Tarek El Moussa Reveals the Unexpected Thing That Happened DuringBad DecisionsBoat Day: ‘The Worst’

Mar. 15, 2025

Tarek El Moussa, his kids Taylor and Brayden and friends during their boat trip.Photo:Tarek El Moussa/Instagram

Tarek El Moussa/Instagram

WhenTarek El Moussaenjoyed a day at sea with his children last week, it wasn’t all smooth sailing.

TheFlipping El Moussasstar, 42, shared in an Instagram post Tuesday that the ending to his recent boat day with Taylor, 13, and Brayden, 8, whom he shares with ex-wifeChristina Hall, 40, was “a lot different” than he expected.

“Last week we saw a few hour break in the weather so myself, the TEM Capital team, and the kids took out the infamous ‘Bad Decisions,’” El Moussa wrote, referring to his vessel. “The kids wanted to go to Dana Point for lunch an hour away so up the coast we went.”

That’s when the excursion took a turn.

“Well….the seas were a little rough that day and almost everyone got seasick!” he continued. “It was Taylor’s first time getting seasick and she absolutely hated it! You’ll only know what I’m talking about if you’ve been seasick before, it’s the worst!”

Tarekshared a series of videos and photosto hisInstagram Storyon Sunday giving an inside look at the trip, which friends of the family also appeared to join.“Little boat day here in Newport. Gorgeous out, if you like chilly weather,” he said in one clip while the boat moved through the water.

In another clip, Taylor walked away from the boat, as Tarek commented, “I spy a teenager. She hates when I record her.”

In his memoirFlip Your Life, released last month, he described the dark period after the2016 gun incidentthat led to the end of his marriage to Hall. He recalled hiding out on the same boat and drinking himself unconscious to cope with the collapse of his marriage.

Tarek also wrote about how quitting the anabolic testosterone he was prescribed in the aftermath ofbeating cancer twicecombined with excessive drinking led him to be found “passed out” on his boat.

El Moussa named the boat Bad Decisions after his 2016 split from Christina Hall.Tarek El Moussa/Instagram

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Despite those bad memories associated with the boat, it’s also the place where Tarek met Heather in 2019.

On the Fourth of July that year, Tarek was spending time on his boat with some friends in Newport Beach, Calif. when Heather hopped on after seeing a pal. Tarek then approached her and ended up asking her out.

source: people.com