It’s no rumor: there’s a new man in Adele’s life.
The pop star, 32, is dating rapper and fellow Brit Skepta, 38, a source close to Adele confirms to PEOPLE in this week’s issue, on newsstands Friday.
The source says :In recent months “things have been heating up,” the source says of the new couple. “They run in the same circles in London, and she’s having fun.”
Friends for years, Adele and Skepta (real name Joseph Junior Adenuga) have a deep connection over music, their shared home neighborhood of Tottenham, London, and being parents to young children, according to sources. Skepta has a 2-year-old daughter, River, from a previous relationship.
Since filing for divorce from husband Simon Konecki in September 2019 after seven years together, Adele has “been a lot more social and opened up quite a bit,” the source close to Adele says.
Last weekend, she put her comedic chops on display while hosting Saturday Night Live for the first time.In her opening monologue, she even addressed her much-buzzed-about slim-down for the first time, saying, “I know I look really, really different since you last saw me.”
“Because of all the COVID restrictions and the travel bans, I had to travel light and could only bring half of me,” she continued. “And this is the half I chose.”
Also Adele has remained committed to a diet and fitness regimen including Pilates, weight training and other targeted areas.
Much has changed in Adele’s life as of late, but her commitment to her and Konecki’s 8-year-old son, Angelo, remains the same. While splitting time between Los Angeles and London during the coronavirus pandemic, she has been helping her son stay on track with school.
