Fans Spot Christina Haack's Ex Josh Hall in Background of New Flip Off Promos

Eagle-eyed viewers caught a glimpse of Josh Hall in a new promo for the The Flip Off.

The estranged husband of HGTV star Christina Haack (formerly Hall), 41, was originally set to team up with his then-wife on the house-flipping competition series, in which the couple would face off against her ex-husband Tarek El Moussa, 43, and Tarek's current wife, Heather El Moussa, 37.

After Josh filed for divorce from Christina in July after less than three years of marriage, Christina, Tarek and Heather returned to filming without him, multiple sources told PEOPLE, and continued to post new promos for the flip off, from which Josh was noticeably absent.

Fans were surprised to spot the formerly Austin, Texas-based realtor, 44, off to the side in a new video the Christina and the El Moussas jointly posted on their Instagram accounts on Wednesday, Oct. 30.

“Is this old? Josh is in the video?? He's not back, is he?” one commenter wrote.

“I love you three together!!! I can't wait, although I do see Josh in the background!!!” read another comment.

Based on the stars' outfits and the background setting of the clip, it appears to have been filmed when they shot the first promo announcing the show, which was released back in May, three months before Josh and Christina parted ways.

The 'Flip Off' promo released in May.

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The main focus of the video is some cheeky banter between Tarek and his current and ex wives

“See, the boys just don't have to work this hard. We're just naturally beautiful,” Tarek boasts as Christina and Heather have their hair tended to by stylists.

“Says the one with all the makeup on,” Christina shoots back.

“What makeup? First of all, this is filming powder,” Tarek replies.

“He even got his eyebrows threaded,” Heather chimes in.

“I didn't,” Tarek insists. “Wrong team. What are you doing? You're supposed to talk s— the other way, not towards me.”

Tarek wrote in the post's caption: “When the stakes are even higher than the on-set tension,”

He continued, “Come behind-the-scenes of filming our newest competition show with my wife & my ex-wife… never thought those words would be coming out of my mouth. Don't get it twisted though, all bets are off against the ex, she doesn't stand a chance.”

He also assured fans that The Flip Off, which was first announced on May 15 to plenty of intrigue from fans, would be “a show HGTV has never seen before,” adding, “Trust me, we have some surprises coming your way!”

Heather Rae El Moussa and Tarek El Moussa; Christina Haack.

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Tarek and Christina, who previously costarred on HGTV's Flip or Flopsplit in 2016 after seven years of marriage. They share two children, daughter Taylor, 14, and son Brayden, 9.

Christina is also mom to son Hudson, 5, whom she shares with her second husband, Celebrity IOU: Joyride host Ant Anstead. Tarek and Heather welcomed a son, Tristan, in 2023.

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Josh was Christina's third husband. His July 15 divorce filing cited “irreconcilable differences” and asked for spousal support from the Christina on the Coast star.

Christina responded with her own legal filing on July 24, which asked that neither partner be allowed to request support, and listed the real estate properties at stake in the divorce — including their $12 million Newport Beach, Calif. Mansion.

They're currently in the middle of a dispute about Christina's second home in Tennessee, where she filmed her spinoff Christina in the Country. Josh has been staying at the house since the split, a source confirmed to PEOPLE, as allowed by legal agreement between the exes filed in September. However, Christina listed the house for sale for $4.5 million just a few weeks later, leading to heated exchanges between the exes that played out on social media.



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