'Reason' for Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott's split shared by pal
Reality TV favourites Zara McDermott and Sam Thompson recently called time on their five-year relationship. Now a friend has claimed Zara was frustrated by Sam's 'childish' personality.
They said they both wanted different things out of life, with Zara allegedly wanting to start a family and Sam keen to focus on his career. According to one friend speaking to The Sun: "Zara never felt like she was the priority with Sam. He always seemed to find someone or something to put before her."
Their friends suggest that conflicts over their future goals widened the rift, painting Sam's "immature" ways as a contributing factor to the relationship reaching a platonic plateau. The strains led to them spending Christmas separately and subsequently dissolving their partnership permanently.
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"Zara loved Sam, but things in the relationship weren’t right," the insider shared. "They are both selfish in their own right and want to be successful in business as individuals - but of course that comes at a price.
"Sam is very childish - it’s even become a part of his ‘showbiz persona’ - but Zara feels as though she’s getting older and wants to start being taken more seriously."
"She knows she’ll want to start a family soon, but Sam thinks they’re both way too young and should focus on their careers." The couple had faced tough times in their relationship.
Sam ended things with Zara in 2019 after discovering she had been unfaithful a year earlier with music executive Brahim Fouradi during The Celebrity X Factor. Although the couple managed to patch things up, the incident strained relations within the family, particularly with Sam's sister, Louise Thompson, also a reality TV personality from Made In Chelsea.
Zara had begged Sam to take her back after breaking down in tears on the show. An insider told The Sun: "They’re both quite insecure and that came with its own issues. After her affair it built a wedge with Sam’s family and Sam looked at them for their approval. It was always an uphill battle to prove she had changed.
"Sadly they ended up growing apart rather than together and their relationship became more like friends who are housemates rather than lovers."