The Man Who Inspired Adele’s ‘Rolling in the Deep’ Revealed?
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It’s no secret that Adele mined her love life to pen her Grammy-winning album 21, but there have been no details about the guy who broke the singer’s heart and inspired all those songs — until now.
A source told the New York Post that the alleged cad is a man named Slinky Winfield. Also known as Slinky Sunbeam, the 25-year-old musician was fingered as the inspiration for the 21 songs including “Rolling in the Deep,” and “Someone Like You.” Though Adele has indicated that she and the man who inspired those songs simply “grew apart,” the source tells the Post that the romance failed because Slinky got involved with a Burberry model named Morwenna Lytton Cobbold.
“Adele likes to keep part of her life back for herself, but it’s an open secret that Slinky was the guy who inspired 21,” the source told the Post, describing him as a “seriously good-looking guy…(with) a great body” and “crazy hair (like) Jimi Hendrix” who was “the life and soul of the party.” The source goes on to say, “It’s easy to see what attracted Adele to him,” but noted that the relationship “was always going to end in tears, and those tears were always going to be Adele’s.”
Adele has since said that she’s forgiven Mr. 21, Slinky or otherwise. She’s also moved on and is now dating Simon Konecki, a 36-year-old divorced entrepreneur who now heads the charity Drop4Drop.
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He looks like Chi-Chi Rodriguez’s twin, from the movie ‘To Wong Foo’.
Posted by: Christine | February 16, 2012, 11:32 am 11:32 am
Seriously good looking? I beg to differ with the source.
Posted by: carole | February 16, 2012, 11:59 am 11:59 am
He actually went to her and said that since he inspired the music, he should get a portion of the money. A true cad!
Posted by: Lewis | February 16, 2012, 12:04 pm 12:04 pm
As a voter, this song is about me and Barack Obama, the man I voted for in 2008, and the high hopes I had for him, which are now in ashes. (Sorry guys, I know it’s annoying when commentors make everything about politics….)
Posted by: May | February 16, 2012, 12:19 pm 12:19 pm
Seriously good looking??? I think I would be to differ. He looks more like someone whose name would be Stinky ….
Posted by: Timme62 | February 16, 2012, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm
I think someone needs to re-think their definition of “seriously good looking.” This guy is NOT even cute!
Posted by: Iris | February 16, 2012, 12:40 pm 12:40 pm
I would hate to see seriously ugly!!!
Posted by: Lee | February 16, 2012, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm
This is old news.
Posted by: Mona | February 16, 2012, 2:41 pm 2:41 pm
Adele is beautiful, smart, talented and rich! She can do so much better than this ugly freak of nature that didnt deserve to kiss her feet!
Posted by: Dorothy | February 16, 2012, 3:12 pm 3:12 pm
why is this even considered news?
Posted by: ComaToast | February 16, 2012, 3:18 pm 3:18 pm
old news and already known to be fake:
“Adele blogged on MySpace in 2008, denying any romance with Winfield: “People keep saying i am/was/ seeing slinky sunbeam! im not and never have done. whoever this “source” is, they’re talking out their arse. he ain’t my type!” “
Posted by: Alex | February 16, 2012, 3:47 pm 3:47 pm
Adele, oviously he didnt treat you right, “good looking” …nope. you are beautiful and strong, the thing that I can see that he gave you, is life
back, bigger career and the outlet for your beautiful songs.
Posted by: toni hall | February 16, 2012, 3:57 pm 3:57 pm
Alex is right. This is rubbish. The man who is the story behind 21 Adele says is 10+ years older than here, – i.e. 32-33
Posted by: Mardyfella | February 16, 2012, 4:01 pm 4:01 pm
And….. now he can make some money doing interviews.
Posted by: Rachel | February 16, 2012, 4:04 pm 4:04 pm
LOL Slinky Sunbeam looks like a loser. Good for her that she moved on.
Posted by: EJW | February 16, 2012, 7:01 pm 7:01 pm
It is amazing how love gone wrong can inspire the greatest creativity out songwriters. I love Adele and no matter who inspires her, she is the star and she has so much class! He doesn’t…
Posted by: Kay | February 16, 2012, 9:09 pm 9:09 pm
Haha I can’t believe someone said he looks like Chi Chi’s twin. hahahaha
Posted by: christina | February 17, 2012, 12:09 am 12:09 am
Ewww..since when did females’ taste in men change so much?! This kid looks like a poodle-mix that needs to be de-loused and bathed! What happened to tall, dark and handsome?!
Posted by: Mara | February 17, 2012, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm
Handsome? Great Body? YUCK! No Way!!!! I love her singing but her choice in men is HORRIBLE. This guy is NOT handsome by ANY stretch of the imagination and her “new love” isnt any better. He’s FAT and a sloppy dresser, he cant even tuck in his shirt into his slack that he wore to the Grammys, let alone at least wear a SUIT that fit instead of a gawd awful sports coat and slacks.
Posted by: guest2012 | February 17, 2012, 1:50 pm 1:50 pm
I’m sorry but that guy is not good looking, he’s rather ugly. What’s with that hair?
Posted by: m | February 17, 2012, 4:33 pm 4:33 pm
“seriously good-looking guy…(with) a great body” and “crazy hair (like) Jimi Hendrix” who was “the life and soul of the party.”
Really? Are we sure the source isn’t Slinky himself?
Posted by: bsnnqfxe | February 18, 2012, 11:21 am 11:21 am
Oh Adele…i too fell for a man that was not good enough for me but was unable to see thar. He made me feel that I was lucky to be with hm when in fact he was lucky to have been with me…my
Broken heart mended it took years..years before you wrote the exact to the note pain I went through it affected every aspect of my life and i wasted too many years of my precious youth on mourning such a pompus arrogant ass…hearing these songs from 21 now would have killed me even more back then..but it might have helped to have had someone really relate to.my pain and o could have told my family…listen to this..this is the depth of my despair..i love you and yoir heart;)
Posted by: Denise | February 19, 2012, 1:40 am 1:40 am
Any woman is going to be better off without a guy named Slinky, no matter how much fun he is or how good he is in the sack.
Posted by: Mary Kaye | February 19, 2012, 11:42 am 11:42 am
He looks like Ray Romano from Everybody Loves Raymond. Ick. Agree with Mardyfella though…heard the guy was quite a bit older than Adele. Lets hope her idea of “good looks” is much better than the guy above!
Posted by: Mandie | February 21, 2012, 4:15 am 4:15 am
Wow, you know you’re uber-successful when people are obsessed with some guy just because you “possibly” dated him. He’s the Monica Lewinsky of the music world. Hahahahahahahahaha.
Posted by: Henna | February 25, 2012, 9:46 pm 9:46 pm