Tulisa Contostavlos’s friends have revealed they are desperate for her to find a partner and put an end to her three years of celibacy.
The NDubz star, 38, came out as demisexual on I’m A Celebrity last month – an orientation based on emotional connection rather than physical attraction – and confessed she had been celibate for three years.
Reflecting on her revelation in the Jungle, Tulisa told The Guardian: ‘Having the experiences I’ve had, has put me so far back into my shell. I only deal with people I already know. I’ve just recycled ex-boyfriends for the past 10 years. A new person coming in doesn’t have a chance.
‘I just ask myself: ‘Would I keep this person in my life, even as a friend, for the rest of time?’ And if I don’t have that feeling, I wouldn’t want them as a lover.
‘I don’t think it’s going to leave me an isolated and alone individual for the rest of my life. What’s meant for me won’t pass me by.’
But her best friend Michelle McKenna appeared to be less than convinced by the former X-Factor judge’s demisexual orientation and three-year celibacy streak.
Tulisa Contostavlos’s friends are desperate for her to find a partner and put an end to her three years of celibacy after she opened up about her sexuality on I’m A Celeb (pictured with best friend Michelle McKenna)
The NDubz star, 38, came out as demisexual on I’m A Celeb – an orientation based on emotional connection rather than physical attraction
Michelle, who is in a relationship with Tulisa’s friend Daniel Johnson, previously told MailOnline: ‘She needs somebody in her life, that needs to be over real soon, she needs to meet a very nice gentleman.
‘She’s been on her own for a while and it’s definitely time she finds someone now.’
Tulisa has a string of controversial boyfriends from Justin Edwards who leaked their sex tape in 2010 to being branded a ‘homewrecker’ for her relationship with the Premier League footballer Danny Simpson.
The former X-Factor judge also had an on-again-off-again relationship with her bandmate, Fazer, from 2010 to 2012 but the pair kept their romance private after Dappy, her cousin and bandmate, feared it would ruin the trio’s image as a band.
Following their breakup, Fazer began dating Ashley Emma Havelin, who he shares three children with.
Before Fazer, Tulisa dated Justin Edwards in 2010 who later leaked their sex tape online and ultimately ruined her gig as a judge on X-Factor after she felt she was being ‘virtually raped’ each time she appeared on the show.
She later became embroiled in a ‘homewrecker’ scandal in which it was alleged she started dating the former Bristol City footballer Danny Simpson while he was still with his ex-girlfriend – she and Simpson, 37, both successfully sued for defamation.
Her most recent confirmed relationship was with David King, a music producer and nephew of the singer Cher, in 2017 when the pair reportedly ‘connected while collaborating in the studio’.
Her best friend confessed: ‘She’s been on her own for a while and it’s definitely time she finds someone now’
Tulisa was previously in a relationship with Justin Edwards (R) who leaked their sex tape in 2010 causing the singer to seek legal action against her ex when the tape was released in 2012
At the heigh of N-Dubz fame, Tulisa was in a long-term relationship with her bandmate Fazer, however the pair split in February 2012 after 18 months together (pictured in 2010)
She later became embroiled in a ‘homewrecker’ scandal in which it was alleged she started dating the former Bristol City footballer Danny Simpson (pictured)
Her friend Michelle’s comments came days before the pair had a huge bust-up in the Australian hotel they were staying at after Tulisa became the third star to be voted off I’m A Celebrity.
Upset with the way Michelle had run her Instagram account while she had been in the Jungle, Tulisa confronted her friend about her ‘unprofessionalism’ and subsequently left Australia five days early, foregoing her commitments with ITV and not appearing on the aftershow.
She told The Guardian: ‘I came out, still followed by cameras, all tits and teeth, and it wasn’t until I was on my own that I felt this introvert overload. I was hyperventilating, crying. It was too much.’
Michelle and her partner Daniel had flown out Down Under to greet Tulisa off the famous I’m A Celebrity bridge and the trio were to spend the next five days together on the Gold Coast until the final but they jetted home early under a cloud of mystery.
Tulisa and Michelle – an urban dance artist – have been best friends since the I Need You singer moved to Manchester two years ago for a ‘better quality of life’ and go around to each other’s houses every other day.
The star bought a new-build mansion in Congleton, Cheshire, to be nearer to her best friends.
