Christina Anstead Says She's 'Authentic' and 'Unfiltered' on Her New Solo Home Reno Series

TheFlip or Flopstar’s new showChristina on the Coastpremieres May 23, and her first solo venture has a completely different vibe from her previous house-flipping forays.

“This is the authentic me, unfiltered, just how I want to do a show,” Anstead tells PEOPLE exclusively in this week’s issue. “I’m an executive producer. I help write every script. I approve everything. It’s just been an incredible experience.”

The show, which features the pregnant 35-year-old, her new husband Ant Anstead, and their blended family (Christina shares children Taylor, 8, and Brayden, 3, with ex Tarek El Moussa and Ant has Amelie, 15, and Archie, 12, from a previous marriage), is more personal thanFlip or Flop,showing the family at home and hunting for a new place to call their own.

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“My 2018 journey is wrapped up amongst the episodes of amazing [design] transformations [for clients],” she says. “So basically, the viewers are gonna follow along with everything I was doing —selling my house in Yorba Linda, on ahouse hunt in Newport Beach,getting engaged,my weddingwill be the finale.”

Ant gives his new wife major credit as well. “My thing is I’ve seen how hard she’s worked and the crew’s worked,” he says. “[The show] deserves to do well.”

“I just feel lucky that I even got to do it, because it’s not work,” she says. “It’s just fun.

For more on Christina’s fresh start pick up the latest issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.

source: people.com