Zara McDermott bounces back from painful Sam Thompson split with month-long Thai trip

Newly-single Zara is moving on from her painful split from Sam with a month-long trip to Thailand - as she praises the tasty local cuisine and admits 'I feel like I'm in a dream'

Former Love Island star Zara McDermott seems to be moving on, after her split from ex-Made In Chelsea star Sam Thompson last month, after five years together.

Looking stunning as she posted a video on TikTok to mark the start of a month-long escape to Thailand, Zara, 28, filmed herself sitting cross-legged in a pair of pyjama bottoms on a hotel bed, as she happily taste-tested a variety of typical Thai snacks from a local store.

Revealing she had arrived in the South East Asian country as she kicked off her video, she admitted to fans: "To be honest, I have not slept in two days because I was travelling here to Thailand. And I feel like I'm in a dream right now, that's how tired I am. But I managed to get the energy to go over to 7-Eleven and I picked myself up some stuff. So, let's do a haul."

As she rummaged through her shopping bag, the documentary-maker had a taste of a variety of local favourites - from salted egg crips, to freeze-dried kiwi and mango sticky rice, before deciding that it was the Pandan Chiffon Cake that got her vote, telling followers: "For me, this wins. If you know me, you know I love cake. Like, cake is my thing. I'm obsessed with cake. Anything cake, cream... and this is a delightfully, spongey level of amazingness."

Zara's exciting Thai trip comes after it was revealed at the beginning of January that she and Sam had called it a day, as it emerged that the TV favourites had spent the festive season apart, before Zara packed her bags and moved out of their shared London home.

Sam's Christmas Day post - which he later deleted - came under fire as it was felt he'd made a sly dig at his ex, after he wrote: "Bit of a different Christmas this year... What could have been another standard Christmas has turned out to be one that I’ll never forget!" At the time, Zara had replied with a love heart and kisses, penning: "So proud of you, it’s so lovely that you chose to give up your Christmas Day to help others."

Subsequently opening up about his state of mind on Staying Relevant, his hit podcast with best pal Pete Wicks, Sam explained candidly: "It was tough. It’s been a tough month. A real tough month. I did charity on Christmas Day. Well, I was alone so I thought.." Strictly star Pete added: "My favourite message from you was when I asked, 'How was your Christmas' and you replied, 'It was like being in a Christmas tomb'."

Though they've gone their separate ways, Zara and Sam still appeared together on TV in an episode of Michael McIntyre's Big Show, two weeks ago - filmed before their split, as the former couple took part in the funnyman's Midnight Game Show. Though she didn't tag Sam in her post, Zara shared a clip of the hilarious appearance on her Insta stories, asking fans to watch the show as she wrote: "We literally thought we were being burgled!"

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