Adele won’t badmouth ex-husband Simon Konecki on new album to protect son Angelo
HER heartbreak songs have sold millions of copies but Adele’s next record will not be the break-up album we probably expected.
I’ve learned she won’t be bad-mouthing ex-husband Simon Konecki when the record lands this year.
She WILL open up about her failed marriage but has vowed not to throw Simon under the bus, in part to protect their son Angelo.
A US music insider said: “Adele does not want Simon to suffer or be humiliated on this album.
“She enjoyed a great relationship with him and they are both immensely proud of their son. For her to vent or express anything that could be deemed as negative would cause an unnecessary rift and they have tried to stay amicable in the split.
“She does not want Angelo learning about any of their issues through her songs, especially as he is getting older and kids are more aware of what she does for a living.
“The other albums were at a different time in her life.
“Now she has to consider the importance of her future stability.
“From what we have heard, the music will still have a wide range of emotions and subjects, reflecting on her journey and experiences as a mother.”
Adele, who celebrated her 32nd birthday this week by sharing a lovely new photograph has not released an album since 25 in 2015.
But in February, she announced at a pal’s wedding that her fourth studio record would be out this September.
That release date has clearly been thrown into doubt by the pandemic, which has caused some artists to delay releasing their own albums.
Adele has been working with OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder, who co-wrote her songs Remedy and Rumour Has It.
Ryan told me back in March to expect big things.
He teased: “I’ll just say that she sounds better than ever.”
It already seems sure to be the album of the year.
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Jesy’s cover lifted
JESY NELSON looks like a cover girl in this stunning snap she posted on Instagram – just like her mum was back in the day.
Little Mix have given themselves Eighties home makeovers for the video for Break Up Song and it includes Jesy reading a copy of Jackie magazine, with mum Janice on the front.
Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jade Thirlwall also sport out-there hairdos in my behind-the-scenes snaps from the making of the clip, which they shot in isolation at their homes.
The video, released today, also features animated versions of them. They were due to shoot it just before the lockdown, which forced them to get creative with this clip.
The girls had also been hoping to release their sixth album, but have been unable to finish it while isolating.
More Little Mix tunes would be sure to lift our spirits right now, so hopefully they’ll get a move on when they reunite.
LOSING FAITH
PALOMA FAITH has admitted she is unsure whether she will be able to have a second baby, despite wanting to expand her family.
The Mistakes singer already has one child with long-term boyfriend Leyman Lahcine but suggested they have struggled to have another.
She told a pal during an Instagram Live that she did want another kid.
But when asked if she thought she would, Paloma, inset, said: “I don’t know, it’s not going so well.”
Paloma, whose last album The Architect was released in 2017, previously told how she had suffered a traumatic labour, when “everything that could possibly go wrong, went wrong”. It seems she recently turned to IVF in the hope of having another baby.
Paloma explained: “I feel like, with this whole Covid thing, a lot of us that have done IVF, me included, probably aren’t . . . It’s not looking great for another one right now.”
During her broadcast, she also opened up about why she has not yet married artist Leyman, despite having been together for the past seven years.
Paloma said: “I was married once when I was very young. It lasted not very long because I hated being married.
“Yes, it was the factor that the guy wasn’t the right guy, but I actually remember hating being married with a passion so I don’t want to ever do that again.”
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LOTS OF LOTS FOR CHRIS
HE auctioned off his treasured Concorde seats and 2012 Olympic torch.
Now Virgin Radio’s Chris Evans has enlisted the help of A-list pals to raise more cash for charity.
The breakfast DJ is on course to raise £1million for Scrubs, Glorious Scrubs to make hygienic clothing for NHS workers after stars including Taylor Swift, Will Smith and TV double act Ant and Dec offered to lend a hand.
The auction lots have now got seriously good, with Taylor offering a signed guitar, Will donating his best golf clubs and Ant and Dec giving two of their 39 National Television Awards.
Even Chris’s son Noah has got involved and has now raised £100,000 for 20,000 sets of PPE by camping out in the family’s garden, below, for a month.
Chris said of the 11-year-old’s fundraising: “What a supreme effort. He still has to get on with his home schooling of course and doing his fair share of tidying up after tea, but we might cut him some extra slack for a couple of days.”
To help Chris hit his £1million target, and to bid for items including Russell Brand’s cowboy boots and Rod Stwart’s Cartier watch, go to bidinauction.com.
Gary and Chris’ ’90s classic
GARY BARLOW has been running his Crooner Sessions duets on YouTube during lockdown – with big names including Niall Horan and Sir Cliff Richard.
But today I can reveal he’s hauled in Coldplay’s Chris Martin, as the pair join forces on what I’m told is a “Nineties classic”.
A source tells me: “What started out as a bit of fun has picked up speed and now he’s got everyone who is anyone agreeing to take part.”
Gary said: “These sessions have shown me what brilliant friends I have.”
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KELLY ROWLAND will make things interesting for hubby Tim Weatherspoon by dressing up. The singer said: “I’m like, ‘Well, if I have to play dress-up and do role-play . . . then it needs to happen’. We spice things up a bit.”
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