It’s always great when exes get along, but maintaining a close bond with a former lover can be a tricky thing to explain to your new partner.
Ask Sydney Property Developer maximum shepherd and his American actress girlfriend vail flowerwho are possibly having some difficult conversations right now.
You see, a few days ago we published photos of Max, 31, reconnecting with his old love. Dina Broadhurst46, after he flew from the United States so he could sell his renovated apartment in Darling Point.
In between meetings with real estate agents, Max and Dina, who dated for four and a half years until 2023, enjoyed some R&R at Kutti Beach.
So relaxed was the couple that art collector Dina took off her bikini top and paraded topless in front of her former toyboy, who didn’t seem fazed by the display.
When Daily Mail Australia photographed the duo’s reunion and contacted Vail for comment in Los Angeles, well, it’s safe to say there were some solid messages flooding our inbox.
It looks like Dina Broadhurst’s topless reunion with ex Max Shepherd might have ruffled the feathers of his new girlfriend Vail Bloom, who looked somber in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Max, 31 (left), was pictured alongside his ex Dina, 46, at Kutti Beach in Sydney on Tuesday. The famous ‘naked artist’ even sunbathed topless
Dina and Max said they were just good friends and nothing more, and we’re not suggesting otherwise, but Vail had a more direct message for her boyfriend’s ex.
She confirmed that she was still dating Max and made it clear that she felt it was “very inappropriate” for Dina to be strutting around topless in front of her man.
While he emphasized that he had a good relationship with Dina, he questioned whether the socialite, nicknamed ‘the nude artist’ due to her penchant for scantily clad self-portraits, would still have gone topless if she were there too.
‘She has always been kind to me and I like her. I’m sure he didn’t mean anything or think about it,’ Vail said as she broke her silence about the beach photos.
“However, you could try to think about how her choices are perceived by others, and I personally don’t think it’s entirely more appropriate for her to sunbathe topless when Max is around, to each their own.”
Resurfacing in Los Angeles just hours after speaking with us on Thursday, Vail seemed remarkably unimpressed as he stepped out to run some last-minute Christmas errands.
Keeping a low profile, Vail kept it casual in an oversized denim shirt and straight-leg jeans, which she paired with a pair of beige sandals.
The Vanderpump Rules star, who has two young children from a previous relationship, grabbed some holiday gifts when she arrived home with a toy airplane and shopping bags in hand.
But she didn’t seem to have completely ignored the drama of the past few days as she looked somber as she left her luxurious family home in Los Angeles.
The American actress, 42, appeared stone-faced a few hours after our photos of Max and Dina came to light.
We caught the Vanderpump Rules star leaving her Los Angeles home on Thursday.
Vail kept it casual with an oversized denim shirt and straight-leg jeans, which she paired with a pair of beige sandals.
At an unexpected get-together on Tuesday, Max went to the beach with Dina and another friend, and our snapper was on hand to capture every moment..
Max had returned to Australia from the United States to sell the luxury apartment he owns with Dina, who has recently become single again after splitting from the Winning Appliances heiress. Juan Winning Jr.
To cool off in the middle of the high temperatures, Dina went topless and She left little to the imagination in a pair of barely-there bikini bottoms. A shirtless Max didn’t seem to blink as he lay in the shade nearby.
When asked about their unexpected meeting, Dina and Max said that they were good friends and were currently working together to sell their property.
Dina told us: “We’re great friends and business partners,” while Max added: “We’re just friends and currently selling a property together.”
In fact, the exes did it He recently listed the luxurious unit they used to share in Sydney’s Darling Point, putting it on the market for a whopping $11.5 million.
Vail, who has two young children from a previous relationship, grabbed some holiday gifts when she came home with a toy airplane and shopping bags in hand.
When we approached Vail for comment, she said she was still dating Max and made it clear that she felt it was “very inappropriate” for Dina to be strutting around topless in front of her man.
At an unexpected get-together on Tuesday, Max went to the beach with Dina and another friend, and our snapper was on hand to capture every moment.
They purchased the three-bedroom, two-bathroom dockside pad in 2022 for $5.2 million before overseeing an ambitious renovation.
Construction took two years to complete and involved complete interior demolition, but it would not become the couple’s permanent home.
Dina and Max, who share a 15-year age difference, ended their relationship last year, having first gotten together in 2018.
In a sign of things to come, Max had been noticeably absent from Dina’s social media pages since February 2023, while she had not appeared in any of his posts since December 2022.
A source then confirmed the breakup to Daily Mail Australia, and soon after, Max jetted off to Europe to nurse his broken heart on several luxury superyachts.
After the breakup, Dina moved on with billionaire refrigerator heir John Jr. as they began dating after knowing each other for quite some time.
However, their whirlwind eight-month romance did not last when the art collector realized their lifestyles were not compatible. They broke up just hours before Dina made a solo appearance on Bernadette Faheythe wedding of Jordan Sukkar.
Max debuted his romance with Vail in November of last year.
Dina and Max (pictured in an old social media post), who share a 15-year age difference, called an end to their relationship last year, having first gotten together in 2018.
Max debuted his romance with Vail in November of last year.
At the time, the couple shared some loved-up snaps on Instagram as they flaunted their new found affection for each other.
In June, Vail paid tribute to Max in a gushing post to mark his 31st birthday and praised his close bond with his two children.
‘Happy birthday to the man of my dreams, and Charlie’s dreams, and Jack’s dreams. We all love you! Endless!’ she wrote in the caption.
‘I can’t believe it’s been a year. Here’s to many more trips around the sun. Happy birthday, my love. See you soon.’