HGTV star Christina Haack says reality show is 'so much easier' without estranged husband 'weighing me down'

The reality television star says she has the upper hand, saying a huge weight has been lifted since her ex left the show. 

"It's so much easier without somebody else bothering me," Haack said as she grinned and rolled her eyes during an appearance on "The Jennifer Hudson" show. The HGTV star sat down for an interview alongside ex-husband Tarek El Moussa and his wife, Heather Rae El Moussa. 

"I mean, I don't have to ask approval from anyone. No one's, like, weighing me down."

When the host asked whether Haack felt she had any "disadvantages at all" she laughed and replied, "No, I think I have an advantage."

Reps for Haack did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

"I know you all were expecting us to be on Jerry Springer, but today we're on The Jennifer Hudson Show!" their collaborated social media caption said. 

"We're going to be going to trial, I hear," the HGTV star said during a Jan. 12 appearance on Sirius XM's "Jeff Lewis Live." "He doesn't want to do mediation. It's going to be fun. Can't wait."

Haack noted she hasn't been "ordered" to pay Hall's attorney's fees, "but he's been asking." "I've already had to give a little something," she said. The reality TV star claimed she has been financially supportive of Hall.

"I gave him money to live, and then he bought a Bentley. But then he also doesn't have a job," she noted. "But he drives a Bentley, so I'm sure he's pulling a lot of chicks."

Earlier this month, she fired back at her estranged husband after he put the home design network on blast. 

"TFW [the feeling when] you can't get enough ratings with celebrity designers so you manufactured drama with me, a nobody," Hall, 44, wrote on his Instagram story with a screenshot of a Fox News Digital article.

"@hgtv, you've changed," he added with a rolling eye emoji. 

She followed up her Instagram story with a photo of her breaking down in tears. 

"This was taken June 21, 2024. After one of my shoots with Josh," she wrote over the photo. "This is 'real' and a reminder to myself that I deserve better."

During a sneak peek of the upcoming series premiere of "The Flip Off," the former couple were filming together when cameras caught a heated exchange in a car, days before the couple decided to end their marriage, Hall citing "irreconcilable differences."

The show was announced in May and began production shortly after. Haack and Hall both filed for divorce in July.