Diana Vickers reveals she's now ended her year-long celibacy period and 'celebrated by sleeping with someone I worked with'

has revealed she ended her year-long celibacy period when she slept with someone she works with.

The star, 34, gave up sex last year after a string of dating disasters, explaining how she wanted to put all her energies into work.

But she recently returned to the bedroom, admitting that sex is one of her love languages and she was craving intimacy and affection. 

'It got to the year mark, which I wanted to reach and I celebrated it by sleeping with someone I worked with,' Diana told Fabulous Magazine. 

She added that it 'was a really lovely experience with a really lovely guy, who I've stayed friends with since.'

Diana is currently single, with her last public relationship being her four year romance with model and musician George Craig, which ended in 2015.

At 34, the singer and podcast host is starting to think about settling down as she explained: 'It would be nice to share that deep connection with someone, to have them absolutely fancying the pants off you and listening to you and laughing and lighting you up.'

'I never feel lonely as my life is so full, but there is something in me at the moment where I'd like that now.'

After rising to fame on The X Factor in 2008, Diana bagged a No1 single with Once and an album with The Tainted Cherry Tree. 

She has since gone on to become a stage star in West End productions such as The Rise and Fall of Little Voice and The Rocky Horror Show.  She has hosted Ki & Dee: The Podcast since 2022. 

In April Diana revealed she has been diagnosed with a chronic condition after years of 'extreme pain' and mystery surrounding her health. 

The singer took to Instagram to share a health update with followers as she revealed she has been suffering from pain in her lower back, legs and pelvis for the last four years. 

Speaking in a candid video, Diana explained that she has been diagnosed with 'pelvic congestion syndrome' and now feels 'relieved' because she thought she was 'going absolutely mad for years'.

She said: 'I wanted to hop on here because for the last four years, I've come on socials to talk about how I've had debilitating pain and it's been a bit of a mystery. 

'To be honest I've been using socials a lot to help me because like a lot of women my age, I've had pain and I've not known what it is.

'Unfortunately, this is a thing with women's health, we are misdiagnosed, there's not a lot of research and money into women's health and considering we are half of the population that's very infuriating.'

The X Factor star continued: 'Finally two weeks ago I had a laparoscopy, my pain has been lower back pain, leg pain, pelvic pain, severe bloating, it's not a very sexy feeling. 

'Anyway I've been told it could be endometriosis, IBS, but after my surgery a doctor came to speak to me and talked me through images of what they found and it was actually something I've never heard of. 

'They spoke to me and said this is what they're pretty sure that they have found by looking at my veins in my pelvis. I've got something called pelvic congestion syndrome. 

'Pelvic congestion syndrome is something found in women and it's basically when the veins in your pelvis stop working properly and pool with blood and they wrap and twist around your ovaries and it's extremely painful. 

'Even hearing that for someone that has had so many scans and blood tests and been told nothing was ever found, to be sat there this relief I felt, because I felt like I was going absolutely mad for years.'

Diana is hoping by sharing her diagnosis and health journey other women going through 'mystery illnesses' will feel less 'lonely' and it will raise awareness.