Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott's five-year romance - including split that became a meme
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Mere weeks after fans speculated an engagement was on the cards, Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott have reportedly called it quits after five eventful years together. The reality television stars had made a life for themselves together in a lavish £1 million London townhouse, along with their two cats, Cedric and Albus. For a long time, they seemed utterly perfect for each other. Having always shown support for each other's careers, fans loved their shared sense of humour and often relatable domestic moments.
Sadly, the pair have now made the "incredibly difficult decision" to part ways after their choice to spend the festive season apart, which sparked rumours of a crack in their relationship. Here, the Mirror takes a look back at their time together, including an earlier split which launched a thousand memes...
Documentary maker Zara was the one to make the first move with Sam, sliding into his Instagram DMs back in 2019. At the time, Zara and Sam had both been nursing broken hearts following respective break-ups with Adam Collard and Sophie Habboo. Sam, who was won over by Zara initiating a connection, opened up about their early messages while appearing on the 2023 run of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! When quizzed by fellow campmate Fred Sirieix, well known for creating sparks in the First Dates restaurant, Sam shared: “Fred, I’m going to be honest with you, mate… it was really romantic actually.”.
He continued: “She slid into my DMs. This is so lame… I like a couple of her photos just to let her know I was alive. Then she followed me on Instagram. I was actually on a job, and she replied to one of my Instagram Stories and she went, ‘Your story’s really loud!' I sent her an emoji of a lemon, and she went, ‘What’s that?’ I wen't ‘Sorry, I couldn’t find an opening lime'.".
