After10 seasonsand a verypublic divorce, filmingFlip or Floptogether became “too intimate” for Christina Haack and Tarek El Moussa, a source with knowledge of the situation tells PEOPLE.
The exes announced in a pair of Instagram posts on Thursday that their hit series, which debuted in 2013 while they were still married,would air its final episode next week. They continued to film the show together for more than five years post-split.
“Tarek and Christina are generally cordial. They’re co-parenting and nothing gets in the way of that,” the source says. “The show was just too intimate of a setting at this point and it was time to close that chapter.”
Flip or Flopprimarily followed the former couple’s business together as they bought, renovated and sold homes for a profit in Southern California, but sincetheir split in 2016, it also often documented how they navigated their changing relationship and co-parenting their two children, Taylor, 11, and Brayden, 6.
For the most part, that was amicably, evenwhen they would bickerabout whether or not to take a gamble on a questionable flip, design decisions, or who was doing the heavy lifting on a job. In the final seasons, they often poked fun at one another’s fashion choices or grooming habits, and even joked about their past relationship.
Possible tension behind the scenes came to light in July 2021, whenEl Moussa screamed at Haack on set, PEOPLE confirmed. He unleashed a verbal tirade, reportedly comparing her to his now-wife Heather Rae El Moussa and calling her a “washed-up loser,” according toTMZ, who first reported on the incident.
A source later told PEOPLETarek was “super remorseful"that he “lashed out,” but noted, “They’re exes who share a history and children and a workplace, but outside of coparenting, they’re not friends.”
Christina Anstead and Tarek El Moussa.Christina Anstead/instagram
Both Haack and Tarek have moved on to new relationships since their split.
Shebegan datingCelebrity IOU: Joyridehost Ant Ansteadin October 2017, and they got married in asurprise backyard ceremonyat their home in December 2018. They welcomed a son, Hudson London, now 2, butsplit less then a year after his birth in September 2020. Theirdivorce was finalizedin June 2021.
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in July 2021, PEOPLE confirmed thatHaack was in a new relationshipwith Josh Hall, an Austin-based realtor. The pairannounced they are engaged in September. Ant has since begun dating actress Renee Zellweger.
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In April 2021, Haackspoke to PEOPLEabout how her and Tarek’s relationship has evolved, saying, “Tarek and I split four years ago. That’s a long time. When there are tough times like [the pandemic], all of a sudden we’re totally a unified front and talk and email multiple times a day.” She added that their focus will always be: “‘What’s best for the kids?’ "
source: people.com
