January 2018: Tarek El Moussa was single for the first time in nearly a decade.
Tarek El Moussa married Christina Haack in 2009. They starred in HGTV’s “Flip or Flop” and have two children, Taylor, 14, and Brayden, 9.
The couple separated in 2016, seven months after police were called to their house because of “a call of a possibly suicidal male with a gun,” TMZ reported at the time. Tarek was seen running from his home with a firearm, which he dropped after police told him from a helicopter to release it, TMZ reported.
“Like many couples, we have had challenges in our marriage,” Tarek and Haack said in a statement to People on the matter. “We had an unfortunate misunderstanding about six months ago, and the police were called to our house in an abundance of caution. There was no violence, and no charges were filed.”
Tarek addressed the incident in his 2024 book “Flip Your Life,” saying he decided to go on a walk after a fight with Haack and was carrying the gun to protect himself from wildlife.
In a February 2024 conversation with Business Insider, he also described his divorce from Haack as “the most difficult period” of his life, particularly because of the media attention their separation received.
“I don’t know what it was about me and Christina, but we got so much press for years, and it just wouldn’t slow down,” he said. “It wouldn’t go away.”
Tarek and Haack’s divorce was finalized in January 2018, and he went on to star in “Flipping 101” solo. “Flip or Flop” ended in 2022.
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