Did Adele cancel her gigs because of problems with her boyfriend?
Did he break up with her? And what about all the people who traveled around the world for her?
Trouble in paradise: ADELE has been locked up at
her boyfriend's house for the past week, attempting to salvage their relationship
after a period of time apart severely strained it. Since the middle of last year, the celebrity
singer, 33, has been dating millionaire sports agent Rich Paul.
The British singer's relationship is said to be on the rocks as a result of their time apart.
However, they have had difficulty seeing each other in recent weeks.
He was away on business, and she was in Vegas for her fatal residency.
There was "trouble in paradise" for the couple over the weekend,
with reports that she had canceled her Weekends With Adele gigs due to marital issues.
She earlier stated that the show "ain't ready" due to set concerns, production delays, and
key team members contracting Covid, which led to her canceling the 24-date residency.
"Adele is staying at Rich's place in Beverly Hills just trying to heal their relationship because
things have gotten tight," an insider added. "At the beginning of the month, they scarcely
saw each other because he was away on business and she was concentrating on her Vegas act.
"She was disappointed that he couldn't be there for her when the residency fell apart,
and it made things tough for them both." He needed to be there, but
he couldn't because of his own hectic schedule. "For her, it was a highly emotional and difficult
moment. They're now spending some quality time together in an attempt to rescue the situation.
"They're in love, but it's been a difficult few weeks for them."
During rehearsals, Adele was said to have been heard "shouting and sobbing" on the phone to Rich.
Her first public relationship after divorcing entrepreneur Simon Konecki,
the father of her nine-year-old son Angelo, in 2019 is with Rich, 40.
In July 2021, the couple was first seen together during a basketball game.
After announcing the extended suspension of her residence, she flew back to LA on a private
aircraft and went straight to Rich's house. Fans have not been granted a refund,
and the events are not likely to take place until at least 2023.
She will, however, perform via video link at the Brit Awards next Tuesday.
She also has two gigs in London's Hyde Park booked for this summer.
Adele has been crying during rehearsals and interrupting them to take phone talks with Paul,
according to sources close to her camp. Her residency was planned to start last week,
and performances were supposed to stretch through April.
Adele, visibly moved, sadly explained to fans,
many of whom were already in Sin City at the time, why she had decided to postpone her residency.
The show ain’t ready: Last week, she stated, 'My show ain't ready.'
'We've tried absolutely everything that we can to put it together in time, and for it to be good
enough for you. But we've been absolutely destroyed by delivery delays and COVID.'
Live Nation and Caesars Palace reportedly struggled to reach an agreement with the artist
quickly enough to salvage her Las Vegas residency, with the diva blaming 'delivery'
difficulties and COVID-19 sobbing. Prior to the revelations about her
personal problems, it was also rumored that the singer was unhappy with the set design,
particularly a swimming pool constructed in the centre of the stage.
"She refused to participate after seeing the final design," a source informed the magazine.
"Adele called the pool a 'baggy old pond,' and she flatly refused to stand in the center of it."
The plan was to fill it with water on set as she was raised up on a crane-like apparatus,
giving the impression that she was afloat." Adele despised the production and set when she
arrived, and she didn't have enough time to alter. Numerous allegations have surfaced since her
announcement, suggesting the real reason for the delay, including a rumored spat with the
venue over her 60-person choir and squabbles with her set designer, Esmeralda Devlin.
"Despite the fact that the set cost millions to put together,
Adele was dissatisfied with the outcome, and she made her emotions known to Es," a source alleged.
"She [Adele] was already worried, and the falling out drove her spiraling into a frenzy because
she was desperate for everything to be flawless," the insider continued,
noting that Devlin also assisted Adele on her 2016 global tour.
Adele was expected to make £500,000 per night from the concerts, with tickets
ranging from £60 to £500 on official outlets but reaching as high as £22,000 on resale sites.
“It’s my birthday and I am on an airplane right now using the last of my vacation time for a whole
year to see you along with some non-refundable deposits and a week of babysitting... I’m
sad you couldn’t decide this until the last minute,” one ticket-holder wrote on Twitter.
The apology: What did Adele
exactly have to say about all of that? “Hiya, listen I’m so sorry but my show ain’t ready.
“We’ve tried absolutely everything that we can to pull it together in time and for it to be good
enough for you but we’ve been absolutely destroyed by delivery delays and Covid.
“Half my crew, half my team are down with Covid, they still are, and it’s been
impossible to finish the show... and I can’t give you what I have right now and I’m gutted,
I’m gutted, and I’m sorry it’s the last minute. “We’ve been awake for over 30 hours now trying
to figure it out... We’ve run out of time and I’m so upset and I’m really embarrassed and I’m
so sorry to everyone that’s travelled again. I’m really, really sorry, I’m really sorry.
“We’re on it. We’re going to reschedule all of the dates. We’re on it right now and I’m
going to finish my show and I’m going get it to where it’s supposed to be.
“I’m so, so sorry. It’s been impossible. We’ve been up against so much and it just
ain’t ready. I’m really sorry... sorry.” Was that a good enough of an apology?
What do you think went down between her and Paul for ADELE to not be able to just show up and sing?
We previously reported that the "Easy on Me" singer was heard "shouting and
sobbing" on the phone to her six-month boyfriend, 40, during rehearsals.
"For the past month, Adele has been crying and hasn't been able to get through a single
entire rehearsal," a source close to the management team at Caesars Palace,
where the events were to take place, stated. "I was just on the phone with Rich all
the time... yelling and sobbing." "There's buzz about why Rich wasn't
in Las Vegas to support Adele — even the day before the show would have debuted," a second
Vegas industry source told Page Six Monday. Was he even planning on attending the premiere?
"It's yet another red sign pointing to interpersonal
strife as a reason for the cancellation. "At first, we mistook her passionate calls
[to Paul] for concerns about the show, but many of them turned out to be disputes."
"Adele didn't turn up in Vegas until virtually the last minute – in terms of
production," the insider said, "we suspect partly due of her troubles with Paul."
While It’s clear for a lot of people that it’s all because of her romance drama,
Adele took a few minutes to address that clearly on her instagram while announcing
her performance at the Brit Awards. Ahem: “Hiya, so I’m really happy to say that I am
performing at the Brits next week!! Anddddd I’ll also be popping in to see Graham for a chat on
the couch while I’m in town too! I’m looking forward to it! Oh, and Rich sends his love. ”
So things are seemingly good between her and Rich, aren’t they?
Was it all just because the show wasn’t ready? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section!