Olympic gold medallist Nicola Adams has confessed that her ex-girlfriend Ella Baig's career on an adult website put a strain on their relationship as she opens up on their 'difficult' split and navigating co-parenting their son. Nicola, 42, who was the first British woman to secure an Olympic gold medal in the ring at the 2012 Olympics, ended her relationship with 27-year-old Ella at the beginning of the year after seven years together. The former couple reportedly struggled through the nature of Ella's OnlyFans career. Nicola and Ella first started dating in 2018 after they met on a night out. After several years into their romance, they decided they wanted to become parents and chose to use fertility treatments. Ella gave birth to their son Taylor in July 2022 via caesarean section. Since their split earlier this year, Nicola has admitted that Ella's OnlyFans career did have a negative impact on their relationship, the Mirror reports. Speaking to the Daily Mail , the former professional boxer said: “I have always been incredibly supportive of Ella's career and the choices she has made, including her work on OnlyFans. "However, as much as I respect what she does, I can't deny that it has had an impact on our relationship.” She also opened up about how the difficulties of going through a breakup in the public eye but insisted they are managing to co-parent pretty well. She added: “Co-parenting has been really good, because our son's always at the top of it. It's always difficult doing breakups, especially when you're in the public eye - and it's not something that you always you want to be public. "But I guess once you've been [in the public eye] it always ends up being that way... but we've navigated that quite well. “I've always believed in handling things with respect and maturity, and we shared a lot of good memories together, and I'll always be grateful for the good times. "And I guess the main thing is our son now, and we see ourselves as, like, pretty good co-parents. I think... I feel like we've got good co-parenting girls here. I'm just happy that he's happy, and it hasn't really affected him that much.” It comes after Nicola lifted the lid on her new career move as she revealed that she has been taking acting lessons and is now set to make her acting debut in a film next year. Nicola is set to star in The Gun on Second Street alongside Poppy Delevigne and Bruce Willis' daughter Rumer. In addition to her upcoming film, Nicola is also starring in a BBC children's show titled High Hoops, which is due for release in November. The former boxer retired from boxing with an undefeated record and held the World Boxing Organization female flyweight title in 2019.