Exes Christina Anstead and Tarek El Moussa will film another season ofFlip or Floptogether, their ninth andthe thirdsincetheir dramatic split.
Anstead and El Moussa, who are amicably co-parenting their two children Taylor, 9, and Brayden, 4, have opened up previously about why they chose to stick to their unusual professional arrangement.
“When our marriage fell apart, it was more public than we could ever have imagined,” Anstead explained in the first episode filmed after their divorce, which aired in May 2018.
El Moussa added, “But we’re picking up the pieces and we’ll still work together to support our kids.”
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In the exes’first joint interview since parting ways, which aired on theToday Showthat December, El Moussa opened up about the decision. “We shot the pilot [forFlip or Flop] in summer of 2011, so we’ve been doing this for a really long time,” he said. “It’s part of who we are and what we do, and for us to just throw everything away, it just wasn’t worth it.”
Anstead added that given their “two amazing kids . . . it’s just easier to work together and get along.”
There has been a tangible shift in their dynamic on the show since the divorce that the stars acknowledge.
“In the past, if Tarek and I would get into an argument, they would turn off the camera. Now they just let it roll,” Christina told PEOPLE in July 2018. “I probably put up more of a fight than I used to, and he stands his ground more, because at the end of the day we’re not going home together.”
“We’ve worked together for 12 years now,” she added. “We just really focus on the job at hand, and if we do talk, it’s about the kids.”
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El Moussa has beendating Heather Rae Young, a fellow realtor who appears on Netflix’sSelling Sunset, since July, when they werespotted kissing on a boat.
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Both parents have been committed to supporting their blended families —Christina and Ant welcomed a son, Hudson, in September — and even celebrate holidays and special events together.
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“We all sit together — my family and Tarek’s family,” Christina wrote on Instagram alongside a photo from the event.
“A couple people acknowledged how nice this is — I know there are a lot of divorced couples (including Tarek’s mom and dad) who do this too and it’s honestly easier for everyone,” she continued. “Plus Taylor’s face lights up when she sees us all in the same row supporting her.”
Tarek’s mother, Dominique El Moussa, seemed to agree with her former daughter-in-law. She commented on Christina’s post: “Once a family, always a family!”
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The season finale ofFlip or Flopairs Thursday, December 12 at 9 p.m. ET/PT and new episodes premiere in August 2020.
source: people.com
