Fredrik Eklund has never watched an episode of 'Selling Sunset' but just closed a 'big, big deal' with Brett and Jason Oppenheim

• Fredrik Eklund never watched "Selling Sunset" but is doing business off-camera with the Oppenheims.

• The "Million Dollar Listing New York" star called Brett and Jason Oppenheim "really awesome."

• Eklund also said it gets "competitive" with castmate Ryan Serhant in the new "MDLNY" season.

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Fredrik Eklund might not be tuning in to "Selling Sunset" when it returns for season 4, but he's very familiar with some of the stars of the Netflix show in real life.

Eklund, who finalizes multimillion-dollar real-estate deals as one of the agents featured on "Million Dollar Listing New York" (which premiered its ninth season on May 6), recently told Insider that he thinks Brett and Jason Oppenheim from "Selling Sunset" are "really awesome."

"I've never watched ['Selling Sunset']. I just did a big, big deal with Brett and Jason," Eklund said about the high-profile realtor twins from California.

While Eklund stopped short of sharing more details about his "big" real-estate deal with the Oppenheim brothers, he added that he's had dinner with Brett and Jason "a couple of times."

Like "MDLNY," "Selling Sunset" follows the lives of a group of brokers at Brett and Jason's company, Oppenheim Group, as they finalize high-profile luxury real-estate deals. There's just one crucial difference between the two realtor-centric reality shows: "Selling Sunset" is based in Los Angeles instead of New York City.

Eklund says his move to the west coast 'ruffled' 'a lot of feathers'

Season 8 of "MDLNY" showed Eklund gearing up for a big move to Los Angeles with his family and splitting his work operations between LA and NYC.

However, Eklund says that not everyone is thrilled with his move out west.

"A lot of feathers are ruffled, and some people are not liking it," Eklund told Insider about working as a luxury real-estate agent in LA, without naming anyone.

In a particularly dramatic episode in the eighth season of the Bravo show, Eklund is seen having a heated conversation with the wife of "Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles" star and realtor Josh Altman over Eklund's move to LA.

Reflecting on his controversial relocation, Eklund (who is set to join the "MDLLA" cast in season 13) told Insider in April that after spending some time in LA, he's realized that he's the "underdog." He added that it's possible he came in "too strong" when he started working in real estate in the city.

"I was a little bit like, 'Frederick is here' and I know it all because I'm from New York," Eklund said. "I learned the hard way that it's very different here in LA."

Eklund also teased that, back on the east coast, he "gets into it this season" with "MDLNY" castmate Ryan Serhant over the spot for top NYC broker.

"We're both very competitive," Eklund said, hinting at some potential drama between him and Serhant that'll play out in season 9.

Serhant, in turn, separately told Insider that the competition between the realtors on the cast of "MDLNY" was "more cutthroat" in the early seasons of the show.

In Serhant's opinion, more listings on the market, combined with new ways to promote the properties, have helped reduce that competition among realtors.

"We're more mature, you know," Serhant told Insider. "I'm probably not the same person today at 36 that I was when I was 25, which is when the show started for me."

"Million Dollar Listing New York" season 9 is currenly airing new episodes Thursdays on Bravo at 9 p.m. EST. Seasons 1-3 of "Selling Sunset" are currently streaming on Netflix.

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