Christina El Moussa is spending nearly as much time with Tarek El Moussa these days as she did back when the couple was happily married.
That’s what happens when your soon-to-be-ex-husband is also your reality show co-host.
And with HGTV having just picked up Flip or Flop for many new episodes, it’s clear we haven’t seen the last of Chritina and Tarek hanging out together.
Therefore, the question must be asked:
Are Christina and Tarek really just co-workers now? Or have they also been co-sleepers on occasion over the past several weeks?
That is, have the El Moussa hooked up since their split?
Speaking to E!’s Daily Pop on Friday, Christina answered this inquiry without getting too specific.
She didn’t mention Tarek by name and she didn’t even technically confirm or deny that some intercourse could have occurred between the parents of a girl named Taylor and a boy named Brayden.
“I have never gone back in the ex category,” El Moussa admitted, noting that she doesn’t plan to start now.
This is a perfectly fair stance to take in general, and an especially fair one to take when it comes to Tarek.
We try not to believe every rumor we hear, but various tabloids have claimed Tarek often treated Christina very inappropriately, even joking about raping her at various points.
Still, the ex-spouses have been nothing but cordial to each other in public.
They even sparks rumors of a renewed romance last week when they happily post for pictures at the 2017 Daytime Emmy Awards.
“We’re actually really good,” Christina told E! of her relationship with Tarek these days.
That doesn’t mean she’d consider anything more than a friendship, of course.
“We’ve been separated for almost a year now,” she continued. “We’ve made a lot of progress on our relationship. We’re just really focused on the kids, and we’re really excited to start on 15 new episodes of Flip or Flop.”
It had been assumed after their divorce was announced in December that Tarek and Christina would be going their separate ways professionally.
But ratings have increased as these two have grown into unexpected D-List celebrities, prompting HGTV to give the series a green light through 2017.
El Moussa says future episodes will delve a bit into what both she and Tarek are up to on their own, but she acknowledges the pair will always be linked.
And she’s come to accept this.
“It was great,” Christina said of the Daytime Emmy Awards appearance, pictured below.
“That was our first time on the red carpet, period. It was really fun. We had a great time presenting and hopefully we’re able to do it again soon.”
As for her personal life? Is she dating someone new, following a relationship with the family contractor shortly after she broke up with Tarek?
It doesn’t sound that way.
“It’s a little bit of a scary world out there. Dating is not my priority,” she told E! News. “If I met someone, then that happens. But I’m not really out there looking for that.”
When you look like Christina El Moussa, you don’t need to be out looking.
More often than not, someone will simply come and find you.
As long as that person isn’t Tarek, hoping for another chance, it sounds as if Christina would be open to the possibility.
