Rita Ora and Taika Waititi.Photo: Samir Hussein/WireImage
Rita Orais raving about her new husbandTaika Waititi— and she’ll sing it from the rooftops!
During an interview onJaime Winstone’s Greatest Night Everpodcast, the singer opened up about her life with theThor: Love and Thunderdirector, whom PEOPLE previously confirmedshe had married over the summer.
The “Let You Love Me” singer also explained that she was in a good place — and she’s thankful to have found the partner she’d always dreamed of having.
“I love love,” she told the host. “I’ve always been such a believer in it and I always felt like — I always wanted the fairytale. That’s what I grew up loving.”
Rita Ora and Taika Waititi.Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty
She continued, “And my parents have been together for over 30 years, so for me, I was always about that like, love, finding a partner and all that, so I’m really happy I did. But I made that choice.”
“I love Taika,” she added. “Shout out to Taika.”
Last month, a source confirmed to PEOPLE that the couple got married in a “very small” ceremony. Theysparked rumorsafter Waititi and Ora wore what appeared to be wedding rings on social media.
Later that month, Ora wasspotted for the first time in public, walking down the streets of London with a huge smile on her face.
Last year, Ora and Waititi went public with their relationship after they werefirst linkedback in April 2021 when Ora posted a photo of her and Waititi embracing. She captioned that post, “Good times, memories, random things on my phone and the ones I love.”
Rita Ora and Taika Waititi.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
The pair later made theirred carpet debutas a couple at the August 2021 premiere ofThe Suicide Squadin Los Angeles. In September, Waititi and Ora appeared together at the2021 Met Gala.
Waititi split from ex-wife Chelsea Winstanley in 2018 after being married for seven years. He and Winstanley sharetwo kids, daughters Te Kāinga o te Hinekāhu, 10, and Matewa Kiritapu, 7.
Meanwhile, in September 2021, OratoldVogueAustraliaabout keeping her love life mostly private. “I’m in a great place in my life, that’s all I’m going to say about that,” she said at the time. “I just think, respectfully, privacy is important. … I learned a lot in my 20s.”
source: people.com
