Christina Haack and Ex Ant Anstead Are Spending Time Together Off Camera at Son's Play After Reconciling

Christina Haack and Ant Anstead are showing off their newly rectified relationship.

The exes posed together for a photo with their son Hudson, 5, that they then shared as a joint Instagram post. "Our little gentleman CRUSHED his school performance this morning.
He's thriving x," they captioned the post, adding several applause and heart face emojis.

This is the former couple's first joint post since their split in 2020, which came after less than two years of marriage.

The shared social media post arrived a few weeks after the pair reunited on screen in an episode of Christina's new HGTV competition show, The Flip Off. In the series, she stars alongside her first ex-husband, Tarek El Moussa, 43, and his new wife, Selling Sunset alum Heather El Moussa, 37.

Anstead, 45, appeared as a guest judge on the Feb. 19 episode, in which Christina revealed how they healed their relationship shortly after her July 2024 split from her third husband, Josh Hall.

After not speaking more than necessary to share custody for years, "he gave me a huge hug. We hadn't hugged in years," Christina said in the confessional-style clip. "He just said, 'I'm so sorry for everything you're going through, and I'm here for you no matter what you need.' It was a very nice moment. We had a long talk after and we decided to put all the BS aside and be good co-parents."

Last summer, fans watched as they re-followed each other on Instagram and slowly began sharing friendly messages on social media. Christina's confession shed light on what had happened while the cameras were off for the first time.

The Born Mechanic host's judging session later in the episode shocked both viewers and the show's competing stars when he declared Christina, 41, the week's winner. The surprise wasn't that he chose is ex wife in the design competition, but that he chose her because of their personal bond.

"I came into this endeavor thinking this was about assessing and judging based on the performance, the design, the execution, the house. But actually, it dawned on me that it was so much more than that," Anstead tells Christina, Tarek, and Heather in the episode.

He turns to just Christina and continues: "Hudson is five now. And in those five years, it's been really, really difficult. And that changed three months ago. The relationship that we have now is really, really important. And it's been a transformation."

"As parents, it took us four and a half years to get to that point, which is really shameful. You and I will be connected forever because we have a kid. So ultimately, I have to stand by the mother of my kid," he continues. "It puts Christina and me on the same team forever. Because of that, this judge is swayed, she's on my team and [Tarek and Heather] lose."

Before Anstead's guest judging appearance was officially announced, Christina joked with a fan who suggested he should replace Josh, who exited the show when they split. “LOL that would be a genius 'ratings' idea just sayin," she replied to the fan's pitch in her Instagram comments.

However, she later shut down the idea while speaking to Backgrid, saying, “It would be good for ratings, but I can’t work with any more exes. I already work with Tarek.”

Since her split from Josh, Christina has entered into a new relationship with businessman Christopher Larocca, who also made a brief cameo in the finale of The Flip Off. Anstead has been dating Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger since 2021 after they met on the set of his discovery+ show, Celebrity IOU Joyride.