Appearing on Channel 4’s Foxy’s Fearless 48 Hours, TV presenter Maya Jama said her boyfriend’s death woke her up to the realities of adult life and changed her as a person forever
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Maya Jama has opened her heart about how her first love ended in tragedy.
The 27-year-old TV star was left devastated when her first boyfriend was shot dead by a bullet that was meant for someone else.
The Bristol native’s boyfriend, Rico Gordon was tragically killed when he was just 21-years-old.
Rico was shot dead in 2011 after a vicious row broke out in Bristol.
Maya recalled the horrific tragedy during her stint on Channel 4’s Foxy’s Fearless 48 Hours.
Rico was shot dead in 2011 after a vicious row broke out in Bristol
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The much-loved presenter said that Rico’s death woke her up to the realities of adult life and changed her as a person forever.
Fighting back the tears, Maya said: “I got to 16 and I met a boy. He was killed in the summer I was supposed to move to London and that was my first love.
“So, then your whole world just changes as you’re a little girl and you realise, ‘All right, this is adult stuff going on.’ I was devastated, I was so sad.”
Maya also lifted the lid on her broken relationship with her dad during the eye-opening programme.
Maya weeped on camera discussing her trauma
The bubbly star, who is currently dating American sports star Ben Simmons, revealed that her relationship with her father began to break down when she was just three-years-old after he was jailed for a bottling a man.
Maya said that she ‘feels sad’ for her younger self when she looks back on her childhood.
“I had a situation where my dad was in and out of jail from three,” she explained.
Maya said that she ‘feels sad’ for her younger self
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Maya said her childhood forced her to grow up quickly
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“At the time, I didn’t think it bothered me. It was all I knew so that was normal.”
“I don’t like crying about that stuff. I have to laugh or I get emotional.”
She went on: “I’m OK now, but obviously I’m sad for my little, younger self that I had to deal with that.
“I feel happy that I made a good situation out of some bad ones.”
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