Tv Presenter, Oscar Nominee, Number-one Artist, Actress… How Does Rita Ora Fit It All in?
RITA ORA isn’t answering her doorbell. I’ve been standing outside her house in Beverly Hills pressing the buzzer – but so far, nothing.
The house is situated at the top of a steep driveway and guarded by an electric gate, like the rest of the vast homes on this street; I can’t even bang on the door or peek through a window.
I buzz again. No reply.
Suddenly, a Land Rover pulls up in the driveway next to me. It must be Rita.
Wrong: the window rolls down to reveal a handsome guy in his 20s. ‘Are you here to deliver something?’
He looks puzzled when I explain I’m actually meant to be interviewing Rita, and that nobody is answering. He tries to FaceTime her. When he, too, gets no response, he gets out of the car, launches himself over the gate and disappears up the path.
A few minutes later he reappears, opens the gate and beckons for me to follow him up the garden path to a bungalow. Rita is standing in the doorway with a big smile on her face.
‘I’m so sorry,’ she says.
‘I thought we were meeting at 1.30pm.’ She points at the guy who let me in. ‘This is my friend Faisal. We’re working on tracks together.’
She’s quite a vision. Her signature blonde hair is pulled back in a ponytail, and she’s wearing vintage sunglasses with pink lenses, a black ribbon around her neck and a skimpy grey swimsuit. I was admiring it on her Instagram feed a few days ago.
‘Excuse this,’ she says, pointing to her hair. It’s apparently ‘a mess’ from wearing extensions while filming Fifty Shades. ‘I’m having it done later.’
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