Mystery surrounds Maya Jama's future on Love Island as star snogs footie ace boyfriend Ruben Dias in Ibiza
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WHILE her celebrity romance sizzles, the screen career seems hotter than ever.
But as in-demand Maya Jama cosies up with superstar footballer Ruben Dias, is this her final fling with Love Island?
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Mystery surrounds in-demand Maya Jama's Love Island future
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Maya and Ruben Dias were spotted kissing at a luxury beach club in Ibiza
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Maya has been spending time there with the Manchester City defender in between filming for Love Island in Majorca
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The Bristol-born presenter, 30, began hosting ITV's hit series in 2023, getting a £750,000 payday after impressing bosses with her fun and flirty style.
With the current season due to end next month, Maya — who has an estimated worth of £1.5million — will have to decide whether to bid farewell to the island for a final time.
This week, Maya and Ruben were spotted kissing at a luxury beach club in Ibiza.
She has been spending time there with the Manchester City defender in between filming for Love Island in Majorca.
But a source said: 'It's still early days regarding next year's host. Talks haven't begun yet as to whether Maya will return for the next series.
Power couple
'ITV bosses love Maya and she has been an amazing asset to Love Island. She is hot property in TV at the moment, so it will be a case of her weighing up the opportunities.'
It comes as The Sun revealed that Maya has won the part of a gangster's wife in Guy Ritchie's hit Netflix series The Gentlemen, which she described as her 'dream role'.
Meanwhile, Maya is also being eyed to front a new entertainment show for Amazon Prime in what is tipped to be a megabucks deal.
She has held talks with the streaming giant to present a programme with a 'family connections' format.
A source said: 'Amazon's streamer has made strong moves into reality with Clarkson's Farm and Molly-Mae's series, but hasn't explored shiny-floor entertainment programming. Maya would be part of that.'
Maya Jama QUITS Love Island Games as she's replaced by Vanderpump Rules star
Since rising to fame, Maya has been a Vogue cover star, replaced Kate Moss as the face of beauty giant Rimmel London and was snapped up by Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana — all in 2023.
It's a world away from her leaving home at 16 to pursue her dream of presenting in London.
She recalled: 'I was broke, pretending I'd lost my Oyster public transport card every day so I could get to work. Hustling my little way around London, having £1 chicken shop meals every day.
I know what makes me happy and I know what I like.
Maya Jama
'But I was happy. I was working and I was living in London, I felt like I was getting somewhere.
"I'd work as much as I could.'
She held down part-time jobs at two clothes shops and worked as a runner for production firm Jump Off TV.
But times were tough as she survived with no basic facilities while bunking at a relative's house — meaning she couldn't even shower.
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Bristol-born presenter Maya began hosting Love Island in 2023
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Maya confirmed that she was dating Man City ace Ruben in May
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She said on video series Now You Know with Julie Adenuga: 'I was working at Urban Outfitters and Lipsy in Westfield at the same time.
"During those times, when I was living at my family member's house, it wasn't a very nice environment. No gas, no electricity, and washing at Urban Outfitters in their sinks.
'We didn't have gas sometimes, so it would either be a kettle job or I would just go to the toilet and flannel it up. I was in the trenches for a bit.'
Away from her life as a telly star, Maya confirmed that she was dating Portugal star Ruben, 28, in May.
Not afraid to walk away
She caught the footballer's eye in November at the MTV European Music Awards in Manchester, four months after her split from rapper Stormzy.
The lovebirds were spotted for the first time in public on New Year's Eve in Ibiza. Fast-forward seven months and the pair have become the latest power couple — posting adoring snaps on Instagram to their combined 7.5million followers.
Last year, she and Stormzy called it quits ten years after they first started dating.
In between their on-off relationship, Maya had a whirlwind engagement to basketball player Ben Simmons. The pair split in August 2022.
Maya previously revealed that she is not afraid to walk away from a relationship if it does not feel right, saying: 'I know what makes me happy and I know what I like.'
On Now You Know, which aired in April on My5 and YouTube, she added: 'I have curated this lovely little life for myself and my friends.'
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