Tulisa Contostavlos Splits With Skins Star Jack O'Connell

Calling Time On Young Love

The X Factor's Tulisa Contostavlos has reportedly split from boyfriend Jack O'Connell after jetting to Bulgaria to break up with the Skins star.

The Young hitmaker is said to have called time on her three-month romance with the actor, blaming incompatible work schedules for the rift.

According to The Mirror, she flew into Bulgaria to see Jack last week to deliver the news.

A source told the newspaper: "Jack is filming the new 300 sequel in eastern Europe and will be there until November. He isn't able to travel to the UK at all, as filming schedules are so tight. This meant Tulisa was flying backwards and forwards to Bulgaria - as well as fulfilling her X Factor duties. A long-distance relationship just wasn't working so the pair sat down together over dinner, and talked it through like adults.

"It was a fairly mutual decision and although she's really sad to split from Jack, she knows it is for the best."

It's been something of a rollercoaster year for the beleaguered star - she's enjoyed some pop success as a solo singer, but her chart glory has been tempered by her leaked sex tape and now her new heartbreak.

Not that she has any regrets - she told Top of the Pops earlier this year: "I could sit all day long saying I wish I'd never done this or met that person but at the end of the day, with the position I'm in, I can't exactly complain. Everything's taken me to the place that I'm in and made me the person I am. It just makes you stronger, doesn't it?

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