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Adele is dating Skepta<\/a>. The gossip columns have unearthed indisputable evidence proving their relationship to be fact: <\/p>\n \u2013 Both from Tottenham. Are Skepta and Adele<\/a> really cuddled up on the sofa together right now? Or is this story, and all the other stories like it, wholly fabricated? Is \u201ca source close to\u201d actually just code for \u201cI\u2019m making this up because I need to write a story before 6PM\u201d? Is Jennifer Aniston really still in love with Brad Pitt, or does she not give a fuck? To find out, I spoke to former and current showbiz reporters about how the sausage gets made.<\/p>\n In the 1990s and early 2000s almost all showbiz stories would leak out at celebrity<\/a> parties. The job of the journalist would be to ignore the prawn tempura and pink champagne, and instead chase the rumours. Former Mirror<\/i> showbiz journalist Jody Thompson would turn up to these events every night after work (yes, she was very tired), sidle up to celebs and attempt to get information through conversation. A simple, \u201cIs there anything going on in your love life?\u201d would often kickstart a story, but she remembers journos employing more extreme tactics. <\/p>\n \u201cI remember this reporter snuck into a party that Kelly Osbourne was having, hid behind a sofa and started listening into Kelly\u2019s conversation,\u201d she says. \u201cShe was caught, and Kelly punched her in the face [Osbourne was arrested<\/a> in 2009 for allegedly slapping a gossip columnist]. It sounds quite extreme, but there was already history between them \u2013 this reporter had been making up all sorts of nonsense about Kelly and that was definitely the final straw.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Adele likes Grime.
\u2013 Their chat on social media includes heart emojis.
\u2013 A source says they are.<\/p>\n