Love Island host Maya Jama enjoys dates with US R&B singer after getting cosy at London celeb hotspot
TELLY beauty Maya Jama has been enjoying cosy nights out with an R&B singer.
The new Love Island host, 28, was pictured with US star Giveon twice this week — but he did his best to hide from the cameras.
The pair enjoyed an evening together at the London Fashion Awards then headed to celebrity hotspot Chiltern Firehouse — leaving in a taxi at 3am on Tuesday.
Maya then invited the 27-year-old — whose full name is Giveon Dezmann Evans — to join her and pals at Mayfair restaurant Bacchanalia on Wednesday, where they were seen cuddling up in a cab.
An onlooker said: “Maya and Giveon tried to avoid being pictured together, even leaving the restaurant separately.
“They seemed very comfortable with each other and Maya had her hand resting on his shoulder.”
Last month Maya was again linked to rapper Stormzy, 29.
The pair dated for four years but split in 2019.
She has insisted they are just friends.
In August she split from her fiance, Aussie basketball player Ben Simmons, 26, after eight months.
Giveon, whose single Peaches with Justin Bieber went to No1 worldwide last year, recently said he liked to keep relationships out of the limelight.
He said in the summer: “I’m big on funny. I think it takes a certain kind of wit.
“For me it needs to be something very private.
“I’m not into a celebrity relationship, I’d like a nurse or a lawyer.”
Maya was announced as the new Love Island host in October and will take over from Laura Whitmore.
Maya’s spokeswoman declined to comment, but a source close to her said: “Maya and Giveon are friends.”