Rita Ora has said she was “lonely and had given up on love” before finding her now husband Taika Waititi.

The couple started dating in 2021, when Rita was in Australia to appear on the local version of The Voice, and connected with New Zealand born film director Taika.

A whirlwind romance occurred, with the couple marrying in a secret ceremony in January this year.

However, before the couple fell for each other, Rita says she struggled watching friends get married, while wondering if it would ever happen for her.

Speaking about how she felt in a new interview about her new album You&I – which features her husband on the album artwork – Rita, 32, said she’d almost “given up” on meeting someone and felt left out compared to some of her friends.

She told The Sun: “A couple of my friends had been like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m pregnant’ or ‘Oh gosh, I’m getting married’. Life is happening and everyone is getting older and I felt like it was something that is very relatable.

“People think, ‘Oh well, what about me?’ I thought it was a vulnerable and insightful position for me. I think it connects us – especially girls and women and the social pressure we feel we have to reach.”

Although Rita kept her wedding to Taikia, 47, a secret at first, she has since confirmed the wedding and showed off her ring.

She officially confirmed the couple had wed a few weeks after the event in an interview with Heart Radio.

"Yes [I am married]," she said in January as she spoke to hosts Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden.

"I am officially off the market people. I chose to keep it more private and keep it to myself more but with my new video I am playing on what could have been."

"When the rumours came out is she, isn't she? I wanted to play on it," the singer admitted. "I wanted to do a wedding that didn't go to plan… that's not to say that is actually what happened."

Gushing about tying the knot to her partner, Rita said: "It was perfect. It was exactly, exactly how I wanted.

"It was nice and perfect. It is nice to keep some things just to myself sometimes. It was nice and sweet… Sorry it's not that interesting. One day I will throw a big party."

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