A source close to the singer told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Adele and
Slinky met in February and hit it off. It was really sweet. She was really
into Slinky and it was great to see her so happy. Then after about a month
she headed off to America to do some shows. She hoped Slinky would be
waiting when she got back but he didn't hang around - he traded her in for a
thin model."
Adele recently revealed she doesn't like men flirting with her when she is
out, because she thinks they are after her money.
She said: "The strangest thing is I don't like taking people in as friends.
I never have, so I probably won't ever meet a new guy.
"A few come up to me now that I am in the public eye and they know I have a
bit of money from my record deal, so it is just stupid. I don't trust them
or believe them. Even if Johnny Depp came up to me I probably wouldn't
believe him."