Justin Hemmes splits with mother of their two children
AFTER four years together hotel magnate Justin Hemmes and his partner, Kate Fowler, have split. But the couple continue to share a home in a modern separation.
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AFTER four years together hotel magnate Justin Hemmes and his partner, Kate Fowler, have split.
But the couple, who have two young children, continue to share a home in a modern separation.
Hemmes’ confirmed he and Kate had ended their relationship earlier this year, telling The Saturday Telegraph they still care deeply for each other.
“Kate and I have the utmost love and respect for each other.
“At the beginning of 2018 Kate and I decided our friendship and respect for family life would become the focus of our relationship.
“We love our children dearly and for now continue to live together in our family home.”
Sources close to the family say that the pair “emotionally detached” six months ago but are still living together in Hemmes’ eight-bedroom Vaucluse mansion for the benefit of their young children, Alexa — who they affectionately call Xa — age 2, and Saachi, 1.
The couple, who met in 2014 in Europe, never married.
Sources believe Hemmes’ unwillingness to marry the model-turned-architect student may have been a factor in the split.
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Nevertheless, Hemmes, understood to be worth $951 million, radically changed his lifestyle following Alexa’s birth in November 2015.
Post-breakup, Hemmes has jetted to Europe, touring top restaurants with some of the leading chefs from his restaurant and bar empire.
He and Fowler, the sister of Victoria’s Secret model Georgia, were last seen in public together at the Harper’s Bazaar 20th Anniversary celebration in February.