Time’s up – Moana Hope and Maria Thattil call end to romance

Nearly 18 months after going public with their relationship, former Miss Universe Australia Maria Thattil and AFL star and media personality Moana Hope have split.

Time is up on the relationship of former Miss Universe Australia Maria Thattil and AFL star and media personality Moana Hope.

Confidential can confirm the couple have quietly split after several weeks of rumours of a break-up that started when the pair did not spend Christmas together.

Maria Thattil and Moana Hope doing the red carpet together in 2023. Picture: David Caird

Hope, 37, last shared an image of the couple together on social media nine weeks ago.

Based in Melbourne but living separately, they had gone public with their romance in September 2023 and were regulars on the social scene attending various top tier events together.

Hope is mum to two children from a previous relationship with model Isabella Carlstrom.

Thattil, who came out when she was a contestant on I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!, has always spoken highly of her relationship with Hope.

Last year speaking on The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show podcast, Thattil described her relationship with Hope as “amazing, and challenging, and growing me in ways that I’ve never experienced”.

Hope and Thattil did not spend Christmas together. Picture: TENNIS AUSTRALIA/ FIONA HAMILTON

The couple were based in Melbourne but lived separately. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty Images

“In the past I thought if I wanted a career, to be that person I thought I needed to be, I needed to sacrifice everything else,” the Neighbours actor said.

“But here I am with real love in my life. With someone I love very much.”

Representatives for Hope and Thattil declined to comment when contacted. Thattil is currently in Europe shooting a global campaign for a major international brand.

Originally published as Time’s up – Moana Hope and Maria Thattil call end to romance