Adele gives most honest interview ever as she talks Rich Paul, kids and Las Vegas shows
FOR years she has refused to be drawn on her relationships, leaving fans to fill in the blanks by scrutinising her lyrics.
Now, for the first time, Adele has spoken in detail about how she wants to walk down the aisle and start a family with US sports agent Rich Paul.
The 34-year-old megastar, who kicks off her delayed Las Vegas residency in November, said: “I’ve never been in love like this. I’m obsessed with him.”
In May the couple spent £42million on Sylvester Stallone’s former Beverly Hills mansion, which Adele plans to make their family home.
Adele added: “I definitely want more kids. I’m a homemaker and I’m a matriarch, and a stable life helps me with my music. But right now, all I got in my brain is Vegas. I wanna f**king nail it.”
The mum-of-one met her first husband Simon Konecki in 2011 before welcoming their son, Angelo, in 2012.
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Five years later they were married - with the Someone Like You hitmaker casually telling fans at a concert in Brisbane, Australia she was married and had “found my next person”.
By April 2019 it was all over — with Adele telling Oprah Winfrey she felt she had “disappointed” her son and was “embarrassed” it didn’t work out.
But the heartbreak hasn’t put her off saying “I do” one more time — quickly replying “yes, absolutely” when asked if she wants to remarry.
Her candid answers during the interview, which features in Elle magazine’s September issue, do not last long, though.
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When asked if she is already engaged after attending this year’s Brit Awards with a giant rock on her engagement finger, Adele said: “Well, I’m not married. I’m just in love. I’m happy as I’ll ever be. I might as well be married.”
She later teases: “I’m not engaged. I just love high-end jewellery, boy”.
While her personal life has never been better, in January her career hit an all-time low after she pulled the plug on her planned residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace less than 24 hours before taking to the stage.
She appeared visibly drained in a video at the time as she insisted the show wasn’t ready due to complications with Covid and staging.
Adele said: “It was the worst moment in my career, by far. I was so excited about those shows. It was devastating.”
For months rumours of rifts with production managers and concert organisers have swirled online — with Adele keeping tight-lipped about what really went on.
Seven months later, she now comes clean.
'Really beautiful'
Adele explained: “There was just no soul in it. The stage set-up wasn’t right. It was very disconnected from me and my band, and it lacked intimacy.
“And maybe I tried too hard to give it those things in such a controlled environment.”
However, after a “really, really hard” couple of months, Adele says she’s seen her self-confidence grow and is proud that she refused to compromise her “artistic needs.”
The new show, which will run for 32 dates until March 2023, documents her rise to the top from breakthrough single Hometown Glory in 2007 to the present day.
She says: “I want to tell the story of the beginning of my career to now. I’m not gonna give too much away about it, but the show grows.
“It’s all about the music, and it’s really, really nostalgic. It’s gonna be really beautiful.
“It’s been really emotional putting the set list and the visuals together, because so much has happened. Fifteen years is a long time. But one thing I feel so lucky about, even with how big my life is now, is that I really lived a normal life.”
Her debut album 19, much of which was penned when she was just 16, turned her into an overnight star and was a UK No1.
It kick-started a long list of awards for Adele which now includes 12 Brit Awards and 15 Grammys.
Her career quickly snowballed with her second and third albums 21 and 25 spawning global megahits Someone Like You and Hello respectively.
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After six years hidden away from the world in the Californian hills and recovering from vocal surgery which forced her to cut her 2017 World tour short, Adele returned this year with Easy On Me.
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The track, which served as the lead single to her fourth album 30, broke streaming records around the world with 24 million plays in the first week.
- The October issue of Elle UK is on sale from 1st September.
