Steve Jacobs and his estranged wife Rose are both settling back into their separate lives in Sydney after returning from Vanuatu following their devastating split.
And the charismatic meteorologist will return to the Today Show next week – but only temporarily.
Covering for two weeks while colleague Natalia Cooper is on leave, the 51-year-old claimed he never left the morning show.
‘I never really left!’ Steve Jacobs will return next week as Today show weatherman to temporarily cover for Natalia Cooper – following split with estranged wife Rose
‘The thing is I never really left Today,’ Steve said in a chat with the Daily Telegraph on Sunday.
‘I went to Weekends last year so I flew back from Vanuatu every couple of weekends for the weekend Today show which was terrific.’
He added: ‘It is nice to be back where I have spent so much time. I am feeling totally reinvigorated.’
‘I am feeling totally reinvigorated!’ Covering for two weeks while colleague Natalia Cooper (pictured) is on leave, the 51-year-old claimed he never left the morning show
Meanwhile, it’s been a tumultuous period for the weatherman.
Quitting his full-time job on the Today show at the end of 2016, Steve and his now estranged wife, Rose, 39, moved to Vanuatu with their two daughters, Isabella, 7, and Francesca, 5.
But in March, news broke of the couple’s marriage breakdown after she took out an ex parte AVO against her husband earlier this year, which is no longer in place.
Fond farewell: Quitting his full-time job on the Today show at the end of 2016, Steve and his now estranged wife, Rose, 39, moved to Vanuatu with their two daughters, Isabella, 7, and Francesca, 5. The family are pictured with (L-R) Lisa Wilkinson, Deborah Knight, Richard Wilkins and Karl Stefanovic
Following their breakup, Rose began dating Canadian former commando Dylan Nash, 32, but their fling ended after two months.
And a source close to Rose and Steve claimed they had ‘grown in different directions’ and split several months after moving overseas.
‘They want different things in life now,’ a friend told Daily Mail Australia in March.
Estranged: In March, news broke of the couple’s marriage breakdown after she took out an ex parte AVO against her husband earlier this year, which is no longer in place
‘Steve and Rosie had such a public image of the perfect happy family, but behind the scenes there were struggles that would put a strain on even the best marriage.’
And it appears things are far from amicable between the pair with Steve seemingly taking a swipe at the mother of his two daughters, in a bizarre Instagram earlier this month.
After undergoing sinus surgery, he shared a black and white selfie of himself in a hospital gown with a nasal dressing across his face.
‘After 12 months of not being able to smell I had sinus surgery yesterday,’ he captioned the post.
‘My surgeon said I will now be able to smell everything, even betrayal. Should have done it a year ago.’
While failing to directly refer to Rose, his followers were quick to pick up on the hidden intention of the post.
‘I can now smell betrayal!’ Steve appeared to throw serious shade at his estranged wife Rose, with a bizarre post-surgery selfie earlier this month