You can understand why she holds such appeal for her audience – which she identifies for me as “16-24, young women, they’re 70% of my followers on Instagram”; Jama thinks, talks and dresses in a relatable way, resolutely high-street and chirpy about her good fortune. Is her candour a conscious decision, intended to break down the illusion of impossible femininity, I ask? Her four-year relationship with Grime star Stormzy, 27, ended last year and Maya is worried at the thought of dating again. If it hadn’t been for going through those difficulties, my whole perception of life would be different. “Meeting up with him made me realise, ‘I don’t really know you. From there, she got her first proper presenting job (“for one of those Sky channels that nobody ever watches, but it was great training”) and before she knew it she was working for MTV and hosting a radio show on Rinse FM. So what makes her angry? “I don’t want to get close to someone who will just fall back in the same pattern,” she says warily. ... Stormzy apologises to Maya Jama for 'public disrespect' Published. TELLY host Maya Jama has told how the gun murder of her boyfriend spurred her on to future success in showbiz. “And they do these champagne cocktails that get you mashed.”, I don’t think it would be possible to spend a day with Jama and not end it besotted. “She’s real.”, Jama’s impact proves anything is possible. But Jama had energy and “life goals” – and one by one, she has been ticking them off at such rapid speed that it makes her physically squeal, the human equivalent of the “omg skjhskjhlslhjk” text from a best friend with good news. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. “We didn’t ever want to do the whole [couple] goals thing together,” Jama blushes. I try to ignore what everyone has to say or write about it and move on.”, The couple have been together for three-and-a-half years and live in a townhouse in Chelsea. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. TELLY host Maya Jama has told how the gun murder of her boyfriend spurred her on to future success in showbiz. “It’s the only snazzy restaurant I really know,” she beams, when I ask why it’s her destination of choice. The TV presenter and girlfriend of Stormzy also happens to be the star of GLAMOUR's AW18 hair shoot, which is on sale NOW - race you to the newsstand? By her teenage years, she had cut ties with her father entirely: “I just felt like, if you can’t even make the effort to stay out of jail, why am I making the effort to go and see you?” It wasn’t until she filmed a 2017 documentary about children growing up with fathers in prison, that they had a short-lived reunion. “The thing I get asked most is, ‘How are you so yourself? The kind that compels the camera and had Stormzy interrupt his usually music-heavy Instagram feed to post a photo of her on a knickers shoot with a caption that simply read: “Sorry, but”. She said: “I went through a lot. I was choked up', Stormzy is a political pop hero young people can truly believe in, Reggie Yates: ‘I was accused of being aggressive when I was being passionate’. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click here. Jama laughs at the notion that the industry likes to bill them together as Britain’s baby Beyoncé and Jay-Z. The 23-year-old TV and radio presenter admits that she couldn’t sing – “as much as I wish I could, being a popstar was completely out of it” – and after a string of auditions as a teenager, realised that acting wasn’t her bag because despite “almost making it on to Skins”, she was only ever playing “Extreme Maya or Angry Maya or whatever”. What started out as an unpaid internship soon evolved into a gig for football network Copa90 and, aged 19, Jama was sent to Brazil to cover the World Cup. RING The Sun on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or EMAIL exclusive@the-sun.co.uk, Strictly's Nicola Adams AXED from show after Katya catches coronavirus, The 4 mild symptoms of coronavirus you should not ignore, Heartbreaking tributes to 'little angel', 2, as man, 26, held for 'murder', UK Covid cases rise by 33,470 in biggest EVER jump, How to get £150 off your council tax bill due to coronavirus, ©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Speaking to Cosmopolitan UK, Maya revealed she was just 16 when Rico Gordon, 21, was c… A beloved TV presenter and rising star at BBC Radio 1, she has found fans for her infectious enthusiasm and excitable energy, been plastered across billboards for the likes of Adidas and Maybelline, and launched two iterations of a hotly demanded clothing collaboration with online retailer Pretty Little Thing. “I’d just met these cameramen who got me a job as a runner, and things were starting to look good for me. She has a podcast – “in the iTunes top 10!” – hosted by lingerie company Freya, neatly titled When Life Gives You Melons, and has an eye on developing her own chat show by “speaking it into existence”. Obsessed with the idea of “being on telly”, she would recruit them all to purchase tickets for her self-staged living-room performances and No Doubt dance recitals, while watching women such as June Sarpong and Jameela Jamil on T4 made her realise that girls like her had a place in mainstream media.

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