Celebrity Britney Spears and Charlie Ebersol Split The pair were together for eight months By Jeff Nelson Jeff Nelson Instagram Twitter Jeff Nelson is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. For nearly a decade, he has worked across the brand's entertainment verticals, reporting on breaking news and writing and editing across platforms, as well as securing A-list cover exclusives, including Barry Manilow's coming out and an at-home interview with Madonna. Jeff has appeared as an expert on Good Morning America, Extra, HLN and SiriusXM, as well as at RuPaul's DragCon as a moderator. He studied magazine journalism at Drake University, graduating with a B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication. People Editorial Guidelines Published on June 22, 2015 04:45 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Britney Spears and Charlie Ebersol have split after eight months together, a source close to Ebersol confirms to PEOPLE. The pair – who began dating in October – most recently appeared together publicly last month at the Billboard Music Awards, where Spears performed her new single “Pretty Girls” with Iggy Azalea. Despite being low-key about their relationship, Spears, 33, and TV producer Ebersol, 32, documented their romance on social media, frequently posting photos together – oftentimes with Spears’ sons with ex Kevin Federline, Sean Preston, 9, and Jayden James, 8 – during birthdays and holidays. (Spears has since deleted her Instagram shots with Ebersol.) They also posed together for the pop star’s PEOPLE cover story in March. Spears doesn’t appear to be taking the breakup too hard: On Sunday, she posted a pic on Instagram with a mystery man in her home state, captioning it: “So nice to be home! Nothing like Louisiana boys.” “There was something about him that made me feel really peaceful and at ease And he was really hot, too. Adorably hot,” Spears told PEOPLE in her cover of what attracted her to Ebersol, the son of SNL co-creator Dick Ebersol and actress Susan Saint James. RELATED VIDEO: Kevin Federline: ‘Co-parenting Is Going Great’ with Britney Spears • Reporting by ELIZABETH LEONARD