Celebrity Biographies
Tarek El Moussa Biography
Date of Birth: | 1981, August 21 |
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Years: | 39 years |
Nation of birth: | United States of America |
Name | Tarek El Moussa |
birth name | Tarek El Moussa |
nick’s name | tarek |
Nationality | American |
Place of birth / city | Long Beach, Calif. |
Religion | Muslim |
ethnicity | Mixed |
Profession | TV Personality, Real Estate Agent |
Working for | hgtv |
Net worth | $10 million |
Salary | N/A |
eye color | Dark brown |
Hair color | Dark brown |
Famous for | flip or flop |
Married | N/A |
Married to | Christina El Moussa (2009-18) |
Kids | taylor and brayden |
Divorce | Christina El Moussa in 2018 |
Education | N/A |
Awards | N/A |
online presence | Instagram, Twitter |
tv show | flip or flop |
Tarek El Moussa, an American real estate investor became famous after appearing on the show Flip o Flop alongside now ex-wife Christina El Moussa, where the couple buy a house and trade it for a profit. Since the show premiered in 2013 on HGTV, it has completed 8 seasons and is awaiting its 9th season, which will premiere in August 2020.
While together as husband and wife, Tarek and Christine owned a real estate agency, The El Moussa Group which was dissolved after their divorce and is now run solely by Tarek under the name Tarek & Associates.
It belongs to the Moroccan root
Tarek El Moussa was born on August 21, 1981 , in Long Beach, California. He has an American nationality belonging to the African American ethnicity. Tarek was born to a Moroccan father and raised in California.
Career on HGTV’s ‘Flip or Flop’ after the 2008 stock crash
Tarek El Moussa is a talented individual who obtained his real estate license at the age of 21. He was a real estate agent before the 2008 stock crash that left the real estate market in a slump. Later, he and his wife began moving houses, mostly located in Orange County, California.
In 2011, they recorded an audition tape of them flipping a house from start to finish. The audition tape was sent to HGTV. The folks at HGTV were interested in speaking with the couple. In 2012, HGTV signed the couple to a weekly show to demonstrate their work.
After more than a decade of relationship, Tarek El Moussa and Christina began to face problems in mid-2016. In May 2016, Christina called the police at her South Carolina home and Tarek fled his home, taking his gun, after a heated discussion. And weeks later, the couple announced their separation.
In December 2016, Tarek filed for divorce from his wife, Christina El Moussa. Six months later, Christina also filed for divorce in January 2017. Even after their split, the former duo agreed to work on a show together and they even attended a red carpet in May 2017.
They finalized their divorce a year later, in January 2018. Even after the divorce, they agreed to work together and said they could not end their professional relationships.
Tarek El Moussa was also allegedly dating his children’s nanny, Alyssa Logan. But he denied the rumor in an interview. Tarek El Moussa lives the life of a single father. He resides in California with his son and his daughter.
Meanwhile, Christina then began dating Gary Anderson for a few months before she began dating Nate Thompson. She broke up with Thompson a few months later and then she started dating Doug Spedding. However, this relationship didn’t work out for her either. In 2018, she began dating the English television presenter. anstead ant .
The couple’s relationship grew stronger every day and at the end of the year, Christina El Moussa surprised her fans. her by revealing her marriage to Anstead. As of now, the newlywed husband and wife are very happy together.
Tarek El Moussa’s diagnosis and cancer battle
Tarek El Moussa is a cancer survivor. In 2013, one of his viewers, a registered nurse, reported that he had a lump on his neck. After a biopsy and ultrasound on June 12, the lump was found to be cancerous and needed to be removed immediately.
He was diagnosed with stage 2 thyroid cancer. He underwent a four hour surgery to remove his entire thyroid. Tarek then revealed that the cancer did not spread beyond his neck and he was completely cured.
Tarek is active on social networking sites like Instagram and Twitter. He has a large following on his social accounts.