Maya Jama goes nսde: star reflects on her breakup, talks about how she’s coping with breakups, and admits she longs to find true love again
Maya Jama spoke candidly about her love life as British Vogue’s August cover star.
The presenter, 28, has been in high profile relationships, previously engaged to NBA star Ben Simmons and dating Stormzy.
Her romance with the British rapper in particular drew attention, with fans championing two children from immigrant families and their success story.
Maya, who is half Swedish and half Somali, said of the reaction to her romance with Stormzy, who is of Ghanaian descent: ‘None of us really knew the level of importance it held to a certain group of people, us being together.
‘We were both super ambitious. We were both from similar upbringings and we were both just little grafters that have made something good of ourselves.’
The pair split in 2019 after four years and when questioned about their split, she mused: ‘It was lovely when it was lovely, and then you move.’
Detailing how she copes with break ups, Maya confessed: ‘Yeah, I’ve got that harshness.
I don’t want revenge, I just want you to always feel like, «I’m so f**king sad I’ve lost them.» You’re going to miss my presence based on my absence.
‘The best thing you can do is try and do everything that made you happy before you met them.’
Despite her heartbreak, Maya revealed she hasn’t been put off dating again.
Asked if she still wants love, she revealed: ‘Yeah. Actual love. That’s all I ever want. Just real love. I want a best friend that I’m in love with. And I have had that before.’
Maya is believed to have remained single since she split from fiancé Ben last summer after a year-long romance but has been linked to the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio and Drake.
Yet while she’s open to dating, Maya revealed she won’t be turning to her own show to find The One, laughing off the idea of appearing on Love Island.
‘I would not be able to, at any age, strut out of the house in a bikini in front of men that are judging me based on just one sentence and what I look like,’ she admitted.
‘The confidence of the people that go on! They’ve got a different kind of juice.’
