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12:37 pm - 09/03/2012

Florence Welch dumps boyfriend to concentrate on career



His Dog Days are over: the intense and sensual relationship is over


She found love again with the public educated James Nesbitt after splitting from her long-term boyfriend - but now it seems his Dog Days are over too as Florence Welch has spectacularly ditched her beau 'to concentrate on her career'.

Sources revealed the singer's gruelling work schedule was getting in the way of the pair's 15-month romance and as the 26-year-old singer prepares for her American tour she just decided 'enough was enough.'

It was thought the pair would go the distance after they went travelling to Brazil, Australia and New Zealand just after meeting at a photoshoot.




Gallery of Love:















They were seen in Rio de Janeiro getting cosy with Florence snuggling up to events organiser James, who shares his name with a rather well-known Irish actor.

But pals say what was once an intense and passionate relationship has cooled. Florence, right, has not been seen with James since she attended a party with him on June 6.

A friend told the Sunday Mirror: 'Flo knows she really needs to concentrate on her career and couldn't really give the relationship the time it needed to work. So they split.'

The pair met through mutual friends in east London on a photoshoot where Hull-born James was working.

And a source close to the pair said: 'They have a lot of mutual friends and like going out to the same places. They have been inseparable since they got together. There's no way they'd travel halfway around the world together if they weren't serious.'

James is no stranger to a celebrity romance, he previously dated Radio 1 host Fearne Cotton and Paloma Faith.
Florence dropped hints about her relationship status last month, even revealing she harbours a ‘massive girl crush’ for pop singer M.I.A.

‘You miss actual intimacy and home and connection,’ she said when talking about touring, adding that she finds nights away ‘really hard’.

Before dating James, Florence had ended a three-year relationship with literary editor Stuart Hammond.

James’s mother Anne recently spoke of his former relationships with DJ Fearne Cotton and singer Paloma Faith, saying: ‘Both didn’t work out as they drifted apart.’

A spokesman for Florence was unavailable for comment.

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rubybruiseday 3rd-Sep-2012 02:42 am (UTC)
she's 25? oh.
tankmachine 3rd-Sep-2012 02:42 am (UTC)
um she's 26 get ur facts stra8
natywentz 3rd-Sep-2012 02:43 am (UTC)
lol
rubybruiseday 3rd-Sep-2012 02:44 am (UTC)
the article says 25, boo. not my fault~
kydeon 3rd-Sep-2012 02:43 am (UTC)
looks like the Daily Mail has no editors
mammary_glands 3rd-Sep-2012 03:17 am (UTC)
mte. hon looks like she's in her mid thirties *being nice*
sirenlyfox 3rd-Sep-2012 03:27 am (UTC)
45

Corrected. Thank me later.
ebertrules 3rd-Sep-2012 04:18 am (UTC)
mte. i'm thinking 38.
guccipostagurl 3rd-Sep-2012 04:36 am (UTC)
WHAT?! I thought she was at least 35, yikes.
jainypoo 3rd-Sep-2012 04:54 am (UTC)
Shes TEN years younger than me and looks older. IDK how that's possible 0_o I look 36...at least to me I do.
toilandblood 3rd-Sep-2012 06:25 am (UTC)
she's 25???
I learned something new today.
funkybaby 3rd-Sep-2012 09:16 am (UTC)
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
i'm 25! omg! no way.
drunkenchipmunk 10th-Sep-2012 12:22 pm (UTC)
She's aged tons these past few years...
emerald_soul 3rd-Sep-2012 02:42 am (UTC)
She's still claiming to be 25?
sarahvma 3rd-Sep-2012 03:47 am (UTC)
She definitely is. I met the man who was her Mother's Grad Student when Florence was in utero (in Florence, Italy) and he confirms it was exactly 26/7 years ago.
wintourseason 3rd-Sep-2012 12:59 pm (UTC)
wth at this confirmation...
anais_vert 3rd-Sep-2012 05:08 pm (UTC)
lol
b_billingsley 3rd-Sep-2012 02:43 am (UTC)
She's 25?!? That pic has her looking like a late-40s divorcée
monotonousglory 3rd-Sep-2012 03:07 am (UTC)
yeah mte this whole series is unflattering as fuck, she does not photograph well at all.
anus 3rd-Sep-2012 02:43 am (UTC)
Better than the other way around
roguewave3 3rd-Sep-2012 02:43 am (UTC)
I thought she was taking a year off.
genbu_no_miko24 3rd-Sep-2012 02:50 am (UTC)
she still is I think.
thetrustoryofme 3rd-Sep-2012 09:46 pm (UTC)
this... so she is not concentrating on her career for a year, but is not dating him because she is focusing on her career? i dont get it.
hsheaj 4th-Sep-2012 07:09 pm (UTC)
~it's not you, it's me~
katherine 4th-Sep-2012 11:03 pm (UTC)
exactly what I thought! what's going on here
bollyhood 3rd-Sep-2012 02:43 am (UTC)
She really does look like a man. Rude - but true.
classic_mold137 3rd-Sep-2012 02:45 am (UTC)
She looks like Noel Fielding.
tankmachine 3rd-Sep-2012 02:46 am (UTC)
the lovechild of him and Blake Lively tbh
atomicmassunit 3rd-Sep-2012 02:48 am (UTC)
OMG
guccipostagurl 3rd-Sep-2012 04:38 am (UTC)
:O
bluebandit77 3rd-Sep-2012 02:51 am (UTC)
why am i laughing irl?
x_butterfly19_x 3rd-Sep-2012 03:34 am (UTC)
she doesn't

she has strong features (facially) but
phoe21 3rd-Sep-2012 05:01 am (UTC)
yep

nimityaka 3rd-Sep-2012 07:40 am (UTC)
like UGLY man
arcadiaego 3rd-Sep-2012 07:48 pm (UTC)
She looks like David Bowie. There are worse fates.
briknowsbest 3rd-Sep-2012 02:44 am (UTC)
That's a hard 25
richbrowneyes 3rd-Sep-2012 02:44 am (UTC)
According to her she's about a week older than me. If that's true I will punch a baby.

Ok, not really, but still.
richbrowneyes 3rd-Sep-2012 02:44 am (UTC)
For the record I turned 26 on the 23rd of last month.
ellie_andrews 3rd-Sep-2012 03:12 am (UTC)
oh man, that makes me older than her.

i can't.
beoweasel 3rd-Sep-2012 03:27 am (UTC)
I'm older than her by a couple of years, and I still look younger than she does.
jainypoo 3rd-Sep-2012 04:54 am (UTC)
Same. I'm ten years older.
toshi_hakari 3rd-Sep-2012 02:31 pm (UTC)
Yup, same. I'm a year older and people constantly think I'm under 18 :|
mutterby 3rd-Sep-2012 05:29 am (UTC)
GIVE ME PIZZAAAA
natywentz 3rd-Sep-2012 02:45 am (UTC)
i thought she was 40 or something!

Edited at 2012-09-03 02:45 am (UTC)
fuck_of_nature 3rd-Sep-2012 02:45 am (UTC)
Oh wow, came here to say the same thing as everyone else. I thought she was in her 30s.
tankmachine 3rd-Sep-2012 02:45 am (UTC)
ugh whatever i love my grandma-looking lovely, h8rs back off

Edited at 2012-09-03 02:45 am (UTC)
bienenkiste 3rd-Sep-2012 02:46 am (UTC)
lmao IA
bluebandit77 3rd-Sep-2012 02:50 am (UTC)
hello:)

who is in your icon??
genbu_no_miko24 3rd-Sep-2012 02:48 am (UTC)
IA.
crucified 3rd-Sep-2012 02:49 am (UTC)
ia
illiade 3rd-Sep-2012 02:50 am (UTC)
Her clothing choices are so bad tho
false_hate 3rd-Sep-2012 02:55 am (UTC)
People around here act like 26 must look 18 these days.
reunionfan 3rd-Sep-2012 03:07 am (UTC)
same!
polaroidmoment 3rd-Sep-2012 03:23 am (UTC)
Lol right? She's so fucking amazing, but girl looks like 40. Not a bad 40, but her clothing ages her like woah. Not to to mention, her face.
elizajet 3rd-Sep-2012 03:27 am (UTC)
ia she's a fucking porcelain goddess and talented as fuck.
bioshe 3rd-Sep-2012 04:24 am (UTC)
ME TOO.... hoping for a M.I.A and Flo collaboration in the near future *crosses fingers*
goldenlockets 3rd-Sep-2012 04:29 am (UTC)
mte
flaca 3rd-Sep-2012 05:07 am (UTC)
ia, their insults are all so tired as well
riookierin 3rd-Sep-2012 01:25 pm (UTC)
Ita.
soft_volume Re: ontd, are you in love?3rd-Sep-2012 02:49 am (UTC)
yes ma'am!
handsdowntoo 3rd-Sep-2012 02:46 am (UTC)
She's so talented. I feel like her talent sucked the looks right out of her. Like she couldn't have both.

Edited at 2012-09-03 02:46 am (UTC)
booth 3rd-Sep-2012 02:47 am (UTC)
lol ikr :(
xtinkerbellax 3rd-Sep-2012 02:49 am (UTC)
Aww, she is really talented though.
ponpiri 3rd-Sep-2012 02:57 am (UTC)
lmao that's like that one Original star trek episode where these aliens grew their intellect so much that their body muscles atrophied
pamelalillian 4th-Sep-2012 10:32 pm (UTC)
omg wat
riookierin 3rd-Sep-2012 01:33 pm (UTC)
Hahahahahahaha what a cruel, cruel world we live in. But yeah, she is massively talented. Ilh.
empire_is_on 5th-Sep-2012 04:12 am (UTC)
lmao
booth 3rd-Sep-2012 02:46 am (UTC)
he's hot
whitegirlthin 3rd-Sep-2012 06:19 am (UTC)
mm! ITA!
illiade 3rd-Sep-2012 02:46 am (UTC)
It's always weird to me when parents of semi-famous/famous people comment on their child's relationships in the press. Why would you do that?
kydeon 3rd-Sep-2012 03:09 am (UTC)
Worse - when they talk about their sex life.
illiade 3rd-Sep-2012 03:15 am (UTC)
I'd legit stop talking to my parents if I ever got famous and they did that. A family member is one thing but the entire world? Fuck that
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