Flip Off it’s about home changes, but star Christina HallDivorce drama with her estranged husband, Josh Hallalready stealing the show.
In an all-new sneak peek from the upcoming HGTV show, Josh, 44, and Christina, 41, have a tense moment as they travel to a project before their split.
“This is a competition, you have to go all out. Whatever it takes to win, I’ll do it,” Josh tells Christina in the clip.
To goad his then-wife, Josh shouts, “Halls rule!” but Kristina gives him the silent treatment from the passenger seat.
“You have to say it with me or repeat it or something to show you’re with me. Remember, you’re a Hall now,” Josh says, which results in Christina letting out a big sigh.
Josh then looks at her and reminds her that they are supposed to be a team. “Don’t get involved in this contest about what’s your last name,” he says in a negative tone, before calling out Christina on the coast the “rude” star.
Christina claims that she just doesn’t “talk much,” which turns Josh on even more. “You know what you’re talking about and I’m like, ‘I wish you’d shut up already?'” he asks.
Christina lets out an audible “uhhh” sound as they continue on their way. “My wife is already pissing me off,” says Josh, to whom Christina asks, “Are we there yet?”
At the end of the clip, Christina meets her ex-husband and Flip Off competitor Tarek El Moussa and he immediately realizes that something is wrong.
“I know that look. What’s going on? Are you okay?” El Moussa, 43, asks. Christina chimes in and then tells him, “No,” revealing, “Josh and I are officially broken up.”
Christina and Josh got married in April 2022. During their marriage they worked together Christina on the spotwhich followed Christina’s renewal efforts in Tennessee. He also appeared in Christina on the coastwhich focuses on Christina’s projects in California.
In May 2024, the pair revealed they would be competing against Christina’s ex Tarek and his wife. Heather Rae El MoussaIN Flip Offwhich premieres on Wednesday, January 28. (Christina and Tarek previously worked together for 10 years on HGTV Flip or Flop(which was filmed before, during and after their divorce, which was finalized in 2018. The exes have two children: Taylor, 13, and Brayden, 10.)
While Josh was intended to have a larger role in the Flip Off than his past dealings with Christina, that changed when the two filed for divorce in July 2024. (Their legal proceedings are still ongoing with Christina hiring a power attorney Laura water in November 2024 to speed up the process.)
Us Weekly exclusively confirmed at that time that since then Flip Off was “in production” already, Christina, Tarek and Heather, 37, were “moving forward with the show without” Josh.
In November 2024, us confirmed that Christina’s other ex-husband Ant Anstead would collaborate with him for a “part of the show.” Christina and Anstead, 45, were married from 2018 to 2020 and have a 4-year-old son, Hudson.
Later that month, Christina opened up about her past relationship with Josh and their work dynamic, which she claimed was not positive.
“When someone (feels) insecure about you and doesn’t like to see you win, it really gets in the way of everything,” she said in an interview with Fun Tonight at that time. “I feel like I wasn’t shining enough to try not to make him feel weak, but who wants to live like that?”
Christina said it was “not fun” and she “didn’t like shooting with him”, so their split made the job “much easier”.
She then claimed Josh didn’t like her “dynamic” with ex Tarek. “Some would call it ‘flirty.’ It’s more like a sibling thing,” she added.
Tarek, for his part, told exclusively us in October 2024 that he “never in my life thought this show would happen” with his wife – with whom he shares son Tristan, 23 months – on the one hand, and his ex-wife on the other.
Flip Off promises to be “a knock-out competition” between Christina and Tarek (with Heather’s help) to see which former can “find, renovate and flip a house with the greatest financial benefit,” according to the official press release. The winner will receive “bragging rights and a first-class vacation paid for by the loser.”
Flip Off premieres on HGTV on Wednesday, January 29 at 8pm ET and is available same day to stream on Max and Discovery+.