Christina Haack and Ex-Husband Ant Anstead Reunite After Nearly Five-Year Feud

HGTV icon Christina Haack and her ex-husband Ant Anstead reunited for their son's Christmas performance, putting aside their nearly five-year feud.

The 42-year-old "Flip Off" star and Anstead, 46, who began dating in 2017, took to Instagram to showcase snaps of her and her ex-spouse, who split in 2021, attending the holiday performance of their 6-year-old son, Hudson.

In the photos, Anstead and Haack smiled from ear to ear as Hudson embraced them.

"Ahhhh man! This time of year is the best!! Hudzo and his classmates CRUSHED this morning's Christmas gingerbread man performance! He sang and narrated like a pro! Cutest….! Well done, the entire class! X (oh, and never trust a fox!)," Anstead captioned the photo.

Haack, who shares son Brayden, 10, and daughter Taylor, 15, with ex-husband Tarek El Moussa, shared snaps from the event on her Instagram Story.

"Cutest class play," she captioned a photo of herself, Hudson, and Anstead.

It's the second time the duo have reconnected, with the first being in March, after Haack revealed that she and Anstead had put their drama behind them.

The two decided to bury the hatchet when Anstead appeared as a guest judge on Haack's HGTV series after she separated from Josh Hall.

"He gave me a huge hug. We hadn't hugged in years. 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," she said at the time.

Toward the end of the episode, when the time came for Anstead to judge the teams' bedroom redesigns, he shared his insights on his relationship with Haack.

While they have had their fair share of "difficult" times, he admitted, they have now put that all behind them.

"In [the past] five years, it's been really, really difficult, and that changed three months ago. The relationship that we now have 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," he said.

The change in the duo's relationship has been so significant that Anstead said it biased his judgment of the renovations. He confessed that he was only ever going to pick one winner: Haack.

"You and I will be connected forever because we have a kid. So ultimately, I have to stand by the mother of my kid.

"It’s not going to be something that you want to hear because, unfortunately, it puts Christina and me on the same team forever. Because of that, this judge is swayed; she’s on my team, and you guys lose," Anstead said.

Following their split in 2021, Haack and Anstead went through a bitter divorce and custody battle, which saw them cut off almost all personal contact with each other.

Haack noted that she has had to do a great deal of self-reflection to overcome the heartbreaks of her past—explaining that one of the most important steps in this process was learning to "forgive" herself.

"I’ve had to forgive myself and trust that things happen for a reason," she said. "I had to finally look myself in the mirror, do the work (with my amazing life coach), and ultimately decide to take ownership over my choices and most importantly—to forgive myself.

"I am still a work in progress, but I can say that one thing has changed: I don’t have anxiety. And this came from self-awareness within (not from smoking a toad or trying a quick fix).

"I’ve had the wind knocked out of me so many times, I’m shocked I’m still happy, motivated, and excited about life.

"But I am. I’ll credit this to wanting to change, putting in the work to better understand myself, and only surrounding myself with people who are also happy, motivated, and genuinely want me to succeed. That last one is SO important."

Haack has started a new relationship since her third marriage ended, with Network Connex CEO Christopher Larocca—while also growing much closer to ex-husband El Moussa and his wife, Heather Rae El Moussa.