Is This Christina Haack's NewFlip OffPartner Taking Her Ex's Place? He'll Look Familiar to Eagle-Eyed Fans

Mar. 15, 2025

Christina Haack, Michael Lange, Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae El Moussa.Photo:Tarek El Moussa/Instagram

Tarek El Moussa/Instagram

Christina Haack(formerly Hall) seems to be soft launching a new partner onThe Flip Off!

Christina is standing next to — and partially obscuring — an unidentified man, who isn’t mentioned in the caption or tagged in the post. Eagle-eyed fans, however, might recognize Christina’s mystery partner as herChristina on the Coastcontractor,Michael Lange, whom she recently posted two photo with andcalled a “good” man.

While the clip portrays Lange and Christina putting on a united front against the El Moussas, it’s unclear if he could be her new partner for the whole season or just making a cameo in the episode.

Christina was originally supposed to compete alongside her now-estrangedhusband Josh Hall, who filed for divorce from the star in July.

Tagging Lange in her Instagram Stories on Dec. 2, Christina wrote, “There are still good men left. One of them right here single handedly hoisted this 11 foot tree into my home. Appreciate you."

Christina Haack and Michael Lange.Christina Hall/Instagram

Christina Hall/Instagram

A few days later, she shared another photo of her smiling beside Lange as they put their arms around one another while visiting a garden center. “Putting in the work!” Christina captioned the photo, tagging Lange’s Instagram handle,@capo_a_general.

till from Heather Rae El Moussa’s Instagram Stories on Dec. 5.Heather Rae El Moussa/Instagram

Heather Rae El Moussa/Instagram

“A little BTS on set yesterday,” Heather wrote in her Stories, tagging the other group members in the caption, including Lange.

On Dec. 12, PEOPLE shared anexclusive first look at the highly-anticipated series, below.

In the clip, Christina breaks down in tears while explaining the details of her split with Josh to Tarek. The formerFlip or Flopstars were married for seven years and share two children together — daughter Taylor, 14, and Brayden, 9.

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Later in the scene, it’s revealed that Taylor and Brayden asked their mom to leave Josh. “The kids literally asked me to leave. They told me he’s not nice to me. Why would I stick around? I feel like I’m in a tornado all the time and I just can’t get out of it,” she says, wiping away tears.

Josh Hall and Christina Haack in July 2023.Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

The Flip Offpremieres Jan. 29, at 8 p.m. ET/PT with a two-hour episode.

source: people.com