In the realm of Hollywood exes, it’s not often that you see such camaraderie as that displayed by Cristina Salon It is Tarek El Moussaex-spouses and Flip or Flop co-hosts.
But the recent video on Instagram with their respective partners, Josh Hall and Heather Rae El Moussatook their friendly relationship to new heights while also serving as a witty response to online chatter.
Since their divorcesCristina, 40, has tied the knot with real estate agent Josh43, while Tarek, 42, found love with her first Selling sunsets star. The video, shared on Instagram, shows Heather and Christina side by side, playfully introducing themselves using each other’s names, dressed in matching black tops and ripped jeans, mocking the notion of Tarek’s “type.”
The light-hearted banter continues as Christina jokes, “It must be all that bleach,” to which Tarek adds, “Well, I guess it’s confusing,” addressing the ongoing speculation surrounding his romantic preferences.
Christina and Tarek share two children, daughter Taylor, 13, and son Brayden, 8. Christina is also mom to her son, Hudson, 4, from her marriage to Ant Anstead. As for Heather and Tarek, they celebrated their son Tristan’s first birthday, adding another joyful milestone to their close-knit family.
From a very public divorce and harrowing health struggles to remarriage and welcoming his third child, Tarek has experienced a rollercoaster of life events in less than a decade. The reality star says these experiences make him the perfect author for a self-help book.
“I needed a lot of self-help, you know? Throughout my life, there have been a lot of struggles. People don’t know what I went through and that’s why this book is important.” he told ET in Februaryoozing the list of complications that arose in his life, including a diagnosis of ADHD, a misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder, anxiety issues, sleep problems, substance abuse, thyroid cancer, and testicular cancer.
He continued: “I was addicted to opioids for a year because of back surgery. So these are a lot of problems that I’ve faced in my life, and you know, today I’m thriving, right? I’m healthier, I’m better than I’ve ever been, so I’ve managed to get here just by working and taking one step at a time. And there are so many people out there in a difficult situation. , and they can get out of it. They just need hope, right? Turn your life around gives people hope to start building a better future.”
Tarek says he wrote Turn your life around to provide the book he needed when he was 20 years old. “When I was writing this book, I was thinking about 20-year-old Tarek, what was the book I needed when I was at my lowest point?
Reflecting on that period of his life, Tarek recalled how he was “drowning all day, every day, with stress, anxiety, worry, (wondering) what (will) the future be like? What am I going to do? Where am I?” I’m going to go? Why am I gaining so much weight? Why can’t I stop drinking?
“The day I graduated high school, I was thriving. I was in great shape. I was an athlete, and less than a year later, I completely destroyed my life,” he shared. “I gained 30 pounds, my clothes didn’t fit (and) I became a depressed alcoholic. I stopped hanging out with my friends. And I was really lucky to get out of that.”
After residing in what Tarek calls a “halfway house” for several months following his separation from Christina, he says he intended to improve his marriage. But in 2017, Christina moved in with Ant, who she was married to from 2018 to 2021.
“(In) 2017, I was alone, I was getting divorced, I didn’t have my family with me, and this wasn’t the life I dreamed of,” Tarek told ET. “That wasn’t the life I wanted. So, by accepting the fact that I had that life and I wasn’t happy with it, it gave me the impetus to start rebuilding my life. And today I’m married to Heather. (I) love her very much, right? I have Tristan, he’s already a year old, I can’t believe it. Today I’m living the life I wanted years ago, right? It took work.”
Tarek married Heather Rae in October 2021, and the couple welcomed son Tristan Jay in January 2023.
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