Heather Rae El Moussa hasn’t been in a position to keep away from the strain between her husband, Tarek El Moussa, and his ex-wife, Christina Haack, on The Flip Off. Whereas the exes’ banter has principally been playful, the bickering received a bit extra intense throughout Episode 3 on Wednesday, February 12.
After visitor choose Amanza Smith named Christina because the winner of that week’s competitors — the redesign of the lounge — Tarek wasn’t having it. He complained about Christina getting to make use of her staircase as a part of the room, which she mentioned with him beforehand. Tarek and Heather had been beforehand not in a position to have their eating room space counted in direction of a part of the redesign of the kitchen in week one.
“She form of had an unfair benefit. They received to make use of different areas that wasn’t actually the area, after which they took out considered one of our first areas,” he ranted. Christina had had sufficient and fired again, “While you guys win, do I f**king complain and convey up dumb s**t? No. I simply allow you to win.”
Though the dialog by no means truly received heated, Heather made it clear that this bickering occurred very often. “That is my life,” she informed Amanza. Heather tried to remain impartial amid the argument, however she needed to take Christina’s aspect at one level. “There’s totally different classes. You’ve gotta go together with the classes,” Christina argued. “Who made up these silly classes?” Tarek questioned, which is when Heather jumped in to say, “All of us did! As a gaggle!”
Tarek and Heather received the primary two weeks of competitors for the flip of their kitchen and main bedroom/main toilet. Nevertheless, in week three, they needed to ask Christina for extra time to finish the lounge flip, which meant she received to penalize them. Christina informed her opponents that they’d to make use of an previous and soiled desk and chairs that had been in her home when she purchased it. Her estranged husband, Josh Corridor, claimed he was going to refurbish the furnishings so they might use it of their new design, however with Josh out of the image, Christina had different plans, and caught the items on her opponents as a substitute.
Nevertheless, Tarek and Heather pulled a quick one on her by shredding the furnishings and hiding the shaved items in planters and different ornamental gadgets across the room. Nonetheless, they fell wanting successful the spherical, which signifies that they’ll need to pay $2,000 in direction of Christina’s subsequent room.
In the meantime, there was additionally a little bit of rigidity between Tarek and Heather at one level throughout the judging session this week. After Amanza declared Christina because the winner within the “use of area” class, Tarek positioned the blame on his spouse. “I’m doing the lights subsequent time. That is all due to your mild,” he stated. Though it was partially a joke, Heather was pissed off with Tarek, and informed him, “Can I remind my husband, you’re on my crew? So we would lose typically. It’s not due to my rattling mild, okay?”
Christina couldn’t conceal her response and visibly made a face of exasperation earlier than the couple moved on.
The rating is now 2-1 Tarek and Heather, however the final winner can be determined by the general return on funding (ROI) on every home, so it would all come all the way down to the gross sales which are ultimately made.
The Flip Off, Wednesdays, 8/7c, HGTV