Maya Jama has clarified the reasons behind her split from Stormzy.
The Love Island star, 29, spoke out as photos emerged of her ex with his new girlfriend Victoria Monet, who also spoke out this week on her future family plans.
Maya took to Instagram early on Thursday from her NYC hotel room to take the opportunity to say that the narrative ‘that I don’t want to settle down and have kids is a lieeeee.’
It had been reported that the former couple broke up because Maya was keen to focus on her career instead of settle down with the ‘homebody’ rapper.
Maya Jama has clarified the reasons behind her split from Stormzy, stating it wasn’t because she wasn’t ready for children
The rapper, 31, and the Love Island presenter, 29, confirmed their breakup was ‘final’ in a statement, after previously going their separate ways in 2019 and reconnecting in August last year (pictured in June)
Stormzy, 31, shocked fans last week when he was seen kissing US singer Victoria Monet at Heathrow Airport – three month after his split from Maya.
Stormzy and Victoria were also spotted enjoying a romantic meal in London on Friday as they left Gauthier Restaurant in Soho, before arriving at the stage door for Michael Jackson The Musical.
Then on Tuesday Victoria, who shares her daughter Hazel, three, with ex John Gaines, seemed to tease that it wouldn’t be long until more babies might be on the cards as she joked she would ‘contribute to the population next year’.
During her appearance on The Jennifer Hudson Show, Victoria was asked ‘how do you feel about your fans telling you your music is baby making music?’ to which the star smiled as she added: ‘Well, I did make a child.’
She added: ‘I don’t know if a lot of people know this but Hazel’s dad is the person in my Moment music video… and we didn’t have her until after that video so I guess they are not wrong.
‘But I also don’t mind if my friends press next when my songs come on in the bedroom because you know there’s boundaries.’
She then joked: ‘But I do feel like I may contribute to the population next year, you know just a little bit.’
Stormzy and Maya confirmed their breakup was ‘final’ in a statement, after previously going their separate ways in 2019 and reconnecting in August last year.
The Love Island star, 29, spoke out as photos emerged of her ex with his new girlfriend Victoria Monet, who also spoke out this week on her future family plans
Then on Tuesday Victoria, who shares her daughter Hazel, three, with ex John Gaines, seemed to tease that it wouldn’t be long until more babies might be on the cards
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The couple’s statement read: ‘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 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.’