After weeks of speculation, retired cricketer Michael Clarke, 39, has reportedly ‘confirmed’ his relationship with P.E. Nation designer Pip Edwards, 40.
According to The Sydney Morning Herald on Sunday, Michael told a ‘well-placed source’ that the couple are keeping their romance ‘low key’ for the sake of their respective children.
Michael shares four-year-old daughter Kelsey Lee with ex-wife Kyly Clarke, while Pip is mother to Justice Maximus, 12, with former Ksubi designer.
It’s on! After weeks of speculation, retired cricketer Michael Clarke, 39, has reportedly ‘confirmed’ his relationship with P.E. Nation designer Pip Edwards, 40
Last Wednesday, Pip appeared to confirm her romance with Michael with a rather cheeky Instagram post.
The Bondi socialite shared a mirror selfie and said that she was wearing her ‘boyfriend’s blazer’.
In the image, Pip looked stylish in straight-leg jeans, a white T-shirt and a black jacket, which she teamed with Burberry boots.
‘Me in my boyfriend’s blazer’: On Wednesday, Pip appeared to confirm her romance with Michael Clarke by posting this rather cheeky Instagram selfie
She captioned it, ‘Me in my boyfriend(‘s) blazer,’ adding three wink-face emojis.
A boyfriend blazer is an oversized, boxy style of blazer, but Pip’s telling use of parentheses suggests it was actually the blazer belonging to her boyfriend.
It comes after Pip and Michael, 39, were pictured strolling arm-in-arm to the Society Pizza restaurant in Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday night.
The activewear mogul couldn’t wipe the smile from her face as she and the retired cricketer met up with her 12-year-old son, Justice, inside the eatery.
The couple – who were first believed to have split two months ago – looked smitten as they got cosy at the table while chatting away with friends.
They had been spotted together a day earlier in Rose Bay, and even appeared to be holding hands.
Moving on: Michael and Pip first hooked up after the sportsman’s split from his wife, Kyly (left), in September last year. Their romance didn’t become public knowledge, however, until after the Clarkes had announced their separation on February 12
Michael and Pip first hooked up after the sportsman’s split from his wife, Kyly, in September last year.
Their romance didn’t become public knowledge, however, until after the Clarkes had announced their separation on February 12.
Interestingly, Kyly has maintained a dignified silence by not posting on social media since the photos from Sunday night were published.
Just friends? When news of the relationship surfaced, Michael and Pip both denied they were anything more than friends. But despite their denials, it’s understood they were in fact an item
When news of the relationship surfaced, Michael and Pip both denied they were anything more than friends.
But despite their denials, it’s understood they were in fact an item.
The couple reportedly ended things in April because Michael couldn’t handle the publicity that came with dating Pip, and she later spoke of ‘being alone at 40’ in an interview with Gritty Pretty magazine.
But the latest sightings – and Pip’s less-than-subtle Instagram post on Wednesday – seem to suggest they are back on.
On and off: The couple reportedly ended things in April because Michael couldn’t handle the publicity that came with dating Pip. But the latest sightings – and Pip’s less-than-subtle Instagram post on Wednesday – seem to suggest they are back on