Adele opens up about her divorce and her new love affair

Adele has had five tumultuous years since her last album,

.

So for her first big interview, in full promo for her new single (

, announced for October 15, which precedes an album whose release date has not been revealed), the singer had a lot of things to do. tell.

It was in

(with two separate interviews, in the British and American edition) that the star chose to indulge, discussing in bulk her divorce, her relationship with her son Angelo, 8, as well as her budding relationship with Rich Paul.

In the interview, she confides that she has no antipathy towards her ex-husband, businessman Simon Konecki.

They divorced when they realized they weren't making each other happy.

“Neither of us hurt the other or anything like that.

It was just something like, I want my son to see me really loving, and being loved.

It's really important to me.

I've been on a journey to find my true happiness ever since, ”she said.

To cure

Adele also reveals that she wanted to explain to her son what was going on when she and his father separated, rather than hiding the situation from him. “My son had a lot of questions. Very good questions, innocent questions, for which I have no answer. Like "Why can't you live together anymore?" I just had the impression that I wanted to explain to him, through this record, when he will be 20 or 30 years old, who I am and why I voluntarily chose to mess up his whole life in order to seek my own happiness. It made him really miserable sometimes. And it's a real wound for me, and I don't know if I'll ever be able to heal it, ”she confessed.

If the star is better today, it is because she managed to move forward in this search for happiness, and because she met Rich Paul, sports agent (who represents LeBron James in particular).

“Yes, we are together.

We are very happy, ”she confirmed, refusing to say much more, however.

What she wants to reveal about this new love story, anyway, is that they are on an equal footing.

"He's not the one who forced me to go see a basketball game the other night because it's his job," she explained, referring to their highly publicized exit for the NBA Finals. last July.

And to continue: "It was I who said:" We are going to see the match ".

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At 33, self-confident, Adele actually seems happier than ever.

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