Haqq's new love interest also appeared in season seven.
The show emphasized that the former couple has moved on. Tomaso Boddy / Stringer / Getty Images
In the 14th episode of season 7, Haqq received a FaceTime call from her then-boyfriend Ant Anstead and interviewed him on camera about him.
“I have a new man in my life and I'm so happy,” she said. “It's all new so I haven't told Tarek yet.”
El Moussa found out about Anstead's presence during the episode when Anstead dropped Huck off at a house where she and El Moussa were working.
“Why didn't you tell me? I'd love to meet him,” El Moussa told Haqq about Anstead, but he admitted during an on-camera interview later in the episode that he wished Haqq had been more direct about it.
“It would have been a lot easier if she had been honest about having a boyfriend,” he said.
El Moussa later asked Haqq why he hadn't told her he had a boyfriend.
“I was just beginning to understand it and how serious it was before I told you,” she said.
“I want her to be happy,” El Moussa said on camera about Haqq. “Obviously, we're divorced, but we're still getting used to it. I hope that no matter what happens, we can continue to work together.”
Haqq and Anstead were married from 2018 to 2020 and have a son, Hudson, together.