Rita Ora still embarrassed over lockdown-breaking birthday party

[Teletubby 165,434]

Rita Ora has reflected on her much-publicised breach of lockdown rules last year, saying she remains “incredibly embarrassed”.

After returning from a work trip to Egypt, the singer should have been self-isolating on November 28 in line with the COVID-19 laws at the time. Instead, she hosted a private party to celebrate her 30th birthday in West London.

Police said that the restaurant’s owners were offered £5000 to open in defiance of the month-long national lockdown, and were asked to disable CCTV cameras; footage was wiped from their hard drives two days later, as revealed at a licensing hearing held by Kensington and Chelsea Council in January.

At the time, restaurants were only allowed to open to offer a takeaway service. Police called the breach “one of the most egregious and notorious” examples of the flouting of lockdown regulations. A number of other celebrities were pictured arriving to celebrate her 30th birthday, including Cara Delevingne and  Vas Morgan.

In a new interview with The Independent, Ora admitted to her ongoing regret at holding the party.
“I am incredibly embarrassed,” she says. “I still feel embarrassed. And the regret...” Her eyes well up. “It’s really hard for me to talk about it. I just wish I had made a different choice. It makes me sad because it’s something I wish had never happened.” She understands the reaction. “People were making huge sacrifices at the time, and I let them down. And that hurts. It really hurts.”

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[Luke78619 23,579]

58 minutes ago, Teletubby said:

and I let them down

Me at “I Will Never Let You Down”:

well that was a f*cking lie 

[Dr Fudge 8,726]

6 minutes ago, Luke78619 said:

Me at “I Will Never Let You Down”:

well that was a f*cking lie 

Rita x Gaga collab confirmed 

[littlepotter 76,820]

I thought it was gonna be this

[Sepsami 21,264]

4 minutes ago, littlepotter said:

I thought it was gonna be this

Same 

[nATAH 59,835]

33 minutes ago, littlepotter said:

I thought it was gonna be this

ME TOO Lssbduygsddssddd

[TheOriginalOne 11,716]

58 minutes ago, littlepotter said:

I thought it was gonna be this

I’m still so gagged that this was not Bebe and that Bebe and Rita are 2 different people.

[Lucas 32,137]

The thing is that she's embarassed that people found out about it, not that she did it

[FentyGa 14,340]

30 minutes ago, TheOriginalOne said:

I’m still so gagged that this was not Bebe and that Bebe and Rita are 2 different people.

bebe had the embarrassing tweet about paris in the 40s. same energy

[TheOriginalOne 11,716]

5 minutes ago, FentyGa said:

bebe had the embarrassing tweet about paris in the 40s. same energy

Omg mess I just looked it up! 
 

Bebe being suddenly teleported to Nazi occupied Paris: 

 

[retrosexual123 1,142]

So glad she’s been cancelled in the uk because of it

[Blown Away 5,218]

Is that where this comes from?

 

Edit: I do hope she actually learned from it though.

[AJRocketMan 2,684]

Is Rita Ora popular in the UK? I think she only had one it here in the US and it was as a feature on an Iggy Azalea song 

[Dojo 19,823]

we forgive you Miss Ora.