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Tarek El Moussa came to the defense of his ex-wife, Christina Haack, after her third ex-husband, Josh Hall, slammed her as “immature” and suggested she lacked class during a post-divorce interview last week.
After Josh, 44, alleged that Christina, 42, tried to “destroy” him amid their split and compared her to a “pissed off teenager,” Tarek, 44, who Christina was married to from 2009 to 2018, offered his two cents in a comment shared on Instagram in which he seemed to warn Josh of the impending reveal of “truth” and “receipts.”
“Bruh … this isn’t gonna age well when she starts telling the truth and yes… she has the receipts lol,” Tarek wrote on a post shared by Page Six on Instagram on September 3.
In the interview in question, Josh lashed out at his ex-wife, stating that Christina’s public comments about their breakup “lacked class.”
“I was trying to be respectful of her children and both of our families, and I didn’t have the need for public opinion,” Josh said during a September 2 interview with the Daily Mail. “I kept myself quiet, but now that the divorce is over and everything’s clear, it’s time for me to say something. Everything previously reported was only her side, and just because she says it doesn’t make it true.”
“I thought it lacked class, to be honest,” he continued. “Divorce isn’t something for public consumption. I understand that we’re public figures – I married one – but I thought it was unnecessary… Obviously don’t drag a divorce out there. It’s immature … The behaving like a pissed off teenager on social media is just not something I’m going to do.”
Following their split last year, Christina alleged that Josh was requesting “$65,000 per month in spousal support.” But according to Josh, he never said that. In fact, he claimed he “voluntarily waived” spousal support and “didn’t ask for a penny.”
“She should be thankful,” he stated of Christina, who was ultimately forced to pay him a lump sum of $300,000 and $100,000 in legal fees.
Then claiming he had “nothing bad to say” about the early moments of their romance, Josh signaled to Christina’s marriages, which include a courtship to Ant Anstead, 46, from 2018 to 2021.
“I am not going to throw shade if she wants to get married 10 times until she gets it right. If that’s what she has to do, then she has my blessing,” he stated.
Josh also insisted he “wishes the best” for Christina and her new boyfriend, Christopher LaRocca, 52, but he added that there’s “no reason” for them to have further communication.
“The amount of stuff that she attempted to put me through, well, it was a lot. I can forgive her for that, but I’m not going to forget it … The reality is she was set out to try and destroy me,” he stated.
Josh then said his new relationship with Nashville-based model Stephanie Gabrys, 35, is more private, sharing that they “live a very authentic life” and “do very simple things.”
‘We were introduced by a mutual friend and we were all hanging out at a local restaurant, and it started pretty friendly… I realized, ‘Geez, if this girl can put up with what I’m going through right now and be the sweet girl she is, she’s worth keeping around,'” he concluded.