The “Easy on Me” singer and sports agent first went official with their relationship in July 2021.
Adele has fallen in love again with Rich Paul!
The “Easy on Me” singer and sports agent announced their relationship publicly in the summer of 2021. Since then, they’ve attended at other NBA games, and Adele has spoken about Paul in a number of interviews.
Most recently, the duo powered marriage rumors when Adele described Paul as her “husband” during an interaction with a fan during her Las Vegas residency.
Take a look at their relationship timeline.
Adele and Rich Paul start relationship rumors.
During the NBA Finals, they made their first public appearance together, witnessing the Milwaukee Bucks face the Phoenix Suns.
Shortly after that, a source told PEOPLE that the two were dating and had been involved for “a few months.” ESPN’s Brian Windhorst confirmed their relationship status on The Lowe Post, telling listeners that Paul brought “his girlfriend to the game to sit next to LeBron.”
Adele and Rich Paul made their Instagram accounts public on September 19, 2021.
At the wedding of NBA superstar Anthony Davis and Marlen P, who took place in Los Angeles in September 2021, Adele was there to accompany Paul. Following to the marriage, Adele recorded the pleasant event by posting a series of photographs on Instagram. Among these photographs was a picture of her and Paul cuddling each other in the photo booth. A red heart was included in the caption of the post despite the fact that she did not tag Paul in the post.
Adele shares the story of how she first became acquainted with Rich Paul.
Adele granted candid interviews to both Vogue and British Vogue for their following cover stories in November 2021. During these conversations, she discussed her relationship with Paul in a brief manner.
Addressing her partner, she stated, “Rich has just arrived in an incredible manner.” “I do not have feelings of anxiety, nervousness, or frazzledness. On the contrary, it is the case. It’s absolutely insane.” During the interview, she also revealed that the two had first met at a party a couple of years prior, when she joked to him when she was “a bit drunk,” asking, “Do you want to sign me?” To this day, I am an athlete.
“He is wonderful. He is just hilarious. She continued by saying, “You know, he is so smart.”
First Date and Flim Audience in UK
On Oct. 10, 2021, Adele and Rich Paul had a date night at the NBA season opener and on Nov. 6, 2021, filming An Audience with Adele in the U.K., marking their first U.K. performance in four years. They were spotted together in a car.
Nov. 14, 2021: Adele tells Oprah how much she loves Rich Paul
Adele addressed more about her relationship with Paul in her Adele One Night Only CBS special with Oprah Winfrey.
“He’s very funny. He really is amusing and hilarious. Moreover, highly intelligent. He’s greatly very smart, you know. Seeing him perform is just amazing,” she remarked.
It is the first time, she revealed, that she has “loved myself and been open to loving and being loved by someone else.”
She said, “It’s just timing.” “But it’d be interesting to see what my reaction is like in general to anything that hurts me now that I feel so secure in myself, and I’m talking outside of romance as well.”
Adele rejects rumors of a breakup with Rich Paul on February 1, 2022.
Adele appeared to address breakup rumors with her and Paul in an Instagram post that pointed to her appearance at the BRIT Awards.
“Hiya, so I’m really happy to say that I am performing at the Brits next week!! And I’ll also be popping in to see Graham for a chat on the couch while I’m in town too! I’m looking forward to it!” she wrote before adding, “Oh, and Rich sends his love ♥️”
Adele gently addresses rumors of her engagement on February 11, 2022.
On February 11, 2022, the singer played coy about rumors of an engagement when the television presenter brought notice to the large diamond on her left ring finger as she was on The Graham Norton Show.
She said, “As if I would ever tell anyone if I was or wasn’t,” making reference to her jewelry. “It’s lovely though, isn’t it?”
Adele and Rich Paul go out to dinner in Los Angeles on June 19, 2022.
The pair was spotted out to dinner at Mother Wolf in Los Angeles in June. A person with knowledge told PEOPLE, “She seemed to be having a great time and was leaning into Rich here and there.” They stayed for a while and were eventually accompanied by another friend before the couple “went out a back exit.”
Adele and Rich Paul attend the Grammy Awards together on February 5, 2023.
Adele and Paul had a very uncommon joint public appearance in February 2023 when they traveled to the 2023 Grammy Awards, where Adele won best pop solo performance for her performance of “Easy on Me.” They smiled for a few pictures inside the event despite not hitting the red carpet together.
Rich Paul says that Adele found reading his memoir to be “very emotional” on October 9, 2023.
In an interview with PEOPLE, Paul talked candidly about his new book, Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds. The book describes his early years spent in a criminal neighbourhood in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as the severe trauma he endured as a result of his mother’s drug addiction.
Adele attends Rich Paul’s 43rd birthday celebration on December 16, 2023.
In Los Angeles, Paul hosted a birthday bash at The Classic Cat. Later, he posted pictures from the event to Instagram, one of which showed him and Adele posing against a backdrop similar of graffiti.
In the words of a source, Adele and Rich Paul’s relationship is “solid” as of May 5, 2024.
A source says that Paul and Adele’s “relationship is solid.” PEOPLE was also informed by another insider that the couple “motivates each other.”
