Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: Six years later , the media circulated rumors that the couple were about to get married ; however , on July 13 , 2007 Hamasaki announced that they had broken up .
Simplified: Six years later , there were rumors that Hamasaki and Nagase were going to get married . But on July 13 , 2007 Hamasaki said that they had broken up .