Jade Thirlwall secretly SPLITS with boyfriend of six years Jordan Stephens
JADE Thirlwall has split from Jordan Stephens after six years as a couple.
The Little Mix star began dating the Rizzle Kicks singer in 2020 and had since moved in together – dividing their time between homes in London and Margate.
But The Sun has learned they separated earlier this year, although are still close.
A source said: “Jade and Jordan had a very serious and loving relationship but recently they have had some frank discussions about their future and have decided to separate.
“It’s not been an easy time but they’ve both been throwing themselves into work.
“Their friends adore them as a couple and are really hoping they get back together but it’s still very raw at the moment.”
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Reps for both Jade and Jordan have been approached for comment.
Last month, they failed to post about their sixth anniversary together, which they had shared updates about in the past.
They have also not been photographed together for several months – with their last red carpet appearance as a couple being at February’s Brit Awards where they partied until the early hours.
Neither have posted about each other on Instagram since mid-March, and Jordan recently wiped all of the TikTok videos they made together from his profile.
When asked in June about progress on her second album, she hinted at her heartache.
She told The Fader: “I’m just writing stuff. Whatever I’m going through at the minute, like privately, I’m sort of putting pen to paper.
“I think this is the exciting phase or the experimental phase, where you don’t know what it’s going to be yet.”
Jade also attended her bandmate Perrie Edwards’ wedding in Portugal last month without him.
The Sun first revealed they were dating in 2020 after they went on a series of socially distanced walks during the Covid lockdowns.
The Shout Out To My Ex singer said she “slid into his DMs” after a friend suggested they would be a good match, and they had dates on video call.
She explained: “It was through a friend. I slid in the DMs. I’d been doing this for quite a while. I kept getting pied left, right and centre.
“Jordan and I did a few Zoom dates in lockdown. We made a joke and said it was business and put suits and ties on and asked each other questions. I did the full shebang, a full suit.
“Then we had a socially distanced date in Greenwich park, apart from each other just chatting.”
Jordan recently took over as co-host of the popular Miss Me? podcast with Miquita Oliver, replacing Lily Allen.
Fans had noticed he hasn’t spoken about Jade on the podcast for several weeks.
He had a successful career as one half of pop duo Rizzle Kicks from 2008 to 2016 before relaunching the group in 2024.
As a musician, Jordan also worked on her debut album That’s Showbiz Baby! which was released last year.
Jade said at the time: “I actually really didn’t want to date a musician. I’d done it previously; it never works out well. But it’s amazing now. We write together.
“He’s on my album; I’m on his. Jordan’s on the backing vocals for Headache.”
She is currently on a festival tour which will see her spend August travelling across America, Japan, Ireland and the UK.