James Magnussen says Cody Simpson & Emma McKeon love triangle is exactly what Aussie swimming needs

Olympic medallist James Magnussen has defined why the drama surrounding pop star Cody Simpson’s ‘critical’ romance with pool queen Emma McKeon is a godsend for Australian swimming.

But the previous freestyle champion believes McKeon’s ex, Kyle Chalmers, is proper to really feel snubbed over the pair’s relationship, which has taken the main target off his marketing campaign to win gold on the Commonwealth Games.

Magnussen believes the ‘media juggernaut’ that can descend on the pair at Birmingham this week is ‘exactly what the game needs in Australia’.

‘Whether you are speaking concerning the supposed love triangle within the staff with Cody, Emma McKeon and Kyle Chalmers, or simply the sheer magnitude of what Cody has completed within the pool, it has introduced eyeballs to swimming,’ he wrote for News Limited.

‘I do know it hasn’t happy everybody, however generally when it is your time within the sport as an athlete it is arduous to see the larger image.’

McKeon and Simpson’s romance has been blamed for creating rigidity within the Aussie staff however Magnussen says it has been a godsend due to the quantity of publicity it is given the game

The celebrity couple – pictured coaching forward of the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday – have dominated the highlight within the lead-up to the motion in Birmingham 

Chalmers definitely hasn’t been happy by the drama surrounding his ex and her new flame.

He labelled hypothesis that their relationship was behind him backflipping on sitting out a butterfly occasion on the world championships – a call which ruined Simpson’s probability of competing – ‘the most important joke I’ve ever heard’ and ‘vastly pathetic’.

Magnussen says he is justified in his anger.

‘I’ve spoken with Kyle and, to be trustworthy, I can perceive if he felt a bit disrespected by the Cody focus,’ he wrote.

‘The whole build-up to trials was all about Cody. It was throughout Amazon Prime … it did not mirror that Kyle is our greatest male star within the pool.’ 

The 2012 Olympics silver medallist mentioned Simpson deserves excessive reward for making it into the Aussie squad, because it’s one of many hardest groups to interrupt into in any sport.

Magnussen (pictured on the 2018 Commonwealth Games) warned Chalmers that the worst factor that may occur to a swimmer is having no person writing about them in any respect 

Chalmers labelled hypothesis he backflipped on pulling out of an occasion with a purpose to sabotage Simpson’s possibilities of competing ‘vastly pathetic’ – and Magnussen believes he is proper to really feel indignant concerning the couple

And whereas he mentioned Chalmers might be on a steep studying curve as he offers with the highlight on the romance, however warned him the worst factor that would occur to stars attempting to make a residing out of the game is having ‘no person writing about you in any respect’.

Simpson and Chalmers spoke out about their relationship collectively for the primary time final weekend, with the pop star telling Channel Seven it hasn’t stirred up any drama on the staff.

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

‘I’ve been welcomed very warmly by, the present Australian staff and all of the swimmers on it and have been capable of just about befriend and make mates, with everybody on the staff and really feel actually welcomed by everybody,’

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