaking all others also includes drugs and alcohol--not just infidelity. I am sure there are a lot more evil and bad things occurring on Earth every day that God hates more. I'm going to take a wild guess and say anything evil that involves children and babies ranks higher than two unhappy people divorcing. But from your statement, even if your hubby is the worst, you MUST stay in the marriage because God will be upset and hate it. What a crock.
Sad that the kids had to live the breakup when all three were still young. Must have been extra hard on her boy who was still a child, to seperate from his dad. Gill and amy had some heated up romance, should have left it as that, and not all the seperation of spouses and scattered children. Shouldn't have called their passionate lustful relatioship "love" to justify their adulterous lifestyle. Shame on both, especially Amy who read the bible and knows God's ways, chose lover over her husband.
Did Jesus Christ stone anybody...for adultery or any other sin? You need to re-read your Bible. I think that Amy was pretty miserable with Gary...he was on drugs...and probably abusive, too. I lived with an alcoholic, abusive husband for over HALF my life. My only regret is not leaving him sooner, and God totally understands. The two families blended nicely...especially after Vince and Amy had their daughter, Corinna. "Judge not...lest ye be judged." "Let he who is without SIN cast the first stone."
