So, that Flip or Flop show

[cville]

Is the husband super stilted in his interviews on purpose. He CAN speak normally, but he always sounds like a robot in the interviews. It's almost like he WANTS to.

Also, are there a lot of bears in California? They're on the flag.

[cleo29]

Well, if they are on the flag...

I really want to know how much they make in a year.

[ava]

I have thought this so many times about that guy! I thought maybe thone parts were scripted.

I have been to Lake Shasta once and totally saw a bear so I'm gonna say yes, lots of bears.

[cleo29]

Wait, their partner's last name is de Best?! LOL

I love it!

[meowmaps]

How far in advance do you think they film? I keep expecting to see a baby bump on Christina (they had a baby boy last summer) and she hasn't had one yet. I'm a little behind in the new episodes, though.

[whitemerlot]

farmvillelover goes to the same gym as Christina I think! I love the show and agree that he's stilted. I usually like their houses.

[ska]

Did you know that someone watching the show told him to see his doctor because she noticed a lump on his neck? Turns out he had thyroid cancer.

[meowmaps]

Feb 11, 2016 21:32:11 GMT -5 ska said:

Did you know that someone watching the show told him to see his doctor because she noticed a lump on his neck? Turns out he had thyroid cancer.

The power of television!  But seriously, that is a cool story with a happy ending.  

[cleo29]

Feb 11, 2016 21:31:20 GMT -5 meowmaps said:

How far in advance do you think they film? I keep expecting to see a baby bump on Christina (they had a baby boy last summer) and she hasn't had one yet. I'm a little behind in the new episodes, though.

I feel like I saw some where she was wearing looser tops and dresses, but now I am not seeing it. I didn't realize she already had the baby.

[cville]

Feb 11, 2016 21:32:11 GMT -5 ska said:

Did you know that someone watching the show told him to see his doctor because she noticed a lump on his neck? Turns out he had thyroid cancer.

Seriously? Television is amazing.

[thebreakfastclub]

I had no idea about the 2nd baby. I just looked at her pictures. Christina looks amazing even during an emergency c/s. Damn.

[fryjack2]

Feb 11, 2016 21:34:24 GMT -5 cville said:

Feb 11, 2016 21:32:11 GMT -5 ska said:

Did you know that someone watching the show told him to see his doctor because she noticed a lump on his neck? Turns out he had thyroid cancer.

Seriously? Television is amazing.

Yes. He met the nurse who wrote into the show on another talk show. Pretty awesome.

The way Christina talks annoys me a bit, but I really like Tarek's blue eyes

I like Flip or Flop better than the flipping show with the two brothers (montero brothers maybe?) in Texas. They were jerks.

[8675309]

My DD is in their daughter Taylor's class. I've run into Christina a few times myself and she's actually kinda of snooty but super pretty in person. My husband bitched her out once at Starbucks because she parked half way in a handicap spot and a regular spot. Like literally took up two spots. He refuses to watch the show because of that incident but I don't care love it and her style.

By the way, I've never seen this new baby. And if Farmer goes to her gym id be surprised. I know Farmer and she lives 40mins south of us. Unless they own 2 houses in Orange County. It's possible?!

[Jillaroo]

There are not a lot of bears in California. And the one on the flag is actually extinct now. Thanks, humans!

And I've lived here my whole life and when a bear is sited it's a big deal because it rare. Granted, I'm not hanging out in the mountains and looking for them either. I'm more likely to run across a celebrity than a bear.

I'm in Northern California though, so maybe they are all in Southern California.

[agnes]

I have never seen a bear in the wild ever in my life. So no, no bears near me in So Cal.

[rosiebear]

I saw a bear in Yosemite!

#helpful

[starlily]

Feb 11, 2016 23:04:47 GMT -5 agnes said:

I have never seen a bear in the wild ever in my life. So no, no bears near me in So Cal.

I think there was a bear spotted one or two towns over from me last year, but I'm much closer to the foothills than you are.

[8675309]

Feb 11, 2016 23:21:25 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

Feb 11, 2016 22:22:55 GMT -5 8675309 said:

My DD is in their daughter Taylor's class. I've run into Christina a few times myself and she's actually kinda of snooty but super pretty in person. My husband bitched her out once at Starbucks because she parked half way in a handicap spot and a regular spot. Like literally took up two spots. He refuses to watch the show because of that incident but I don't care love it and her style.

By the way, I've never seen this new baby. And if Farmer goes to her gym id be surprised. I know Farmer and she lives 40mins south of us. Unless they own 2 houses in Orange County. It's possible?!

The gym is in Irvine though!

I never saw her pregnant, that is really weird.  I had no idea about their new baby!  She sure as hell doesn't look like she's had a baby recently.  Grrrr.

I've only seen her around this past year so if she had a baby I would have never seen her pregnant. She comes to the classroom parties and she never has the baby with her but that could be because she has a nanny or childcare?

[whitemerlot]

There was a picture of the baby in people magazine a few weeks back.

celebritybabies.people.com/2015/09/11/tarek-el-moussa-christina-el-moussa-welcome-son-brayden-james/

[elleblue]

Feb 11, 2016 21:14:34 GMT -5 cville said:

Also, are there a lot of bears in California? They're on the flag.

Once upon a time there were. 

[8675309]

Feb 12, 2016 0:02:52 GMT -5 whitemerlot said:

There was a picture of the baby in people magazine a few weeks back.

celebritybabies.people.com/2015/09/11/tarek-el-moussa-christina-el-moussa-welcome-son-brayden-james/

Omg! He's so cute!

[mandymay]

A decade ago I was very close to one while camping in the Sierra Nevadas near Florence Lake on the Muir Trail. They are still around, just not nearly as prevalent as they used to be.

[elleblue]

Feb 12, 2016 1:55:40 GMT -5 @kirkette said:

Feb 11, 2016 23:04:47 GMT -5 agnes said:

I have never seen a bear in the wild ever in my life. So no, no bears near me in So Cal.

There's a ton of them in the mountains (Idyllwild, Apple Country, etc.) and Eastern LA County Areas.
Like, bears chill out in swimming pools in the hills of Claremont. 

There are bears but the bear on the flag, the California Grizzly, has been extinct for close to 100 years I believe.  

[elleblue]

Feb 12, 2016 2:02:32 GMT -5 @kirkette said:

Feb 12, 2016 2:00:30 GMT -5 elleblue said:

There are bears but the bear on the flag, the California Grizzly, has been extinct for close to 100 years I believe.  

Yeah, I thought we were just talking about bears in general. 

Since cville mentioned the one on the flag, I figured I'd be specific. I think my H's pedantic streak is rubbing off on me, lol. 

[birddog]

Feb 11, 2016 21:14:34 GMT -5 cville said:

Is the husband super stilted in his interviews on purpose. He CAN speak normally, but he always sounds like a robot in the interviews. It's almost like he WANTS to.

Also, are there a lot of bears in California? They're on the flag.

I know the conversation has pretty much turned entirely to bears at this point, but I read recently that he grew up in Egypt and only learned English when he moved here as a young adult. Which I never would have guessed, but may explain his speech patterns?

[lovelyshoes]

Feb 12, 2016 7:25:38 GMT -5 birddog said:

Feb 11, 2016 21:14:34 GMT -5 cville said:

Is the husband super stilted in his interviews on purpose. He CAN speak normally, but he always sounds like a robot in the interviews. It's almost like he WANTS to.

Also, are there a lot of bears in California? They're on the flag.

I know the conversation has pretty much turned entirely to bears at this point, but I read recently that he grew up in Egypt and only learned English when he moved here as a young adult. Which I never would have guessed, but may explain his speech patterns?

That makes sense. I really like him and can't stand her. I can't watch the show because of her.

[cville]

Feb 12, 2016 7:25:38 GMT -5 birddog said:

Feb 11, 2016 21:14:34 GMT -5 cville said:

Is the husband super stilted in his interviews on purpose. He CAN speak normally, but he always sounds like a robot in the interviews. It's almost like he WANTS to.

Also, are there a lot of bears in California? They're on the flag.

I know the conversation has pretty much turned entirely to bears at this point, but I read recently that he grew up in Egypt and only learned English when he moved here as a young adult. Which I never would have guessed, but may explain his speech patterns?

Interesting. He comes across SO California, lol. Obviously he has a middle eastern sounding name so I'm not SHOCKED he's Egyptian, but he's so surfer-like to me. Note: I've never lived in California.

Feb 12, 2016 8:24:18 GMT -5 teeah22 said:

Am I the only one that doesn't like these people? Whatever personality either of them has does not come across on TV, especially after watching Fixer Upper and comparing them to Chip and Joanna. I also don't get Christina's open house outfits, she always looks like she's going to the club after.

No one holds a candle to Chip and Joanna, but I like them. I like that he always listens when she's all "no, this is terrible, everything must be replaced."

[shell403b]

Feb 11, 2016 22:22:55 GMT -5 8675309 said:

My DD is in their daughter Taylor's class. I've run into Christina a few times myself and she's actually kinda of snooty but super pretty in person. My husband bitched her out once at Starbucks because she parked half way in a handicap spot and a regular spot. Like literally took up two spots. He refuses to watch the show because of that incident but I don't care love it and her style.

By the way, I've never seen this new baby. And if Farmer goes to her gym id be surprised. I know Farmer and she lives 40mins south of us. Unless they own 2 houses in Orange County. It's possible?!

I don't think they own any houses. I read in more than one place that they rent. Don't know if that's still true, but I found it super weird at the time I read it (b/c of their business) which is why I remember. 

[penelope]

The way she speaks drives me up a wall, and that alone makes her seem snooty. I do, however, love her style, of both clothes and home makeovers. I don't know that I would wear some of her outfits to work, but..... DH likes to watch it, so I catch bits and pieces of it.

[meowmaps]

I think they're a very good-looking couple.

I wish she didn't wear so much makeup. I feel like she goes way overboard.

I'm sure they're an awesome couple but their chemistry doesn't read as well or as naturally as Chip's and Joanna's.