‘Flip or Flop’ Star Tarek El Moussa on Why He and Ex-Wife Christina Agreed to Do Another Season

Tony Maglio

Despite their personal differences, exes Tarek El Moussa and Christina Anstead are back in business on a new season of “Flip or Flop.” Considering their very public divorce and the fact that both of them got individual HGTV shows (“Christina on the Coast” for her and “Flipping 101” for him, plus the “Tarek’s Flip Side” digital series), why go back to the original well? “The other stuff wasn’t really in the works when we started shooting. We’ve been filming it for about a year,” El Moussa told TheWrap. “Plus, ‘Flip or Flop,’ that’s how we got to where we got. That’s our foundation, that’s what we’ve been doing for years, that’s what we know, that’s how we support our families, you know? That’s our job.” “I talk about not letting personal issues ruin the business side of things that we worked so hard for,” he added. Also Read: HGTV Orders 'Flip or Flop' Star Tarek El Moussa's 'Flipping 101' to Series - Watch the Trailer (Video) That’s when this reporter questioned aloud whether or not I could be that mature. “You’d be surprised how strong you can be when you need to be,” El Moussa, who said about 25% of...