{"id":5299,"date":"2026-06-09T22:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/rich-paul-talks-adele-relationship-reveals-how-they-met\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T22:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T22:36:22","slug":"rich-paul-talks-adele-relationship-reveals-how-they-met","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/rich-paul-talks-adele-relationship-reveals-how-they-met\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich Paul talks Adele relationship, reveals how they met"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F130399164.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/who-is-rich-paul-sports-agent\/\">Rich Paul<\/a> revealed he met fianc\u00e9e Adele \u201cthrough a friend\u201d in intimate new comments about his romance with the beloved singer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had known her for some time,\u201d the sports agent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4eZj1VP3P0o\">dished during Tuesday\u2019s episode of Craig Melvin\u2019s \u201cGlass Half Full\u201d podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, just when you\u2019re in these circles, man, you\u2019re in these circles,\u201d he continued. \u201cBut I never tried to get fresh with people that\u2019s in comfortable circles because they always have to deal with that, so that was never my thing. It was really something that happened very organically, really.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Rich Paul (pictured above kissing Adele in a social media snapshot) opened up about his romance with the singer in a new interview.  <span class=\"credit\">adele\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The couple (seen above at the 2023 Grammys) met \u201cthrough a friend,\u201d he shared on the latest episode of Craig Melvin\u2019s \u201cGlass Half Full\u201d podcast. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for The Recording Academy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Paul, 45, noted that \u201cobviously, you can\u2019t help but to hear the monster hits,\u201d referring to Adele\u2019s ubiquitous tracks. <\/p>\n<p>Still he admitted he hadn\u2019t actively listened to many of her songs \u2014 the deeper cuts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut obviously, you know, I\u2019m pretty on the pulse of a lot of different things, and so, you know, some of the songs, the big songs, but I didn\u2019t know all of the joints that I know now,\u201d he explained. <\/p>\n<p>When Melvin continued to ask about the relationship, Paul said the pair bumped into each other on occasion, leading to increasing familiarity.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The sports agent, pictured with Adele in 2025, said he\u2019d \u201cknown her for some time\u201d before the relationship turned romantic.  <span class=\"credit\">Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Paul, seen above at the NBA playoffs last month, joked that he\u2019s \u201cthe best singer in the house.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"anchor-0bb516\">\u201cWe\u2019re all in the same vicinity, we\u2019re all in the same circles, and, you know, we\u2019re hanging and whatnot,\u201d he shared. \u201cWe just used to always see each other, laugh and joke. It was just cordial, really, just cordial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul then joked that it remained cordial \u201cuntil it <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/07\/18\/adele-and-rich-paul-dating-rumors-fly-after-pair-photographed\/\">became not so cordial<\/a>\u201d and he \u201cbecame a person of interest\u201d for the Grammy-winning songstress.<\/p>\n<p>He also quipped that he\u2019s \u201cthe best singer in the house.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The power couple <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/adele-rich-paul-relationship-timeline\/\">sparked romance rumors in 2021<\/a>, making their public debut at an NBA game that summer. The \u201cHello\u201d hitmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/08\/09\/celebrity-news\/adele-finally-confirms-engagement-to-rich-paul-after-three-years-of-dating\/\">confirmed her engagement <\/a>to the sports agent in August 2024.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The pair began dating back in 2021. They\u2019re pictured with with Dwayne Johnson in 2023.  <span class=\"credit\">CBS via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Adele, pictured here with Rich in an Instagram upload, confirmed their engagement in 2024 after three years of dating. <span class=\"credit\">adele\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Adele \u2014 who was previously married to Simon Konecki, with whom she shares son Angelo, 13, from 2018 to 2021 \u2014 once told Oprah Winfrey that Paul is \u201cjust hilarious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s hilarious and very smart,\u201d she gushed in the 2021 interview. \u201cHe\u2019s very, very smart. It\u2019s quite incredible watching him do what he does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added that the romance has \u201cbeen very smooth\u201d and divulged that it was the first time she\u2019s \u201cloved myself and been open to loving and being loved by someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/09\/celebrity-news\/rich-paul-talks-adele-relationship-reveals-how-they-met\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rich Paul revealed he met fianc\u00e9e Adele \u201cthrough a friend\u201d in intimate new comments about<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/130399164.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}