Adele Feared Going On Dates, Worried They Would Sell Her Out To Tabloids: "I Feel Like That Could Really Be A Possibility"

Adele was worried someone would “sell a story” on her when she started dating after her split from Simon Konecki.

The 33-year-old singer split from ex-husband Simon Konecki in 2019, and has said she had a real fear that when she started dating again, she would find herself on a date with someone who was only interested in using her for her fame.

Adele — who is now dating sports agent Rich Paul — said she feels “lucky” that no one she dated betrayed her trust, but she still worried it could be a “real possibility”.

Speaking to Rolling Stone, she said: “Everyone is someone or everyone wants to be someone. I’ve been so lucky that no one I’ve been with has ever sold a story on me. I feel like that could really be a possibility.”

She added: “You can’t set me up on a f****** blind date! I’m like, ‘How’s that going to work?’ There’ll be paparazzi outside, and someone will call [a gossip site]. It ain’t happening.”

And Adele, who has nine-year-old son Angelo with Simon, spoke kindly of the first person she dated after her divorce, though she insisted it would “never” work.

She said: “[It] was a great learning curve and nice to feel loved, but it was never going to work.”

In a Vogue interview last month, the ‘Rolling in the Deep’ singer gushed over her boyfriend Rich, whom she went public with in July when they were spotted at a basketball game together.

She said: "We're very happy. And I didn't get dragged along to the [basketball game the other night] because that's his line of work. I was like, 'We're going to the game.'

"I didn't mean to go public with it. I just wanted to go to the game. I just love being around him. I just love it."

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