Lady Gaga breaks silence on Taylor Kinney ‘split’

Lady Gaga has broken her silence on reports her and fiancé Taylor Kinney have called it quits after five years together.

In short, the wedding isn't off, but they are on a break.

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“Taylor and I have always believed we are soulmates," the 30-year-old wrote to Instagram. “Just like all couples we have ups and downs, and we have been taking a break.

“We are both ambitious artists, hoping to work through long-distance and complicated schedules to continue the simple love we have always shared.

“Please root us on. We’re just like everybody else and we really love each other.”

Aww. Our hearts!

The couple - who got engaged in February 2015 - were recently said to have called time on their five-year romance, with insiders claiming their conflicting schedules caused the problems.

A source told PEOPLE: "Their work kept them apart a lot. Chicago Fire keeps him in Chicago and her work is almost always elsewhere."

The pair haven't been pictured together recently and she hadn't shared a picture of him on her social media accounts for over a month, until today.

Last week, on Taylor's 35th birthday, Gaga was seen without her engagement ring while she was out and about in Malibu.

Taylor and Gaga met on the set of her You and I video and she previously revealed how they kept their long-distance romance alive.

She said: "We don't have any rules about calling each other at certain times ... We'll go days at a time without talking and then we'll talk every day. He's on his journey and I'm on mine and we're gypsies. And then when we're together, we're really in love and that's it."

She explained that her mother Cindy was in charge of planning the nuptials.

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She said: "I think if I wouldn't let my mom do this with all of us and my family - I think if I would've denied the women of my life the planning of the wedding - they would probably kill me. I have all the help in the world in a way!"

The Born This Way hitmaker was adamant her wedding to actor Taylor was going to be low-key.

She added: "We are not planning anything that is worth writing about."

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