Adele and Rich Paul.Photo: WireImage; Getty
Adele is happy in her new relationship with sports agentRich Pauland she opens up about it in new interviews withVogueandBritish Voguefor their November 2021 cover stories.
Adele revealed that the two were good friends before they started dating at the beginning of this year. They originally met at a party a couple of years before, when she joked to him, while “a bit drunk,” “Do you want to sign me? I’m an athlete now.”
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“He’s just so f—ing funny,” she said.“He was dancing. All the other guys were just sitting around. He was just dancing away.”
Adele.Steven Meisel
Adele said she knew exactly what she wanted as a “33-year-old divorced mother of a son, who’s actually in charge.” (Adele and her ex-husband Simon Konecki split nearly three years ago. Their divorce wasfinalized earlier this year. She shares 9-year-old Angelo with Konecki.)
“The last thing I need is someone who doesn’t know where they’re at, or what they want. I know what I want,” she said. “And Ireallyknow what I don’t want.”
Adele and Paul, 39, made their first public appearance together duringGame 5 of the NBA Finals in July.
“I didn’t mean to go public with it. I just wanted to go to the game,” she said about attending the match. “I just love being around him. I just love it.”
On the way to the game, Paul did have some questions about what being spotted together would entail: “He was like,What are people going to say?And I was like,That you signed me. As an athlete. You’re my agent.And he was like,Okay, cool.”
Adele on the cover of American Vogue.Alasdair Mclellan
Adele said she went out with other men before starting her relationship with Paul, but that dating had “been s—.” ToVogue U.K, she admitted that the men she went out with “hated it.” (She was previously linked to rapper Skepta.)
“He’s great. He’s so f—ing funny. He’s so smart, you know,” she added about Paul.
Last month, a source told PEOPLE that the couple’s relationship is “getting more serious” after the two attended LeBron James' wife Savannah’s birthday party in late August.
“They went to LeBron James' party together. He often brings her around his friends. She seems to be getting along with everyone,” the insider said at the time. “They act like they are getting more serious.”
“She is having fun dating Rich. They spend a lot of time together. Adele seems very happy,” the source added.
The singer also shared aphoto boothphotowith Paul on her Instagram in late September following Anthony Davis and Marlen P’s wedding.
Adelefinalized her divorcein March. A source previously told PEOPLE that since her divorce, the singer had “relaxed a lot” and she’s “not quite as private as when she was married.”
source: people.com
