Simon Baker’s secret flame – who is younger than his own DAUGHTER: Hollywood star, 55, rekindles romance with his lover, 30
Hollywood star Simon Baker has rekindled his romance with his secret Sydney girlfriend, who is younger than his own daughter.
Daily Mail Australia can reveal that Baker, 55, is having sex again with his lover Bridgette Clark, 30, after the pair took a short break from their relationship.
The North Bondi resident is a few months younger than Baker’s daughter Stella, who turned 31 in August.
The light blonde woman is originally from Melbourne and is a popular fashion and lifestyle photographer.
She is also the co-founder and creative director of Terry, a brand that sells resort wear inspired by “European summers and 70s pool wear.”
She has been in an on-again, off-again relationship with the actor, who rose to fame in the American TV series The Mentalist and recently starred in the Netflix hit series Boy Swallows Universe, for the past two years.
The couple had a brief hiatus over the winter, but were reunited earlier this month when they moved furniture into Baker’s Volvo van at his home in Tamarama in Sydney’s east.
They were first spotted together at Tamarama Beach in November 2022 and were later seen with Baker’s sons – Claude, 25, and Harry, 23 – during an Easter trip to Byron Bay last year.
Last weekend the couple were spotted moving a table into the back of his Volvo campervan at his Tamarama property in Sydney’s east.
Simon Baker in New York City with his daughter Stella, 31
The smitten actor was seen chasing Clark, before playfully jumping into the surf together.
Last October, the couple headed to Tamarama in all-white, matching outfits and walked arm in arm to a local cafe for a bite to eat and a cup of coffee.
Baker’s relationship with Clark began the year after he announced his divorce from Australian actress Rebecca Rigg, star of A Country Practice, Blue Heelers and LA Doctors.
Baker and Rigg were together for 29 years, married for 22 of them. They lived in Los Angeles from 1995 to 2015, then moved back to Sydney and announced their separation in January 2021.
“We remain good friends and our three children will always be the most important thing in our lives,” they said in a joint statement at the time.
The couple played a love interest on the hit 1990 TV series E Street, but they actually met on a blind date in 1991.
In 1998, they made it official with two separate wedding ceremonies: one in Australia and the other in the beachside area of Carmel in Monterey, California.
The Mentalist star and his much younger girlfriend Bridgette wear matching outfits after a romantic dip at Tamarama Beach
Brigette, who lives in North Bondi, is originally from Melbourne
Bridgette (right in photo) is friends with Sydney models Jody Koay (left) and Yanyan Chan (centre)
Earlier this month, Baker appeared in Mullumbimby District Court in northern New South Wales, where he pleaded guilty to drink-driving on July 20. He was released on a nine-month suspended sentence without a conviction being recorded.
Baker, who was driving a Tesla, was spotted by police at around 2.11am driving recklessly for about 8km on Booyong Road, near his second home, the court was told.
Magistrate Kathy Crittenden said there were “unusual” circumstances at the time of the incident: a global outage at Microsoft meant police systems were offline and a breath test could not be administered.
“Normally the police would administer a breath test, but they had to administer the old-fashioned alcohol test,” Magistrate Crittenden said.
Baker was unsteady on his feet and smelled of alcohol. He told officers he had consumed four glasses of wine at a dinner since 6 p.m.
“(Baker) was very polite and cooperative … and extremely remorseful for his actions,” Magistrate Crittenden said.
Bridgette, 30, is a popular fashion and lifestyle photographer and co-founder and creative director of Terry, a brand that sells resort wear inspired by European summers and 1970s pool wear.
Baker first met actress and ex-wife Rebecca Rigg, 56, in the early ’90s and the former couple have three children together: Stella, 31, Claude, 25, and Harry, 23
He has since obtained a certificate for a rehabilitation program for traffic offenders, the court was told.
The magistrate said four character statements had been submitted to the court regarding Baker’s contributions to the community, his deep remorse and his out-of-character behaviour.
Clark and Baker did not respond to requests for comment.