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Of course there was also a billiard room. Source: Sotheby\u2019s Realty.<\/p>\n
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The master bedroom. Source: Sotheby\u2019s Realty.<\/p>\n
According to the LA Times, Simpson lived in the two-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom residence for about three years before putting it up for sale at $1.95m (US$1.395m).<\/p>\n
A Gold Coast homecoming: Trading fame for focus<\/p>\n
Moving back to Australia in early 2021 marked a significant turning point in Cody Simpson\u2019s life and living situation. <\/p>\n
This transition saw him step away from the distracting environment of Los Angeles and embrace a more grounded, highly disciplined athletic lifestyle. <\/p>\n
He described this move as a \u201cfull circle moment,\u201d returning to his roots to train with a local coach and swimming group at Griffith University on the Gold Coast under Michael Bohl.<\/p>\n
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Cody Simpson looks on during the 2024 Australian Open Swimming Championships at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. Photo by Chris Hyde<\/p>\n
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Cody reflects of his time in the US and return to Australia during an in-depth interview on Paul C. Brunson\u2019s \u201cWe Need To Talk\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n
\u201cI ended up moving back to Australia in early 2021 and joined a coach and group there and decided to, I guess, spend the next three years training with them,\u201d he tells Brunson.<\/p>\n
\u201dLiving back in my hometown \u2026 was kind of a nice \u2026 a full circle moment which I knew eventually would have to happen<\/p>\n
He further realised that Los Angeles was not conducive to the intense training he needed, noting it was a \u201creally weird distracting place\u201d for an athletic lifestyle.<\/p>\n
Shared ambition: A home with Emma McKeon<\/p>\n
It was after joining his new training group in Australia that Simpson met Emma McKeon, Australia\u2019s most successful Olympic swimmer. <\/p>\n
The two formed a relationship and eventually moved in together. <\/p>\n
This new living arrangement stood in stark contrast to his teenage years in West Hollywood, which had enabled his early partying and rebellion. <\/p>\n
His home life with McKeon was built on mutual understanding and extreme discipline. <\/p>\n
By living together and sharing the same intense, gruelling swimming schedule, they were able to support each other through their respective athletic goals.<\/p>\n
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Olympic Swimmer Emma McKeon and Cody Simpson. Source: Instagram.<\/p>\n
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Cody Simpson pictured on the Gold Coast. Picture: Nigel Hallett<\/p>\n
Simpson reflected that it would be difficult to live with a partner who wasn\u2019t also enduring the sport, because they wouldn\u2019t fully understand what it takes. <\/p>\n
\u201cShe was training under the coach that I went and trained with and so we met we met at the pool \u2026 We immediately became friends and there\u2019s only probably a group of about nine or 10 of us that were training with this coach so it was (a) pretty small group and (so) it was one of those things where we connected through what we were doing,\u201d he explained. <\/p>\n
\u201c(It) ended up being a really beautiful thing for us to do together and moving in together and living that lifestyle together and supporting each other\u2026\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Cody Simpson and Emma McKeon train together at the Sandwell Aquatic Centre ahead of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Photo by Quinn Rooney.<\/p>\n
In April 2023, the couple purchased a home together, paying $1.826 million for a five-bedroom property in the coastal suburb of Labrador. <\/p>\n
Valuation estimates at the time put the property as high as $2.01 million.<\/p>\n
The Labrador sale: A profitable new chapter<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, Simpson and McKeon split towards the end of 2025 after four years together, only months after Simpson announced his departure from competitive swimming, having failed to qualify for the Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n
Their \u201cforever home,\u201d as it was once considered, the Queensland property they jointly owned, was put up for sale in October last year. <\/p>\n
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Australia\u2019s swimming star couple Emma McKeon and Cody Simpson struck a $2.1 million deal for their forever home in the weeks before their separation.<\/p>\n
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Features of the \u201cno expense spared design\u201d include a high voided ceiling, floating staircase, glass balustrading, designer kitchen, butler\u2019s pantry, alfresco patio, dual living zones, an 8m by 4m concrete pool.<\/p>\n
The home, built on a 505sqm block in 2022, sold within 45 days for $2.1 million. <\/p>\n
This major property transaction saw the couple achieve a gain of $274,000 on their investment.<\/p>\n
While Cody does not comment on the split in the interview, he briefly acknowledges his past relationships, stating, \u201c\u2026things don\u2019t end the way you want you know like but ultimately I look back on everything positively.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He\u2019s the golden boy of Australian entertainment and sport \u2013 a pop sensation, a Hollywood actor, and an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-625020","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625020","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=625020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}