Maya Jama and Stormzy have announced they’ve broken up in a statement on Instagram . The Love Island presenter, 29, and the rapper, 30, rekindled their romance in 2023 , having first dated in 2014, breaking up five years later. Despite having been seen packing on the PDA at Glastonbury a few weeks ago, the stars have now announced they’ve ‘called it quits’ after a ‘final attempt’ at their relationship.
In a lengthy message revealing their split, the former couple told fans: ‘We’ve been laughing whilst drafting this because we never, ever, in a million years thought we’d be the couple announcing a breakup, but for the sake of clarity and, more importantly, to allow us the space and grace that’s needed for us both to be able to navigate this next bit of our lives with peace, we thought it might be best to. ‘We fell madly in love in 2014, broke up in 2019, and then spent five years manoeuvring life apart. ‘We decided to try for the final time in August 2023, and we’ve spent this past year trying our best to make it work; however, we recently decided to call it quits.
‘We were 21 and 20 when we first met – both at the beginning of our careers – and spent five years growing together and then five years growing separately, so this final attempt required a whole lot of figuring out, relearning, and unlearning. ‘We tried, and it didn’t work, and that’s okay.’ They went on: ‘We still think the absolute world of each other, we still care and re.