Love Island 2023 host Maya Jama’s full dating timeline from Stormzy to Ben Simmons

Maya (Credits: ITV/Shutterstock)

Maya Jama returned to our screens tonight, to announce that Kai Fagan and Sanam Harrinanan are this years Winter Love Island winners.

Maya’s hosting debut has made a real impact on the show (not least because she accidentally announced the final couple to be booted off the show before it had aired) and we can’t wait to see her back on our TVs again in a few months time for the summer series of Love Island.

But despite being ITV2’s answer to cupid, Maya hasn’t been so lucky in love herself and is currently single.

Let’s take a look back at her dating history.

Stormzy

The coupe were in a relationship for four years (Picture: Getty Images)

The Hide and Seek hitmaker, 29, and Maya first met in October 2014 at the Red Bull Culture Clash and began dating the following January.

The famous couple went their separate ways in 2020, four years after becoming an item in 2016.

Maya and Stormzy – real name Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. – recently had tongues wagging after they reunited in November.

However, Maya’s team has confirmed the claims are unfounded and they aren’t in a relationship again.

In an interview with Louis Theroux, the Big For Your Boots rapper described the break-up as his ‘biggest mistake.’

He explained: ‘My break-up, that was probably the biggest catalyst for growth as a man. It was like, OK, you made a mistake and you lose someone you loved, someone you cared for, someone who is special to you.

Stormzy described the break up as his ‘biggest mistake’ (Picture: Getty Images)

‘That’s probably the biggest loss a man can have, isn’t it? Away from someone passing away, that’s the biggest loss you can have.’

Speaking about the early days of their romance, Maya shared: ‘We were so young when we met, just beginning our careers. I was starting at MTV. He’d not even released a single at that point. We were just little babies

She continued to The Sunday Times: ‘I’m not naive to the fact that when you are a woman in the industry, most of the things that people want to talk about are your relationships. It’s different for men. I’d seen that happen to other people. I don’t think either of us knew it was going to be such a big thing. 

‘We were just: we’re young and in love and we’re going to go for it and work really hard. We’re just together. We never really did red carpets. We didn’t do any of that stuff.’ 

Ben Simmons

Maya was reportedly engaged to NBA star Ben Simmons (Picture:WireImage)

The Love Island presenter and basketball player, 26, enjoyed a whirlwind romance kicking off in the summer of 2021 and are believed to have got engaged over Christmas a few months later.

The couple chose not to publicly speak out about their relationship or engagement, but Maya didn’t deny the proposal when grilled about it by comedian Mo Gilligan when they hosted the Brit Awards in February last year.

Maya moved over to America, where the NBA player is based, but returned to the UK full-time when they split in August 2022.

An insider had earlier claimed: ‘Maya called off the engagement after things came to head last month.

‘She is not going back to New York now. It’s heartbreaking for both of them, especially as they were so committed to each other.’ 

Drake

The rapper gave the presenter a special shout-out (Picture: Wireimage)

Hold your horses, the Passionfruit hitmaker and Maya were not in a relationship, but he did mention her name in a track.

The rapper, 36, teamed up with Headie One on the track, and left fans stunned by his casual name drop of the MTV presenter.

‘Chubbs might jam this yute for a chain,’ he spits when freestyling the first line, before quickly adding: ‘And gave it to a sweet one, called that Maya Jama.’

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