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I wish them well BUT their ethics are questionable


I have enjoyed this show since it started and liked this couple a lot. I was really disappointed to read that they had joined the ranks of other celebrities who lend their names to questionable "seminars" which were sold to unwary consumers with high-pressure tactics. The advertising for these seminars also gave attendees the idea that Tarek and Christina would be present at the seminars, but they were not. Now we find that this couple has been deceptive since May, filming episodes and commercials showing them as a happy nuclear family when in fact they were split up, seeing other people, and according to some sources, either fighting on the set or not speaking to each other at all. Their only motivation for this must have been financial. I don't fault people for having problems, but their deceptive behavior in regards to the seminars and the facade they have maintained about their marriage is really hard to excuse.

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But is their marriage really anyone else's business?

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Well of course their marriage is "anyone else's business" when it is a main element in their show, and they are public figures who make their living on TV by pretending to be a happy stable family.

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I'll be honest here and say I've only watched a handful of episodes, but I thought the show was about them flipping houses, not their marriage. They flip houses together and happen to be married.

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they are not going to divorce

"they have been spending money like crazy over the past few years and they are in serious financial trouble. Their income from doing the TV show is double what they make “in real life” from [their businesses]. If they quit, they would definitely have to file for bankruptcy. So they can’t afford to quit, even though they absolutely hate each other!"


not only do they not appear at those seminars, the seminars are fraudelent, bait and switch, and there have been complaints, they are being sued

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