IT’S been three weeks since Maya Jama and Stormzy shocked the world with their bombshell split.
The couple had been pictured holding hands and looking loved up just days before the shock announcement, leading the public to believe that the IT couple had the perfect romance.
But jaws dropped across the country last month, when the pair revealed via an Instagram post, that the relationship just wasn’t working.
The pair had originally fallen in love in 2014, before deciding to end their relationship in 2019.
They spent four years apart, before rekindling their romance in 2023.
However, their second attempt at love was short-lived, and the pair parted ways again in July 2024.
In a statement, the couple said: “We were 21 and 20 when we first met-both at the beginning of our careers-and spent five years growing together and then five years growing separately, so this final attempt required a whole lot of figuring out, relearning and unlearning.
“We tried and it didn’t work and that’s okay.”
Maya has been keeping her head high since the breakup, and from presenting the Love Island final to jetting off on holiday, she has been showing that she hasn’t let the split get to her.
Fabulous spoke to body language expert Judi James to find out all of the ways the presenter has been proving that she is over Stormzy.
Many people choose to cope with a breakup by having a dramatic style transformation.
However, Maya hasn’t taken a trip to the hairdresser or tried a new style of dressing since her split, which Judi revealed is a key sign she is already over the relationship.
Judi said: “Maya clearly gets how beautiful she is and has retained her signature long dark hair in an act of inner confidence that is thankfully not eroded.
“There’s no knee-jerk acts like alterations to her brand here either, showing a sense of dignity and an ability to rise above any angst, upset or grief.”
Judi said that when someone is struggling through a breakup, they often display tense and anxious body language.
However, analysing pictures of Maya since her split, she said: “Maya’s poses project a sense of relaxed calm, as though she’s not trying too hard to strike a desperate-looking pose to mask any inner misery or an erosion of confidence.
`’She looks peaceful, with body confidence apparently intact.
2016 – Stormzy and Maya Jama first got together when she was 20 and the couple quickly won over the hearts of the public.
2018 – The couple moved in together in southwest London with the dog they shared, Enzo.
2019 – They announced their split after a four year romance.
2021 – Maya meets and gets engaged to basketball player Ben Simmons.
July, 2022 – Maya calls off her engagement.
November, 2022 – Maya and Stormzy kissed at the MTV VMAs in Dusseldorf, Germany.
May, 2023 – The Sun revealed how Maya had been visiting Stormzy at his London home.
August, 2023 – Maya and Stormzy confirmed their relationship was back on when they were spotted strolling hand-in-hand on holiday.
December, 2023 – Maya goes Instagram official again with her man.
July, 2024 – Maya and Stormzy announce their split
“There’s no over-reactive sucking in of the stomach or arching of the back here and no rictus smiles or rituals of fake laughter.”
Although Maya has been showing off her incredible figure with ‘Goddess’ poses in recent pictures, Judi said that she has not chosen wear a “revenge dress.”
She said: “Maya hasn’t opted to dress or pose in an overly-sexual way or to adopt any active, industrial-strength flirt signals.
`’She seems to have decided that classy is the right path to go down and her elegant poses show she sees her career as her priority with these stunning but tasteful looks defining her as the outstanding presenter of Love Island.”
Judi revealed that often when people are going through a break-up, they send subtle signals to their exes, via social media posts, to show them that they are still quietly obsessed.
However, Judi said: “Maya’s body language here looks quietly friendly, as though she’s sending friendship signals to her fans rather than trying to wind up her ex.
“Her eye expression is softened to form a warm-looking eye-smile and her gentle head-tilts imply she wants to appear friendly and approachable.”
Judi said that it is easy to tell when someone is faking a smile when going through heartbreak.
However, she revealed that Maya’s smiles appear to be genuine.
She said: “Her lips are closed rather than teeth-baring and her mouth is stretched out in a very natural, subtle-looking way that might be challenging to perform if she weren’t over her ex yet.
“Her mouth smile and her eye smile are a matching pair too, with no signs of needing too much effort.
“They’re symmetric smiles too, suggesting a lack of conflicting inner emotions.”
Maya is holding her arms out in some of her recent pictures, which Judi said suggests she is not feeling vulnerable.
She explained: “If she were feeling vulnerable, exposed or raw after her break-up she’d be unlikely to hold her arms out in this way.
“Vulnerability or a lack of inner confidence will often prompt barrier or self-comfort rituals, like keeping one or both arms over the body or pressed to the sides of the torso.
“Her ‘upturned V gap under the armpits here suggest high levels of quiet confidence.”
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