Cody Simpson and Emma McKeon confront love triangle rumours involving fellow swimmer Kyle Chalmers

They is likely to be Australia’s newest golden couple of the pool, however there was some troubled water surrounding the connection of former pop star Cody Simpson and 11-time Olympic medallist Emma McKeon.

The couple are having fun with time collectively in Europe forward of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games the place they may each compete.

However, their new love has been over-shadowed by claims McKeon’s ex-boyfriend and fellow member of Team Australia Kyle Chalmers blocked Simpson’s entry into the ranks of the Dolphins. 

Both Simpson and McKeon will talk about their love triangle, Chalmers, swimming and extra on 7NEWS Spotlight tonight and Daily Mail Australia has been given early entry to their interview.

Simpson was sensationally blocked by Kyle Chalmers after sacrificing his rising music profession to coach for the his first love, swimming.

Chalmers had initially made the choice to not journey to Hungary for the world championships earlier this yr, however back-flipped after the actual fact Simpson was courting his ex-girlfriend McKeon grew to become public.

Cody Simpson and Emma McKeon will seem on 7NEWS Spotlight for an unique interview on Sunday night time

At the time, Chalmers vehemently opposed ideas his backflip was resulting from a private vendetta in opposition to Simpson. He then squandered his alternative in Hungary, ending twenty second within the subject for males’s 100m butterfly and lacking the semi-finals.

Now Chalmers will purpose for the world’s quickest 100 metre freestyle time on the Commonwealth Games in the identical group because the glamour couple.

McKeon will probably be trying so as to add to her report haul of 12 medals – together with eight medals – from the final two Commonwealth Games.

Simpson took half within the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games as a part of the leisure and this time round will get to compete within the pool. 

Simpson and girlfriend McKeon are seen strolling in Barcelona throughout a break from coaching earlier this yr

McKeon mentioned they had been simply making an attempt to get pleasure from one another’s firm and block out the skin news and rumours about Chalmers’ affect on their relationship and careers. 

‘I feel that is simply life. Everyone’s bought an opinion on every part and now we have a very nice relationship and we love one another’s firm and that is all that issues to us,’ she mentioned.

‘We get alongside so nicely. We’re like greatest pals and yeah. We simply love one another’s firm and yeah. All of that sort of stuff.

‘It’s, refreshing and peaceable and thrilling and yeah, I do not actually know what else to say about it. It’s simply, I’m actually pleased.’

The firestorm of controversy that noticed Simpson make the Australian group, lose his spot to Chalmers and then reclaim it as soon as once more just isn’t one of the best ways to make your Commonwealth Games debut.

Chalmers initially withdrew from the world championships earlier than altering his thoughts

But he mentioned that the complete group, not simply McKeon, had been extremely supportive. 

‘There’s clearly been a good bit of drama, within the media and that round, all of the group dynamic and, however no, there’s been nothing however help round, me coming into the group, making the group,’ he mentioned.

‘I’ve been welcomed very warmly by, the present Australian group and all of the swimmers on it and have been in a position to just about befriend and make pals, with everybody on the group and really feel actually welcomed by everybody,’ 

‘So, I by no means actually felt any pressure.’