Instagram was full of celebrity couples posting their extravagant Valentine's gifts to and from their partners yesterday (February 14), and Bristol's Maya Jama was no exception.
Much speculation has been swirling around the TV presenter's relationship. In December, she flew out to New Jersey to spend Christmas with NBA star Ben Simmons, and returned with a sizeable diamond ring on her finger.
After dodging conversation about the ring at the BRITs last week with Mo Gilligan and keeping her relationship generally quite private, Maya has confirmed her engagement on Instagram, and the date she said 'Yes'.
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The 27-year-old presenter posted a flurry of loved-up stories yesterday, starting off with a snap of her Valentine's breakfast, composed of avocado toast, fruit, bacon, sausages, and cereal. It appears that Maya could have spent the special day in America, given the time she posted the breakfast snap, around 1pm our time, and the fact that the box of cereal says 'Frosted Flakes' rather than 'Frosties'.
Next, Maya posted a video of her in a dressing gown, with Ben hugging her from behind in a swish-looking bathroom, followed by a tour of the rose petal-strewn apartment the pair were cosying up in. The floor of each room had been covered in rose petals, which Maya recorded and put on her story with the song 'Lovin' You' by Minnie Riperton in the background.
Ben also bought his fiancée fifteen boxes of yellow and white roses which, when put together, spelt out 'Happy Valentines'. Maya shared a photograph of the boxes of beautiful flowers on her story, which were all jumbled up. The presenter said: "Lol meant to say 'Happy Valentines' but there wasn't room to spread it out... basically the Valentines Garden of Eden currently."
All was revealed in Maya's next story post, which was perhaps not what a lot of fans were expecting. Sat in a black velvet box was a shining gold chain, complete with an infinity sign pendant, with the date '12.18.21' on it. Maya posted the picture with a diamond ring emoji, seemingly confirming to fans that she said 'Yes' to Ben on December 18, 2021.
Maya spent Christmas and New Year with her beau in the States, and it was whilst she was attending a New Year's party that she potentially let slip her future career plans. In a video posted to Maya's Instagram story, an American woman can be heard asking the star if she will be 'moving here', to which Maya responded 'Ummm, maybe!'.
Ben was first romantically linked to Maya in late 2019, a few months after her split from Stormzy, when he commented two fire emojis under a picture of her Halloween outfit. Shortly after that, Maya was spotted attending one of Ben's Philadelphia 76ers' games.
But the pair were not spotted together until summer last year, when they were spotted leaving Sexy Fish, a swanky Asian restaurant in London.
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