Sam Thompson was blasted by a pal of the former Love Island star, who is now reportedly loved up with ex-One Direction heartthrob Louis Tomlinson after being papped together
Zara McDermott’s friend has blasted ex Sam Thompson after he appeared to take a swipe at her new romance.
I’m A Celebrity winner Sam, 32, made a sly dig at his former Love Island flame Zara, 28, after she was spotted in East Anglia on a date with One Direction star Louis Tomlinson, 33. Sam and Zara split recently, with Zara moving out of their shared home and heading to Paris amid the chaos.
However, while Sam and Zara had hoped to keep their split amicable, Sam went on to stir the pot after Zara was papped with the former X Factor star at a Suffolk hotel earlier this month. After being seen by another guest at the hotel, speculation began to swirl of a blossoming relationship between the two – prompting Sam to take to his media channels to poke fun at the couple as he moved on with his various TV projects.
Taking to his Staying Relevant podcast, Sam opened up with relationship expert Paul Brunson just after the pictures came to light. During the chat, Sam would go on to mention the incident, saying that he could not just find the next person – an obvious reference to his former lover.
“A lot of people look for validation in other people and they look for the next person instantly,” he said. “It’s like, ‘I need to find someone else to fill that hole and I need to find that excitement.
“You know when you get that excited feeling when you are talking to someone new and fresh?” he added. “I can’t do that.”
Now, one of Zara’s apparent friends has slammed Sam for his jab at the Strictly star’s newfound happiness. Speaking to MailOnline, one of Zara’s mates fumed at the Made in Chelsea star, asking: “Why would he do this?
“Zara put a lot into her relationship with Sam: she did everything she could to make it work for five years, but in the end she just couldn’t,” they exclaimed. “He’s a loose cannon, as we saw with his comments so soon after Zara’s relationship was made public.
“It’s really quite pathetic of him,” the source finished. “It feels like it always has to be about him.”
Sam and Zara had been together for five years when the news of their split came in December last year. After, two months of silence, rumours began to surface that Louis and Zara were dating – after they both started following each other on Instagram, and Louis even liking one of Zara’s recent posts.
Louis and Zara have since stayed silent on the sly dig from Sam, but pals of the former Love Island star and the One Direction hitmaker are now happy for the couple. According to the newspaper, the lovebirds have only been together for just over two weeks, but Zara is reportedly “utterly smitten” with her former boyband lover.
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