Since 2013, we've gotten to know “Flip or Flop” fame real estate couple Christina Haqq and Tarek El Moussa as they flip (or sell) homes that weren't promising. Over the course of 10 seasons on the HGTV series, their chemistry and real estate savvy captured the attention of a nation that loves the home renovation genre. But when Christina and Tarek got divorced, drama arrived in the couple's lives.
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While Tarek was moving on to a new relationship, Christina went through her second marriage before finally settling down with new husband Josh Hall. Josh is Christina's third husband. Flip or Flop may be over, but Christina's spinoff shows, Christina on the Coast and Christina in the Country, will no doubt showcase her newlywed life. We dig into everything we know about her new husband and what led to her first divorce.
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Why did “Flip or Flop” couple Christina and Tarek split? They said it was due to “irreconcilable differences.”
A lot happened between Christina and Tarek from the start of their relationship until 2017, which ultimately led to their divorce. Basically, the couple flip-or-flopped and was thrust into the spotlight after Christina gave birth to their first child, daughter Taylor Reese, in 2010.
In 2013, a fan who was a nurse contacted the production company to say she had noticed a lump on Tarek's neck, which led to Tarek being diagnosed with double cancer, upsetting the entire family who were trying to have another child through IVF.
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Christina gave birth to her second child, son Braydon James, in 2015, but by 2016, tensions between Christina and Tarek reached new heights. “I lost 60 pounds, I was taking Vicodin every day,” Tarek told the Dr. Drew Podcast. “On top of that, my hormones were off, I was taking painkillers and narcotics, and I was filming and working. It was a really tough three or four years. … It was a horrible experience.”
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Press coverage went wild when Tarek ran off with a gun and Christina, fearing he might kill himself, called the police. Tarek now says the incident was exaggerated and that he had just gone out for a walk, but this was the catalyst for their eventual breakup later that year. By January 2017, Tarek had filed for divorce. After Christina began dating Ant Anstead in late 2017, Tarek and Christina decided to remain friends, co-parent their children, and continue filming Flip or Flop.
Christina has remarried twice since divorcing Tarek and appears to be happy with her new husband.
Flip or Flop may be over, but Christina's love life isn't. After she and Tarek divorced, she and Ant Anstead quickly married in December 2018. “We wanted to center it around our kids — there are six of us,” Christina told People magazine. “We're a blended family, so it was really important that the kids were a part of it.” But their divorce wasn't all that amicable.
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While not all the details about their relationship are known, we do know that Christina and Ant welcomed their first child, son Hudson London, in September 2019 (almost nine months after their wedding). However, the couple announced their separation in September 2020, almost two years after their marriage. They initially agreed to share custody of Hudson, but Ant then filed for full custody in April 2022.
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This sparked a lot of public back-and-forth and back-lash between the former couple on social media, ultimately leading Christina to decide not to post Hudson's face anywhere on social media. But luckily, Christina and her new husband, Josh Hall, seem very happy together.
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The same real estate agent worked for Texas' Foundry Group and Spyglass Realty before joining forces with the real estate mogul's wife to found Unbroken Productions. But Josh isn't new to reality TV. In fact, his sisters, Stacey Adams and Jessica Hall, both appear on The Hills. Jessica, who is a friend of Kendra Wilkinson's, also appeared on E!'s Kendra and Kendra on Top.
Josh has said via social media that he wants to support Christina and her children in any way he can.
“Christina on the Coast” returns to HGTV on December 8th at 8pm ET.