Maya Jama dating history as she makes ultimate dig at Stormzy with Manchester City star

A hot new bombshell has entered Maya Jama's life.

The presenter who in a matter of days will be jetting to South Africa to present Love Island: All Stars has been linked to a top footballer. Reports claim that the star has been secretly getting close to none other than Manchester City's Rúben Dias which would come as a blow to her ex-partner, Stormzy, who is a Manchester United supporter.

Like many of the contestants on the hit ITV2 show, it's been a rocky path on the way to finding love. From a failed engagement to being part of one of the UK's biggest power couples before a shock split, Maya's seen it all by the age of 30. Ahead of her trip to help singletons attempt to find love, we look at her past relationships and rumoured flings.

Rúben Dias

Maya and Rúben were recently caught enjoying a dinner date with one another. In a string of fresh snaps, Maya was seen at a table with the Manchester City star and one of her friends at Sa Capella in Ibiza as they prepared to ring in 2025. While neither shared images of one another on social media, they were spotted in a blurry picture.

The pair sparked romance rumours when they followed one another on Instagram, having met at the MTV EMAs held at the Co-op Live Arena. Since news of their romance emerged, fans have commented on Stormzy's link to Manchester United. "Stormzy supports man United, I know he's smashing things rn," said one.

A second added: "Let's send Stormzy some love." Meanwhile, a third typed: "Lmao ain't Stormzy a Utd boy? Man women play chess fr [for real]."

Stormzy

Maya and Stormzy's relationship was loves young dream. The pair dated between 2014 and 2019.

Reflecting on her relationship with the grime star, she said that they had been "just little babies" when they had started dating. "We were so young when we met, just beginning our careers," she said. "I was starting at MTV. He'd not even released a single at that point. We were just little babies.

"I don't think either of us knew it was going to be such a big thing. We were just: we're young and in love and we're going to go for it and work really hard. We're just together. We never really did red carpets. We didn't do any of that stuff." The pair were once upon a time one of the UK’s biggest power couples before their shock split in 2019 - but eagle-eyed fans of the pair had been rooting for them to get back together in recent months.

Maya and Stormzy first were pictured running into each other at the GQ Men of the Year 2022 Awards in November. Following the annual event, eye-witnesses claimed that Maya and Stormzy left the event within minutes of each other. However, a source close to Maya told the Mirror at the time that they were not dating again.

As Stormzy's music career was just taking off in 2015, the couple took the next step in their relationship as they moved in together in a swanky London property.

Things seemed to be going from strength-to-strength as Stormzy wrote a song named 'Birthday Girl' for Maya, and she appeared in his music video for his chart-topping hit, Big For Your Boots in 2017. Stormzy even hinted that marriage was on the cards for the couple, telling the Sunday Mirror in 2018: "I’m still so young but I want to propose, it’s going to happen and I will do it right. She is so sick, she is the best."

However, things took a turn for the worst less than a year later when the pair announcement that they had separated in August 2019, after which rumours about Stormzy's fidelity began circulating. In an interview on Charlamagne tha God's YouTube channel in January 2020, Stormzy asked directly if he had been unfaithful to Maya - accusations which he denied.

Stormzy answered: "Do you know what? I actually didn't cheat. I swear to God, I didn't cheat. "So we had broken up and I was out publicly being a rapper, being very inconsiderate to the fact that I've just come out of the most public relationship.

"We'd broken up and I went out and I acted disrespectfully. I was just out in clubs. I knew the world still thought I was in a relationship and I was out looking like I didn't give a f**k. It didn't need to be cheating for it to be a disrespect," he added.

He went on to open up to investigative journalist Louis Theroux during his new BBC 2 series, saying: "My break-up, that was probably the biggest catalyst for growth as a man. It was like, OK, you made a mistake and you lose someone you loved, someone you cared for, someone who is special to you.

"That's probably the biggest loss a man can have, isn't it? Away from someone passing away, that's the biggest loss you can have." The star whose real name is Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr went on to refer to the "hole f***ing palaver that surrounded that situation" before adding that there were "other mistakes [he'd] made".

He added that he "didn't do what a man should do to fully appreciate love, and care for his woman." However, the pair announced on July 17, 2024, that they had broken up again. They told fans in a joint statement: "We tried and it didn't work and that's okay."

Ben Simmons

Maya was left heartbroken after splitting from NBA player fiancé Ben Simmons in August 2022. She called it quits with the Aussie basketball superstar in July - just a number of months into their whirlwind engagement.

The Love Island host had been splitting her time between America and the UK in recent months, but according to reports, the Bristol-born beauty felt a strain due to her work commitments back in the UK. Neither Ben nor Maya officially announced their engagement, but the brunette bombshell subtly flashed her huge diamond ring on the red carpet of the BRIT Awards back in February.

When quizzed by host Mo Gilligan, Maya remained coy but gave away her engagement secret as she gushed over Ben.

R&B singer Giveon

In December 2022, Maya reportedly enjoyed a string of dates with US R&B singer Giveon. They were pictured together at the London Fashion Awards then later enjoyed some time together at Chiltern Firehouse.

Maya is later said to have invited the star to wine and dine at the gorgeous new restaurant Bacchanalia on Wednesday. They were seen cuddling in a taxi after leaving the restaurant.

Drake

Rumours sparked that Maya had been dating Drake after he dropped a song featuring her name in it. In Only You, he raps: "Chubbs might jam this yute for a chain / And give it to a sweet one, called that Maya Jama."

It was reported that Drake had messaged Maya while she had still been in a relationship with Stormzy and she had ignored the messages. He is believed to have had a "soft spot" for her and started following her on Instagram in 2018, though she did not follow him back.

When she was single, Maya still wasn't interested, with a source saying at the time: "Maya wasn’t going to entertain any form of contact".

Rico Gordon

One of Maya's first boyfriends, Rico Gordon, was tragically killed when he was just 16.

She previously spoke about the tragedy during an interview with Cosmopolitan, saying: "When I was 16 I went through a lot. With my boyfriend passing, it gave me a fearless approach to things. I felt like life was really short.

"Out of everything that [has] happened in my life, that was a reality check on a massive scale. At 16 you think the world is a fairytale and it took me out of that. It made me even more determined."

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