Christina Haack subtly made her new romance Instagram official!
On Saturday, Jan. 18, the Christina on the Coast star, 41, reshared a post from new boyfriend Christopher Larocca on her Instagram Stories. PEOPLE first confirmed the new romance on Jan. 10.
In the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it reference to the pair’s relationship, Haack shared a photo that the businessman first posted on his own page featuring two drinks — seemingly his-and-hers cocktails — on a counter by a glamorous bar. Larocca tagged Haack and the Bvlgari Hotel in Paris in the photo.
Haack also shared a snapshot of her own, showing her gold jewelry-adorned hand holding onto the stem of her glass.
Larocca is a California native, as well as the president and CEO of Network Connex, per the company’s official website. He and Haack had reportedly been dating for about three months when news of their relationship went public. Daily Mail first reported it.
Photos surfaced of the pair together on an alleged trip they took to Italy in October 2024, including one of them walking down the street holding hands. They were also reportedly seen getting cozy at a holiday party in December.
Christina posted to her Instagram Stories from the trip at the time, but only showed photos of herself driving a red Ferrari through the Italian countryside and later sipping champagne and admiring the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
“Favorite city ever. Nothing compares,” the HGTV star captioned a photo of her taking in the Parisian skyline from a balcony.
Haack going Instagram official with her new boyfriend comes nearly six months after she split from her estranged husband Josh Hall in July 2024.
The Tennessee-based real estate professional, 44, filed for divorce from Haack on July 15 and cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their split. The filing lists their “date of separation” as July 8, 2024, and also revealed that the pair secretly tied the knot on Oct. 6, 2021, before sharing the news with fans months later.
Josh is Haack’s third husband. She was first married to her Flip or Flop costar Tarek El Moussa until 2016, followed by her second marriage to Radford Reborn star Ant Anstead, which ended in 2020. She shares daughter Taylor, 14, and son Brayden, 9, with El Moussa, and son Hudson, 5, with Anstead.
Hall is also seeing someone new amid his ongoing divorce from Haack. A source told PEOPLE in January that he’s dating model Stephanie Gabrys, and that the two are “perfect” for each other.
Haack’s upcoming show,The Flip Off — which also stars El Moussa and his current wife Heather Rae El Moussa — will give viewers an inside look at some of the tense moments leading up to the HGTV star’s split from Hall.
The designer’s ex was set to star in the competition series as her teammate, however the network recently teased that she’ll be “on her own” now and will turn to her “trusted team” for help throughout the show.
The mom of three previously hinted at some of the issues in her marriage with Hall, telling Entertainment Tonight in November that he had “jealousy” when it came to her relationship with El Moussa.
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“[Josh] doesn’t like our dynamic . . . some could call it ‘flirty,’” Haack said at the time, adding that, to her, “it’s like a sibling type of thing.”
She also noted that it was “not fun” filming with her “insecure” ex, and stated that they had been having problems for a long time. She claimed she was “not shining as bright, to try to not make him feel emasculated.”
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