HGTV’s The Flip Off may technically be centered around a house-flipping competition, but those who tuned in when the first season aired on the 2025 TV schedule were likely just as hooked by its awkward premise. Watching how Christina Haack worked with all three of her now-ex-husbands was fun enough, but there was another equally intriguing aspect. Fans are fascinated by the friendship between Haack and Heather Rae El Moussa, and not even Tarek saw that one coming.
Tarek El Moussa started dating Heather Rae in 2019, three years after splitting from his Flip or Flop co-star Christina Haack. It wasn’t always the smoothest road — and they still can’t quite tell you how all of their kids are related — but they’ve settled into a really healthy co-parenting situation. However, El Moussa lamented the unexpected side effect of having his wife become friends with his ex-wife, as he posted on Instagram:
