Heather Rae El Moussa and Christina Haack join forces for bikini shoot after Tarek El Moussa's Vegas altercation
Heather Rae El Moussa has enlisted Christina Haack for a sexy Heather Rae Essentials lip gloss campaign.
On Thursday the 37-year-old entrepreneur posted an Instagram video featuring 41-year-old Haack as they matched in tiny black bikinis.
El Moussa is married to Haack's ex-husband, 43-year-old Tarek El Moussa, who was cited for kneeing a man in the head one week ago in Las Vegas.
The Instagram reel shared with Heather's three million followers included the caption, 'She's here. She's pink. She's perfect. Heather + Christina, poolside and glowing, are giving hot girl summer meets blended beauty — and this shade is the cherry on top.'
It comes after Heather and Tarek were seen arriving at a Toronto airport earlier in the day, with the HGTV star looking glum as he made his first public outing since his altercation in Nevada.
In the bubbly cosmetics promo, Heather and Christina wore coordinating pink, heart-shaped sunglasses and sipped rosé.
Both bombshells wore their long blonde locks loose and in center parts while stretching out on pink towels placed on lounge chairs.
The snippet was soundtracked by Cyndi Lauper's 80s pop hit 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun.
The caption of the post urged social media users to 'comment 'PERFECT' to shop Perfect Pink Lippie Gloss.'
Exes Tarek and Christina came together this week to celebrate their daughter Taylor's middle school graduation.
They were joined by Heather as well as Tarek and Christina's nine-year-old son Brayden as they united as a blended family unit.
The co-parents smiled while posing with the kids in a joint Instagram post shared on Tuesday.
Christina, who recently finalized her divorce from third husband Josh Hall, wrote in the caption: 'Taylor we are so proud of you and so excited for you to head into the next stage of your life. Our beautiful, smart, incredible, bright light we all love and adore you.'
The proud mom also shares five-year-old son Hudson with ex-husband Ant Anstead.
Last week El Moussa was involved in a public scuffle in Nevada. He was cited for the incident but was not arrested over it.
Sources told DailyMail.com that Tarek was defending his elderly father when the squabble occurred.
A spokesperson for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed that the Flipping El Moussas star and the other male were at The Palazzo at the Venetian Resort when the confrontation took place.
Witnesses said that Tarek drove his knee into the man's head, knocking him out.
TMZ later obtained a Las Vegas Metropolitan PD report that alleges the violent bust-up was captured on casino surveillance video.
According to the report, the fight kicked off after Tarek's alleged victim allegedly bumped into the HGTV star's father's chair at a roulette table inside The Palazzo.
The bump-in reportedly upset Tarek's father, who allegedly turned around in his seat to face the man.
After Tarek's father turned his back, the man allegedly tapped him on the right shoulder and said something to him that reportedly caused Tarek, who was seated near his father, to get involved.
Tarek allegedly got up from his seat and 'charged at the man, pushing him back before the two got into a 'fighting stance.'
Per the police report, Tarek's adversary allegedly went for the star's legs in an attempt to take him down.
But Tarek allegedly proceeded to knee the man to the floor. The police then claimed that Tarek 'mounted the man's back and pummeled him with three blows to the head.'
After the 'three blows to the head,' Tarek allegedly 'got up and walked away.'
The incident was called in as an 'assault/battery' and the alleged victim told police that he wanted to press charges.
The report claimed that the man suffered several injuries as a result of the casino altercation, including 'purple and red bruises under the right eye and a cut on the bridge of his nose.'
The police said that the alleged victim's account of the fight with Tarek differed slightly from what they had viewed on the hotel's surveillance footage.
According to cops, the man claimed he was 'aggressively approached' by Tarek at the roulette table before allegedly being 'assaulted' by him. The man insisted he was trying to defend himself.
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