Everything Heather Rae Young and Christina Haack Have Said About Their Relationship

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Everything Heather Rae Young and Christina Haack Have Said About Their Relationship

From one Mrs. El Moussa to another? Heather Rae El Moussa (née Young) married Tarek El Moussa after his split from ex-wife Christina Hall (née Haack) — and the Selling Sunset star hasn’t shied away from opening up about their relationship. Tarek and Christina wed in 2009 and welcomed two kids: daughter Taylor (born September 2010) and son Brayden (August 2015). They announced their separation in September 2016 months after the police were called to their home. “Like many couples, we have had challenges in our marriage. 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,” the former Flip or Flop stars said in a statement to Us Weekly at the time. “We chose to get counseling to sort out our relationship. Together, we have decided to separate while we reevaluate the future of our marriage. During this process, we are committed to our kids and being the best parents we can be. We will continue to work through this process civilly and cooperatively, and plan to continue our professional life together.” The pair, who continued to film their HGTV show until early 2022, finalized their divorce in 2018. While the Christina on the Coast star went on to marry Ant Anstead in December 2018 — and welcomed son Hudson in 2019 — the couple announced their split in September 2020. Less than one year after they finalized their divorce, news broke in April 2022 that Hall quietly married Joshua Hall. [jwplayer EH8tPRM8-zhNYySv2] Tarek, meanwhile, exchanged vows with Heather in October 2021. Even before tying the knot, the Netflix star wasted no time embracing her role as a stepmother. “I want the kids happy the most,” Heather told Us in September 2021. “We put everything aside and we focus on the kids. I stay out of their business, and … we really focus on the kids’ happiness and health at our house. We’re not super involved with what happens over at [Christina’s] house.” There was a blip in the coparenting relationships, however, when photos surfaced of Tarek and Heather getting heated with Josh and Christina, respectively, at a children’s soccer game in May 2022. “A personal matter was discussed and has since been resolved,” a rep for Christina told Us at the time. “We are focused on coparenting as a team moving forward.” Scroll through for more on Heather and Christina’s quotes about their relationship:

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Heather on Christina and Tarek Working Together

“I’m a really confident person and I’m confident in our relationship, and I think what he does and everything he has going on is so amazing,” the former model told Radar Online of Flip or Flop in August 2019. “I'm fully supportive of everything.”

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Heather on Christina Comparisons

"How would I be 'trying to look like someone?' Last time I checked I've looked like this my whole life,” Heather said via Instagram Stories in December 2019 when social media users accused her of trying to be like Christina. “Yes that's my ultimate goal & I even rushed to a doctor to change my whole appearance!!! Come on guys … Let's stop being ridiculous."

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Christina on What She Has in Common With Heather

“We’ll, like, text each other random recipes right now during isolation,” Christina told Us in April 2020. “She’ll, like, send me whatever her, like, favorite go-to granola bar is, and I’ll text her back, like, whatever mine is. We’ll share, like, margarita recipes with each other like a skinny watermelon, so yeah, it’s nice. We all get along.”

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Heather on Christina’s Parenting

"I really put myself in other people's shoes. I'm around the kids every day. Tarek and I live together, so it's only natural for me as a woman to want to reach out to her as their mom and be like, 'Hey, I'm with your kids. Do you have any tips? Can you help me? I'm new at this. Like, I don't know what I'm doing,’” Heather told E! News in May 2020. "I was the first girl that he openly dated and introduced to his children since the divorce. I really think about, ‘How would she feel as their mother, and a new girl is living with the kids?’ It's only natural for me."

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Mutual Mother’s Day Gestures

In May 2021, Christina and Heather thanked each other for their respective flower arrangements for Mother’s Day.

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Heather on Tarek and Christina’s Fight

Reports surfaced in July 2021 that Tarek and Christina got into an explosive fight on the set of Flip or Flop, with TMZ alleging that he called his ex a “washed-up loser,” comparing Christina to a lesser version of Heather. “It’s called winning,” he allegedly screamed. “The world knows you’re crazy!”

Months later, Heather spoke to Us about the incident.

“People have to remember they’re coworkers and they are exes. There’s going to be little frustrations here and there,” the real estate agent said in September 2021. “There’s a lot going on in all of our worlds, and there’s only so much that the world sees. It’s blown over, and everyone’s moving on. Like I said, it’s just exes that work together, and things come up sometimes.” 

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Heather on Being Mrs. El Moussa

"Well, her name is not Christina El Moussa … [it’s] Christina Haack. I'm gonna be Heather El Moussa," Heather said with a laugh to Too Fab in July 2021 when asked about Christina. "We have [met] yes."

When asked whether she and Tarek would be double dating with Christina and Josh, Heather added, “I don't think so.”

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Heather on Christina’s Parenting

“We communicate daily about the kids, and they’re the most important thing in the world to all of us. So, as long as the kids are happy, we’re all happy,” Heather told Us in September 2021.

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Heather on Ant’s Role

“Taylor and Brayden, they have a brother and Hudson’s their brother, so we want to make sure that we know Hudson and Ant as well and that the kids get to grow up together,” Heather told Us in September 2021 about her relationship with Christina’s second husband. “It’s been nice having a friendly relationship and the most important thing is the kids. We all remember that that’s the most important thing to us and the kids’​​​​ health and happiness is No. 1 to all of us.”

When asked about double dating with Anstead and Renée Zellweger, she added, “We did go to an event and they were there. I would love [to double date], I think she’s amazing.”

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Heather on Communicating With Christina

“We keep it separate, and we really focus on our house and raising the kids how we want to at our house and healthy habits here. And so, we just really focus on our household,” Heather told InTouch in April 2021. “But obviously, we communicate for the children. Her and I mainly do. And you know, obviously, we’re raising kids, and they’re half the time over there, half the time with us. So, we do communicate for the children.”

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‘Selling Sunset’ Reunion Shade

The Flip or Flop fight came up again at the Selling Sunset season 5 reunion, with host Tan France asking, “Did he really call you a hotter, richer version of his ex-wife?”

“I mean …” Heather responded several times. The reunion aired in May 2022, one day before the soccer game incident.

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Heather and Christina on Coparenting

"Sometimes to shut down the noise we show the truth. Co- parenting and doing what's right ❤️," the former model wrote via Instagram in May 2022, sharing a photo of her blended family after her argument with Christina raised eyebrows. The HGTV star uploaded a similar post at the time, asserting that she and her ex will always put their kids "first."

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Heather and Tarek on Christina's 'Next Chapter'

In December 2022, while promoting their new HGTV show, The Flipping El Moussas, the couple congratulated Tarek's ex on the "next chapter" in her own life: Christina on the Coast, which premieres in January 2023.