{"id":4560893,"date":"2021-10-18T15:36:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T19:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=4560893"},"modified":"2022-12-05T12:25:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T17:25:28","slug":"adele-divorce-simon-konecki-overdue-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/10\/18\/adele-divorce-simon-konecki-overdue-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Adele Admits She Had Been Putting Off Simon Konecki Split For &#8216;Years&#8217; Before Divorce: &#8216;It Was Overdue&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Adele said that her decision to divorce Simon Konecki \u2014 which inspired her new album, &#8217;30&#8217; \u2014 wasn&#8217;t easy, but ultimately was &#8216;worth it.&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/adele\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><strong>Adele<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0drastically altered her life back in 2019 when she decided to file for divorce from her husband, <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-simon-konecki-adele-husband-3584898\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><strong>Simon Konecki<\/strong><\/a>. Now two years later, the 33-year-old singer has <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/adele-boyfriends-history-4481262\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >finalized her divorce<\/a>, she&#8217;s dating a new man, sports agent <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/who-is-rich-paul-4479834\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><strong>Rich Paul<\/strong><\/a>, and she has <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/adele-new-album-4396864\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >a new album<\/a> coming out on November 19. Adele is clearly thriving, but she did reflect on her divorce process in an interview with <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thisisheart\/status\/1448905433373200393\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><em>Heart Radio<\/em><\/a> on Friday, while promoting her new single &#8220;<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/10\/14\/adele-easy-on-me-new-song-video\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >Easy On Me<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">&#8220;It was overdue,\u201d Adele said of her divorce.\u00a0\u201cIt was exhausting, it was really hard work but I was able to take the time that I needed, which isn\u2019t a given for everyone, I\u2019m very aware of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome back <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Adele?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"  target=\"_blank\"  >@adele<\/a>. We missed you. \u2764\ufe0f <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TR6wQxx5Be\"  rel=\"nofollow\"  target=\"_blank\"  >pic.twitter.com\/TR6wQxx5Be<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">&mdash; Heart (@thisisheart) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thisisheart\/status\/1448905433373200393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"  target=\"_blank\"  >October 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/adele-transformation-photos-4042719\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >The Grammy winner<\/a> continued, &#8220;The more and more you put it off, the worse and worse it gets and I had been putting it off anyway for years before, and so now I am chilled as anything. So I\u2019d say it\u2019s worth it. Like knee-deep, treading through all of that poo is worth it.\u201d Adele went on to say that her new album,\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/10\/16\/adele-played-drake-30-album-video\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><em>30<\/em><\/a>, tells her perspective of the major life changes that she&#8217;s gone through since her last album dropped in 2015.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">&#8220;My side of it is I&#8217;ve done a lot of learning over the last few years, more than ever,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;And there&#8217;s a reason that I am one of of the most complicated and complex people I&#8217;ve ever met and known in my life. I feel like I&#8217;m a little bit closer to understanding why. So that&#8217;s sort of what my side is. And I have huge amount of feelings as well \u2014 doesn&#8217;t mean they go away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4560963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4560963\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4560963 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/adele-Simon-Konecki-Split-shutter-embed-1.jpg?w=620&#038;resize=620%2C933\" alt=\"Adele\" width=\"620\" height=\"933\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4560963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adele and Simon Konecki in London on December 6, 2013 (Photo: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">Adele has said before that her new catalog of music will be all about her divorce from Simon, 47. The &#8220;Hello&#8221; songstress recently shared some details about the split in <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/10\/07\/adele-new-album-divorce-son-unhappy\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >an interview with\u00a0<em>Vogue<\/em><\/a>, revealing that she was\u00a0&#8220;just going through the motions&#8221; and &#8220;wasn\u2019t happy&#8221; in her marriage.\u00a0\u201cNeither of us did anything wrong,&#8221; Adele clarified, before adding that the former couple&#8217;s son <a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/03\/10\/adele-simon-konecki-joint-custody-son-divorce-documents\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  ><strong>Angelo<\/strong><\/a>, 9, was\u00a0\u201c<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/10\/07\/adele-new-album-divorce-son-unhappy\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >really unhappy<\/a>&#8221; that his parents were breaking up.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4560965\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4560965\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4560965 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/adele-Simon-Konecki-Split-shutter-embed-2.jpg?w=620&#038;resize=620%2C942\" alt=\"Adele\" width=\"620\" height=\"942\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4560965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adele at Grammy Awards on February 15, 2016 (Photo: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">The music video for &#8220;Easy On Me,&#8221; the first single from Adele&#8217;s new album, includes a reference to her divorce.\u00a0The footage begins in black and white and slowly turns to color, with Adele packing up her belongings and leaves a dilapidated home. The new song also comes full circle to songs\u2019 past, beginning the same way that the<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\"  >\u201cHello\u201d music video began<\/a> and seemingly featuring the same home.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">Adele&#8217;s new music has been praised by fans and critics alike. All are waiting for her next releases, which will come when the entire\u00a0<em>30\u00a0<\/em>album drops on Nov. 19. And if there&#8217;s one thing we know about Adele, it&#8217;s that she&#8217;ll make this very long wait worthwhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adele said that her decision to divorce Simon Konecki \u2014 which inspired her new album, &#8217;30&#8217; \u2014 wasn&#8217;t easy, but ultimately was &#8216;worth it.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191609813,"featured_media":4577564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exclude_post_from_river":false,"_cr_original_post":"","_cr_replace_post_id":"","_cr_replacing_post_id":"","mt_seo_title":"Adele Says Her Split From Husband Simon Konecki 'Was Overdue'","mt_seo_description":"Adele said that her decision to divorce Simon Konecki \u2014 which inspired her new album, '30' \u2014 wasn't easy, but ultimately was 'worth it.'","_pmc_canonical_override":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2021-10-18T19:37:15Z","apple_news_api_id":"66905bbd-3d37-44f5-a175-208a83a36cb1","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2021-11-10T15:58:43Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AZpBbvT03RPWhdSCKg6NssQ","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[378005375,378005365],"tags":[158660],"_post-options":[],"coauthors":[378007513],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Adele-Divorce-Simon-SS-ftr.jpg?fit=620%2C350","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc8i1J-j8uN","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191609813"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4560893"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4945039,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560893\/revisions\/4945039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4577564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4560893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4560893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4560893"},{"taxonomy":"_post-options","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_post-options?post=4560893"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4560893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}