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Tarek El Moussa Shares How His Dynamic With Christina Haack Improved
HGTV star Tarek El Moussa is sharing how is dynamic with his ex-wife Christina Haack has improved.
While speaking to Us Weekly in April 2025, Tarek El Moussa, who shares his older children Brayden, 9, and Taylor, 14, with Haack, said filming the series, “The Flip Off,” alongside his ex-wife bettered their relationship. The HGTV series, which premiered in January 2025, featured Tarek El Moussa and his wife, Heather Rae El Moussa, competing against Haack to see who could make a better profit when flipping a house. Haack’s estranged husband, Josh Hall, was originally her partner until he left the series following their July 2024 split.
Tarek El Moussa said filming the series “was more fun than [he] thought it was going to be.”
“It was better for our family. It was better for our relationship. It brought everybody closer and, in the end, it did such amazing things for our family. I wouldn’t change a thing,” said Tarek El Moussa to the publication.
He also said that he and Haack were able to positively communicate with each other during the production of the show.
“The show gave me and Christina an opportunity to apologize for things we did to each other. It gave Christina and Heather an opportunity to bond even closer. I mean, we’re going to dinners now. So, honestly, it’s just about working together, spending time together and creating some really fun TV together,” said Tarek El Moussa during the interview.
Tarek El Moussa Spoke About Filming With Christina Haack in a January 2025 Interview
Tarek El Moussa spoke about filming with Haack for “The Flip Off” during a January 2025 Us Weekly interview, alongside his wife. He said he was not worried about working with his ex-wife again because they have “been in a really good place” for “the last couple of years.”
“It took us almost 10 years to get there, so going back into shooting together, it’s a lot more of an intimate relationship. There were some reservations. But as the show has gone on, we’ve realized it’s just business,” said Tarek El Moussa during the interview.
He also said that he and Haack did argue while filming the HGTV series. According to Tarek El Moussa, he took issue with Haack “because she always wants to get her way.”
“She doesn’t want to have rules,” said Tarek El Moussa to Us Weekly.
Heather Rae El Moussa also shared that he and Haack’s dynamic is similar to how siblings fight.
Christina Haack Discussed Her Dynamic With Her First Ex-Husband
During a November 2024 interview with Entertainment Tonight, Haack said Hall took issue with her dynamic with Tarek El Moussa while filming “The Flip Off.”
According to Haack, Hall viewed her relationship with her ex-husband as flirty. She said, however, that she views Tarek El Moussa like a sibling.
