Adele’s Most Candid Quotes About Motherhood and Raising Son Angelo With Ex-Husband Simon Konecki

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Adele’s Most Candid Quotes About Motherhood and Raising Son Angelo With Ex-Husband Simon Konecki

The most important job. Adele has gushed over the years about how her son, Angelo, changed her life. The singer quietly welcomed her first child with then-partner Simon Konecki in 2012 and hit pause on her career to focus on being a parent. Adele and Konecki secretly tied the knot but ultimately called it quits in 2019 after one year of marriage. The England native recalled feeling worried about how the divorce would affect her son. "I’m still not fully over it, of me choosing to dismantle my child’s life for my own makes me very uncomfortable,” the "Someone Like You" singer explained to CBS in 2021. "I don’t feel guilt, I just feel somewhat selfish sometimes. I know I am nearing my goal of finding my happiness. No one ever makes me do what I don’t want, but I was really ignoring myself for a long time, which was wild to me when I realized it. I knew as an adult, Angelo would be livid with me for doing that. I knew that when he became an adult, he would be furious at me. And I didn’t want that either. It was hard work.” According to Adele, the decision to pull the plug on their romance was necessary for everyone involved. [jwplayer xnLUIVyI-zhNYySv2] "I do love [Simon], but I’m not in love with him. Makes absolutely no sense for a 6-year-old,” she continued. "There were so many answers I just couldn’t give him because there aren’t any really that he would understand. But he sees that I still love his dad. We live across the street from each other, we’re away together sometimes. Me and Simon chat away even without Angelo. Angelo could be at school. [We’re still friends] 100 percent. I respect him more than anyone.” After finalizing their divorce, Adele opened up about weathering the "tough" breakup in the public eye. "It was [difficult], but it was never really tricky because we're such good friends. Over my dead body is my kid having a messy divorce in his life," she told BBC in July 2022, four months after her divorce was finalized. "There are no issues and there were no issues, so I guess it was easier to make sure that didn't happen. I was blessed with him and he's just the best. I definitely approached it all with grace, and I think that really paid off." The "Rolling in the Deep" songstress, who moved on with sports agent Rich Paul, later noted that she could see herself having more children. "I definitely want more kids," she shared with Elle in September 2022. "I'm a homemaker and I'm a matriarch, and a stable life helps me with my music." Scroll down for Adele's candid comments about motherhood:

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2015

Adele gushed about the joys of motherhood, telling Rolling Stone, "All the things I really like about myself, he brings out in me, and he's the only person that tells me no. He completely rules me. He's the boss of me."

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2015

After releasing "Sweetest Devotion," the songwriter dedicated the track to her baby boy. "This song is all about my kid," she told USA Today at the time. "I love that my life is now about someone else."

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2016

"All of my relationships are more important to me than any tour I'll ever do," she told Vanity Fair. "If my relationship with Angelo started to flounder a bit now, I would pull out of my tour. My life is more important to me than anything I'm doing because how the f—k am I supposed to write a record if I don't have a life? If I don't have a real life, then it's game over anyway."

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2021

Fans pointed out that Adele could be heard speaking with her son on her "My Little Love" track.

During the song, Angelo asks his mother about her feelings, saying, “I feel like you don’t love me.” In response, Adele said, "Why do you feel like that? You know Mommy doesn’t like anyone else like I like you, right? I love your dad because he gave you to me. You’re half me and you’re half Daddy.”

She added: "I’m having a bad day. I’m having a very anxious day. I feel like today is the first day since I left him that I feel lonely, and I never feel lonely. I love being on my own.”

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2021

The Grammy winner's son saw his mother perform for the first time during her One Night Only concert. "It's the absolute honor of my life to have you here tonight, baby," Adele told her son, who was in the audience at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.

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2022

"I definitely would like a couple more kids," Adele revealed to BBC after her divorce was finalized. "It would be wonderful if we can. If not, I've got Angelo. I just want to be happy. I love being a mom."

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2022

Following her win for Album of the Year at the 2022 BRIT Award, Adele honored the night with a special message for Angelo.

"I'd like to dedicate this award to my son. And to Simon, to his dad. This album was all of our journey, not just mine and I'm very proud of myself for sticking to my guns and putting out an album that was about something so personal to me," she said in her acceptance speech. " 'Cause not many people do stuff like that anymore. And my son has been so gracious, so gracious and kind and patient with me over the last couple of years and it's for him."

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2022

"Angelo has just fallen in love with music. He's been into video games the last few years, which is very much his dad's area, not mine. We sit down and have the most intense conversations about music," Adele detailed to BBC. "We sit down and we listen to these songs together and we pick them apart. And when we're talking about it, he's like, 'What do you think this means?' I'm like, 'I don't know. It could mean this, it could mean that.' It's just heavenly."

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2023

The "Skyfall" singer mentioned her son as she accepted the trophy for Best Pop Solo Performance at the Grammys, saying, “I wrote this first verse in the shower when I was choosing to change my son’s life. He’s been nothing but humble and gracious and loving to me the whole time.”