Travel blogger Lauren Bullen has debuted her new French beau during their romantic getaway in Paris just months after her shock split from her boyfriend of five years.
The Australian traveller, 28, best known as @gypsealust, and Jack Morris, 30, from Manchester, known as @doyoutravel, quietly called it quits on their relationship in March.
The blonde bombshell and her ex-boyfriend who collectively have 4.4 million followers on Instagram built a $1.2 million dollar three-storey mansion in Bali together in 2019 after making an enviable living capturing perfectly-arranged, beautifully-set-up photographs at some of the world’s most idyllic destinations.
Three months on, Lauren has finally confirmed her new romance with surfer Liam following weeks of keeping his identity under wraps. In a new post, Lauren clarified where she and Jack stood after their followers accused her of how she ‘moved on so fast’.
‘Firstly thank you for all those beautiful people supporting this new chapter of my life, believe me it’s big to share this but I want to move on and not hide a big part of my life forever… As I’ve been hiding for a while – I obviously didn’t meet this guy last week,’ she wrote on her Instagram Story.
‘Jack and I are both happy for each other, neither are hurting, we just wish each other happiness, so don’t jump to conclusions that any of these posts are hurting him, believe me I wouldn’t be posting about it if I believed this would hurt him. There is no #teamLauren or #teamJack so just leave it.’
Travel blogger Lauren Bullen has debuted her new French beau Liam (pictured together) during their romantic getaway in Paris just months after her shock split from her boyfriend of five years
‘Don’t compare us, don’t take sides and start drama when there isn’t any drama to begin with. Every breakup and relationship is so different so don’t compare your breakup experiences.’
Lauren said she doesn’t expect ‘everyone to understand or agree’ with her new relationship.
‘If you think it’s too soon, that’s ok… But you have to realise you don’t fully understand what people have been going through prior to knowing about the breakup so you don’t have any place to tell someone when it is ok for them to love again,’ she said.
‘Yes in the beginning I tried to run or deny feeling this way about someone so soon but when someone comes into your life and makes you feel the way he made me feel then you better not run from it, I chose to embrace it and I’m so happy I did.
‘Also I’m not trying to “prove” to anyone that I’m happy, I just generally am, any of our friends that watched us fall in love are the first to have seen how genuinely happy we both are.’
Lauren looked blissfully happy as she enjoyed a glass of wine with her new man on a balcony overlooking an Italian wine grape vineyard in the region of Saint-Émilion in Southern France
Three months on, Lauren has finally confirmed her new romance with surfer Liam following weeks of keeping his identity under wraps
Lauren hit back at cruel trolls for sending her nasty messages, saying: ‘Just because I have a following online doesn’t mean I am immune to feeling hurt by rude comments, and doesn’t mean I should accept that it comes with this either.
‘Everyone deserves to be happy, let’s remember that and not try to bring others down.’
Her response comes after she shared a new video on social media of her enjoying a passionate kiss with Liam.
‘This girl is in love… It’s a romantic summer in France,’ she wrote on her Instagram Story.
Lauren looked blissfully happy as she enjoyed a glass of wine with her new man on a balcony overlooking an Italian wine grape vineyard in the region of Saint-Émilion in Southern France.
Her video has since been viewed more than 620,000 times, with thousands saying they are thrilled to see Lauren find love again after her devastating breakup with Jack.
One fan – who’s struggling with a break up after her relationship ended in April – told Lauren her new romance has made her ‘believe in love again after loss’. Lauren swiftly responded: ‘You will love again, and trust me it’s the best feeling ever… worth the temporary pain to find what you deserve.’
Lauren (pictured) best known as @gypsealust, has found love again following her shock split from her boyfriend of five years
The blonde bombshell has been travelling around Paris with her new lover (left and right). Lauren shared a video of the mystery brunette man walking ahead of her holding a surfboard, followed by a picture of the pair sitting at a beach with his hand resting on her leg
Earlier this month, Lauren shared a video of the mystery brunette man walking ahead of her holding a surfboard, followed by a picture of the pair sitting at a beach with his hand resting on her leg.
‘Everyday is perfect,’ she wrote.
In her latest Instagram post, Lauren said she was exploring the ‘city of love’ in France.
‘I loved that I actually got to experience Paris this visit, usually I’m more busy chasing photos than experiences and sometimes forget to enjoy the place,’ she wrote in her caption.
Many of her followers were quick to congratulate Lauren on her new romance, with one saying: ‘You seem happy! Excited to follow this new journey of yours and see more of this new beau.’
But not everyone agreed with her new relationship, with one woman saying: ‘Whoa, the glimpses of a new boyfriend. Some of us are not ready, we’re still grieving, this seems so soon.’
However, Lauren hit back, saying: ‘Don’t you think it would be nicer to just wish us both happiness, like we wish for each other and keep in mind that you only see what we decide to have shown, and when we decided to?’
Lauren (right) and Jack Morris (left) who earn a six-figure salary from sharing their enviable lifestyle on Instagram previously revealed what they’re going to do with their $1.2 million Balinese mansion following their shock split
Her new romance comes just months after Lauren revealed the ex-couple are planning on listing their $1.2 million three-storey Balinese mansion up on the rental market, ‘unless a really good offer comes through to sell’.
‘Our Bali villa will be turning into a rental sometime later this year. We will still keep the house together, but neither of us will live in it,’ Lauren wrote on her Instagram Story in April.
‘Hope to be welcoming you all soon.’
Lauren previously revealed to her followers she had always planned on moving back to Australia sometime this year after her twin sister Ellie, who lives in Queensland, gave birth her son.
‘I just felt this pull to wanting to be there more,’ Lauren said late last year, adding: ‘I just started to crave living in Australia again’.
Last year, Lauren revealed the couple had built their mansion with the ‘plan to turn it into a rental’.
‘It was never our intention to live in this house forever. Bali pre-covid has great rental return. It was always a business plan with the build. We thought we’d live here for two to three years and then rent it out,’ she said.
‘Bali will always be our second home.’
The couple announced they had quietly parted ways in March after they used their income from social media to build their million dollar home – complete with a sunken lounge room, marble swimming pool, designer kitchen and a home cinema theatre in 2019.
The couple announced they had quietly parted ways in March, shocking millions of their followers on Instagram
Lauren said the decision to go their separate ways was ‘for sure the hardest’ she has ever made, before cryptically adding: ‘Sadly the last year, we let our relationship slip away from under us.’
Jack, a former carpet cleaner who left the UK to travel the world in 2012, said he spent ‘by far the best years’ of his life with Lauren, claiming no one has inspired him the way she has.
‘It’s really hard for me to find words for this post, and a post I really never thought I’d be making.. but life happened and Jack and I decided to separate last month. This for sure was the hardest decision I’ve ever made,’ Lauren began.
‘Sadly the last year we let our relationship slip away from under us. I know from the outside it looked like we had everything you could want and more, but one thing was missing, something more important to me than anything, happiness.’
She continued: ‘Jack you were the best thing to come into my life.. we had an instant and inseparable connection. I’m so proud of everything we achieved together it’s more than I could have ever imagined for my life, which I thank you for.
‘You pushed me to work harder and dream bigger and I was always so inspired by your dedication and determination to succeed.’
Lauren revealed the pair had spent the past few weeks in tears, opening up about troubles they had been hiding from one another and reminiscing on the past five years of ‘love, adventure and fun’ which ultimately led them to agree they should end their romantic relationship.
The duo famously used their income from social media to build a $1.2million three-storey Balinese mansion (pictured) complete with a sunken lounge room, marble swimming pool, designer kitchen and a home cinema theatre in 2019
They built their dream home (pictured) from scratch using only the money they make off the photo-sharing platform
Jack (pictured with Lauren in happier times) took a leap of faith nine years ago and quit his job as a carpet cleaner after deciding he needed more adventure in his life
‘[It] brought us both so much closure and understanding of why we couldn’t make it work as a couple any longer,’ she wrote.
‘Many of you have followed our full journey together but for sure it’s the moments no one else sees, just us being us and the Jack that only I really got to see, that’s what I’ll miss more than anything.’
Jack echoed his ex-love’s words, starting his post by saying: ‘It was a real difficult decision for both of us, but a decision we know is for the best.
‘I spent by far the best years of my life with this girl, and I’ll cherish those memories forever. It’s pretty rare to find someone you instantly click with, share the same dreams with, and then be fortunate enough to go out and take on the world together.’
The former carpet cleaner addressed Lauren directly, saying while it is difficult for him to understand why they grew apart, he will ‘always be there’ for her.
News of the split sent shockwaves through the couple’s combined 4.5million follower base, with hundreds of friends and fans responding with messages of support
The pair built a $1.2 million dollar three-storey mansion in Bali together in 2019 after making an enviable living capturing perfectly-arranged, beautifully-set-up photographs at some of the world’s most idyllic destinations
‘I remember meeting you and feeling like I hit the jackpot, cuddling up during our first movie night in Fiji, the first time we held hands whilst walking in Sri Lanka, telling you I love you for the first time and you not hearing me… damn, where did the time go?’ he wrote.
Jack paid tribute to their time together, saying that despite the glamorous lifestyle they portray online, it’s the ‘little day by day moments that aren’t shared with the world’ that he will miss the most.
‘Who knows where this next chapter will take us, wherever it does, I’ll always be so thankful for the years we spent together, and for our friendship that we’ll always continue to share,’ he added.
The exes – who sell Lightroom presets which fans and fellow content creators can use to edit photos, as well as enjoying sponsorship deals with global brands such as Royal Caribbean Cruises, Disney, Air NZ, Airbnb and Tiffany & Co. – ended their posts by promising to remain close friends and business partners.