Sam Thompson has made his relationship with Talitha Balinska official on Instagram, following the recent confirmation of their romance.

The 33-year-old Made In Chelsea star revealed their relationship at the beginning of December, seemingly taking a jab at his former partner, Zara McDermott.

Sam and 25-year-old London DJ Talitha have decided to take their relationship to the next level after several months of dating. The couple was introduced by Sam’s friend and business associate, Reza Amiri-Garroussi.

In a new Instagram post, Sam shared a photo of himself alongside Talitha, showing their delight as they embrace their budding relationship.

Sam appeared thrilled to be in Talitha’s company as they enjoyed a dinner date on a Saturday night.

The photo was posted by Reza, who simply shared the snap of the happy couple with no context. 

Sam Thompson has finally gone Instagram official with new girlfriend Talitha Balinska (pictured) after confirming his romance with her earlier this month

Over on her social media, Zara was prepping for her 29th birthday celebrations with her new boyfriend – former One Direction star Louis Tomlinson (pictured together last month)

Meanwhile, over on her social media, Zara was prepping for her 29th birthday celebrations with her new boyfriend – former One Direction star Louis Tomlinson.

The Love-Island star-turned-documentary-maker moved on with the musician after a string of dates in March, and their relationship has been going from strength-to-strength since they confirmed they were officially an item back in August.

It appears Louis, 33, has whisked the bombshell away for some quality time as she rings in her birthday. 

Alongside a photo of a sparkly Christmas tree, she wrote: ‘The most perfect weekend getaway for my birthday. Can’t believe I’m going to be 29 tomorrow!’ 

Zara and Sam dated for around five years – with the pair going official in May 2019 and later splitting in December 2024.

While Sam was in a relationship with Zara, 28, at the time, he recently reconnected with Talitha after she was invited as a surprise guest to his live show at the O2 Arena and, as one source told Daily Mail, ‘the rest is history’. 

And speaking to best pal Pete Wicks on an episode of their Staying Relevant podcast, the TV personality revealed he was officially off the market once again.

He excitedly declared: ‘I’ve got a girlfriend. I’ve got a girlfriend!’ as Pete quipped: ‘We’ve lost him again to the dark powers of a woman.’

Alongside a photo of a sparkly Christmas tree, Zara wrote: ‘The most perfect weekend getaway for my birthday. Can’t believe I’m going to be 29 tomorrow!’ 

When probed about the details of the moment he asked Talitha the important question, Sam insisted: ‘Mate, it was just super relaxed. It was so boring really, but that’s kind of how I wanted it to be.

‘We just went for dinner and I was like, “I really like you”. And I just went “I’d love to be your boyfriend”. I don’t know why I’m panicking more now!’

He went on: ‘Yeah, I just said, “Look, I really, really like you and you make me feel really… comfortable. I feel like I can be myself around you. I don’t want to be dating anyone else. I’m 33, I wouldn’t be dating someone this amount of time if I didn’t think it had legs to last. So will you be my girlfriend?” And she said “yes”. And so I said, “great”.’

Pete was quick to congratulate his pal and point out how far he’d come in a year, after last Christmas marked the breakdown of Sam’s five-year romance with Zara.

He said: ‘Listen we’re all very proud of you and we’re pleased that the year has taken a full circle’, as Sam echoed: ‘Christmas is back on! I’m happy.’

And in a sign of how well their relationship is blossoming already, Sam showed how close Talitha has already become with his family, as he revealed he was planning on taking her skiing with his sister Louise Thompson and her fiancé Ryan Libbey in the New Year.

Made In Chelsea star Louise, 35, appeared to give her seal of approval to her brother’s new girlfriend in October, as she shared a snap of Talitha and Sam roasting marshmallows with her and her son Leo, four.

But when Pete asked if he had any plans to go Instagram official with Talitha, Sam let slip a slight dig at his ex-girlfriend, saying: ‘I don’t think there’s any need for it’.

Sam, 33,  recently confirmed that he had finally made model Talitha, 25, his girlfriend after a few months of dating, detailing the moment he asked her to take things to the next level

Zara and Sam dated for around five years – with the pair going official in May 2019 and later splitting in December 2024 

As Pete clarified: ‘I just want to confirm that there won’t be a picture of the cats, you and Peep [Talitha] in Christmas pyjamas in Santa’s grotto?’

Sam and Zara frequently shared Instagram content together throughout their relationship, and one Christmas donned matching festive pyjamas and posed with their pet cats, Albus and Cedric, in front of the tree.

However, Sam was quick to insist to Pete that he had no intentions of doing the same with Talitha, saying: ‘I’ve done that before and I want to do a complete opposite of that this time…’