HGTV's Tarek and Christina of "Flip or Flop" are separating

Sadly this does not surprise me much. Maybe it was tv and the producers, but they did not seem too tolerant of each other on their show.

I'm not surprised. He seems to be a drama queen ready to blow at any moment.

They both annoy me, but this kinda makes me sad. He is an odd character, IMO. Maybe it's the editing, I don't know. He is very cold and business-like. And type A personality which could be exhausting. Whatever the case, I'm still sad for them.

I'm sad to read this. They were leveraging the show into seminars and other areas so it will be interesting to see what happens with all of that.

We were at an Anaheim Ducks game a few months ago and Tarek was sitting a few rows in front of us. It drove me nuts because I couldn't figure out how I knew him. 

I'm really sad to hear this. I've always liked them. Their shows are very enjoyable to me. I want to see the results from a do-over, not the juvenile antics of Chip and Joanna. I can't stand those 2. Or the Property Bros either.

I can't tell you how many IRL couples I know who these two remind me of. They are couples who are the "sorority/fraternity" types or "Ken and Barbie" or whatever conjures up the idea of the beautiful guy/girl couple. They date, get married, flaunt their possessions, car, house, vacations etc. Then they settle in and have a child. WHich shows them life is not all parties and fashion. Their marriage starts to crack a bit w/the stresses of the realities of life and child-rearing. But they carry on. Then they decide to have another child. Bam, within a year or two, divorce!

I'm not saying this is what happened here, because obviously, I have NO IDEA what their relationship was about. Just that they always reminded me of these IRL acquaintances who went through this pattern.

That makes me sad to hear this.
Theirs is one of my favorite of the HGTV shows.
I'm am really surprised by this, actually.

It's sad to hear any couple separating.
I'm sure it's worse when it plays out in the headlines.

I never could stand them or their show.

I never cared for them.. it always seemed a little to 'in your face' or something. I can't put my finger on it. And I am sure this is editing for the most part, but how they always show her rolling her eyes at him over all the home decisions drove me nuts. They are a little to Barbie and Ken for my taste.

Huh- just last night I saw a commercial for their show- it was all warm and fuzzy and Christmasy, with the two of them and their daughter. Bad timing for TLC, or whatever station they're on.  HGTV. I did like seeing the process of how they got from the before to the after on their shows.

I only liked to watch the show to see what Christina was wearing. I found it sort of irritating that they didn't do any of the work themselves. The guy would be wearing flip flops in a construction site.

I find her to be the coldest, most annoying, FAKE person on HGTV. He obviously overreacts and plays to the show, but she is just unbearable!

How sad, and their kids are so young.

I enjoyed their show, but there was just always something off about them. Like they tried to hard to be perfect in every sense they could. The cancer diagnosis made them seem a bit more real...but everything about how they are marketed makes them seem unattainably perfect. Those are some seriously steep expectations...we are human, flaws are part of our nature.

Their show is better than another one that my husband watches (not on HGTV, though, I don't think). It's a flipping show that takes place here in Vegas. The guy is a total over actor and it's so clear that the 'problems' are staged based on the lack of quality in camera work (certain things are finished in one scene and then 'later' scenes are before they are finished). They do the exact opposite of trying to be super perfect and come off as assholes instead.