Adele Was Never The Same After Her Divorce (In The Best Way)

If we talk about post-divorce glow-ups, few could say they've done it better than Adele. After dating for around seven years and welcoming their son, Angelo, in 2012, the singer officially married her longtime sweetheart, Simon Konecki, in 2018. However, their marriage broke down less than a year later, and in September 2019, Adele filed for divorce. She later revealed that there was no affair or major drama involved in the split; it was simply a case of a once-loving couple growing apart. "Neither of us hurt each other or anything like that. It was just: I want my son to see me really love, and be loved. It's really important to me. I've been on my journey to find my true happiness ever since," Adele told Vogue in 2021. Indeed, she wasted no time in finding her spark again. Her first order of business? Working on herself.

Adele worked through the grieving process of a divorce by sweating out her pain, trauma, and anxiety at the gym in the months following her split from Konecki. "It was never about losing weight. I thought, 'If I can make my body physically strong, and I can feel that and see that, then maybe one day I can make my emotions and my mind physically strong,'" she explained to Vogue. While her priority was always mental well-being over physical appearance, her efforts did show obvious results. Just eight months after her divorce filing, she not only gave us one of the most stunning celebrity post-breakup style transformations, but she also debuted a dramatically slimmer figure. She began rocking shorter hemlines, tighter silhouettes, and more experimental styles, and by her 34th birthday in 2022, she'd achieved her goal, sharing on Instagram that she'd "never been happier!"

Like Melinda French Gates' revenge glow-up following her divorce from Bill Gates, Adele's transformation since her split from Simon Konecki has been nothing short of jaw-dropping. However, losing over 100 lb. and gaining a healthier mindset weren't the things Adele had to celebrate. Whether it's career, wealth, or love, she's only gone up, not down. While she was already a superstar at the time of her divorce, Adele added another jewel to her crown in 2021 with her stunning ode to loss and heartbreak, "30." She followed the best-selling album up with record-breaking residencies in Las Vegas and Munich, Germany, from 2023 to 2024. The former was estimated to have grossed $175 million over 100 shows, so it's no surprise that the "Hello" hitmaker's net worth has seen a significant bump since 2019.

Adele also found love again in sports agent Rich Paul. Shortly after finalizing her divorce in March 2021, she went public with her relationship with Paul by joining him at an NBA game, marking the start of many cozy courtside dates. In her November 2021 sit-down with Oprah Winfrey, the Grammy winner gushed about her romance with Paul, revealing that it was her first time feeling that she "loved [herself] and been open to loving and being loved by someone else" (via People). And while they were also plagued by split rumors at one point, Adele seemingly confirmed in August 2024 that the only direction she and Paul were headed was down the aisle. They've largely stayed away from the public eye since then, but in December 2025, Adele was spotted spending quality time with Paul and his kids, hopefully showing that they're still going strong.