The wife of Laser Clinics co-founder Alistair Champion has addressed rumours they have quietly broken up after they returned to Sydney following a year-long sojourn in Paris with their two children.
Alarm bells started ringing this week when socialite Kate Champion took to social media to announce she was offloading her designer wardrobe at a discounted rate, accompanying the post with a series of scantily clad selfies modelling her clothes.
It followed months of rumours about the state of the Champions’ marriage and, for many of their well-connected friends, seemingly confirmed the speculation.
Sources close to the couple were convinced they had become increasingly distant lately and were spending more and more time apart.
However, when approached for comment on Wednesday, a surprised Ms Champion said there was absolutely no truth to the scurrilous gossip.
‘I’m sitting with my husband right now,’ she said.
Socialite Kate Champion took to social media this week to announce she was offloading her designer wardrobe at a discounted rate
The ‘fire sale’ fuelled rumours of marital woes between Kate and Alistair Champion (pictured together), which she insisted to Daily Mail were completely false
When asked where she believed the rumour came from, Ms Champion simply laughed and said: ‘It’s just Sydney people being d**kheads.’
‘I keep my head down. I don’t buy into gossip,’ she added.
Ms Champion’s designer ‘fire sale’ included items from Valentino, Céline, Chanel, Gucci and Dior, all being sold for low prices.
She said of the discount sale: ‘I believe in giving back and these are pieces that I have cherished and I want other people to get the same love.
‘I want to move quickly because I am very busy and I really cant stand fast fashion and I want to set an example for people to buy well.’
The couple lived in Paris for a year before returning to Sydney at the end of last year
Last year, the Champions purchased a luxury waterfront property in ‘s most expensive postcode, Point Piper, for an estimated $69million
The 1200 sqm landholding also came with a swimming pool, private beach and jetty, along with one of the suburb’s few permanent moorings
While she may be happy to sell off her wardrobe at a discount, the notoriously private yet super-rich couple are no stranger to the finer things in life.
They currently live in an 1880s Victorian Italianate mansion in Sydney’s well-heeled Woollahra, which they bought in 2017 for $13.5million.
Last year, the Champions purchased a luxury waterfront property in ‘s most expensive postcode, Point Piper, for an estimated $69million.
The 1200 sqm landholding also came with a swimming pool, private beach and jetty, along with one of the suburb’s few permanent moorings.
The Wunulla Road trophy home has been described as one of Sydney’s ‘top 10’ residential property deals.
Last year, Mr Champion paid $3million for a 15-car garage in Edgecliff, complete with showroom and loft bedroom.
Mr Champion co-founded Laser Clinics alongside Babak Moini, before selling to private equity giant KKR in 2017 for $650million.
He featured on the n Financial Review’s Young Rich List up until 2017, the year he turned 40 and was no longer eligible.