Christina Hack and Josh Hall have finalized their messy divorce, but the drama doesn’t seem to be over yet. Josh says he’s “ready to move on,” but he also has a lot to say about how Christina handled everything. In case you missed it, Josh filed for divorce from Christina in July 2024.
In the months that followed, the former couple put their relationship issues on display. Now, Josh seems to be blaming Christina for that. During an interview with the Daily Mail, he made it sound like he had no desire to share the details of their divorce with the public.
He said Christina’s approach ‘lacked class.’
Josh, 44, told the publication that there’s a difference between “shar[ing] some stuff” and “behaving like a p—– off teenager on social media.” Though he acknowledged that he and Christina are public figures, he described himself as a “private person.”
“Divorce isn’t something for public consumption. I understand that we’re public figures — I married one — but I thought it was unnecessary … Obviously don’t drag a divorce out there. It’s immature,” he said.
From his perspective, Christina tried to ‘destroy’ him.
Josh told the publication that he has “no ill feelings toward” Christina, but he also has no desire to ever talk to her again. “Let’s be honest here — the amount of stuff that she attempted to put me through, well, it was a lot. I can forgive her for that, but I’m not going to forget it. And I have enough good people in my life, I don’t have any reason to stay connected to her,” he said, adding, “The reality is she was set out to try and destroy me.”
Though they were only married for close to three years, Josh said they had a genuine connection at first. “We enjoyed the same things,” he said. “We had each other’s backs to no end. I mean, I had nothing bad to say about our early relationship. We really cared about each other, and we went through a lot of stuff together.”
Josh also hinted at what went wrong: Over time, there “started to be more lows than highs and we weren’t focusing on the highs,” he said.
He made a comment about Christina’s many divorces.
At age 42, Christina has been married (and divorced) three times now. The HGTV star is now in a relationship with Christopher Larocca. Commenting on Christina’s marriages, Josh said, “I am not going to throw shade if she wants to get married 10 times until she gets it right. If that’s what she has to do, then she has my blessing.”
Josh is now in a relationship with Stephanie Gabrys.
Despite wanting to keep things private, Josh felt compelled to share his side of the story.
According to Josh, much of what the public knows about his relationship with Christina is from her perspective. Josh told the Daily Mail that he tried to mostly keep quiet amid their contentious divorce, but decided he wanted to say something after their divorce was finalized. “Everything previously reported was only her side, and just because she says it doesn’t make it true,” he said. “I didn’t want to have a public feud and have a back and forth publicly. Now I need to have something to say because, unfortunately, people have only read what she says.”
Christina’s fans also learned more about her relationship with Josh by watchingThe Flip Off. After a clip showed a particularly heated interaction between the former couple, Josh slammed HGTV. “TFW when you can’t get enough ratings with celebrity [home] designers, so you rely on manufactured drama with me, a nobody,” Josh wrote in response. “@HGTV you’ve changed.”
Christina has commented on how their divorce destroyed Josh’s reputation.
In June, Christina appeared on SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live and made some comments about her ex. “His reputation got hurt or whatever ’cause you know, he was a reality TV star before me, and now he can’t be a reality TV star anymore because nobody likes him,” she said.
She added that the drama has seemingly impacted his personal life as well. “His mom was at yoga and while she was doing her yoga poses, a fellow yogian said, ‘Your son is a thief,’ during yoga class,” Christina claimed. “It kinda made me laugh.”
