Christina Haack is aware of a factor or two concerning the challenges of navigating a public break up, so she has recommendation for fellow HGTV stars Jen Hatmaker and Brandon Hatmaker amid their divorce drama.
“My publicist [and] my finest buddy is true right here [and] what she taught me initially is, you bought it’s a must to ignore it,” Haack, 42, solely advised Us Weekly on Wednesday, October 1, of the knowledge she’s realized after experiencing three public divorces.
Haack, who has simply launched her personal champagne model, Clé Cachée, defined that it’s a must to “shut up” and take a step again when your relationship turns into headline-worthy.
“In the event you purchase into it, regardless of how a lot you’re hurting, regardless of how a lot you need your story on the market, like, it’ll by no means finish,” she revealed. “So I feel my finest recommendation is to, like, simply attempt to keep in your tight knit group and actually, don’t Google. Don’t learn the feedback.”
Christina Haack. Nick Agro/Warner Bros. Discovery
Haack added, “I really feel very unhealthy for them,” confessing that it’s “so arduous to undergo that publicly.”
Followers have been launched to Jen, 51, and Brandon, 53, when their short-lived HGTV sequence My Huge Household Renovation premiered in 2014. The present lasted two seasons, however left an impression on viewers, who continued to observe the household’s story.
The previous couple, who based Austin New Church in 2008, welcomed 5 kids — Jen gave delivery to a few and the pair adopted two extra children — throughout their 26-year marriage. They shocked followers in 2020 when Jen introduced they have been getting divorced.
Final month, Jen expanded on the reasoning behind their break up in her new guide, Awake, claiming Brandon was untrue.
Jen alleged within the guide that in July 2020 she awoke at 2 a.m. and heard Brandon on the telephone with one other girl. In that second, she realized he was dishonest and instantly advised him it was over.

“To a point, I nearly disassociated,” Jen advised The New York Publish on September 21. “It was so outdoors the realm of what I might have ever thought-about a chance for our life, our marriage, our story.”
Jen claimed in her memoir that after digging by means of Brandon’s pc that very same evening she discovered a “path of betrayal,” which allegedly proved he’d been having affairs for a “devastating time span.”
“There have been a whole lot of unaccounted absences, and the telephone was by no means ever, ever, ever out of his hand or sight,” Jen alleged. “All of the warning indicators have been there, however I didn’t need to face these.”
Following the discharge of her guide, Brandon spoke out about his ex-wife’s allegations and shared his aspect of the story.
“There are not any excuses. However I didn’t simply get up at some point and resolve to have an affair. I didn’t fall out of affection in a single day,” he wrote in a prolonged September assertion by way of Substack. “Our love was coming to a gradual and painful ending. And I privately mourned the loss of life of our marriage years earlier than our divorce.”
Brandon famous that he “misplaced [his] anchor, felt no hope and was the loneliest [he’d] ever been” when he strayed from his marriage.
That being mentioned, he advised his followers, “I’ve owned my errors, I’ve made amends, I proceed to do the work, I’ve labored arduous to revive relationships, and I’ve began over.”
Brandon added by way of a Friday, September 26, Substack that he’s not “addressing the main points” of his previous marriage and infidelity. “It’s time to shut that chapter,” he wrote.
Regardless of rehashing their breakup over the previous week, Brandon and Jen have moved on romantically following their break up. Brandon is married to Tina Hatmaker and Jen is courting Tyler Merritt, whom she met in 2021.
Haack, for her half, is not any stranger to getting divorced whereas residing within the highlight. She break up from husband Tarek El Moussa in 2016 after being married seven years. The exes share daughter Taylor, 15, and son Brayden, 10, and at the moment costar on HGTV’s The Flip Off alongside Tarek’s spouse, Heather Rae El Moussa.
Haack was married to Ant Anstead from December 2018 to September 2020. The pair share one son, 6-year-old Hudson. Haack’s third marriage to Joshua Corridor resulted in July 2024 after three years. They finalized their divorce in Might.
Haack is now courting Christopher LaRocca and has manifested a season of happiness, which incorporates the launch of her champagne, Clé Cachée.
“I’m about manifesting,” Haack advised Us on Wednesday when speaking concerning the inspiration behind her label’s identify, which suggests “hidden key.” She defined, “It’s principally discovering your hidden potential inside and simply celebrating.”
Haack famous that she went to France to select the area, grapes and style for her champagne, which she describes because the “excellent” bottle.
“I’m a champagne lady, and I feel when you attempt it, you’re going to understand it. It’s from the Grand Cru area, which is probably the most prestigious area in all France, so far as grapes,” she mentioned. “It’s a Blanc de Blancs. It’s naturally candy, so it has a really low dosage sugar content material, which is lower than 5 grams for the entire bottle. So principally, one Starburst.”
The bottle prices $100 and in response to Haack will depart you with “no hangover” not like most champagne.
Be taught extra about Clé Cachée on the official web site.