Christina Haack documented an awkward run-in with her estranged husband, Joshua Hall — but he’s claiming he didn’t even notice her.
After Haack, 41, took to her Instagram Stories on Monday, February 24, to inform fans of a “relaxing GNO” that Hall, 44, unknowingly turned up to, Hall took to his social media to share his own version of events the following day.
“Just got sent this … funny, I didn’t even see her. I would have totally sent a drink over,” Hall wrote over a screenshot of a People article that reported on Haack’s experience at the establishment. “Great spot!”
Haack and Hall, who were married for three years before they both filed for divorce in July 2024 (citing irreconcilable differences), had both visited California’s Ocean 48 restaurant located in Newport Beach. The exclusive coastal neighbourhood is home to the couple’s former mansion, which they purchased and moved into in 2022.
Haack visited the restaurant with her daughter, Taylor, 14, and Flip Off costar Heather Rea El Moussa, who is married to Haack’s first husband, Tarek El Moussa. “🐍,” she wrote via her Instagram Stories during the GNO, seemingly referencing Hall showing up to the eatery.
For his part, Hall tagged the same restaurant in a separate Instagram Story that evening, writing over a photo of him and some friends, “Little surf and turf with this crew.”
The chance encounter came after Haack recently claimed that filming her HGTV series has proven different to what she experienced while working on the show with Hall. “It’s so much easier without somebody else bothering me,” the interior designer said during the January 28 episode of The Jennifer Hudson Show. “I mean, I don’t have to ask approval from anyone, no one’s weighing me down.”
Hall was originally set to appear alongside Haack on the new house-flipping reality show — which also stars Heather, 37, and Tarek, 43 — but plans changed after the pair’s separation. Hall appeared in the first episode of the series, which debuted on January 29, but Haack filmed later episodes of the debut season without him.
In an exclusive Us Weekly cover story from January, Haack claimed that Hall “was very hard to film with” during the brief time he was on the show. “He didn’t get it,” she detailed. “He’d always get upset with me, like, ‘Oh, my gosh, you did this’ or ‘You did that.’ And I’m like, ‘I’m making a TV show.’ Ultimately, it was better that he left after episode one because the show would’ve sucked.”
Haack continued, “This isn’t Josh’s show. No one’s going to miss that he’s not in it. Josh is not a TV host, he’s not a house flipper, he’s not a designer. He was just my husband in it. With Tarek, we built everything together, and I still have respect for him. I have no respect for Josh.” (Haack was married to Tarek, 43, from 2009 to 2018, and they share two children together, Taylor, and son Brayden, 9.)
Haack is now currently dating businessman Christopher Larocca, while Hall is dating model Stephanie Gabrys.
