Has 'Flip or Flop' Been Cancelled? 5 New Episodes Filmed

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They were hit so hard by the 2008 recession, they were practically broke.

The couple, who were both successful real estate agents at the time, had to downsize from their $6,000 a month mortgage home to a $700 a month rental, which they shared with a roommate.

"I will never forget going to Subway to split $5 footlongs from Subway because that is (sic) all we could afford," Tarek wrote on Facebook in 2016.

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Their poverty was a huge reason why HGTV wanted to hire them.

"They liked the fact that we were poor and were trying to make something of ourselves," Christina said in 2013. In case you're curious how much they make today, they earn $10,000 an episode and have a net worth of $4 million.

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Most of the show's drama is exaggerated. For a show called "flip or flop," they don't actually produce many flops despite what the editing implies.

"Have I lost [money], no I have not," Tarek wrote in a message board in 2013. "Although I have been close [to flopping] a few times when I was new to flipping, which was very scary."

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And those weirdly staged auction scenes? They're surprisingly real!

"Real estate auctions where we buy are real," Tarek said in 2013.

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They had their car stolen while filming an episode of Flip or Flop.

"You can’t imagine the feeling I got when I was standing outside one of our flip houses, talking to Tarek about what color to paint the garage and I heard my car start," Christina wrote in a blog post. "It was the middle of the day, and I’d just pulled up to the worksite and parked in front of the house. I put my purse on the front porch and didn’t think about what a huge mistake I was making. While Tarek and I were talking, a guy literally grabbed my keys from my purse and drove off in our SUV."

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Tarek was allegedly combative on set, and would "humiliate" Christina in front of the crew.

In the weeks leading up to their divorce, Tarek allegedly verbally attacked Christina many times and would later "laugh about it," according to sources that spoke exclusively to InTouch,.

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Their Success Path real estate seminars came under controversy when fans accused the programs of being a scam.

Their seminars, promoted as real estate workshops to teach people about the house flipping business, came under fire in 2015 when fans who attended the seminars said they were disappointed, not only because Christina and Tarek didn't make an appearance, but also because they were pressured into buying pricey real estate courses that cost them between $2,000-$5,000.

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The couple stood by their seminars and maintained that they weren't "scams."

"I stand by our product," Christina told ABC News. "It's our tools, it's our system. It's what Tarek and I do. I've only heard very minimal complaints."

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Although the couple looked happy online and on the show, they were actually separated for most of 2016.

Fans were shocked when the couple released a joint statement about their split in December 2016, but they were even more upset when it was revealed that the couple had been separated for some time and had even started seeing other people.

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A fan saved Tarek's life when they emailed the show about a suspicious lump on Tarek's throat, which later turned out to be cancer.

After undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer, Tarek announced in January 2017 that he was cancer free.

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Because Tarek's cancer treatments led to infertility, Christina underwent in-vitro fertilization for their second child, Brayden, which was a difficult pregnancy.

"I pushed HARD for 2 hours but his shoulders were stuck and his heart rate kept dropping," she explained in a blog post. "In the end, I had to go in for an emergency c-section."

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They had to cancel their house-flipping events in Oregon after fans protested on social media.

Locals thought the couple's seminar was insensitive to the current real estate crisis.
"We cancelled the Success Path training tour through Oregon and Washington due to a vocal group who somehow linked us to the issue of affordable housing," Christina said in a statement. "We are very accustomed to being on the receiving end of people's opinions. My hairstyles, my mothering, and my interior design choices in flip houses — all are discussed."

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