Who is Selling Sunset star Heather Rae Young's boyfriend?
Selling Sunset season 2 was arguably way better than season 1. A wedding? Check. Even more luxurious mansions? Yep. Lots more drama? Oh yes. And a big chunk of that drama came when Heather Rae Young and Amanza Smith got into an argument after Heather revealed she couldn't make an appointment with a client because she had to attend her boyfriend's daughter's birthday party.
"It terrifies me how fast you have met those kids," Amanza told Heather because "when and if something doesn’t work out" it can be tough on the kids.
"Excuse me - when what doesn't work out?" Heather hit back. "It is going to work out. We are very serious. We are going to move in together, and we are moving forward with everything."
So who is the man Heather's getting "very serious" with? Introducing fellow celebrity estate agent Tarek El Moussa...
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on May 5, 2020 at 6:39pm PDT
Who is Tarek El Moussa?
Some of you will recognise Heather's boyfriend as the star of HGTV's Flip or Flop, which he hosted alongside his ex-wife Christina Anstead. Tarek, who received his real estate license when he was 21, met fellow agent Christina in 2016 shortly after he finished college and started working in the property industry. They married in April 2009 and welcomed daughter Taylor in 2010 and son Brayden five years later in 2015. The pair started filming Flip or Flop, which sees them renovate and sell homes, in 2013 - and it's still airing today.
In January 2017 Tarek filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences. Speaking publicly about their split, he told The Dr. Drew Podcast: "We bought a house, remodelling the house … my hormonal levels were off [he had been diagnosed with cancer in 2013 and is now cancer free] and I wasn’t feeling really well a lot of the time and I wasn’t being the best person I could have been.
"There’s so much going on with TV and the notoriety and the finances and so many different things happening at one time and it slowly pulled us apart."
Christina has since gone on to marry British TV presenter Ant Anstead.
Bike rides by the bay kinda date night - my @hydroflask may or may not contain a skinny marg 😎.
A post shared by Christina Anstead (@christinaanstead) on May 7, 2020 at 7:22pm PDT
How long have Heather and Tarek been dating?
Selling Sunset season 2 was filmed last summer, which is around the time Heather and Tarek started dating. While Heather didn't reveal how long they've been together on the show, Tarek first confirmed he was dating Heather last August and revealed they had moved in together in January of this year.
"It’s official!!!! After more than 3 years on my own I’m so PROUD to say that this beautiful, sweet and talented young lady is my girlfriend!" he told his 684k Instagram followers in a sweet post.
A post shared by Tarek El Moussa (@therealtarekelmoussa) on Aug 8, 2019 at 3:51pm PDT
Meanwhile, Heather recently opened up about the start of their relationship to Entertainment Tonight. "We're so in love, we're so happy, and when we first started dating is when we first started filming season 2," she said. "So you get to see the beginnings of our relationships unravel, you get to see my relationship with the children, how I navigate through balancing work and going back-and-forth from Orange County to LA."
A post shared by Heather Rae Young (@heatherraeyoung) on Apr 7, 2020 at 11:50am PDT
Will Tarek appear in Selling Sunset?
Due to his HGTV contract Tarek wasn't able to appear in the second season of the Netflix series, but Heather recently told followers she will be appearing in his new HGTV show Flipping 101.
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