"His new-found maturity – “getting older is great, I feel I am a man now, not a boy any more” – has also enabled him to commit to his long-term on-off girlfriend, glamorous actress Karima Adebibe, 28, who was the seventh model for Lara Croft in the video game series Tomb Raider.
“We’ve had an on-and-off relationship for the last five years but six months ago we got back together. We’re in love and I’m happier than I’ve ever been relationship-wise,” he says.
The couple live together in a converted factory in Hackney, East London, and he says they will eventually marry and have a family.
“She’s definitely the woman I want to spend my life with and I’m totally committed to her. I’m sure at some point we’ll have some kind of a ceremony, although it might be a Buddhist one or say the vows and have a party on a beach somewhere. We just connect so well and have the same belief system.
“I think the right partner makes you a better person. We have a great time together and when it comes down to it loving, learning and, of course, having a laugh is really what life’s about.”