EXCLUSIVE: Ian Thorpe steps out for dinner with his ex-boyfriend Ryan Channing and his new fiancé Leevon Baptiste in Sydney
They may have split, but Ian Thorpe and his ex-boyfriend Ryan Channing are clearly still on good terms.
The exes enjoyed a dinner together in Sydney on Thursday, with Ryan’s new fiancé Leevon Baptiste joining them.
The trio visited China Doll in Woolloomooloo, with the 37-year-old former Olympic swimmer spotted arriving solo.
No animosity: Ian Thorpe enjoyed a night out with his ex-boyfriend Ryan Channing at a Sydney restaurant on Thursday
Meanwhile, Ryan, 30, and Leevon were seen making their way to the restaurant hand-in-hand.
They were also joined by an older man, who sat beside Leevon inside the restaurant.
Ryan and Ian sat alongside each other on the opposite side of the table, and there didn’t seem to be any animosity between the exes.
Ryan announced his engagement to Leevon last month, telling Daily Mail Australia at the time, he was marrying ‘the man of my dreams’.
The skincare entrepreneur is set to marry the Brisbane-based civil engineer at a luxury resort in Bali in June next year.
The couple got engaged last month in Coffs Harbour, in northern New South Wales, and now wear matching Cartier bands on their ring fingers.
Their engagement comes after it was confirmed in November that Ryan and Ian had split for good, after seemingly rekindling their romance.
The pair had previously called it quits in June following four years of dating, but reunited briefly.
Ryan was Ian’s first public boyfriend since he came out as gay in an interview with Michael Parkinson in 2014.
In August last year, a source close to Ian and Ryan told Daily Mail Australia that the pair had ‘rekindled their romance’ while holidaying in Ibiza, Spain.
They were even rumoured to be considering getting ‘engaged’.
‘They’re trying to find the nearest Cartier store for rings,’ the source said at the time.
But in November, Ryan told Daily Mail Australia that he was no longer in a relationship with Ian and also denied they had ever reconciled in August.
‘Ian and I have been separated for over a year now but remain close friends and [in] the same circle of friends. We still share our puppy Kaia. Everything is going great!’ he said.
Before their separation, Ryan and Ian were reportedly planning on having children together with the help of a surrogate based in the US.
Loved-up: Ryan Channing (left) and his new fiancé Leevon Baptiste (right) were seen making their way to the restaurant hand-in-hand
Still close: Ryan and Ian sat alongside each other on the opposite side of the table, and there didn’t seem to be any animosity between the exes