Christina Haack’s relationship with her ex-husband Ant Anstead might be improving amid her messy divorce from Josh Hall. Before marrying Josh, Christina married her second husband, Ant, in 2018. The former couple welcomed their son, Hudson, in 2019 before announcing their separation in 2020. They finalized their divorce in 2021, the same year that Christina started dating Josh. After their divorce, Christina and Ant were involved in a contentious custody battle, but it appears as though things are looking up for the former couple.
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Ant tagged Christina in a post he shared to his Instagram Stories.
For some time after their divorce, Christina and Ant were not even following each other on social media. Recently, however, Ant, 45, tagged Christina in a post about their son, Hudson. On October 19, Ant shared a photo of Hudson, 5, with his soccer team. “The ‘Golden Chameleon’s’ crushed it this morning,” Ant captioned the post. He tagged Christina, 41, in it, and she shared the post to her own Instagram Stories.
Christina has made several attempts to connect with Ant on Instagram.
In September, Christina tagged Ant in a similar post about their son. On her Instagram Stories, she shared a video of Hudson at soccer practice and tagged Ant in the post. “First soccer practice, ever! Natural,” she said of Hudson in the post.
On several other occasions, Christina has liked or even commented on Ant’s posts. On October 18, Ant shared a series of photos from when he took Hudson to the beach, and Christina liked the post.
When Ant shared a sweet birthday message for Hudson in September, Christina commented on the post, writing, “Happy Birthday to our sweet boy!”
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The former couple just recently started following each other on Instagram.
Although the friendly Instagram interactions might not seem like a huge deal, it’s worth noting that up until recently, Christina and Ant were not even following each other on the platform. Christina started following Ant on Instagram again in July, not long after she and Josh announced their split. As of October, it seems as though Ant has started following Christina again too.
Hudson might be the reason Christina and Ant have reconnected.
In April 2022, Ant tried to get full custody of Hudson. He said he had concerns about Christina exploiting their son, claiming in legal documents that “Christina has already exploited Hudson in numerous paid promotions on social media. l fear she also has footage of him, to be used in one of her ‘reality’ TV shows, without my knowledge or consent, and continues to film him despite my objections,” per Entertainment Tonight.
At the time, Christina accused her ex of making “false allegations” — but now, it seems their son has motivated them to put some of their differences aside.
In August, Christina spoke with Backgrid about her decision to refollow Ant on social media. “Ant and I share Hudson… and I feel like he deserves to have us get along,” Christina said at the time, per People.
Christina has joked about having Ant replace Josh on her new HGTV show.
Before Christina and Josh filed for divorce, they planned on competing against Christina’s first husband, Tarek El Moussa, and his current wife, Heather Rae El Moussa, on a new HGTV show called The Flip Off. When Christina and Josh announced their split, it was initially unclear what would happen with the show. (The El Moussas and Christina are now moving forward without Josh.)
In July, a fan on Instagram suggested Ant should replace Josh on the show. “How awesome would it be to have Ant replace Josh on the flip off?” the fan wrote at the time, per E! News. “Ratings would go through the roof.”
Surprisingly, Christina seemed to like the idea. “LOL that would be a genius ‘ratings’ idea just sayin,” she wrote back at the time.