EXCLUSIVE: Rita Ora gushes about her 'great' friendship with Liam Payne

The lovely Rita Ora joined presenter Jordan Lee backstage ahead of her epic set at Hits Live Birmingham on Saturday 16th November, wearing the most extra outfit we've seen so far at Hits Live.

Speaking to Jordan, the 28-year-old, who is also now a successful actress, gushed about her amazing friendship with former One Direction singer Liam Payne, her plans for the future and her thoughts on Instagram's new like policy.

Of course, Rita worked with 'Strip That Down' singer Liam Payne back in 2018, collaborating for the amazing track 'For You' on the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack, and the pair have since created a great friendship.

Speaking about Liam supporting her at the recent launch of her new clothing range, Rita told Jordan, "Oh I love Liam, yeah he came and supported me! Yeah we've got such a great friendship, I love him so much.

"It was nice because that was a moment. I've been working on clothes for such a long time and so we did the whole thing at Paris Fashion Week and it was really fun. My friends come out and I don't really remember the rest of the night because i was celebrating. And you know what, what happens in Paris stays in Paris is what I've been told."

Rita is a Hits Live favourite, so we were so excited to see her perform at Hits Live Birmingham! Performing her biggest hits, Rita's most recent record was 2018 release 'Phoenix', spawning singles 'Your Song', 'Anywhere' and 'Let You Love Me'.

Of course, she also collaborated with Hits Live Manchester performer Liam Payne on 'For You', which was on the soundtrack for Fifty Shades Freed in 2018.

The fantastic line-up at Hits Live Birmingham included The Script, Lewis Capaldi, Rita Ora, Craig David, Sigala, Jax Jones, John Newman, Becky Hill and RAYE.

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