Sinitta has opened up about her on-off romance with Simon Cowell, revealing to her I'm A Celebrity campmates that the music mogul 'was not a faithful boyfriend' during their 40-year relationship. The 62-year-old singer admitted she once believed they would marry, but now accepts that Cowell has found his 'proper person' in partner Lauren Silverman.
The conversation began when Gemma Collins remarked that she now understands why Cowell doesn't have a phone. Mo Farah asked Sinitta if this was true, and Gemma added that Sinitta has to go through two PAs and housekeepers just to get a message to him. Sinitta confirmed this, saying Cowell would call her 'as and when he fancies'.
Sinitta told the group: 'He wasn't a faithful boyfriend. He won't mind me saying it, because he knows, and I was very possessive. But he kind of likes that we can all just hang out and be friends.' She recalled an incident where a woman burnt her shoulder with a cigarette while trying to get to Cowell in a club.
Reflecting on their relationship, Sinitta said: 'I feel like Simon loves me and cares about me, but it's just, I think I romanticise everything. And then you see him with his partner and his baby, well, he's a big boy now, and it's like, 'wow, okay'. I was the right person for a time, but they've just got this whole level that we didn't have.'
The confession came after a previous clash between Sinitta and Gemma over the musical Chicago, which both had been involved in. Sinitta later posted on Instagram, accusing ITV of editing out parts of their conversation to make it look like a bigger bust-up, insisting they had bonded over the discussion.
