{"id":253136,"date":"2025-12-26T23:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/253136\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T23:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:43:13","slug":"sam-thompsons-new-romance-with-girlfriend-talitha-balinska-heats-up-as-they-spend-their-first-christmas-together-with-his-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/253136\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Thompson&#8217;s new romance with girlfriend Talitha Balinska heats up as they spend their first Christmas together with his family"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By LYDIA BURNS, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  17:23 EST, 26 December 2025   |  Updated:  17:26 EST, 26 December 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/sam-thompson\/index.html\" id=\"mol-74afaf30-e2a4-11f0-8171-07bebb6a0bd6\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sam Thompson<\/a>\u00a0proved his new romance with girlfriend\u00a0Talitha Balinska is heating up as they spent their first <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/christmas\/index.html\" id=\"mol-74c2cfc0-e2a9-11f0-b4dc-0dac3f61e08c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Christmas<\/a> together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 33-year-old TV personality took to Instagram over the festive period to share some snaps of the family as they enjoyed the day together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They spent Christmas day with Sam&#8217;s mum, his sister Louise, 35, and her fianc\u00e9 Ryan Libbey, 35, as well as Louise and Ryan&#8217;s son Leo, 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In one of the photos the couple wore matching pyjamas with red and white candy cane stripes, covered in a festive motif of wreaths and Christmas trees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In another photo the pair snuggled up warm outside beneath a blanket as they smiled for the camera.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sam and Talitha, 25, confirmed their relationship at the beginning of December after a few months of dating.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3aa22089df03700b\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105036525-15415109-Sam_Thompson_spent_Christmas_Day_with_his_new_girlfriend_Talitha-a-54_17667871187.jpeg\" height=\"1141\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Sam Thompson, 33, proved his new romance with girlfriend Talitha Balinska, 25, is heating up as they spent their first Christmas together\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Sam Thompson, 33, proved his new romance with girlfriend Talitha Balinska, 25, is heating up as they spent their first Christmas together\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7f0316562e7dc02f\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105036529-15415109-In_another_photo_the_pair_are_snuggled_up_warm_outside_beneath_a-a-45_17667856664.jpeg\" height=\"943\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Sam and Talitha confirmed their relationship at the beginning of December after a few months of dating\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Sam and Talitha confirmed their relationship at the beginning of December after a few months of dating\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The couple were set up on a date by Sam&#8217;s friend and former\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/made_in_chelsea\/index.html\" id=\"mol-81b74c80-b575-11f0-82fe-49dda8e1e183\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Made In Chelsea<\/a>\u00a0co-star Reza Amiri-Garroussi, after first meeting in 2023 when Talitha modelled in a campaign for Sam and Reza&#8217;s sunglasses brand, Dinelli.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While Sam was in a relationship with ex-girlfriend Zara McDermott 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 the Daily Mail, &#8216;the rest is history&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Zara and Sam dated for around five years &#8211; with the pair going official in May 2019 and later splitting in December 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking to best pal <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/pete-wicks\/index.html\" id=\"mol-817fe8d0-b575-11f0-82fe-49dda8e1e183\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pete Wicks<\/a>\u00a0on an episode of their\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/staying-relevant-1\/episodes\/156-sam-thompson-is-off-the-market\">Staying Relevant podcast<\/a>, the TV personality revealed he was officially off the market once again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He excitedly declared: &#8216;I\u2019ve got a girlfriend. I\u2019ve got a girlfriend!&#8217; as Pete quipped: &#8216;We&#8217;ve lost him again to the dark powers of a woman.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When probed about the details of the moment he asked Talitha the important question, Sam insisted: &#8216;Mate, it was just super relaxed. It was so boring really, but that&#8217;s kind of how I wanted it to be.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;We just went for dinner and I was like, &#8220;I really like you&#8221;. And I just went &#8220;I&#8217;d love to be your boyfriend&#8221;. I don&#8217;t know why I&#8217;m panicking more now!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He went on: &#8216;Yeah, I just said, &#8220;Look, I really, really like you and you make me feel really\u2026 comfortable. I feel like I can be myself around you. I don&#8217;t want to be dating anyone else.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-ce05286cc2cdea45\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105036535-15415109-They_spent_Christmas_day_with_Sam_s_mum_his_sister_Louise_far_ri-a-53_17667871187.jpeg\" height=\"632\" width=\"634\" alt=\"They spent Christmas day with Sam's mum, his sister Louise (far right), 35, and her fianc\u00e9 Ryan Libbey (far left), 35, as well as Louise and Ryan's son Leo, 4\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">They spent Christmas day with Sam&#8217;s mum, his sister Louise (far right), 35, and her fianc\u00e9 Ryan Libbey (far left), 35, as well as Louise and Ryan&#8217;s son Leo, 4<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b7b577b31dc77a8c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105036533-15415109-The_33_year_old_took_to_Instagram_on_Thursday_to_share_some_snap-a-47_17667856782.jpeg\" height=\"881\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The 33-year-old took to Instagram on Thursday to share some snaps of the family as they enjoyed the day together\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The 33-year-old took to Instagram on Thursday to share some snaps of the family as they enjoyed the day together<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d3850216daaadc58\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/104341701-15415109-Pete_was_quick_to_congratulate_his_pal_and_point_out_how_far_he_-a-30_17667852163.jpeg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Sam and his ex Zara McDermott dated for around five years - with the pair going official in May 2019 and later splitting in December 2024\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Sam and his ex Zara McDermott dated for around five years &#8211; with the pair going official in May 2019 and later splitting in December 2024\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I&#8217;m 33, I wouldn\u2019t be dating someone this amount of time if I didn\u2019t think it had legs to last. So will you be my girlfriend?&#8221; And she said &#8220;yes&#8221;. And so I said, &#8220;great&#8221;.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Pete was quick to congratulate his pal and point out how far he&#8217;d come in a year, after last Christmas marked the breakdown of Sam&#8217;s five-year romance with Zara.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">He said: &#8216;Listen we&#8217;re all very proud of you and we&#8217;re pleased that the year has taken a full circle&#8217;, as Sam echoed: &#8216;Christmas is back on! I&#8217;m happy.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Sam Thompson&#8217;s new romance with girlfriend Talitha Balinska heats up as they spend their first Christmas together with his family<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have YOU got a story? 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