Kim Crossman posted this selfie in August, after her separation. Photo \/ @Kimcrossman <\/p>\n
A friend of Crossman says her main focus is providing for her daughter and stepping forward as a single mother. <\/p>\n
Crossman, who first came to fame in Shortland Street in 2007 and has since starred in shows including Step Dave and Funny Girls, flew back to LA with Coco earlier this week. <\/p>\n
Kim Crossman and her daughter Coco are currently in LA, where Crossman is working. Photo \/ @Kimcrossman <\/p>\n
She is understood to be working on a yet-to-be-announced role in a Hollywood soap opera, picking up work she began earlier in the year. <\/p>\n
Crossman has an apartment in Santa Monica and splits her time between NZ and the US. She and Walsh took Coco to Los Angeles in February, with Walsh returning to Auckland in March, and Crossman following in April. <\/p>\n
Society Insider revealed the pair were dating in November 2022. They\u2019d met earlier that year shooting TVNZ 2\u2019s Snack Masters NZ \u2013 Crossman was co-host alongside Tom Sainsbury, and Walsh was a camera operator on the show. He\u2019s known to many Kiwis as the star of the famous Tip Top \u201ctogs, togs, undies\u201d ad. <\/p>\n
Tom Walsh in the Tip Top ad. Photo \/ YouTube<\/p>\n
Things got serious when they worked and dated while filming a Discovery Shark Week production together, travelling through New Zealand, Australia, the US and Mexico. <\/p>\n
In 2023 they split their time between Santa Monica and Auckland, where Walsh has a son from a previous relationship. That year they also travelled to Uganda with World Vision, and became engaged while on holiday in Italy<\/a>. In November 2023 they suffered a miscarriage<\/a>. Crossman shared their loss on social media and told the Herald she was reaching out to others who had been through baby loss themselves. <\/p>\n \u201cI feel it\u2019s important to educate myself more and provide help and resources to those who are also walking this path,\u201d Crossman told the Herald. <\/p>\n After documenting their search for the perfect wedding location throughout New Zealand, the pair married in April 2024 on the shores of Lake Wakatipu, exchanging vows in front of close friends and family. <\/p>\n Coco arrived on December 6 last year. Before the Christmas holidays, Crossman told Society Insider that she, Walsh and Coco would spend Christmas in Pauanui with her extended family. <\/p>\n \u201cAll of our family are coming together; the power of a new baby is pretty magical \u2013 it feels like she is royalty,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n Since Coco\u2019s birth<\/a>, Crossman has written a column called Pretty Postpartum on Capsule<\/a>, regularly updating readers on her life as a mother, including a postpartum injury and the highs and lows of adjusting to motherhood. <\/p>\n In her column posted on Sunday, before she left for LA on Monday, Crossman wrote: \u201cWhat on Earth did I do before you, my sweet girl? It\u2019s like life before Coco was in black and white; it\u2019s almost hard to remember or bring into focus. <\/p>\n \u201cThis has been one of the more challenging, anxious and stressful months of my life and also the most beautiful, encouraging and hopeful.\u201d <\/p>\n She went on to write that she was navigating the new dynamic of being a single mum. <\/p>\n Party People of the week <\/p>\n Heat Wave party at First Mates <\/p>\n Auckland waterfront hotspot First Mates<\/a>, Last Laugh turned up the temperature on Saturday, kicking off the spring\/summer season with Heat Wave on the Rocks, presented by Absolut. <\/p>\nKim Crossman and Tom Walsh in Santa Monica in 2024. Photo \/ @Kimcrossman <\/p>\n
Tom Walsh and Kim Crossman at an event in Auckland last November. <\/p>\n
Tom Walsh and Kim Crossman with their daughter Coco at Disneyland in February. Photo \/ @Kimcrossman <\/p>\n
Kim Crossman has worked steadily this year; in June, she appeared on TVNZ1\u2019s Celebrity Tipping Point NZ. Photo \/ @Kimcrossman <\/p>\n