Tarek El Moussa has opened up about ex-wife Christina Haack‘s new boyfriend, Christopher Larocca, and whether or not he’ll seem on the HGTV present The Flip Off.
El Moussa, who was married to Haack from 2009 to 2018 and shares two youngsters together with her, not too long ago spoke with Parade forward of the return of his hit present, Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa. When requested about Larocca, El Moussa had optimistic issues to say.
“We’ve had dinner a couple of occasions,” the HGTV star mentioned. “[He’s a] good man.”
Haack and her estranged third husband, Josh Corridor, filed for divorce in July 2024 after three years of marriage. Since then, the exes have been embroiled in a tense authorized battle over spousal assist and different monetary issues, together with the promoting of Haack’s $4.5 million Tennessee farmhouse.
In February 2025, Haack went public together with her new relationship, sharing an Instagram photograph together with her new beau, Larocca, the president and CEO of Community Connex.
As for whether or not Larocca might seem on The Flip Off — the HGTV collection that sees Haack competing in opposition to El Moussa and his spouse, Heather — El Moussa mentioned they aren’t fairly at that stage but, noting that he enjoys filming with Haack and Heather.
Christina Haack and Christopher Larocca; Christina Haack Instagram
“We haven’t had that dialog,” he informed the outlet. “Right here’s the reality. I truly choose filming with Christina and Heather as a result of they’re each gifted at what they do. They’ve each been doing it a very long time. So we make a extremely good group, and we had been in a position to make plenty of good content material collectively.”
He added, “The place filming with somebody that’s perhaps by no means filmed earlier than, it could possibly be more difficult, proper?”
The Flip Off was initially meant to see Haack and Corridor pairing as much as tackle the El Moussas. Nonetheless, Corridor departed the collection following his separation from Haack.
El Moussa went on to say he has a pure chemistry with Haack having labored collectively on Flip or Flop for “properly over 100 episodes.”
He added, “My spouse, Heather — she and I’ve been filming for a few years collectively at this level now, too; I feel 5 years — I simply suppose naturally, we’ve got chemistry … and it comes out on display screen.”
Final week, Haack opened up about her new relationship, telling Jeff Lewis on SiriusXM that she is open to getting married for a fourth time, regardless of beforehand vowing “no extra marriages.”
Flipping 101 With Tarek El Moussa, Season 4, Thursdays, 9/8c, HGTV