Maya Jama and Stormzy have cut up up a yr after rekindling their romance, the Love Island presenter has confirmed.
Maya, 29, and the rapper, 30, had been again collectively formally since August 2023 after they confirmed their relationship standing throughout a loved-up vacation in Greece.
However the TV star confirmed in an Instagram assertion on Wednesday that they’ve as soon as once more known as it quits, admitting they’d been making an attempt for a yr ‘to make it work’.
‘We have been laughing while drafting this as a result of we by no means, ever, in one million years thought we would be the couple asserting a breakup, however for the sake of readability and, extra importantly, to permit us the house and beauty that is wanted for us each to have the ability to navigate this subsequent little bit of our lives with peace, we thought it may be greatest to,’ Maya instructed followers.
‘We fell head over heels in love in 2014, broke up in 2019, after which spent 5 years manoeuvring life aside.
Maya Jama and Stormzy have cut up up a yr after rekindling their romance, the Love Island presenter has confirmed
‘We determined to attempt for the ultimate time in August 2023, and we have spent this previous yr making an attempt our greatest to make it work; nonetheless, we not too long ago determined to name it quits.
‘We have been 21 and 20 once we first met-both at first of our careers-and spent 5 years rising collectively after which 5 years rising individually, so this last try required an entire lot of determining, relearning.’
‘We nonetheless suppose absolutely the world of one another, we nonetheless care and respect one another, we’re nonetheless grateful for the time we have had collectively, and we’re nonetheless buddies and can all the time be buddies (so for those who see us having a lil catch-up at The Brits or one thing, do not trigger a fuss, we’re dawgs!)’
‘Sort of kindly asking for the grace to let each of us preserve it transferring and never be bothered about it (we extremely doubt this’ll work, however we’re nonetheless kindly asking anyway.’
The couple have been beforehand collectively for 4 years earlier than they cut up in 2019 – with Maya happening to get engaged to basketball star Ben Simmons earlier than the pair broke up.
A supply has instructed MailOnline that they cut up final week – with Maya being open along with her friends about her now-single standing.
Representatives for Maya and Stormzy have been contacted by MailOnline for remark.
Their cut up comes only a week after their loved-up look collectively at The British Grand Prix the place Maya supported him whereas he carried out on the occasion.
The TV star confirmed in an Instagram assertion on Wednesday that they’ve as soon as once more known as it quits, admitting they’d been making an attempt for a yr ‘to make it work’
Their cut up comes only a week after their loved-up look collectively at The British Grand Prix (seen) the place Maya supported him whereas he carried out on the occasion
Simply days earlier than they have been additionally seen trying loved-up at Glastonbury in addition to Maya supporting him at his new bar in Soho in current occasions too.
When the couple parted methods in 2019, the rapper publicly declaring he has ‘by no means cherished anybody how I’ve cherished her’ and followers professing they’d all the time hoped the pair would rekindle their love.
Maya has spoken up to now about how the couple began their romance and the truth that ‘nobody’ cared so they didn’t really feel like a star couple.
She stated: ‘I did not ever really feel like a star couple. Everybody else made it like that. We simply had a traditional relationship. After which everybody was simply speaking about it.
‘We met once we have been like 20, earlier than anybody cared about us. So then it was only a regular relationship. Mainly, I all the time stated it was like a traditional relationship however individuals wished to take a look at it extra and discuss it extra.’
The pair first went public with their romance in 2016 after initially preserving their relationship non-public, and have made no secret of their dedication to one another.
The couple have been beforehand collectively for 4 years earlier than they cut up in 2019 – with Maya happening to get engaged to basketball star Ben Simmons earlier than the pair broke up (seen in 2018)
Simply days earlier than they have been seen trying loved-up at Glastonbury in addition to Maya supporting him at his new bar in Soho in current occasions too
The Love Island presenter, 29, and the rapper, 30, have been again collectively formally since August 2023 after they confirmed their relationship standing throughout a loved-up vacation in Greece
They have been first pictured collectively at the Rinse FM twentieth Birthday Anniversary Dinner in London in December 2014
Issues quickly progressed from ‘not a star couple’ to a pink carpet-dwelling celebrity duo, with a legion of followers and dazzling careers.
They might often be pictured at glitzy occasions, seem on their respective social media accounts and even shared a house collectively in South West London.
Stormzy stated he deliberate to marry Maya, telling the Sunday Mirror in February 2018: ‘I am nonetheless so younger however I need to suggest, it should occur and I’ll do it proper. She is so sick, she is the most effective.’
However in 2019, Maya’s representatives confirmed the couple have been no extra.
Maya’s consultant instructed MailOnline on the time: ‘I can affirm the connection has ended and Maya has separated from Stormzy.’
A supply near the DJ added that she had already moved out of the house they shared in South West London, telling The Solar: ‘The choice is not one she has come to frivolously, however in the end the connection has come to an finish.
‘She needs to concentrate on her TV and radio profession for now.’
He has all the time denied any infidelity within the relationship however admitted he needed to study some onerous classes about his behaviour, describing it as ‘disrespectful’.
Talking to Louis Theroux on his interview sequence, the rapper admitted to creating errors throughout their four-year relationship however revealed he has since grown.
He defined: ‘My break-up, that was in all probability the most important catalyst for development as a person. It was like, OK, you made a mistake and also you lose somebody you really liked, somebody you cared for, somebody who’s particular to you.
‘That is in all probability the most important loss a person can have, is not it? Away from somebody passing away, that is the most important loss you’ll be able to have.’
Final yr, Maya stated of the response to her romance with Stormzy: ‘None of us actually knew the extent of significance it held to a sure group of individuals, us being collectively.
‘We have been each tremendous bold. We have been each from comparable upbringings and we have been each simply little grafters which have made one thing good of ourselves.’
Tongues began wagging in Could 2021 that Maya has a brand new love in her life within the type of Ben Simmons – Kendall Jenner’s sportsman ex-boyfriend.
Rumours started when she posted an image of herself on Instagram in a kitchen that was rumoured to belong to Ben and was additionally stated to be carrying shorts wherein he he had beforehand been pictured.
Ben proposed to Maya in Christmas of the identical yr following a whirlwind romance after she spent the festive interval at his £3.7million mansion in New Jersey.
Love was misplaced as soon as once more nonetheless when Maya cut up from Ben eight months later.
The British presenter and the basketball star have been stated to have struggled with their busy schedules and sustaining an extended distance, as Ben relies in Brooklyn, New York, whereas Maya lives in London.
‘Whereas they each look after one another a lot, they honestly gave it their all and understand that they only come from two totally different worlds,’ a supply instructed NY Submit of the breakup, including that it was ‘one of many hardest choices of their lives.’
‘It has been a tough time for them,’ the insider went on. ‘They now perceive they do not have the time they thought to dedicate to this relationship.
‘After many lengthy nights and hours of heartfelt talks, they lastly realized as a lot as they love one another, their nonstop careers and limitless journey have made it extremely inconceivable to make it work,’ the supply added.
Then in 2023 Maya was compelled to climate rumours that she was embroiled in a union with one other celebrity – within the type of Leonardo DiCaprio.
It was claimed by insiders that the duo hung out in New York, the place they have been each for work. They have been additionally pictured leaving the Le Piaf membership in Paris with buddies.
Insiders claimed: ‘They each not too long ago come out of long-term relationships so neither of them are dashing into something — they’re having enjoyable and seeing the way it goes.’
Regardless of the claims, Leo denied the string of rumours after a supply instructed the The Solar that the star – who was additionally linked to Gigi Hadid on the time – and Maya ‘have been in common contact and have been on a string of dates’.
Wild hypothesis was a factor of the previous final August when Maya confirmed her relationship with Stormzy was again on, 4 years after their preliminary separation.
The couple have been hand-in-hand as they ventured out on Hydra Island in Greece – in what was their first public look collectively since rumours of a romantic reconciliation surfaced weeks earlier than.
It had been claimed that Stormzy’s mum Abigail Owuo was the matchmaker who ‘motivated him to make amends with Maya.’
A supply instructed The Sun on the time: ‘Stormzy is admittedly open about eager to calm down and have children in the future and he is aware of Maya is ‘The One’.
The pair have been believed to be absorbing the solar in a £2,700-a-night Greek villa as a ‘late birthday reward’ to the Love Island host.
Hypothesis had been rife about whether or not Maya and Stormzy had reunited, after she was noticed at his All Factors East present the weekend earlier than.
Previous to the affirmation, eagle-eyed followers noticed proof of the vacation after hypothesis was mounting that they’ve reunited for a ‘lavish £2,700-a-night’ Greek getaway.
One fan shared a video to TikTok after noticing the rapper gave the impression to be on the identical pool location as Maya.
Celebrating Valentine’s Day earlier this yr, Stormzy shared a candy TikTok clip with Maya because the couple gave followers a uncommon perception into the perks of their relationship.
Within the video, Maya cosied as much as her boyfriend whereas sitting on his lap as they performed the ’14 Questions You Ought to Ask’ pattern for {couples}.
The duo began answering a sequence of questions on ‘who’s extra more likely to do’ one thing – and did not maintain again.
Stormzy gushed over his accomplice and captioned the clip: ‘Mi amor – I hope everybody had a beautiful Valentine’s Day.’
Beginning the lengthy checklist of intimate questions, the primary one was ‘who apologises the primary after a combat?’ which rapidly pointed to the rapper.
Followers came upon Maya is thus far ‘the humorous one’ whereas, surprisingly, Stormzy is the ‘romantic one’ within the couple.
Stormzy was voted extra affected person and the higher prepare dinner however the sweetest second was after they revealed ‘who stated I really like you first?.
The couple checked out one another fondly and Maya admitted she was the primary to say it.
As for who takes extra time to prepare within the morning, they safely each claimed it was Maya – whereas ‘the grumpy one’ within the morning brought about a disagreement.
The British rapper was voted ‘the most important child when sick’.
Maya stated she was ‘the social butterfly’ and the one which ‘requires extra consideration’, and agreed the Vossi Bop hitmaker is the one who labored out extra.
Lastly, they did not appear to agree on who was the ‘messy one’, as they hilariously began pointing fingers at one another.
In Could the couple marked a brand new milestone of their relationship after the rapper name-dropped the star is his newest music.
After they have been seen in Greece collectively final August it got here after weeks of hypothesis that they have been spending time collectively once more after reconnecting
In Could the couple marked a brand new milestone of their relationship after the rapper name-dropped the star is his newest music
Celebrating Valentine’s Day earlier this yr, Stormzy shared a candy TikTok clip with Maya because the couple gave followers a uncommon perception into the perks of their relationship
Of their break Maya turned engaged to basketball participant Ben Simmons (seen collectively)
Titled Cry No Extra, the music sees Stormzy function as he raps in his verse: ‘My final albums chilly, my new one is hearth, I would name it Maya.’
And it appears Maya herself is a fan as she shared snaps enjoyable at Coachella final month as she nodded alongside to the monitor.
Wowing in a black bikini, the Love Island presenter shared images of herself enjoyable by the swimming pool whereas including the music to her Instagram Story.
Maya appeared happy with the music point out because the pair proceed to go from power to power after rekindling their love for each other.
