Adele's 'embarrassing' divorce was kickstarted after one pivotal moment
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Adele's (opens in new tab) divorce from Simon Konecki was kickstarted by one pivotal moment - a magazine 'personality test' that the singer-songwriter completed and saw her marriage was crumbling.
The singer-songwriter, who is about to release her new album 30 (opens in new tab), opened up her heart to Oprah Winfrey in her One Night Only (opens in new tab) interview which aired last night on CBS, during which she discussed her weight loss (opens in new tab), her heartbreak and her new love with new boyfriend Rich Paul (opens in new tab).
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Speaking about her decision to get divorced, Adele, 33, whose father left when she was just two years old, admitted she was embarrassed by it.
She explained, "I've been obsessed with a nuclear family my whole life because I never came from one. From a very young age [I] promised myself that, when I had kids, we'd stay together. And I tried for a really, really long time."
But she revealed that taking a 'personality test' in a magazine is what prompted her decision to finally get divorced after less than a year of marriage and an eight-year relationship.
Adele, whose weight loss sparked huge interest last year, said, "One of the questions asked, 'what's something that no-one would ever know about you?', and she blurted out to her friends: 'I'm really not happy. I'm not living, I'm just plodding along'.
"They all gasped," she recalled.
"From there, I was like 'What am I doing? What am I doing it for?'"
She explained, "I take marriage very seriously... and it seems like I don't now," she said, remorsefully.
"Almost like I disrespected it by getting married and then divorced so quickly. I'm embarrassed because it was so quick."
Adele's divorce was finalised earlier this year, after she previously revealed she got married in 2018 and separated later that year.
Adele who has son Angelo, nine, with her ex-husband Simon, previously opened up on her wound that won't ever heal (opens in new tab), and admitted it was the first time he had seen her perform on stage as she belted out some of her best hits and new music at the Griffith Observatory in LA.
During the concert, Adele premiered three new songs listed on the tracklist of her new album, 30 (opens in new tab) - I Drink Wine, Love Is A Game and Hold On.
Winfrey singled out the latter as a highlight, reciting the lyrics, "I'm such a mess / The harder that I try, I regress / I am my own worst enemy / Right now I truly hate being me."
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Adele admitted she often felt that way during her divorce - and her friends would tell her to "hold on".
"It was just exhausting trying to keep going with it. It's a process - the process of a divorce, the process of being a single parent, the process of not seeing your child every single day. [It] wasn't really a plan that I had when I became a mum."
Selina is a Senior Entertainment Writer with more than 15 years of experience in newspapers and magazines. She currently looks after all things Entertainment for Goodto.com, Woman&Home, and My Imperfect Life. Before joining Future Publishing, Selina graduated from the University of Sheffield in 2006 with a degree in Journalism. She is fully NCTJ and NCE qualified and has 100wpm shorthand. When she's not interviewing celebrities you can find her exploring new countryside walking routes, catching up with friends over good food, or making memories.
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