Moment Sam Thompson found out Zara McDermott cheated on him as couple split four years on
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After five years together, Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott have called time on their romance separated. The pair seemed to be a power couple and there had even been speculation there would be wedding bells in the near future. However, the reality TV duo are no more after spending the festive period apart.
Over the half a decade they spent as an item, the couple built a home together next door to Sam's sister Louise and her fiancé Ryan Libbey. They also share two cats together - Albus and Cedric. And it's reported that Sam had never truly forgiven Zara for cheating on him near the start of their relationship.
Shortly after it was revealed former Love Island and Strictly Come Dancing star Zara had cheated on Sam in 2019, the pair chose to make another go of things. It came after Zara issued a grovelling apology on our TV screens. But how did Sam discover his girlfriend had been unfaithful?.
In the 2019 edition of The X Factor: Celebrity, it was revealed that Zara cheated on Sam with Brahim Fouradi, a music industry executive who has worked on talent shows such as The X Factor as part of his duties as A&R director at Simon Cowell's company Syco. It's understood this breach of trust had a profound effect on Sam.
Sam ended their 16-month relationship in September 2020 after he got wind of her affair with Brahim. A source close to Zara admitted at the time that Sam had been suspicious of how much time she was spending with the music mogul and eventually discovered their romance.
"Sam suspected quite early on that something was going on between Zara and Brahim, and there was a big confrontation," the insider told The Sun in 2020. "She was spending increasing amounts of time with him backstage, and hanging around after hours. Sam found out and kicked off. He's devastated about how things have turned out.".
