Natalie Bassingthwaighte opens up about her ‘beautiful’ relationship with Pip Loth – and why she broke down in tears over Christmas

Natalie Bassingthwaighte has opened up about her relationship with her partner Pip Loth and the difficulties that come with co-parenting with her ex-husband Cameron McGlinchey.

The Australian actress and singer, 49, described her romance as ‘beautiful’ and said that Pip ‘understands’ her more than any other person who has been in her life.

‘They get me more than I understand myself,’ she told Stellar. 

‘It’s been the wildest time in my life and it’s beautiful.’

Shedding light on her experience coming out and the fear that often comes with it, Natalie said it was more of an internal battle than one she was facing with the people around her. 

‘What I’ve learnt over this time is that I think I had internalised homophobia myself, so I was terrified about what people would say and think and feel,’ she told host Sarrah Le Marquand.

‘That’s just ingrained in growing up in a certain time when you weren’t allowed to be.’ 

Natalie Bassingthwaighte has opened up about her relationship with her partner Pip Loth and the difficulties that come with co-parenting with her ex-husband Cameron McGlinchey

The Australian actress and singer, 49, described her romance as ‘beautiful’ and said that Pip ‘understands’ her more than any other person who has been in her life 

‘It doesn’t mean I don’t get scared sometimes but that debilitating fear has gone. And it’s beautiful. 

‘I feel heard, I feel safe, I feel connected.’

Natalie split with her former Rogue Traders bandmate Cameron McGlinchey in 2023 after 12 years of marriage, before revealing a new relationship with Pip in April the following year. 

The former Neighbours star said there has been challenges that come post-divorce, particularly when it comes to co-parenting with Cameron and time lost with her kids. 

Natalie shares two children Harper, 14, and Hendrix, 11, with her former husband and admitted on the podcast that Christmas without her kids was ‘harder’ than she thought it would be.

‘It was the hardest Christmas I’ve ever experienced,’ she said. 

‘My therapist is like, “you know what? It’s OK. Tell the kids it’s the month of Christmas and you’ll celebrate on different days.”‘

However, rallying during the holidays had its highs and its lows.  

‘So I kept going, “It’s the month”. Then one day I’d be hysterically crying.

The former Neighbours star said there has been challenges that come post-divorce, particularly when it comes to co-parenting with ex-husband Cameron and time lost with her kids

‘It was really hard. Harder than I thought it would be.’

This isn’t the first time Natalie has opened up about her divorce. 

Speaking to the Daily Telegraph last year, Natalie admitted that while it had been challenging helping her kids adjust to the new normal, it had ultimately been a worthwhile experience. 

‘I mean, it can definitely be scary, really breaking down some of those old patterns and traumas and delving into it,’ Natalie told the publication.

‘But at the same time, it can be incredibly rewarding and fulfilling.’

Natalie, who is currently touring her impressive one-woman show Shirley Valentine around Australia, added that she is proud of the person she had become.

‘It’s not even in the last year but I think in life, we go through so much – in relationships, in friendships, in just growing as a human and as a person,’ she said. 

Natalie also revealed that she was a constant work in progress and self-reflection always high on the agenda.

‘I’ve done a lot of soul-searching and a lot of deep-diving over the last little while,’ Natalie admitted. 

‘And I’m still doing it, I’m not stopping.

‘I still have my regular therapy sessions and try and make sense of this crazy mind of mine and the life that I’ve had.’