- Christina Haack competes against Tarek and Heather Rae El Moussa on HGTV’s “The Flip Off.”
- The trio told Business Insider they would be open to flipping a house together.
- Heather Rae El Moussa said she would be excited to collaborate with Haack from a design perspective.
Nearly 10 years after they separated, “Flip or Flop” stars Tarek El Moussa and Christina Haack are reuniting on HGTV.
“The Flip Off,” which premieres Wednesday, stars Haack, Tarek, and his wife, Heather Rae El Moussa.
The show originally intended to pit the El Moussas against Haack and her husband, Josh Hall, to see who could make the most money from flipping a home. After Haack and Hall filed for divorce in July 2024, Haack did most of the competition against Tarek and his new wife solo.
Although the show makes Haack and the El Moussas competitors, the trio told Business Insider they were open to working as a team in the future.
The El Moussas and Haack are open to working on a flip together
Haack and Tarek were married from 2009 to 2018, and they share two children, Taylor, 14, and Brayden, 9. They also starred in “Flip or Flop” from 2013 to 2022.
Tarek remarried Heather, a former “Selling Sunset” star, in 2021, and they share one son, Tristan, who will turn 2 on January 31. Christina has a son, Hudson, 5, from her relationship with her second ex-husband, Ant Anstead.
“The Flip Off” marks the first on-screen collaboration between Haack and Tarek since “Flip or Flop” ended, though the exes each have their own HGTV series now. Tarek and Heather star on “The Flipping El Moussas” together, and Haack has turned to spotlighting her renovations for clients in “Christina on the Coast” and “Christina in the Country.”
Despite all their experience with real estate and reality TV, competing against each other was new for Haack and Tarek. And when asked if they would consider returning to their roots and flipping a house as a trio with Heather on or off-screen, Haack and Heather said they were interested in the idea, though Tarek wasn’t quite as enthusiastic about it.
He nodded at the question and said, “Hmm,” prompting Haack to tell him to “relax” through laughter.
“Every time someone asks this question, we’re like, ‘Yeah, that would be so fun,'” she said, speaking of herself and Heather. “This one’s over here like, ‘Oh, I don’t know.'”
“He’s like, ‘I don’t know if I want to work with them,'” Heather agreed, mimicking her husband’s voice.
The trio bickered about the idea before Haack asked Tarek directly about teaming up.
“If I was like, ‘Hey, would you guys like to partner on a flip and we can split the profits,’ you would say no?” Haack asked.
“I would say yes,” Tarek said.
“OK then, that’s your answer,” Haack told BI, laughing again.
“Why am I getting in trouble right now? What happened?” Tarek joked.
As the moment ended, Heather said she would be excited to collaborate with Haack from a design perspective.
“I think it would be fun to see Christina and I design together,” Heather said, adding that she would be interested to see if they could bring their design ideas together.
Only time will tell if the El Moussas and Haack combine their design forces, but the fact that it’s even a possibility is a testament to how their relationship has grown in recent years.
When “Flip or Flop” ended in March 2022, reports surfaced that filming had become “too intimate” for Haack and Tarek.
Two months later, Haack and Heather seemed to be fighting in photos published of the co-parents at one of Brayden’s soccer games, and one of the coaches appeared to separate Hall and Tarek during their own conflict. Haack and Heather released a joint statement saying they had resolved a “personal matter” after the incident, and the pair put aside their differences after Brayden had a health emergency just a few days later.
The tension seemed like a distant memory when the trio spoke to BI, laughing together as they discussed the series.
Haack also told BI that filming the show without Hall ended up being a “major advantage” because he didn’t have as much experience with flipping or reality TV as she does.
“I think that without him, it’s just easier,” she said. A representative for Hall didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
“The Flip Off” premieres on HGTV at 8 p.m. ET. You can also stream the show on Max the next day.
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