After declaring her breakup with Stormzy, Maya Jama celebrates her early 30th birthday
Maya Jama recently broke up with her ex-boyfriend Stormzy, so she started celebrating her 30th birthday a few weeks early.
The 29-year-old Love Island presenter looked fierce as she posed in front of a pair of pink ’30’ helium balloons while wearing a black minidress and shoes.
With her glossy brown locks let loose and accessorized with gold jewellery, the TV personality exuded confidence in her thigh-skimming ensemble.
Gordon’s introduced a new campaign on Wednesday to commemorate Maya’s 30th birthday, and they will be doing a pop-up salon in her honor.
Maya, who turns 14 on August 14, kicked off the celebration early by revealing her most recent project with Gordon’s Premium Pink.
There are two hair and makeup looks that fans can choose from, and an at-home package that includes a Gordon’s cocktail moment is also available.
A few days after revealing she had broken up with her ex-boyfriend Stormzy, Maya is celebrating her first birthday.
MailOnline reported at the time that Maya and Stormzy had broken up due to differences in their views on when to start a family.
In a joint Instagram statement, the BRIT Award winner and the ITV2 actress revealed they had «recently decided to call it quits.»
Stormzy was more of a homebody than the other, and sources told MailOnline that this caused problems in the couple’s lifestyles.
As for Maya, she is currently concentrating on her work. She is a sought-after model for Rimmel London, the face of luxury fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana, and the streaming behemoth Netflix.
«Maya and Stormzy are very much on different pages when it comes to their future,» a source close to the duo disclosed.
Stormzy was eager to settle down, but Maya is content with her profession, driven, and wants to focus on accomplishing as much as she can.
«At just 29, she’s not ready for the next chapter just yet. She loves to travel and party.»
The two announced their split on their Instagram Stories on Wednesday.
‘We’ve been smiling whilst typing this since we never, ever, in a million years thought we’d be the couple announcing a breakup,’ the statement from the pair said.
However, we felt that it might be best to for the purpose of clarity and, more significantly, to give us the room and grace we need to be able to traverse this next phase of our life together peacefully.
We had a passionate relationship in 2014, ended it in 2019, and then spent five years navigating life apart.
We’ve been trying our hardest to make it work for the past year, but we’ve decided to call it quits. We had planned to try one last time in August 2023.
Stormzy and Maya attended Wimbledon separately last week; on Thursday, the rapper went alone to evian’s Mountain of Youth VIP suite.
Maya, meantime, partied at the popular Chiltern Firehouse till the wee hours of the morning.
The last time they were spotted together was at Stormzy’s headline performance at the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 5.
Before Maya took a helicopter to the ITV studios to host the live Sunday evening version of Love Island spin-off show Aftersun, the couple had also attended the Glastonbury festival last month.
Stormzy co-founded House Party, a pub in Soho, London, which he opened a few weeks ago. The club has been styled to resemble an old-school house party both inside and out.
On June 6, during the couple’s star-studded launch night, which included Louise Redknapp and Julie Adenuga, Maya posted video footage on her Instagram account.
The year Stormzy began dating Maya coincided with the release of his debut EP, Dreamers Disease. The couple describes this year as the year they «fell madly in love.»
They recounted their love journey and detailed the five years they spent juggling different lives in their statement.
Maya was engaged to American basketball player Ben Simmons during that time, but their eight-month engagement ended.
In 2019, there were rumors that Maya and Stormzy had broken up. Later, Stormzy said in the song Lessons, «I done the dirt and then I figured that you’ll dig it out.»
