Natalie Bassingthwaighte goes Instagram official with new girlfriend Pip Loth after marriage split
Natalie Bassingthwaighte has gone Instagram official with her new partner Pip Loth, following her split from husband of 13 years Cameron McGlinchey.
The actress and singer, 48, best known for her role as Izzy Hoyland on Neighbors, confirmed the relationship on Monday in a post that showed the couple smiling over margaritas.
The message, which Bassingthwaighte had reshared from Loth’s story, was accompanied by a heartfelt tribute.
“Appreciation post for the most incredible woman who not only gives me strength, support, love and immense joy, but teaches me to understand and accept that I deserve these things and have them within myself,” wrote Loth, a stage manager and production technician who identifies as non-binary.
‘She teaches me to breathe deeply, to trust and to be my true self. I am so lucky and extremely grateful for you.”
Bassingthwaighte responded to these kind words with a series of illustrations, including a red love heart, praying hands and a rainbow emoji.
Natalie Bassingthwaighte (right) has gone Instagram official with her new partner Pip Loth (left), following her split from husband of 13 years Cameron McGlinchey
The post, which Bassingthwaighte reshared from Loth’s account, was accompanied by a heartfelt tribute
The Rogue Traders star was inundated with well wishes from her famous friends after going public with Loth on Monday night.
Footy WAG Bec Judd was the first to comment alongside the gushing tribute, adding three red love heart emojis.
“Luck looks good on both of you,” added model Maria Thattil, girlfriend of retired AFLW star Moana Hope.
‘Glad for you!’ added Neighbors star Sharon Johal.
The Rogue Traders star was inundated with well wishes from her famous friends after going public with Loth on Monday night
It comes after Bassingthwaighte, who opened for Christina Aguilera at the Always Live festival at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse on Saturday, took to Instagram after the show with a video giving a glimpse into her new love life.
One clip showed her arriving at the location, holding hands with a smiling Loth.
Bassingthwaighte was also cheered on during the performance by her daughter Harper, 13, who she shares with McGlinchey.
It comes after Bassingthwaighte shared a video of herself holding hands with a smiling Loth
Bassingthwaighte opened for Christina Aguilera at the Always Live festival at Melbourne’s Flemington Racecourse on Saturday
In August, it emerged that Bassingthwaighte and her husband Cameron McGlinchey had ‘quietly ended their marriage’ last year and were ‘working amicably to care for their two children together’
In August, it emerged that Bassingthwaighte and McGlinchey had ‘quietly ended their marriage’ late last year and were ‘amicably working together to raise their two children together’.
She first revealed she was dating a woman in an interview with Stellar magazine on November 19, but did not reveal the identity of her partner at the time.
She told Stellar that her ex-husband knew about her new relationship.
“I am in a beautiful relationship with a woman who makes my heart smile and makes me very happy,” she revealed to the magazine.
As media interest in her private life increased, Bassingthwaighte said she immediately called McGlinchey “hysterically”, fearing she would be exposed.
‘He said, “It’s OK. This is your truth and you have to sit and stand in it now and own it,” she revealed.
She had first revealed that she was dating a woman in an interview with Stellar magazine on November 19, but did not reveal the identity of her partner at the time.
Bassingthwaighte and McGlinchey married in 2011 and shares daughter Harper, 13, and son Hendrix, 10.
A friend of the soap star told Daily Mail Australia: ‘They never really had a conventional relationship.
‘They both placed the children in a happy home and were able to come and go, sharing parenting and other responsibilities.
“The way they’ve been able to remain friends is impressive.”
In 2020, the family moved from Melbourne to the town of Byron Bay in NSW before lockdown began.
A representative for Bassingthwaighte confirmed at the time that she had sold her Melbourne home to move interstate.
According to The Daily Telegraph, Bassingthwaighte chose to rent in the coastal town.
Although it is not known how much their Melbourne property sold for, the couple had originally bought it at auction for just over $2.5 million a decade ago.