Smoke-Jumper Adele holed up with Rich Paul after ‘volatile’ romance added to Vegas drama

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Adele holed up with Rich Paul after ‘volatile’ romance added to Vegas drama​



By Emily Smith and Sara Nathan


February 1, 2022 | 11:12am









Adele holed up with Rich Paul after ‘volatile’ romance added to Vegas drama






Adele has been holed up with boyfriend Rich Paul after their “volatile” relationship allegedly contributed to the cancellation of her Las Vegas residency.
After she dramatically canceled her dates at Caesars Palace, causing an outcry from fans who spent thousands on tickets, the singer went straight to the NBA manager’s Beverly Hills home, and has remained there ever since.
Insiders say the pair have been trying to fix things, and Paul is helping her renegotiate her contract with the Vegas casino owners.
A source who knows the 33-year-old musician told Page Six, “She and Rich had been fighting, and their relationship was volatile before she canceled her dates.”
The insider continued, “Adele is very emotional and dramatic. He’s an NBA guy who has to go on the road — they are very different — and they hit a rough patch.”
Enlarge ImageAdele and Rich Paul at the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors NBA game in LA in October.Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Last week, we revealed the “Easy on Me” crooner was heard “shouting and sobbing” on the phone to her 40-year-old boyfriend of six months during rehearsals.
“Adele’s been crying and couldn’t get through a single full rehearsal for the past month,” said a source linked to the management team at Caesars Palace, where the shows were to take place.
“Just constantly on the phone with Rich … loudly shouting and sobbing.”
A second Vegas industry source told Page Six Monday, “There’s chatter about why Rich wasn’t in Las Vegas to support Adele — even the day before the show would have launched. Was he even going to be there for the debut?
Enlarge ImageAdele wept as she told fans she was postponing her Vegas residency last month. Instagram
“It’s another red flag pointing to relationship conflict as a factor in the cancellation.

“At first, we took her emotional calls [to Paul] to be about concerns with the show, but many of the conversations were actually fights.”
The “Hello” singer then dropped an emotional video on January 21 to call off her residency just hours before the show, claiming that they had “run out of time” because numerous members of the crew were down with COVID-19.
The source who knows Adele added, “Adele didn’t show up in Vegas until almost the last minute — in production terms — we think partly because of her issues with Paul.
“And when she got there, Adele hated the production and the set, and didn’t have enough time to change it.”
Enlarge ImageAdele looked glam as she enjoyed date night with Rich Paul in October. AP
There were reports that the singer allegedly had clashed with the show’s production designer, wasn’t satisfied with the 60-person choir brought in to accompany her on “Skyfall” and reportedly argued that a pool she was supposed to float above on stage looked like a “baggy old pond.”
Fans are being told that their tickets will be honored from the canceled dates as soon as Adele can negotiate her return to Vegas for the weekend dates. However, there is industry chatter that the residency may never go ahead.
Adele’s show at the Colosseum of Las Vegas at Caesars Palace was originally scheduled for twice a weekend from Jan. 21 through April 16. But that now has to be scheduled around other performers booked at the venue, including Keith Urban, who stepped to fill the open dates.
A rep for Adele did not get back to us.
 

Adele talks engagement rumors, teases having a niglet with Rich Paul​



By Francesca Bacardi


February 11, 2022 | 8:20am



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A split of Adele on The Graham Norton Show and sitting courtside at an NBA game with Rich Paul.


Adele opened up about her romance with Rich Paul on "The Graham Norton Show." Matt Crossick/PA/Sipa USA; Getty Images








Adele has a big future planned with boyfriend Rich Paul.
The “Easy on Me” singer taped her appearance on the UK’s “Graham Norton Show” Thursday and opened up about her relationship with the famed sports agent but would neither confirm nor deny if they’re engaged after wearing a massive diamond ring to the 2022 Brit Awards.
“If I was, would I ever tell anyone if I was or wasn’t?” the Brit, who was still wearing the ring, teased (via the Daily Mail).
But the real shock came when host Graham Norton asked Adele about her postponed Las Vegas residency, and the “Hello” singer, 33, assured viewers that it would be rescheduled for this year because she plans on having a baby.
“It is absolutely 100 percent happening this year. It has to happen this year because I’ve got plans for next year,” she said. “Imagine if I have to cancel because I am having a baby?”
As for why she decided to delay the show, Adele finally admitted it had nothing to do with COVID-19.
“I tried my hardest and really thought I would be able to pull something together in time,” Adele explained. “I regret that I kept going until that late in the day. It would have been a really half-arsed show, and I can’t do that.
“People will see straight through me up on the stage and know I didn’t want to be doing it. I’ve never done anything like that in my life and I’m not going to start now.”
Enlarge Image“It is absolutely 100 percent happening this year. It has to happen this year because I’ve got plans for next year,” she said of her postponed residency.Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
Adele, who celebrated her appearance by pole dancing afterward, said she’s holding out on announcing new dates until she knows “everything will definitely be ready.”
“The sooner I can announce the better,” she said, “but I just can’t in case we are not ready in time.”
Sources previously told Page Six that Adele couldn’t get through rehearsals in the month leading up to her debut.
“Adele’s been crying and couldn’t get through a single full rehearsal for the past month,” said a source linked to the management team at Caesars Palace, where the shows were set to take place. “Just constantly on the phone with Rich … loudly shouting and sobbing.
“She has barely rehearsed because she is constantly in the middle of an emotional shootout.”
The Grammy winner confirmed her relationship with Paul, 40, last summer after finalizing her divorce from Simon Konecki, with whom she shares 9-year-old son Angelo.
 
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