Ant Anstead didn’t obtain rave critiques for his judging on The Flip Off. Whereas followers have been comfortable to see him and ex-wife Christina Haack in place after their earlier custody battle, many viewers weren’t thrilled for the way he made his selection between Christina and Tarek El Moussa when judging the visitor bed room/toilet of their house flips.
On the finish of the episode, Ant declared that there was a tie between Christina and Tarek, who’s partnered with spouse Heather Rae El Moussa. Nonetheless, he nonetheless picked Christina because the winner and admitted that it was a biased resolution.
“In the end, I’ve to face by the mom of my youngsters,” Ant stated. “It’s not going to be one thing that you simply need to hear as a result of sadly it places Christina and me on the identical group without end. So, sadly, this choose is swayed.” He additionally stated that he made his selection even earlier than he noticed the designs, telling the contestants, “Christina had already gained” earlier than he left his home that morning.
Followers on social media have been raving about how refreshing it’s to get mixture of house renovations and private storylines on The Flip Off, and whereas that was nonetheless the case this week, there was additionally a variety of criticism in direction of Ant.
“Huge fan of the present however this was disappointing. All judging must be blind – no choose ought to know who has which house. Tonight kinda put a damper on the present for me,” somebody commented on Instagram. One other particular person wrote, “That judging by Ant was disappointing. It wasn’t a good choose,” and another person stated, “Nice show- however one ought to win on deserves not who that they had relationships with. Episode 4 was not honest. Not cool! Win was not an sincere win… it was biased and unfair. Shouldn’t go down like that. Simply saying!!”
One other commenter wrote, “Ant did NOT do his job. It ought to’ve been judged with him not understanding whose area was whose. I actually don’t care who wins as a result of I like all of you, however this actually makes me need Tarek and Heather to win.” Another person additionally stated, “I perceive why Ant voted the way in which he did..however man I want he would have been a blind choose. That might have been extra honest…however this added drama.”
The competitors is now a 2-2 tie, with Tarek and Heather successful for the kitchen and main bedroom/toilet, and Christina successful for residing space and visitor bed room/toilet. Nonetheless, a winner gained’t be determined till the renovations are all full and the homes are bought. Whichever house has a greater return on funding (ROI) would be the winner.
The Flip Off, Wednesdays, 9/8c, HGTV