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Lauren Phillips and new boyfriend Paul O’Brien holiday with the Hemsworths

Lauren Phillips has a new high-flying beau who calls the Hemsworths his mates and used to date breakfast TV star Samantha Armytage. So who is the jet tycoon and how did he win her heart?

Lauren Phillips with Chris Hemsworth’s wife, Elsa Pataky, after they returned from a group trip to Lord Howe Island.
Lauren Phillips with Chris Hemsworth’s wife, Elsa Pataky, after they returned from a group trip to Lord Howe Island.

Lauren Phillips is back flying high, living in Byron Bay with new multi-millionaire jet tycoon boyfriend Paul O’Brien.

Not to mention Keeping up with the Hemsworths!

O’Brien formerly dated Sunrise co-anchor Samantha Armytage and started his aviation company AVMIN to capitalise on the mining boom.

The AVMIN CEO has worked closely with the Hemsworth family, going from contractor to confidant.

Chris Hemsworth, Lauren Phillips and Elsa Pataky after returning from a group holiday to Lord Howe Island.
Chris Hemsworth, Lauren Phillips and Elsa Pataky after returning from a group holiday to Lord Howe Island.
Phillips’ new partner is rumoured to be Avmin CEO Paul O'Brien, who previously dated Sam Armytage.
Phillips’ new partner is rumoured to be Avmin CEO Paul O'Brien, who previously dated Sam Armytage.

He has flown big-name stars such as Coldplay around the world in his fleet of private jets.

Phillips moved to Byron Bay to continue her role as Nine’s Weekend Today weather presenter.

It’s understood she hooked up with O’Brien shortly before Melbourne went into coronavirus lockdown.

Earlier this week brand ambassador Phillips was pictured on the tarmac after a weekend trip to Lord Howe Island with the Hemsworth clan, including Chris Hemsworth and glamour boho wife Elsa Pataky.

O’Brien is known for his cockpits and penchant for TV presenters.

He was married to Georgina Lewis, a reporter on Ten’s Eyewitness News, before going out with Sunrise’s Armytage in an off-again, on-again relationship which ended in April last year.

Phillips had a whirlwind marriage to media producer and SPARKlabs founder Lachlan Spark, which ended in December 2018.

Lauren Phillips split from husband Lachlan Spark in 2018. Picture: Alex Coppel
Lauren Phillips split from husband Lachlan Spark in 2018. Picture: Alex Coppel

Phillips and Geelong footy star Gary Ablett Jnr were childhood sweethearts, splitting in 2010 after a seven-year relationship.

Phillips had a horror 2019, dealing with the fallout of her marriage to Spark while undergoing hip surgery following an old injury while working on a TV segment.

But in 2020, dare we say the sky’s the limit for Phillips!

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