In an Instagram Reel<\/a> shared on Wednesday, Jan. 21, the Selling Sunset alum praised her husband Tarek El Moussa<\/a> for being her “protector.” The video featured Heather, 38, and Tarek, 44, holding hands in several clips cut together, with “my protector” written over the video in white text.<\/p>\n “Through every season, every dream, and every chapter, I\u2019m so grateful to walk through life hand in hand with you. @therealtarekelmoussa \u2764\ufe0f” Heather captioned the video.<\/p>\n Christina Haack<\/a>, Tarek’s ex-wife and the couple’s The Flip Off co-star, had a sweet reaction to Heather’s post, commenting “\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f.”<\/p>\n Heather and Tarek, who have been married since 2021<\/a>, enjoy spending time with Haack, 42, especially as a blended family. They celebrate holidays together<\/a> and take trips together with their kids<\/a>.<\/p>\n Haack recently posted about their group trip to Park City, Utah, to kick off 2026. \u201cMay have been the saddest amount of snow I\u2019ve seen in Park City, Utah – but this blended fam still had the best trip,\u201d\u00a0she wrote on Instagram on Jan. 3<\/a>. “2026 is off to a great start.\u201d<\/p>\n Days later, Heather hosted a girls’ night<\/a> at her and Tarek’s house and invited Haack to join in on the fun.<\/p>\n heather\/tarek-anniversary-102124-cp<\/p>\n Heather rae El Moussa and Tarek El Moussa in Los Angeles, California in October 2024<\/p>\n Heather opened up to PEOPLE<\/a> in June 2025 about being a mom to her and Tarek’s son Tristan<\/a>, who turns three years old on Jan. 31. She is also a stepmom to Tarek’s children with Haack<\/a>, daughter Taylor, 15, and son Brayden, 10.<\/p>\n “It is my favorite role that I’ve ever done in my whole life and more fulfilling than I ever thought it would be,” she said of motherhood at the time.<\/p>\n “I love being a stepmom to Tay and Bray. Tristan is the light of my life. He grounds me, he makes me so happy. I call him my little earth angel because he’s just perfection. I could be coming home from a long day, a long shoot, filming, and I walk in the door and he yells, ‘Mommy!’ and runs and jumps in my arms and it melts me.”<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Along with being a proud mom, Heather stars on the house flipping competition show,The Flip Off<\/a>, alongside her husband and Haack. The show was renewed for a second season in August 2025.<\/p>\n At the time, Heather opened up to PEOPLE about how she would love to team up with Haack<\/a> for the competition show.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that it would be super fun,\u201d she said. \u201cI think that people would love to see Christina and I working together and beating my husband because he thinks that he could beat us, especially in a design contest.\u201d<\/p>\n Read the original article on People<\/a><\/p>\n![\"heather\/tarek-anniversary-102124-cp](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7ac34231debd8df4fe04ffb62e90a546.jpeg\"\/)
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