Kym Marsh, 49, Reveals New Boyfriend with Steamy Photo After Split from Samuel Thomas, 30

Kym Marsh, 49, has continued to hard launch her new romance – with the star identifying her boyfriend for the first time since initially sharing loved-up snaps. 

Her new union comes after eight months after she ended her whirlwind romance with performer Samuel, who is 19 years her junior, in February after six months together. 

Earlier this month, Kym posted loved-up snaps with Tom, after it was revealed she had joined dating app Hinge earlier this year following the Samuel split. 

On Sunday, she took to Instagram stories to share an image posted by Tom, in which the duo enjoyed a steamy smooch with the camera in selfie mode. 

Tom’s Instagram handle is @tom_dicko_ and his bio on the site lists an array of challenges he has completed, including The Welsh 3000s Challenge – a mission to climb all 15 of the mountains over 3000 ft in Wales within the space of 24 hours.

The couple are said to have met through friends and Kym has been intermitentdlly sharing images with Tom – but only identified him in the latest post. 

Earlier this month, a source told The Sun: ‘They have already enjoyed a night away together and he’s met her daughter Emilie, so things are moving fast.

‘He’s also been on nights out with her pals and was the centre of attention, which is no surprise because he’s so hunky. Kym always throws herself fully into everything – including relationships.’

It was reported last month that Kym was back on the dating scene, with the star reportedly joined up to dating app Hinge and giving strict instructions to the next man that enters her life.

On her profile, Kym highlighted that her future lover needs to make her ‘laugh until her ribs heart’ to be in with a chance.

According to The Sun at the time, Kym described herself as an ‘actor and presenter’ who loves to ‘lie-in, go on dog walks and have roast dinners’ on her ideal Sunday.

She also showed off her humorous side and joked dating her is like ‘being on the Truman Show, but it’s never boring!’

Her dating profile includes pictures of her cuddling two dogs and pouting for the camera, the publication reports.

Kym ended her romance with ex Samuel before Christmas, after the pair finished touring with the show 101 Dalmatians: The Musical. 

She was forced to defend herself after revealing her romance with Samuel, who is the same age as her oldest son, having gushed on social media that he is her ‘soulmate.’

Amid her break-up, sources told The Sun at the time that once their tour finished, Kym found it more difficult to spend time with him.

A source told the publication: ‘Kym and Sam fell head over heels when they first met and couldn’t wait to tell the world.

‘But once Kym’s role in 101 Dalmatians ended it became harder to spend time together and some of the magic they had at the beginning just disappeared. It’s such a shame, especially before Christmas but Kym surrounded herself with family.’

Kym shares her son David, 30, and daughter actress Emilie, 28, with her ex David Cunliffe.

Kym is also mother to 14-year-old daughter Poppy whom she shares with ex-husband and Hollyoaks star Jamie Lomas, as well son Archie who was born 18 weeks premature in 2009 and passed away shortly after birth

Kym and Jamie first met on a train as they made their way to the 2007 TV Quick Awards before developing a romance in July 2008 – a year before Kym’s divorce from ex-husband Jack Ryder.