After months of keeping their relationship under wraps, Zara McDermott and Louis Tomlinson have confirmed their romance with a passionate kiss.
The One Direction star, 33, was spotted on a date in Suffolk with Love Island alum Zara, 28, earlier this year, igniting romance rumours.
The pair was snapped looking cosy several times in the past few months, and could be seen commenting on each other’s posts on social media, but had yet to confirm they were officially together.
Seemingly tired of keeping their feelings out of the spotlight, Zara has now shared an intimate selfie taken by Louis of the pair kissing.
The presenter was holding his face while he wrapped one arm around her and held a camera with the other.
The pair both had their eye closed in the close-up snap, with Zara tagging Louis in the post, so there was no mistake about who she was kissing.
The star captioned the post with a love heart emoji and nothing else – sending fans into a tailspin.
‘OMFG THE HARD LAUNCH,’ said hazewindannelies.
‘Omg it’s official 💗,’ said 0liv1a.x0.
Louis sister Lottie commented on the sweet snap: ‘Miss you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️’
Even after attending Glastonbury together, Louis only shared one group snap including Zara – and had yet to confirm with such a bold post.
The group shot saw Louis and Zara cuddling up to each other, with both appearing to try and go incognito wearing caps and sunglasses.
Another photo showed him wearing a T-shirt which read ‘hopeless romantic’.
Louis simply captioned his post ‘Glasto 25’, while Zara also commented that it was ‘the best weekend ever’.
In the weeks after Louis and Zara were spotted on their dinner date in March, they both dropped several hints on social media they were together, firstly when posting similar videos from a concert in Los Angeles followed by a snap of her at brunch with his wrist tattoo in the background.
The couple’s romance comes just a few months after Zara split from long-time boyfriend – I’m A Celebrity winner Sam Thompson, 32.
The couple dated for several years, with their brief breakup documented in episodes of the reality TV series, Made In Chelsea.
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