EXCLUSIVE’No bad blood’: Exes Moana Hope and Maria Thatill rub shoulders at Glamour on the Grid party after split

A lot can change in a year. 

Maria Thattil and Moana Hope put on a passionate display at Glamour on the Grid in 2024, telling Daily Mail Australia about their plans for the future together. 

But on Wednesday night, the former Miss Universe Australia, 32, and AFLW trailblazer, 37, posed for photos separately as hundreds of VIP guests descended on Albert Park, Melbourne ahead of the Formula One Grand Prix. 

‘We are on amazing terms and spent some of the evening together,’ Maria told Daily Mail Australia on Thursday. ‘All is well.’  

‘There is no bad blood or avoidance between the two of us,’ she said, explaining that she didn’t have time to pose for any photos with her ex because she was on the clock.

‘I was working there with Shark Beauty and arrived at a totally different time to her.’  

After months of split rumours, it was reported three weeks ago that Maria had ‘quietly called time’ on her 18-moth relationship with Moana.

Maria certainly showed her ex what she was missing, with the author and Neigbours actress dazzling in Cappellazzo Couture gown. 

Meanwhile, Moana looked incredibly chic in an Effie Kats suit. 

She teamed the two-piece ensemble with a striped shirt and tie. 

The exes, who first met while mixing in Melbourne’s celebrity circles after Moana’s divorce from her ex-wife Isabella Carlstrom, went public with their romance in September 2023. 

The AFLW star slammed criticism her new romance with Maria came too soon after the end of her six year marriage to Isabella, with whom she shares two children. 

An emotionally-charged Moana took to Instagram saying there were no hard and fast rules for when to move on when you separate. 

‘You’re a great step-mum’, the AFLW star gushed to Maria during a chat with Daily Mail Australia at last year’s Glamour on the Grid. 

‘Maria is going to buy us a farm to raise the kids on.’ 

‘I am! I am! I’ll take that, I am,’ Maria responded. 

‘[Moana] makes me want to have balance in my life. 

‘And I think it makes me a better businesswoman now that I’m feeling fulfilled when it comes to family and love. I feel very lucky, and rich, and blessed for that.’ 

Maria revealed that her ‘beautiful’ relationship with Moana had run its course last month.

‘Moana and I have shared a beautiful relationship but wish to share we have decided to go our separate ways,’ she wrote on Instagram.

Maria said that the breakup, while difficult, was amicable.

‘We do this with nothing but respect and care for one another and will always support each other,’ she continued.

‘Thank you for all the love and support.’

Whilst I will have work obligations to post, please know this is not an easy thing to go through,’ she added. 

‘I appreciate privacy around this.’ 

Maria had shut down rumours of a split the week before, telling News Corp ‘I’m not single. ‘I’ve seen rumours… but that’s honestly all it is.’ 

‘We are good and excited for the year ahead. Excited for 2025 together and it’s going to be great.’

The pair also celebrated Maria’s 32nd birthday together recently. 

Moana last appeared in a post to Maria’s Instagram in November, while Moana last posted Maria in September. 

Though the couple often appeared publicly together, they rarely made comments about their relationship. 

Back in June, Maria heaped praise on the ‘love of her life’ on The Jess Rowe Big Talk Show podcast. 

‘It is amazing, and challenging, and growing me in ways that I’ve never experienced,’ she said.

‘In the past I thought if I wanted a career, to be that person I thought I needed to be, I needed to sacrifice everything else. But here I am with real love in my life. With someone I love very much.’