Tarek El Moussa broke his silence on the 911 incident that unraveled his relationship with Christina Hall.
In an besides from his upcoming e-book, Flip Your Life: How to Find Opportunity in Distress — in Real Estate, Business and Life, El Moussa wrote that after he “went out to our backyard in Yorba Linda and hopped over the fence” after a heated argument with Hall, 40, in 2016.
El Moussa introduced his licensed .38-caliber pistol with him as he went for a run because of the mountain lions and bobcats within the neighboring Chino Hills State Park.
“A police officer leaning out of the helicopter pointed a rifle at me. Dust swirled around me from the spin of the blades, and a loudspeaker crackled, ‘Get your hands in the air!’” he wrote in his e-book, per People. “I heard an officer shout, ‘Tarek?’ I screamed back, ‘Yes! I’m the guy from TV! What are you guys doing?’”
Talk a couple of roller-coaster! Christina Hall (née Haack) and Tarek El Moussa‘s ups and downs began properly earlier than they known as it quits in 2016. The actuality stars tied the knot in May 2009, 4 years earlier than their HGTV collection catapulted them into the highlight. Things took a flip when El Moussa was recognized with two […]
El Moussa continued: “For the next several hours, I sat on a cooler on my driveway, handcuffed. That was the very last time we were together as a family: with Christina walking down the driveway, crying, and me sitting there in handcuffs, asking myself, What in the world is going on?”
Tarek El Moussa and Christina Hall. Greg Doherty/Getty Images
In 2016, Us Weekly confirmed that authorities have been known as to the then-couple’s residence in California in response to a tip that there was a “possibly suicidal male with a gun” on the property.
An eyewitness advised police on the time that Hall was “crying and shaking,” whereas El Moussa advised the deputies that he “had no intention of hurting himself.” He agreed to “voluntarily relinquish all of his firearms” after the incident.
El Moussa referred to the weeks after their breakup as “physical and emotional hell,” telling People on Wednesday, January 31, “Everybody gave up on me: the magazines, the outlets, the network, nobody believed in me.”
While HGTV is thought for making feel-good content material, typically drama goes on behind the scenes with the community’s personalities. Exes Christina Hall and Tarek El Moussa used to host Flip or Flop collectively in 2013 whereas they have been nonetheless married. After asserting their separation in 2016, the pair continued to work collectively on their collection. […]
Despite their ups and downs, El Moussa and Hall, who formally introduced their cut up by way of a joint assertion in December 2016, have since gotten to a greater place as they proceed to coparent daughter Taylor, 13, and son Brayden, 8.
“I hold nothing against Christina. I understand why she did what she did. We had a lot of hard years through my sicknesses and my mental health struggles from the testosterone,” he revealed on Wednesday. “I’ve never said any of this, ever.”
Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae El Moussa. Amy Sussman/Getty Images
Hall moved on with Ant Anstead after her cut up from El Moussa. Hall and Anstead, 44, received married in December 2018 and revealed three months later that they have been anticipating their first little one collectively. One yr after welcoming son Hudson, Hall introduced she and Anstead known as it quits.
Christina discovered love once more with Josh Hall, whom she married in 2022. Meanwhile, El Moussa began courting Heather Rae El Moussa (née Young) and so they received married in 2021. The pair welcomed their first little one collectively, son Tristan, in January 2023.
“[Meeting Heather in 2019 was] my breakthrough moment. Ever since that day, I just haven’t looked back and I’m just so happy and excited about the family I have today,” El Moussa added to People on Wednesday. “I never gave up. Through a lot of hard work, pain and just dreaming, I was able to get to where I am today.”
Flip Your Life: How to Find Opportunity in Distress — in Real Estate, Business and Life hits bookshelves on February 6.
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