Rapper Stormzy and Maya Jama have confirmed their broken up.
The rapper and Love Island host issued a joint statement on Instagram, stating that they had been attempting to make their relationship work since they reunited last year.
“We tried, and it didn’t work, and that’s okay,” they said.
The post started: “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.”
The couple said they fell “madly in love in 2014” before splitting up five years later.
“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,” they said.
“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.”
The pair also stated that they will stay friends and begged that people “not cause a fuss” if they saw them catching up at future events such as The Brit Awards.
“We still think the absolute world of each other, we still care and respect each other, we are still grateful for the time we’ve had together, and we are still friends and will always be friends.”
The post concluded, “We’re gently asking for the grace to let both of us keep things going and not be troubled by it (we strongly doubt this will work, but we’re kindly asking anyway).
“Love you guys and thank you for all the love you’ve showered us with, it’s been beautiful.”
