Adele has always been fiercely private about her personal life, so it sent shockwaves to
fans when she and husband Simon Konecki announced their split.
But has she been dropping clues that the relationship has been over for a while?
Here's the real reason Adele is getting a divorce.
Different places
A big reason Adele and Konecki may not have worked out is also, oddly enough, a reason
she thought they were a great couple; they're simply at different stages of their lives.
Konecki is 14 years older than Adele, and the age difference only made their issues
worse.
The singer explained to Vanity Fair back in October 2016,
"Simon is already who he is.
I'm still becoming who I'm going to be.
He's confident.
He's perfect.
He's not threatened by any stage of my life that I'm going for, and that's an amazing
thing."
"I mean, I know it sounds a bit like I'm trying to write a Hollywood movie, but it's only
because of him and because of our kids and stuff that I'm alright."
Perhaps part of the problem, then, was that the person Adele went on to become during
their relationship didn't end up being a match for the fully-formed man Konecki already was
when they got together.
Dealing with distance
Tabloids claim that a big part of why Adele and Konecki broke up is because they each
preferred living on opposite sides of the pond.
Insiders told The Mirror that Adele loved life in Los Angeles and New York City, while
Konecki enjoyed staying in the United Kingdom.
He wasn't always able to join her in LA because of his work as a philanthropist and CEO of
Drop4Drop, a clean water charity.
A source said,
"[Simon's] passion for his cause and his success often took him away from his wife.
They had an unconventional relationship, but that had worked for so long.
Some of us thought she liked it that way.
But in the end they were barely together."
Two lifestyles
It wasn't just the warm climate that Adele loved about Los Angeles.
She also made a lot of famous friends and is reportedly recognized much less in public
than she was when she resided in her native England.
A source told The Mirror,
"Adele found an exciting new social circle in LA and New York of strong Hollywood women
who loved her for her humor and down-to-earth ways.
Jennifer [Lawrence] especially bonded with her and in the last 15 months they have become
great mates."
"Adele is the most universally accepted as the best."
Lawrence isn't Adele's only Oscar-winning pal, as she's also been spotted out with their
mutual friend Emma Stone.
Friends of the couple apparently saw the writing on the wall, as a source told The Sun,
"Adele and Simon had been living separate lives for some time.
It was well known amongst their friends that this time they simply were not going to sort
it out.
They had been trying for years but eventually you have to accept that something just isn't
going to work."
Brewing for a while?
Despite the seemingly sudden separation announcement, insiders say that Adele and Konecki had likely
been done for a while before the rest of the world found about it.
Radar Online reported that Adele signed one of the couple's Los Angeles homes over to
Konecki on January 24th, 2019, almost a full three months before they revealed their marriage
was over.
As for reports that Konecki may be entitled to half of Adele's estimated $194 million
fortune, those close to the estranged couple doubt he's that much of a gold digger.
A source told The Daily Mail that the split is unlikely to get nasty, explaining,
"Simon's not like that.
He's got his own money.
His only concern now is that he and Adele remain the best parents they can be to Angelo."
Dating again
Adele is reportedly eager to get back into the dating game following her split from her
husband.
Insiders claim that she's specifically interested in finding new American men to date, as she
spends more time in the U.S.
A source told The Sun,
"She's been excited speaking to men again.
She is very much in the courting phase...She has asked friends to look out for potential
dates.
She doesn't want to rush or get into something too serious too soon.
But in reality this was a marriage where the romantic love ended many years ago."
According to The Mirror, Adele hinted to a concert audience in Brisbane, Australia, in
2017 that she may have missed her single days, saying,
"I was trying to remember how it was I felt at the beginning of the relationship that
inspired that record.
That feeling when you first fall for someone is the best feeling on earth, and I am addicted
to that feeling…Obviously, I can't go through with those feelings because I'm married now."
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