Tarek El Moussa has moved on from his ex-wife Christina.
A source dished to In Touch magazine that Tarek, 36, has struck up a romance with 37-year-old lingerie model Patience Silva and is 'in love with' her.
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He and Christina - who is also his Flip Or Flop co-star - separated in 2016, and this Monday their divorce was finalized.
According to In Touch's insider, Tarek and Christina 'met toward the end of last year on the celebrity dating Raya.'
Added the source: 'Tarek's in love with Patience.'
This insider praised Tarek's new paramour as 'spiritual, warm and caring. She's the perfect match for Tarek, who has been to hell and back since his split from Christina.'
Tarek is refraining from making the relationship public, at least in part because 'Patience is a private person. He doesn't want to jinx this.'
Citing a police report from Yorba Linda, People reported that in May 2016, Christina called the police on Tarek, fearing he was going to kill himself.
He had taken a gun and set off from their home, and police ultimately discovered him in Chino Hills State Park. At that point, Christina resolved to separate from him.
Tarek insisted on the Today show that the gun was merely for self-defense from animals, and that he'd had no suicidal plans but was just going for a hike.
Their split went public that December and in January of 2017, People reported that Tarek had filed for divorce.
She and Tarek had tied the knot in 2009, and they share two children - seven-year-old daughter Taylor and two-year-old son Brayden.
The married couple co-host the house renovation show Flip Or Flop, which started in 2013 and has survived the turbulence of its stars' personal lives.
Christina, 34, is now dating For The Love Of Cars co-host Ant Anstead, 38.
