Sam Thompson and Samie Elishi split after brief romance as reason revealed

Sam Thompson's brief romance with Samie Elishi is over, the Mirror can confirm. The Made In Chelsea star looked smitten as he was pictured kissing the Love Island beauty in the street just a few weeks ago – but things are now over between the pair.

A source close to Sam told us: "They both have busy lives, it just didn't work out." A source confirmed they are over and ended on good terms. Sam previously date fellow Love Island star Zara McDermott for five years before they went their separate ways in December last year.

She has since moved on with One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson while Sam was spotted in an intimate embrace with Samie outside the birthday party of Olivia Attwood last month, held at Mayfair's Bacchanalia. Cupping her face in his hands, the pair appeared oblivious to onlookers.

Not long after their intimate embrace, Samie was coy when discussing the potential of her new relationship with Sam when she appeared on the podcast Chloe Mediumship and revealed that in past relationships, she always had a negative gut instinct.

She explained: "I've had gut feelings with guys before. I've had a couple of relationships where I've known it was never it. Like this is gonna come to an end, I'll have something telling me every day it's coming to an end, this isn't for you."

She added: "You put it to the back of your mind and then you start noticing the chaos increase. It's like the universe saying I'm gonna blow you both up if you just do not separate."

Samie continued: "Then I'm like if only I listened all those months ago when I got that first message." The host then asked if she had the same gut feeling. In response, Samie explained: "There’s been no bad stuff at the minute so yeah I suppose it is all positive right now. It’s early days."

Meanwhile, Sam discussed being single on his podcast with co-host Pete Wicks. He said on Staying Relevant that he felt like he was "ready to get out there".

"I feel like I'm at a stage now where I feel confident enough that I can start approaching females," the former Made In Chelsea star said.

He added: "I feel good, things are really really nice at the moment. And I feel like I'm happy. There's no more brave faces', causing Pete to proudly declare: 'Sam's ready to date!'."

Sam even joked in an interview that people could "see a sadness behind his eyes" following the split from Zara.

He revealed: "I went through a breakup and everyone keeps saying they can see sadness behind the eyes. I'm terrified about where I am going. The way I see it, I am a plane and the pilot has passed out in the cockpit, and they are like: 'Does anyone know how to fly?'"

Asked what he was doing for self love, he said: "Not much, to be honest with you. I suppose a lot of people look for validation in other people, and they look for the other person instantly to fill that hole. I can't do that."

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