Sam Thompson has finally acknowledged the ongoing speculation about him and Love Island star Samie Elishi following their very public kiss.
Sam became single in December following his shock split with Zara McDermott, who has now moved on with One Direction star Louis Tomlinson.
Both Sam and Samie attended Olivia Attwood’s huge birthday bash last month, and when they were leaving, they shared a kiss in a dark street. However, paps were around and caught the moment on camera, and it seemed Sam found the speculation “annoying”.
Sam Thompson opens up on Samie Elishi relationship status
Sam spoke to best pal Pete Wicks about the situation in May on their Staying Relevant podcast. While Pete already knew everything, he let Sam tell the story from his own perspective.
Pete began the conversation by asking Sam: “You announced something big over the weekend?” But Sam was adamant he didn’t “announce anything” and explained that “nothing is official”.
You were in a back alley being promiscuous.
When they began discussing, Pete explained: “You were in a back alley being promiscuous. Samie was at the party and there has been talk about you two for weeks. Discuss.”
Sam admitted he “didn’t even know” that there were paps outside the venue. Pete had shown him where the back exit was in order to avoid the paps as much as possible. But that wasn’t the case in the end.
Pete admitted when he saw it, he thought it looked like a “passionate” kiss.
Sam said: “I stupidly looked at the comments, and one said that we called the paps on ourselves. Do you know what the worst thing is? It does look like that because they long lensed it from wherever they were.
“It does look like we have just stepped outside in front of a bunch of [bleep]ing photographers and were like: ‘Here you go guys, we’re going to have a kiss.’
“Obviously you know that’s not how it is. I mean you [Pete] took us out the [bleep]ing back entrance for that reason. But it is in your [bleep]ing face.”
Sam keeping a ‘low profile’ following kiss
When discussing what it’s been like since, Sam admitted he has found the attention “tough” to deal with, especially with the speculation on their relationship status.
He said: “Do you know what’s hard? It’s that I haven’t done this much. I didn’t realise you go out the back alley and you get seen. Then it’s everywhere. And suddenly you’re boyfriend and girlfriend.”
Pete reminded him that it’s one of the “cons” of their jobs but that it wasn’t a big deal that they shared a kiss.
Sam admitted that while it “escalates” things, he was really happy to spend time with Samie.
He said: “What I will say, though, is that I was definitely happy to say this. She is a really awesome chick. You met her that night, really awesome chick. Super down to earth, super nice and beautiful, obviously.
“It’s annoying. I only have myself to blame because I just didn’t think about any photography.”
Sam admitted that after he saw the photos, he began “panicking” and that he is “going to keep a low profile” for a while.
‘It just didn’t work out’
Nearly two months after sharing their public kiss, the Mirror has reported that Sam and Samie are no longer together.
“They both have busy lives, it just didn’t work out,” an inside source told the newspaper.
While their romance was short-lived and their split has come unexpectedly, the source mentioned things have ended on good terms.
Sam’s highly publicised relationship with Zara lasted five years.
During the latest episode of his Staying Relevant Podcast, his sister, Louise, said she wants Sam to be in a relationship with someone “she could get along with”.
“I’d love for you to try dating someone that has a normal job, that’s outside of the media space. I think that could be exciting,” she insisted.
“You definitely need somebody that slightly puts you in your place, so who’s gonna talk back to you, and not let you get away with everything.”
ED! has contacted Sam’s reps for comment.
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