ZARA McDermott has taken the next major step in her relationship with Louis Tomlinson.
The Love Island alum went Instagram-official with the One Direction hitmaker, 33, back in May and since then, their relationship has been going from strength to strength.
The Sun first revealed in March that the Strictly star, 28, and boyband singer, 33, were an item after being spotted on dates and holidaying together.
The pair have kept a relatively low profile, though last month Louis couldn’t help but gush about his stunning girl on Steven Bartlett‘s The Diary of a CEO podcast, hinting at how much she’s inspired his new music.
This week, Zara, 28, captured her “date night” look on Instagram for her social media followers as the pair spend time in Los Angeles.
Now the BBC documentary-maker has been confirmed as a firm member of the family after it was revealed she’d met Louis’ niece.
One fan asked blogger and actress Phoebe Tomlinson, 21: “Has Zara met Olive yet?” referring to her little girl, Olive Varley, aged one.
She swiftly replied with a previously unseen image and the words: “She has! Girlies!”
Louis’ other sister, make-up artist Lottie, 27, has also revealed her bond with the TV star.
Alongside a recent Instagram post showing Zara in a red dress, she wrote: “Beauty in red.”
SIBLING APPROVAL
Lottie has previously broken her silence on her sibling’s romance – and the potential for baby-sitting.
Speaking to The Mirror at the launch of her beauty line, Lottie said: “Yeah, she is amazing and they are really happy. I’m really happy for him.”
Lottie was also said to have laughed when it was suggested Louis and Zara could babysit for her children Lucky, two, and five-month-old Flossie.
“Hopefully, yeah,” she told the publication.
LOUIS’ LOVE
Back in August, Louis told Zara “I love you” in a rare public comment.
He then told how she was inspiring his new music.
The X Factor star said: “
“I’m a deeply, deeply romantic person.
“It’s also easy to be romantic when you are a creative… I really struggle to write in a fictional sense, I really struggle.
“For me, I have to have been living it, it has to be real to me. So, if I wasn’t feeling so good, like right now, I wasn’t feeling so in love… the record probably would have a slightly different feel to it.”
He added: “One thing I was thinking about with this record, my intention is just to maybe feel good.
“I know that’s a really cliché and obvious thing to say, but I’m not sure some of my other music did that. It made you feel, it was honest, it was painful at times, but it didn’t feel good.
“So, I think now I’ve got this almost new sense of life, a new sense of happiness, and purpose, and fulfilment, all those things.”
END GAME
Before sparking up romance with Louis, Zara dated Made in Chelsea star, Sam Thompson.
The former flames were an item for five tumultuous years before calling it quits in 2024.
Whereas Louis last girlfriend was Danish model Sofie Nyvang who he dated for a couple of months at the beginning of 2023.
