{"id":462457,"date":"2026-02-06T15:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/462457\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:03:11","slug":"surprise-online-activity-from-tess-crosleys-husband-raises-questions-over-lachie-neale-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/462457\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise online activity from Tess Crosley\u2019s husband raises questions over Lachie Neale relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Online behaviour from Tess Crossley\u2019s husband suggests there may be a side to the Neale relationship drama the public is not seeing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Earlier this week, Lachie Neale posted a footy training photo on Instagram and limited comments amid the continued public scrutiny, but it wasn\u2019t a comment that has piqued interest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A close look at the \u2018likes\u2019 on the image revealed none other than Ben Crosley \u2014 the husband of Tess \u2014 had given the post a thumbs up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Tess and Lachie are believed to have engaged in an alleged extramarital affair, with the dual Brownlow medallist and his wife Jules splitting over the \u201cbetrayal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Jules has since moved back to her hometown of Perth along with the former couple\u2019s two young kids.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cccaa3082cb4bf77fbd5b7dbe8984213dce9de15.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Crosley liked Lachie Neale's post.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconBen Crosley liked Lachie Neale&#8217;s post. Credit: Lachie Neale\/IG<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Despite Ben and Tess\u2019 marriage also appearing to have suffered from the alleged behaviour, the show of appreciation from Ben towards Lachie raises questions over the supposed rift between the former friends and suggests they could maintain an amicable relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The couples had appeared on AFL grand final day together to celebrate Lachie\u2019s premiership success with the Lions in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Jules swiftly scrapped those images from her social media in December after learning of the supposed affair, as well as others featuring Lachie and Tess, and implored Tess to do the same.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">While Jules has sought to move on quickly from the drama, spotted at the Australian Open in January among other social outings, Tess has also continued to flaunt her enviable lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Posting an image from a boat earlier this week, the mother-of-one looked away from the camera as she teased another side to the relationship saga.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/add6594816afb2bc6fe4cab197aef63fedf3a6cc.jpg\" alt=\"Crosley, who used to be close with Jules, sizzled in a revealing brown bikini as she frolicked in the ocean and enjoyed some one-on-one time with her child.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconCrosley, who used to be close with Jules, sizzled in a revealing brown bikini as she frolicked in the ocean and enjoyed some one-on-one time with her child. Credit: NARI\/BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cThere is always another story, there is more than meets the eye,\u201d she captioned the <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUSSQ1kkcFN\/?img_index=1\">image<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">She was later seen enjoying a dip on the Gold Coast, frolicking in a brown bikini as she embraced her young son.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Online behaviour from Tess Crossley\u2019s husband suggests there may be a side to the Neale relationship drama the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[638,64,63,447,10466,134,588],"class_list":["post-462457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-gossip","tag-entertainment","tag-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}