Zara McDermott affair 'broke' Sam Thompson but one thing could have saved them - expert
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Zara McDermott and Sam Thompson shocked fans when they announced their split after five years - but can a relationship ever survive infidelity?. Finding out your parner has been unfaithful is a feeling no-one ever wants to experience, and while it is undoubtedly heartbreaking, some couples decide to try and work it out and move on together. But for others, it is a definite end to the relationship as the trust has been broken forever.
When it emerged that former Love Island and Strictly Come Dancing star Zara had cheated on Sam in 2019, the pair chose to stuck it out after Zara's grovelling apology showed on our TV screens, but it wasn't meant to be as they've now parted ways. At the time, Sam faced wide criticism for taking her back, while Zara suffered a barage of abuse for doing the dirty. Despite all the drama, the former Made in Chelsea star said he managed to forgive his partner. However, sources close to the couple claim it was something he 'never truly got over'.
Although the couple have not specifiied the reason for their sad split, the dilemma has sparked a wider conversation online. We spoke to relationship expert Anne-Sofie Koktved from Datingxperten to decipher whether a relationship can really stay the course after such betrayal.
In 2022, Zara to revealed her and Sam were "hanging on by a thread," telling her co-star Jamie Laing she thought they would break up after she cosied up to X Factor music boss Brahim Fourad during her time on X Factor in 2019, 16 months into her relationship with Sam. However, the pair managed to make it work, and were together for just over five years.
