Maya Jama and Stormzy have announced they are breaking up.
TV presenter Jama, 29, and rapper Stormzy, 30, met when they were 20 and 21 and spent five years together from 2014 to 2019.
After a separation, they got back together in August 2023 – but have now decided to call it quits.
Jama announced the news on Instagram, saying they had “spent this past year trying our best to make it work”.
She said she was making the announcement publicly “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’ve been laughing whilst drafting this because we never, ever, in a million years thought we’d be the couple announcing a break-up,” she wrote.
“We fell madly in love in 2014, broke up in 2019, and then spent five years manoeuvring life apart.
Stormzy and Maya Jama watch D-Block Europe from the side of the other stage at Glastonbury Festival. Pic: Ben Birchall/PA
“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.”
Jama said they were both starting their careers when they met and “spent five years growing together and then five years growing separately”.
“This final attempt required a whole lot of figuring out, relearning.
“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 (so if you see us having a lil catch-up at The Brits or something, don’t cause a fuss, we are dawgs!).”
She thanked fans “for all the love you’ve showered us with” and asked “for the grace to let both of us keep it moving and not be bothered about it”.