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Tarek El Moussais opening up about his outlook on love before meetingHeather Rae Young.
TheFlipping 101host, who split from his ex-wifeChristina Hallin 2016 after seven years together, said he didn’t expect to find love again. In a sweet Instagram post, he wrote about how he proved his doubts wrong when he met his “soulmate.”
“If you asked me a few years ago if I thought I was going to meet another woman to be a part of mine and the kids lives, I’d say no but who knew I was going to find my best friend, my confidant, my soulmate 😍,” he wrote in the caption.
The Instagram Reel shows El Moussa and Young holding hands and smiling as they walk outside to a car. In the background of the post, Tyler Shaw’s romantic song “Love You Still” plays.
“I believe everyone has a soulmate that they can spend the rest of their life together. I’m lucky to have found mine, the woman of my dreams, the perfect step-mom to my kids, and of course the sweetest mom to our bugsy, ❤️👨👩👧👦,” he wrote of the couple’s dog and his kids — daughter Taylor, 11, and son Brayden, 6, whom he shares with ex-wife Hall.
While they shared traditional vows, the pair also exchanged vows with El Moussa’s kids. “It felt like it was straight from a movie,” El Moussatold PEOPLE exclusivelyof the romantic day. “Everything was just spectacular.”
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El Moussa recalled getting emotional when he saw his kids walk down the aisle.
“I walked my mom down the aisle. I was fine. And then the song ‘Shallow’ comes on, which is one of me and Heather’s songs, and I’m going to get Taylor to walk down the aisle, and I just broke down,” he said. “Taylor, she’s my everything, I just got so emotional.”
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In April, the pair celebrated a mini milestone — their 6-month wedding anniversary. To commemorate the special day, Young posted a video to Instagram with clips not previously released from their Old Hollywood-themed ceremony in Montecito, California.
One stand-out moment from the sweet video included the bride and groom joking around with their officiant.
source: people.com
