SHE is one of the biggest jet setters in showbiz and has spent the summer playing to huge festival crowds across Europe. Yet despite all the trappings that come hand-in-hand with fame and fortune, it turns out Rita Ora is still a girl after our own hearts. Ahead of taking to the stage at Manchester Pride on Saturday, the Hot Right Now singer admitted she loves nothing more than sitting down for a proper Northern chippy tea and partying in the city with a tequila in hand.

Chatting exclusively to my Bizarre colleague Jack Hardwick before she landed in Manchester , Rita said: “I like a good, big lunch to keep my energy up before a show. It’s very important for me. “I would love to have a chippy if I have time.

And for me, it’s gravy all the way. “And I love a tequila soda or vodka soda with lime.” READ MORE ON Showbiz And she was looking forward to joining in the Pride celebrations that have taken over Manchester after her set? Rita said with a laugh: “I love going out in Manchester, it’s so much fun.

“I can’t wait for the performance.” Explaining that the LGBTQ+ community helped her fall in love with dance music, Rita added: “I would always go to the underground bars and the underground clubs and that is where I fell in love with dance music and make-up melting off my face. Most read in Bizarre “I had not got a clue what was going to happen in my career.

“I fell in love with dance music by being accepted in the gay raves in the clubs in the undergrou.