Maya Jama and Stormzy have announced they have officially broken up after rekindling their romance last year. The Love Island presenter, 29, and the rapper, 30, had first dated in 2014 but split five years later with Maya claiming she wanted to focus on her TV work and later saying they were 'just babies' and the pressure of being in the public eye had put strain on their relationship the first time round. The former couple have now revealed they recently decided to call it quits again, hinting that it was down to them changing as people and 'growing separately' since they had first met as youngsters.
But they have vowed to remain close friends. In a lengthy message shared on Instagram, they wrote: "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. Read more Zara McDermott's gushing comments about Graziano Di Prima as they were voted off Strictly "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 – a.