Paloma Faith has announced her divorce from spouse Leyman Lahcine.
Rumours originally circulated in November 2022 that the singer, 42, and French artist, 36, had split up.
Paloma, who married Leyman in 2017, did not respond to the speculation, instead finishing the year with an honest tweet about 2022 being “s**t” and labelling herself a “broken woman.”
However, the Only Love Can Hurt Like This singer has now publicly announced that she is a “single mother.”
Paloma and Leyman have two kids, ages five and two, following their nine-year relationship.
The mother-of-two took to social media to post a flurry of photos from a recent trip to sunny Mallorca.
She flaunted her lovely physique in a pink bikini, as well as the delectable meals and breathtaking scenery.
Paloma mentioned in her caption what she learned during the trip.
‘Just got back from holidays in Mallorca where I realised I speak “survival Spanish” (not bad considering I wasn’t raised with my dad speaking to me in Spanish).
‘I can single handedly do a flight with two kids alone, that I love the company of my kids but it’s easier with others around, that I am blessed in a million ways and will always be grateful.
‘Everything can wait (needed to learn this), that nothing needs to be a stressful as it often becomes (stress is accumulative) and that I probably should live in a place with a warmer climate (who’s coming?).’
Her hashtags underneath included #SingleMum, #MumLife and #Workaholic.
In the comments, fans praised the Make Your Own Kind of Music singer, with Girls Aloud member Nicola Roberts sending a fire emoji.
One fellow parent wrote: ‘Amazing! @palomafaith is such an inspiration to all of us. If you can do all of these amazing things!! You are a super mum! Thank you so much for posting this I’m a newly single mum. So inspirational. If you can do it then so can I! Thank you. You give me hope and faith. Thank you so much!’
It was alleged late last year that the popstar initially mentioned being single while partying at Jonathan Ross‘ annual Halloween event.
A source said: ‘Paloma and Leyman have ended their relationship and she is very much single.
‘She was living her best life at Jonathan’s party and was the life and soul of the bash.’
They added to The Sun: ‘Things between Paloma and Leyman became strained over the past year and they’re no longer together – although they co-parent their children together.
‘Everyone was pleased to see her so happy after a tough few months.’
Paloma and Leyman began dating in 2013.
They kept their relationship quite covert, never even making a public declaration about their private wedding.
Paloma has defended her decision to keep her children out of the spotlight.
Speaking previously about juggling her career with being a parent, she told SheerLuxe: ‘I’m quite spontaneous but parenthood has taken a lot of that away.
‘I’ve surrendered to it now, because I know having children was my choice, but I also know the notion of “having it all” is a complete illusion.’
The actress said that it might be ’emotionally challenging’ to parent while working because of ‘guilt’ and needing to make’sacrifices’.
She also stated that she does not want to impose gender norms on her children and that she will help them if they have gender issues.
‘I’d want to encourage them to embrace who they are.’
