Ellie Goulding has stepped out for the first time with new boyfriend Beau Minniear as they enjoyed a cosy walk around London on Thursday.
The singer, 38, appeared in good spirits as the actor, 28, caressed her bottom amid their romantic stroll through the city, just days after being criticised for saying protesting Brits made her ’embarrassed to be British’.
Ellie cut a low-key figure in a grey hoodie which she layered over a long white T-shirt and skintight black leggings.
The Burn hitmaker kept comfortable in a pair of black trainers and tucked her hands into her jumper pockets.
Styling her long blonde tresses loose, Ellie kept warm under a brown and yellow winter hat, while Beau, who is ten years her junior, also cut a casual figure in an all black ensemble.
Since the breakdown of her marriage to her younger husband Caspar Jopling, 33, with whom she shares son four-year-old son Arthur, Ellie has enjoyed a string of romances.
Ellie Goulding, 38, has stepped out for the first time with new boyfriend Beau Minniear, 28, as they enjoyed a cosy walk around London on Thursday
The singer appeared in good spirits as the actor caressed her bottom amid their romantic stroll through the city
Ellie cut a low-key figure in a grey hoodie which she layered over a long white T-shirt and skintight black leggings
According to The Sun Ellie is thought to have met actor Beau – who has a string of small acting parts in TV and film in the US – earlier this year.
In July she reportedly teased a romance with him with a cryptic TikTok video posted to her socials.
The publication claims she shared a clip stroking a man’s arm, with the caption: ‘Just a little something to take the edge off.’ The video is no longer on her TikTok account.
Her fans reportedly noticed that the watch the man was wearing in the clip matched one Beau regularly wears in Instagram snaps.
They also reportedly spotted that the pair both posted photos from the same hotel in Florence – before attending a boxing match together.
A source told the publication: ‘Ellie is into Beau and they have a lot of shared interests like exercise and art.
‘They’ve been having fun together and they certainly make for an attractive couple.’
A representative for Ellie has been contacted by the Daily Mail for comment.
The Burn hitmaker kept comfortable in a pair of black trainers and tucked her hands into her jumper pockets
Styling her long blonde tresses loose, Ellie kept warm under a brown and yellow winter hat, while Beau, who is ten years her junior, also cut a casual figure in an all black ensemble
He wore joggers and a matching hoodie as they headed out
Ellie is thought to have met actor Beau- who has had a string of small acting parts in TV and film in the US – earlier this year
She teased the romance in a July TikTok video when the pair attended the clash between boxers Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois together at Wembley
Fans also reportedly noticed that they both posted photos from the same hotel in Florence – before attending a boxing match together.
Since the breakdown of her marriage to her younger husband Caspar Jopling, 33, with whom she shares son four-year-old son Arthur, Ellie has enjoyed a string of romances
The couple appeared at ease in each other’s company
It comes after Ellie said on Instagram that anti-migrant protesters amassing outside hotels used to house asylum seekers make her ’embarrassed to be British’
The star briefly dated hunky surf instructor Armando Perez, 29, who she sought comfort with following the breakdown of her marriage.
They met in late 2023 in Costa Rica where the songstress had rented a swanky villa with pals after secretly separating from her partner after five years.
Ellie and her art dealer ex-husband Caspar were reportedly living separate lives for at least six months before announcing their split, despite trying to work things out for the sake of their son.
‘Their lives are very different and so it was natural for them both to eventually move on. But they still remain great friends.’
After weeks of discussions about how they would reveal their separation, the pop star’s team finally revealed they had been spending time apart – blaming their ‘hectic schedules’ for the demise of their marriage.
It comes after Ellie was criticised after she took to Instagram on Wednesday and shared a photo of one anti-migrant demonstration, adding the caption: ‘Embarrassed to be a Brit right now.’
Britain has seen a wave of anti-migrant sentiment in some communities that is bitterly dividing the country and causing tensions across the UK to rise.
Weekly protests are becoming fixtures outside hotels around England that host asylum seekers, while some Brits have taken to hanging flags on public infrastructure and even spray-painting the St George’s Cross onto road markings.
Ellie said protesters were using immigration as an ‘excuse to be appalling’ and appealed to patriots to get a National Trust membership instead
But her comments were subject to backlash online from anti-migrant activists, with one angry X user accusing her of taking a stance of an ‘absurd pedestal of moral superiority’
Ellie has been outspoken in her support for refugees in recent years, and visited a refugee camp in Jordan in 2023, speaking out in support of those displaced by war in Syria
But angry social media users disagreed with the songstress, accusing her of being out of touch
One said: ‘This absurd pedestal of moral superiority that so many celebrities place themselves on, as they look down and judge the so-called ‘plebs’ beneath them,’
Pop star Ellie and her estranged husband Casper, 31, confirmed their split in February 2024 after reportedly living separate lives for at least six months
The star previously dated hunky surf instructor Armando Perez, 29, (pictured L) who she sought comfort with following the breakdown of her marriage
Ellie said protesters were using immigration as an ‘excuse to be appalling’ and appealed to patriots to get a National Trust membership instead.
But her comments were subject to backlash online from anti-migrant activists, with one angry X user accusing her of taking a stance of an ‘absurd pedestal of moral superiority’.
Writing on Instagram, she continued: ‘They say it’s for the ‘women and children’.
‘I’m a pretty tough girl but when I think about the times I’ve been intimidated in London or anywhere else in [the] UK, whether on the tube/train or walking with friends late at night, it involves those kinds of British men either after a night at the pub, post boxing or football match.
‘Stop using immigration as an excuse to be appalling and if you really want to stand up for this beautiful country go and get a National Trust membership for real.’
Ellie has been outspoken in her support for refugees in recent years, and visited a refugee camp in Jordan in 2023, speaking out in support of those displaced by war in Syria.
She said at the time: ‘To be a refugee is often to experience trauma, a removal of identity and the erasure of culture. It’s an existence that leaves little room for dreams.’
She has also previously performed at global summits on human rights and climate change.
But angry social media users disagreed with the songstress, accusing her of being out of touch.
One said: ‘This absurd pedestal of moral superiority that so many celebrities place themselves on, as they look down and judge the so-called ‘plebs’ beneath them, is nothing more than hypocrisy and posturing.’
Meanwhile fellow singer Lily Allen joined in and hit out at protesting Brits by claiming the ‘only acceptable’ time to fly English flags is during football tournaments
Anti-migrant protesters (pictured) hold a demonstration outside the Thistle Hotel in Swindon on Saturday
A protester displays a tattoo of Tommy Robinson on her arm as rival protest groups clash outside the New Bridge Hotel in Newcastle on Saturday
Another wrote: ‘Ellie Goulding says migrant hotel protesters make her embarrassed to be British and accuses demonstrators of ‘using immigration as an excuse to be appalling‘. I am sure migrates [sic] are not a problem for her in her Cotswold Mansion!’
Meanwhile fellow singer Lily Allen joined in and hit out at protesting Brits by claiming the ‘only acceptable’ time to fly English flags is during football tournaments.
Lily, 40, told an episode of her Miss Me? podcast that she disagrees with the ‘sheer volume’ of people flying the St George’s Cross, arguing the ‘only time’ the flag should be seen is during the latter stages of international footballing events.
She said: ‘I mean, I think the only acceptable time for St. George’s Cross is if England have made it into the finals of the Euros or the World Cup. That is, for me, the only time that we need to see those flags.’
Lily added that the ‘sheer volume of St George’s Crosses and Union Jacks being hung from bridges and painted badly on roundabouts made me think about what is going on here’.
She and co-host Jordan also discussed the ancestry of St George, highlighting that, as a figure of ‘Syrian-Palestinian’ heritage, ‘they of course would be denied access [to the UK]’. Allen added that if he were to arrive in the UK, he would also be placed in an asylum hotel.