source: www.alexsturrock.com
Every since Adele became a megastar with her alternately catchy and tear-inducing album 21, we've been trying to identify the man that broke her heart and spurred her to write such excellent fodder for our own weep-fests. At first, we suspected it might be a gentleman named Slinky Sunbeam, but now it turns out to be someone else entirely—and we never even suspected him.
His name is Alex Sturrock, and he's a photographer. Heat magazine has apparently tapped an unnamed "friend" of Alex who vouched for the fact that he dated the singer from the summer of 2008 until April of 2009. 21 came out in 2011, but Adele began recording it in May of 2009, so the timing works pretty well there. And indeed, here is his website with a bunch of pictures of Adele on it.
The anonymous friend said of their relationship:
It was an intense period for them. They met through mutual friends and hit it off straight away. He shot her a few times and that was just it. They spent all their time together – and when they weren't together they would ring each other constantly.
As they got more serious, Adele apparently hired him as the official photographer for her US tour. They reportedly shared hotel rooms while traveling, and he was there when she won a Grammy in February of 2009. While they appeared to share a deep connection—"He'd say no one knew her like he did," says the pal—Alex refused to call Adele his girlfriend, even though he was living with her. Well, that certainly sounds like the beginnings of a heartbreak worthy enough to inspire the UK's best-selling album of this century. These pieces do fit together pretty neatly, but of course we'll never know for sure who the man behind 21 is until Adele herself decides to confirm his identity for us. But assuming it was him, at least we know he's being forced to watch her become a total international sensation and find what looks like real happiness with her new beau Simon Konecki.
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