Rita Ora and Taika Waititi have been together for nearly three years (Picture: Taylor Hill/WireImage)
Rita Ora opens up about her upbringing and love life when speaking to Louis Theroux for his new BBC interview series, which is set to air tonight.
With 13 Top 10 hits under her belt, modelling contracts, TV Talent show roles, and even her own tequila, Rita lives life in the fast lane and is often balancing several projects at once and travelling around the world.
The singer sits down with Theroux for his BBC Two series and admits that even after a decade in the industry, she still gets nervous performing.
In recent months she’s also been at the center of the rumour mill as people are desperate to know more about her relationship with New Zealand film director Taika Waititi.
But while we may think we know her, just who is Rita, and what does her personal life look like off the stage and away from the cameras?
Rita sits down with Louis Theroux in his latest BBC series (Picture: BBC)
Where is Rita Ora from?
Rita was born in 1990 in Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia (modern-day Kosovo), to Albanian parents.
Her mother Vera is a psychiatrist and her father, Besnik Sahatçiu, is a pub owner.
She has two siblings, an older sister, Elena, and a younger brother, Don.
While her surname was originally Sahatçiu her parents later added Ora to the family surname so it could be easily pronounced.
When she was a baby her parents left Kosovo due to the persecution of Albanians initiated with the disintegration of Yugoslavia and they relocated to London, where she grew up in Notting Hill.
Taika and Rita presented the MTV Europe Music Awards recently (Picture: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
Is Rita Ora married to Taika Waititi?
First meeting four years ago, Rita and Taika were introduced at a barbeque by their mutual friend Robert Pattinson.
However, it was in 2020 when they first started dating while living in Australia.
She was a coach on The Voice Australia, while he was filming Thor: Love and Thunder.
Reports first emerged that the couple were engaged in June and in August it came out that they had gotten married in London.
While Taika has been seen wearing a wedding band, Rita has avoided calling him her husband in recent interviews.
Although they both might be keeping their lips sealed on their marriage status, Rita did tell Louis that getting married was ‘something I’ve dreamed of since I was a kid’.
‘I’ve reached a point where I’m very much contained and settled,’ she said.
Calvin and Rita dated for a year before breaking up in 2014 (Picture: Mike Marsland/WireImage)
Who has Rita Ora dated in the past?
Rita also told Louis that she ‘loves being in love’.
Before meeting Taika, Rita dated American musician Andrew Watt, whom she dated on and off for two years, before they broke up for the final time in 2019.
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Before that she was in a relationship with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris, who produced her chart-topping single I Will Never Let You Down.
The pair dated for a year between 2013-2014.
Louis Theroux Interviews… continues tonight at 9.30pm on BBC Two.
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