Christina Hall tags ex Ant Anstead on Instagram after saying their son Hudson ‘deserves’ to get along

When Christina Hall’s son had his first successful soccer practice, she wanted to share the milestone with her ex Ant Antstead.

The HGTV star posted a video of 4-year-old Hudson running and excitedly kicking a ball to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, writing, “First soccer practice ever! Natural.”

He Christina on the coast The 41-year-old designer tagged Anstead, her second husband and father of Hudson, with whom she previously had a contentious relationship.

The former couple met in late 2017 and married a year later. They welcomed Hudson in September 2019, but split the following month and finalized their divorce in June 2021. They subsequently had to endure a heated custody battle that often played out in full public view.

Following her recent divorce from her third husband, Josh Hall, whom she split from in July, Christina re-followed Anstead on Instagram and liked some of his posts featuring Hudson.

In a recent interview with Backgrid, she revealed why, saying Hudson was a key factor in the decision. “Ant and I share Hudson… and I feel like he deserves to get along,” she said.

In late July, Christina shared a surprising response to a fan’s suggestion that Anstead join. The Flip Off, her upcoming HGTV series in which Josh was originally set to be her sidekick as she takes on Tarek and Heather.

“How cool would it be if Ant replaced Josh in The unexpected twist? “The ratings would skyrocket. If that happens, I need some credit. LOL,” the commenter wrote.

Christina replied: “Haha, that would be a great idea for ratings, just saying.”

He later clarified his stance on the idea of ​​Anstead taking Josh’s place on the competition show.

“It would be good for ratings, but I can’t work with any more exes,” she told Backgrid. “I already work with Tarek.”

In addition to appearing alongside her first husband in the upcoming series, the exes previously filmed their hit series. Flip or flop together for several seasons after divorcing, before ending it in March 2022.

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Christina added that she might be open to Anstead participating in The detour In the future: “Maybe season two,” he said.

Christina and Anstead were involved in a contentious custody battle in 2022 following their split, which included disagreements over how they shared photos of Hudson on social media.

According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE at the time, a judge signed off on the couple’s agreement to “continue to have joint legal and physical custody” of Hudson, which was the agreement when their divorce was finalized in June 2021.

Christina lives in Newport Beach, California, while Anstead has been splitting his time between Laguna Beach, California and his native England, where his girlfriend Renee Zellweger has been filming the fourth installment. Bridget Jones movie.