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While Tracy Tutor from Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles didn’t feel threatened by the arrival of Fredrik Eklund, David Parnes and James Harris got heated about the crossover.

Million Dollar Listing New York brokers bemoaned the sluggish New York market last season. Properties were no longer moving. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles market was still rather buoyant. Eklund shared last season he toyed with the idea of moving his family to Los Angeles and finally made the decision to move west.

David Parnes, James Harris, Tracy Maltas, Fredrik Eklund from 'Million Dollar Listing'
David Parnes, James Harris, Tracy Maltas, Fredrik Eklund |Nicole Weingart/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank

Viewers got a glimpse of Eklund’s impact on the Los Angeles cast when he hosted a brokers open and got blasted by Heather Altman. She felt blindsided, stressing that her family and Eklund’s family were friends and he didn’t tell her about the move. Initially, Parnes and Harris seemed to be relaxed about Eklund moving to Los Angeles. But Parnes says not so and they end up having a heated exchange.

Fredrik Eklund’s move got David Parnes’ attention

Tutor, Parnes, and Harris chatted with Eklund at his broker’s open, which was featured on Million Dollar Listing New York. The only cast member who was unhappy was Heather Altman … so viewers thought.

“I mean, look, Fredrik is officially in L.A. and he means business,” Parnes said, Bravo’s The Daily Dish reports. “James and I do have a rather heated exchange with him. I don’t want to give too much away, but there is definitely confrontation between the Brits and Fredrik this coming season.”

Although the LA market was in better shape than New York, brokers in LA still had their set of challenges. “The way I look at it this coming season is all about adapting,” Parnes continued. “The market was already shifting and changing throughout last year, so there is a lot of adapting and just realizing that it doesn’t always work out.”

“I think this season is so raw and real it just shows the real difficulties and the real situations of how things just don’t always work out and how we cope with that,” he added. “I think that’s really, really, really important.”

Why was Heather Altman upset?

Heather Altman seemed to be more upset that Eklund didn’t give her a heads up that he was moving to LA. “Josh and you are friends,” she confronted Eklund. “We’re all friends. When we come to New York we all go out to dinner. You guys come here we all go out to dinner.” She even called the move “shady and slimy” and Eklund is taken aback.

Her husband, Josh Altman fights with Eklund this season of Million Dollar Listing LA. But unlike Altman, Parnes, and Harris, Tutor let Eklund’s arrival just roll off her back.

“I give zero Fs about who comes into my market,” she told Showbiz Cheat Sheet. “Because I’m going to continue to work for the clients I work for and Fredrik’s not my competition. He’s my friend. As far as Altman goes, I think what happened between them, you’ll see it on his season. But it was real and Altman was upset. I think they worked it out since. And Fredrik’s doing really well in LA and he will continue to do well.”

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