“The real rich is that we call each other friend 🤍,” said Heather, who wed Tarek in 2021
Credit: Heather Rae El Moussa/Christina Haack/Instagram
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- Heather Rae El Moussa gifted Christina Haack a sweatshirt reading “Rich ex-wife” in a playful Instagram video posted on Thursday, Sept. 3
- The two women share a friendly relationship despite both being married to Tarek El Moussa at different times
- Haack has spoken about the importance of co-parenting and making it work with her exes and their partners
Heather Rae El Moussa knows how to have fun.
The HGTV star, 38, hilariously gifted her husband Tarek El Moussa’s ex-wife, Christina Haack, 43, a cheeky sweatshirt in a video posted on Instagram on Thursday, Sept. 3.
The clip begins with a remix of Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” playing in the background as Heather walks over to Haack with a black box bearing the Richwife brand.
Haack is all smiles, opening the gift before holding it up against her body to show it off to those around them, including Tarek, 45.
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The gift turned out to be an oversized sweatshirt with “exwife” written in red font over the Richwife label. The design sells on the Richwife website for $88.
Tarek said, “I knew it,” before the two playfully fought over it.
“Rich wife,” said Heather, pointing at herself before pointing at Haack and saying, “Rich ex-wife” as the two hugged.
Credit: Heather Rae El Moussa/Christina Haack/Instagram
“I’m the original,” Haack said afterward.
Heather captioned the video, “The real rich is that we call each other friend 🤍.”
In the comments, fans gushed over the two’s friendship.
“Girls-girls cause the support isn’t about that man you have in common it’s you care about each other and understand you don’t need to compete. Stronger together!,” one comment read.
“Luv u both- u know how to have fun and poke fun of each other status- ha! Hugs to u all❤️❤️❤️,” another person wrote.
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Tarek and Haack are parents to Taylor El Moussa, 15, and Brayden James El Moussa, 11. Tarek and Heather share son Tristan Jay El Moussa, 3.
Haack is also mom to son Hudson London Anstead, 6, whom she shares with ex-husband Ant Anstead, 47.
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She spoke to PEOPLE about co-parenting with her two exes in a 2025 interview.
“It really takes everyone in a co-parenting situation wanting to make it work,” she said. “I have people message me all the time to be like, ‘How did you do that? My husband’s ex hates me,’ or ‘I could never hang out with my ex.’ ”
“It takes all of us, and right now there’s four people in this situation — myself, my boyfriend Chris, Tarek and Heather — and all of us want to get along,” she added. “All of us work hard to make sure that we’re all getting along.”
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