We’re not sexist on your love life, Rita Ora, we are all just a bit curious – it’s basic intrigue
WELCOME to the wonderful world of Rita Ora.
One where she’s still living in the dark ages and believes there has been curiosity about her love life simply because she is a woman.
In a BBC1 interview with Louis Theroux, Rita even says her career has been eclipsed by the attention on her former lovers.
She says that would never happen to a man and the attention on her love life has been “sexist”.
Rita told Louis: “I don’t base my life on relationships . . . I’ve always been very adamant on focusing on me and my work. Look, we are women. Men don’t get asked, ‘Oh, you’ve had 100 boyfriends or girlfriends’ . . . It comes with the territory, it’s part of the world that you’re in.”
Rita lives in the world of showbiz and social media where her fans devour titbits of her life, regardless of whether she’s a man or a woman
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And, come on, Rita, surely you know that?
It’s such an outdated view that we still live in a world where modern women are judged on their sex life and number of partners.
A couple of decades ago that may have been the case, but we’ve surely moved on.
Sex is now just a swipe of a mobile phone screen away - and can be empowering for both men and women.
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Rita has dated some headline worthy hunks from Calvin Harris to Bruno Mars, but that certainly doesn’t define her.
We want to know all about it not because she’s a woman but because she’s a celebrity.
She has the kind of glitzy life most of us could only dream of.
We are just as intrigued by her amazing fashion sense.
How many people do you know who pull off walking down the street showing off their undies, or wear a see-through dress on a night out?
Just this week she pulled off that look again on the red carpet.
The BBC even asked her to cover up when presenting The Voice.
And earlier this month she changed her stage outfit eight times while presenting the annual MTV EMAs ceremony with her husband Taika Waititi.
Rita is a woman who knows how to command attention.
It’s the same with her hair and beauty. Her hair goes from attention seeking orange to pink and red, from short to long whenever she fancies with the help of pricey extensions thanks to her bulging bank account.
Fabulous and fascinating
She also is a savvy enough businesswoman to know that in the world of showbiz, having headlines helps turn songs into hits.
That is why she has shared regular gruelling workout routines to her 16million fans on social media before bringing out her own fitness clothing range.
It is all part of being a star and being talked about, about being popular and interesting. That is why we care about her love life.
Not because she is a woman. Because she is fabulous and fascinating.
When Jonathan Ross or Alan Carr chat to male celebrities they don’t ignore questions about their lovers and store them all up to interrogate and ridicule women for having a sex life.
Can you really imagine them interviewing Leonardo DiCaprio or Harry Styles and neglecting to ask about their sex life.
And let’s face it, even in non celeb land we are all curious about our mates’ love lives, aren’t we? It is basic intrigue.
Her amazing voice, together with her dedication to her image — and a heck of a lot of hard graft — have seen Rita become a mega.
She is, after all, the first ever British female solo artist to have 13 Top Ten songs in the UK.
So how on earth could her love life eclipse that?
Nobody judged you Rita — so don’t judge yourself.
I’M not being unpatriotic but I got Brazil in the World Cup sweepstake at my gym. Quietly confident.
Adele’s knockout price for Rocky mansion
ADELE bagged herself a bargain when she bought Sylvester Stallone’s LA pad for £42million – which is roughly half the original asking price.
Now she has got to work stripping out all his film memorabilia.
Sly has certainly loved his work.
There are Rocky and Rambo statues, artworks, a room and an office dedicated to the two famous films.
Sly even put a full-size Rocky raising his fist on the side of his infinity pool.
Makes you wonder if he’ll be more gutted about losing so much money or learning that Adele definitely isn’t a fan.
Do your dissing quietly
WE could probably all learn a lesson or two this week about slagging people off . . . and making sure you never, ever get caught.
Firstly, a North Wales caravan park boss, Aaron Scantlebury, took to Facebook to make a series of scathing comments about people sub-letting their private holiday homes.
On a page just for the park’s caravan owners, he described the renters as “Addams families” and “unwashed riff-raff” who have never seen “a job or a bath”.
Unsurprisingly, he has been dubbed a “modern-day Basil Fawlty” and branded as “condescending” and “extremely unprofessional”.
He later tried to claim it was just a “tongue-in-cheek rant”.
He’s not alone.
The Sun revealed on Friday that David Walliams will be stepping down from Britain’s Got Talent after being forced to apologise for the foul-mouthed comments he made about contestants.
He called one a “c***” three times and mocked another during breaks in filming.
David said in a statement earlier this month: “I would like to apologise to the people I made disrespectful comments about during breaks in filming for Britain’s Got Talent in 2020.
“These were private conversations and – like most conversations with friends – were never intended to be shared. Nevertheless, I am sorry.”
I bet he is.
My Katie Cat fear
I HAVE serious doubts about pets being kept in Katie Price’s home.
On Friday her dog was run over. It follows five other known animal deaths since 2017.
I was once at her house interviewing one of her former partners, while she was upstairs.
Her daughter interrupted to say a pet cat had been killed in the garden by a dog.
The boyfriend didn’t even want to stop the interview.
He simply covered the dead cat with a washing-up bowl and carried on. It was horrific.
IT was wonderful to see Geri Horner get an honorary degree at Sheffield Hallam University.
Not because of the accolade but because she was finally forced to ditch her bizarre white-only clothing rule for colourful robes.
It’s the first time in years she’s not looked washed out.
Racism row
SHOCK horror.
Two black people are evicted from I’m A Celebrity so let’s have a racism row.
Charlene White exited the jungle first, followed by Scarlette Douglas.
One viewer tweeted: “Two black women evicted first and people want you to believe racism is eradicated.”
Another said the results “highlight racism in modern Britain”
How about the fact that, in comparison to the other contestants, they were as dull as dishwater?
Jack's shirty dancing
HE is a millionaire footballer who has been criticised for his partying, boozing and cheating but at the World Cup Jack Grealish is an inspiration.
After he scored the sixth goal against Iran he did a “worm” dance.
He’d promised to perform the celebration for fan Finlay Fisher, a 12-year-old with cerebral palsy who he had befriended.
Afterwards jubilant Jack ran into the crowd and hugged his girlfriend Sasha Attwood before stripping off his top, sitting next to her and taking a moment to soak up the amazing atmosphere.
He is clearly having the time of his life and he is a pleasure to watch . . . on and off the pitch.
Shirley no pigs
DON’T you just love the rubbish that some celebs come out with to promote their TV programmes?
This week Strictly’s Shirley Ballas says she wants to be a pig farmer after spending a nanosecond trying her hand as one for a new reality show.
She gushed: “One day I’d like to get the welly boots on and go on to a farm and clean up the animals.”
Of course you would, Shirley.
She went on: “No make-up, welly boots and a big overcoat.
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“People see me on Strictly all glammed up but deep down inside I love all the activities that people would never expect I’d love . . . I would never say no to living on a farm.”
And pigs might fly . . .