Christina Haack on How She Got on Better Terms With Ex-Husband Ant Anstead

“When Josh [Hall] and I split up, I hadn’t really talked to Ant in years,” Haack, 41, exclusively shared in her Us Weekly cover story with Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae El Moussa. “The whole time I was with Josh, I would worry [thinking about how] Hudson’s sports [games] are coming up, we’re going to have to be on the field together, how’s Josh going to handle it?”
Haack and Anstead, 45, split in September 2020 after welcoming son Hudson one year earlier. She moved on with Hall, whom she wed in 2022, but the pair filed for divorce two years later.

“[After we broke up] I was dropping Hudson off at Ant’s house, and he gave me a big hug and was like, ‘I’m here for you and I’m so sorry you’re going through this,’” Haack recalled to Us. “He said, ‘I feel like Josh is the source of the problem [and why] I couldn’t communicate.’ Now we’re back on track.”
The former couple are on such good terms that Anstead is also scheduled to make an appearance on her new series, The Flip Off, in a surprising twist. (Haack teamed up with Tarek, 43, and Heather, 37, for the new HGTV competition series. Originally, Hall was also slated to be in the show — but he departed from The Flip Off after their separation.)

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Anstead, meanwhile, has been dating actress Renée Zellweger since 2021. Haack told Us that she has met the actress, calling her “great” — but said their friendship is different than hers with Heather. (Haack and Tarek, who split in 2016 share daughter Taylor, 14, and son Brayden, 9. Tarek went on to tie the knot with Heather in 2021, with whom he welcomed son Tristan in January 2023.)

“It’s not like Heather and I, where we spend a lot of time together,” Haack said. “It’s mostly just on the soccer field or at drop-off, but she’s super nice. She loves Hudson, and Hudson loves her. And she and Ant are happy.”
Haack, for her part, is not quite ready to dip her toe back into the dating pool just yet. “I’m terrified of men!” she told Us. “I’m taking a break and spending time with my girlfriends and my kids.”
Despite her heartbreak, Haack said she “of course” still believes in love. “I’ll always love love. I probably will [get married again] eventually,” she said. “But not anytime soon, and I’d be engaged for a minimum of like five years.”
The Flip Off premieres Wednesday, January 29, at 8 p.m. on HGTV.