Christina Haack Says Ant Anstead Is Trying to ‘Smear’ Her ‘Good Name’ in Custody Battle, Denies Unfit Claims

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Christina Haack Says Ant Anstead Is Trying to ‘Smear' Her 'Good Name' in Custody Battle, Denies Unfit Claims

Coming out swinging. Christina Hall (née Haack) fired back at ex-husband Ant Anstead after he claimed she was un unfit mother amid a custody battle over their 2-year-old son Hudson. “I have read the declaration of Mr. Anstead and was shocked to see the false allegations against me,” the 38-year-old TV personality stated in court documents obtained by Us Weekly on Friday, April 29. “And his belief that he has been failing to protect our son by sharing custodial time with me.” Hall, who split from Anstead, 43, in September 2020 after nearly two years of marriage, added: “I will not speculate as to his true motivations, but Hudson’s best interest is not what is motivating his application to the Court.” The Christina on the Coast star filed a response on Thursday, April 28, with the Orange County court after Anstead petitioned to get full custody of their toddler that same day. The Wheeler Dealers host alleged that his ex-wife, who also shares daughter Taylor, 11, and son Brayden, 6, with her first husband, Tarek El Moussa, has been absent from Hudson’s life. Anstead claimed that Hall spent an average of “nine full days each month” with the toddler over the past 20 months. He also urged a judge to make the Flip or Flop alum stop slamming him on social media, especially when Hudson appears in her paid posts. [jwplayer TtobHz7X-zhNYySv2] Us confirmed that the Orange County Superior Court rejected Anstead’s request for sole custody on the same day he filed, arguing there was “insufficient evidence” against Hall. A court date was set for June 28. “Mr. Anstead is simply trying to smear my good name and tarnish my image,” the designer claimed in her own filing. Christina — who Us confirmed earlier this month had wed Joshua Hall seven months after getting engaged — alleged that Anstead’s account of how many days she’s seen Hudson over the past year is “not accurate.” She claimed in court docs that he doesn’t take into account “any day wherein we exchange our son as a custodial day for me.” She added: “He also counts days where I made an accommodation or gave a right of first refusal to him as his day. That is why there is a huge discrepancy in his mind from our accurate schedule. His attempt to mislead the court is transparent when presented with the true facts.” Christina outlined a schedule for the court, stating that in December 2021 she agreed to having only 14 days with Hudson “instead of equal time” because Anstead’s older children, Amelie, 18, and Archie, 15, whom he shares with ex-wife Louise Storey, were in town. She claimed that she had “a total of 11 days due to my being a supportive coparent” in March after Anstead traveled to Maui with Hudson without being given prior notice. Scroll down to see the breakdown of Christina’s April 28 court filing: [podcast_block]

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Christina Haack Says Ant Anstead Is Trying to ‘Smear' Her 'Good Name' in Custody Battle, Denies Unfit Claims

Coming out swinging. Christina Hall (née Haack) fired back at ex-husband Ant Anstead after he claimed she was un unfit mother amid a custody battle over their 2-year-old son Hudson. “I have read the declaration of Mr. Anstead and was shocked to see the false allegations against me,” the 38-year-old TV personality stated in court documents obtained by Us Weekly on Friday, April 29. “And his belief that he has been failing to protect our son by sharing custodial time with me.” Hall, who split from Anstead, 43, in September 2020 after nearly two years of marriage, added: “I will not speculate as to his true motivations, but Hudson’s best interest is not what is motivating his application to the Court.” The Christina on the Coast star filed a response on Thursday, April 28, with the Orange County court after Anstead petitioned to get full custody of their toddler that same day. The Wheeler Dealers host alleged that his ex-wife, who also shares daughter Taylor, 11, and son Brayden, 6, with her first husband, Tarek El Moussa, has been absent from Hudson’s life. Anstead claimed that Hall spent an average of “nine full days each month” with the toddler over the past 20 months. He also urged a judge to make the Flip or Flop alum stop slamming him on social media, especially when Hudson appears in her paid posts. [jwplayer TtobHz7X-zhNYySv2] Us confirmed that the Orange County Superior Court rejected Anstead’s request for sole custody on the same day he filed, arguing there was “insufficient evidence” against Hall. A court date was set for June 28. “Mr. Anstead is simply trying to smear my good name and tarnish my image,” the designer claimed in her own filing. Christina — who Us confirmed earlier this month had wed Joshua Hall seven months after getting engaged — alleged that Anstead’s account of how many days she’s seen Hudson over the past year is “not accurate.” She claimed in court docs that he doesn’t take into account “any day wherein we exchange our son as a custodial day for me.” She added: “He also counts days where I made an accommodation or gave a right of first refusal to him as his day. That is why there is a huge discrepancy in his mind from our accurate schedule. His attempt to mislead the court is transparent when presented with the true facts.” Christina outlined a schedule for the court, stating that in December 2021 she agreed to having only 14 days with Hudson “instead of equal time” because Anstead’s older children, Amelie, 18, and Archie, 15, whom he shares with ex-wife Louise Storey, were in town. She claimed that she had “a total of 11 days due to my being a supportive coparent” in March after Anstead traveled to Maui with Hudson without being given prior notice. Scroll down to see the breakdown of Christina’s April 28 court filing: [podcast_block]

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Drug Use Clapback

Anstead claimed in his custody petition that Christina’s July 2021 omission via social media that she had previously “smoked a Bufo toad,” which is a hallucinogenic, while on her journey of self-discovery was evidence that she was unfit to watch their son.

“He asserts illegal drug use on July 08, 2021, but omits the fact that he left for the U.K. shortly thereafter leaving Hudson in my care for 10 days,” the Anaheim, California, native said in her filing. “This is the same trip he now alleges I left Hudson with third parties instead of parenting him myself.”

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Harassment Claims

“On April 27, 2022, Mr. Anstead started harassing those close to me by text,” Christina alleged. “He contacted my nanny, my publicist and my father.” She further explained that she is “gathering the text messages from the persons to show his conduct.”

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The Nanny Factor

The HGTV star denied that Hudson sleeps “in a crib with a nanny” when he stays with her and her other children. Instead, she insisted that beginning in February, the toddler “has shared a room with Brayden and they have bunk beds, with Hudson on the bottom." She added: "The boys love it and Hudson feels like a ‘big boy’ sharing a room with his brother.”

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Extra Help on Both Sides

The Christina: Stronger by Design star revealed that both she and Anstead “employ a nanny” in their respective households, before noting that her husband and Anstead’s girlfriend, Renée Zellweger, have also joined them in parenting duties.

“I am remarried and my husband Josh is also available to assist with caring for Hudson. Ant has a significant other who has assisted him in caring for Hudson,” she claimed in the docs. “Despite having other persons in my home who can care for Hudson during work commitments, I have always tried to offer Ant the ability to care for Hudson if I was not available due to a work commitment to support his relationship with our son.”

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Travel Woes

The Unbroken Productions cofounder pointed to the British TV host’s back and forth travels as the reason some of her custody dates and times were changed. She pointed to a July 2021 incident when Anstead “got stuck” in the U.K. while she was watching Hudson.

“Ant asked me to get him a birth certificate so he could return. He knew I was leaving town July 31, 2021 and made it seem his return was imminent,” she claimed, noting he was supposed to return that same day. “I asked if he wanted my Nanny to keep Hudson. He said no and asked his that I allow his Nanny and girlfriend to watch Hudson. I had no idea it would take him several days to return.”

She alleged that her ex-husband “has never even brought this up as an issue until this filing,” adding that the incident corresponded with Christina’s use of the toad venom, which he has since claimed makes her unable to properly watch Hudson. “His allegation has no merit and shows his true intent in making allegations is to create a false narrative and smear my good name,” she added.

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Financial Burden

“Mr. Anstead has two children from a previous marriage, and they primarily live in the U.K. with their mother,” Christina explained, noting the different locations has at times affected her time and pocketbook. “I have made accommodations to my own schedule, sometimes at great financial cost, to facilitate the Respondent’s travel in support of Hudson’s relationship with those siblings, and to ensure Hudson can spend time with them when they are visiting Ant.”