Sophie Monk has confirmed she’s still dating her marketing executive boyfriend Joshua Gross.
The pair sparked rumours of a split last week when it was discovered they were no longer friends on social media after just 18 months of dating.
On Saturday, after flying into Sydney domestic airport with her beau, she broke her silence on the talk of a separation.
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‘I unfollowed him to be dramatic’: Sophie Monk (right) has broken her silence on the rumours she had SPLIT from boyfriend Joshua Gross (left). Pictured at Sydney airport on Saturday
The couple were spotted waiting for their vehicle together at the T2 terminal’s valet parking area.
When approached and asked to clarify their relationship status, Sophie adamantly stated the rumours of a split weren’t true.
The fact Sophie, 40, and Josh, 41, appeared to have unfollowed each other from Instagram raised eyebrows last week.
Hours after the rumour had circulated, the pair’s social media handles reappeared in their ‘follower’ sections, as their individual ‘follower count’ increased by a single digit to reflect the recent re-add.
‘I unfollowed him to be dramatic and then I forgot’: Sophie claimed she had ‘unfollowed’ Josh, but was alerted to the fact she had done so by articles emerging about their rumoured split
Sticking together: When approached and asked to clarify their relationship status, Sophie adamantly stated the rumours of a split weren’t true
Kiss and make up! The pair were happy to prove their affection for the cameras, as they shared a tender kiss and cuddled up close
That doesn’t look good! The once inseparable couple appeared to have ‘unfollowed’ each other on Instagram (Pictured taken on Thursday at 4pm)
That’s strange: Hours after this article’s publication, the pair’s social media handles reappeared in their ‘follower’ sections, as their individual ‘follower count’ increased by a single digit to reflect the recent add (Pictured taken on Thursday at 10pm)
Sophie explained the reasoning behind the confusing situation.
‘I think I unfollowed him to be dramatic and then I forgot I unfollowed him,’ she said.
When asked if she ‘unfollowed’ him during a lovers’ tiff or fight, Sophie played coy: ‘Oh, I don’t know. It was me. I unfollowed then I forgot I unfollowed.’
‘So yeah, it wasn’t that dramatic. I’ve made it dramatic,’ she said with a slight chuckle.
However, as Josh was also ‘unfollowing’ Sophie, it may have been mutual decision to ‘unfollow’ each other or Sophie may have actually ‘blocked’ her beau, as that would automatically remove her from his ‘following’ list.
Either way, the pair were happy to prove their affection for the cameras, as they shared a tender kiss and cuddled up close.
Trouble in paradise? The fact Sophie, 40, and Josh, 41, appeared to have unfollowed each other from Instagram raised eyebrows last week
VIP travellers: The couple were spotted waiting for their vehicle together at the T2 terminal’s valet parking area
Helping hand: Josh appeared to place all their luggage in the car’s boot as Sophie sipped on a takeaway coffee and draped her handbag over her arm
The couple, who first met in business class on a flight from Europe to Australia in August 2018, have been notably absent from social media in the past few weeks.
Upon leaving Sydney airport in their car, Sophie and Josh were spotted on a dinner date on New South Wales’ Central Coast.
A source told Daily Mail Australia they saw the pair looking ‘cold and distant’ at a venue in Forresters Beach.
The insider claimed the pair weren’t very chatty during their meal, and said: ‘Sophie looked really sad. She also looked pretty thin.’
Date night: A source told Daily Mail Australia they saw the pair looking ‘cold and distant’ over dinner at a venue in Forresters Beach on Saturday night
Is everything OK? The insider claimed the pair weren’t very chatty during their meal, and said: ‘Sophie looked really sad. She also looked pretty thin’
Sophie and Josh’s nontraditional love story began in 2018 when they shared a kiss after enjoying ‘three Champagnes’ in business class on an international flight.
The former Bachelorette then began a long-distance relationship with Josh – who was based in Los Angeles at the time.
They grew closer when Joshua helped Sophie recover after endometriosis surgery in November 2018. Around this time, she also began the process of freezing her eggs.
Sophie later confirmed her long-distance boyfriend was leaving the U.S. to live with her on the Gold Coast in May 2019.
Love was in the air: Sophie and Josh’s nontraditional love story began when they shared a kiss after ‘three Champagnes’ in business class on an international flight in August 2018
Things moved fast! Sophie later confirmed her long-distance boyfriend Joshua was leaving his base in Los Angeles to live with her on the Gold Coast in May 2019
During an interview with Daily Mail Australia in September 2019, she was very vocal about her desire to marry and have children with Josh.
Her demands for an engagement and admission to putting the pressure on her boyfriend to propose had gone viral at the time, as he joked: ‘I think he’s getting the message now!’
Sophie also admitted to putting the pressure on her boyfriend to propose in an interview with The Daily Telegraph: ‘I am pushing every day.’
She went on to say that she expected her beau to propose while filming the second season of Love Island in Fiji in late 2019. He did not.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Sophie Monk and Joshua Gross for comment
‘I think he’s getting the message now!’ During an interview with Daily Mail Australia in September 2019 she was very vocal about her desire for Josh to propose