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    Adele Had A Secret Relationship No One Knew About: "I Associate Him With The Breakdown Of My Marriage"

    "I was unable to pretend that I wasn’t in my own storm."

    As you probably know, Adele dropped her highly anticipated album 30 — a heart-wrenching LP that explains divorce to her 9-year-old son, Angelo.

    Adele smiles as she stands onstage

    It's a fucking masterpiece. Just so you know.

    OK. Anyway...

    Now, we know Angelo's dad, Simon, is who the album's about, but what we DIDN'T know is that Adele had a secret relationship after her divorce.

    In a new interview with The Face, the singer was asked about the song "I Drink Wine," which talks about "memories in a big storm."

    Adele sings "I didn't get to go on and make new memories with him/There were just memories in a big storm"

    "It was, like, scrambling as quick as I could to get my life back together, so that I could feel normal again," Adele explained. "I wasn’t dating anyone."

    Adele laughs as she sits at a basketball game

    "There was someone that I have loved — not been in love with, but been so fond of, and have been for years — but I was unable to pretend that I wasn’t in my own storm."

    "I couldn’t give myself properly. I couldn’t be consistent, and neither could he. It wasn’t right, leaving a marriage and then dating a year after," she continued. "Even if you feel ready, it’s a gaping, open wound whether you leave or you’re left."

    "So it was more that this person was asking for me to throw myself into it. And I couldn’t because I was still recovering from the breakdown of my marriage."

    Adele holding five Grammy awards in her arms backstage

    "I associate him with the breakdown of my marriage. So therefore, he is part of the storm. And I was just, you know, really honest with him about it, thank God."

    "Otherwise, I could’ve found myself in a situation being in a relationship I didn’t want to be in after coming out of one."

    Well, kudos to Adele for self-protection and setting boundaries! You can read the personal, revealing interview in full here.