On Tuesday, Gold walked back claims that she and her husband were the owners of Pioneertown in San Bernardino, Calif., after facing backlash from its residents.
“I want to reach out to personally say I am so deeply sorry for the confusion I have caused,” the real estate agent said in a statement, per People .
“I certainly do not own Pioneertown, I never should have said that and I apologize for doing so. I want you to know that I did not mean any harm, I absolutely love Pioneertown and I simply got too excited talking about it,” she continued.
Alanna Gold, pictured above, issued an apology to the residents of Pioneertown after facing backlash for claiming she and her husband owned the small desert town. Instagram/thealannagold “I want you to know that I did not mean any harm, I absolutely love Pioneertown and I simply got too excited talking about it,” she said in a statement. Instagram/thealannagold
Gold added that she and her husband were inspired to invest in “a home and other properties” in the town because they “wanted to become part of the community.”
“Again, I am so sorry to the people of Pioneertown, I would never want to disrespect the town’s history or any of the people who make it such a wonderful place,” she concluded.
Gold said she and her husband were inspired to invest in “a home and other properties” in the neighborhood because they “wanted to become part of the community.” Instagram/thealannagold The desert town was featured in Season 8 of “Selling Sunset” when Gold took her fellow realtors for a visit. Getty Images
Shortly after the season premiere on Friday, Pioneertown residents responded to Gold’s comments, calling the ownership claims “verifiably false.”
“The baseless claims by ‘Selling Sunset’s’ Alanna Gold that she ‘owns Pioneertown’ undermines 78 years of internationally celebrated film, arts and cultural history,” read a statement posted on the town’s Instagram account Monday.
“These claims belittle generations of artists, neighbors, nature lovers, community members, musicians, small business owners and otherwise magnificent people of Pioneertown.”
Shortly after the season premiered on Friday, the residents of the town released a statement refuting claims that she “owned Pioneertown,” calling them “verifiably false.” Instagram/thealannagold “These claims belittle generations of artists, neighbors, nature lovers, community members, musicians, small business owners and otherwise magnificent people of Pioneertown,” the town’s statement read. Instagram/thealannagold
They further refuted Gold’s assertion by stating that Pioneertown “is privately owned by more than 100 independent parties.”
“Mrs. Gold has a small minority non-controlling interest in an entity that owns six of thirty five parcels in the Mane Street area, constituting less than 1% of Pioneertown’s total 640 acres,” the residents explained.
“The claim that she owns the ‘entire town’ is verifiably false.”
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