INTERVIEW
The ’80s icon exclusively tells Closer about her new squeeze and what ex-boyfriend-turned-best friend Simon Cowell really thinks of him
This time last year she was attempting to find a partner on Celebs Go Dating, but Sinitta now tells Closer that not only has she found love, she’s also having the most fun in the bedroom ever, ahead of her 60th birthday.
The 59-year-old says, “I’m dating someone! I’m trying to keep secret about it, but I’m so happy. I’ve been dating him since April. I fell in love with my best friend.
“I actually feel more confident and happier than I’ve been in my life, because I’m not self-conscious and I know what I want sexually. I know how to get what I want and how to ask for it, I’m not afraid and I’m not just that people pleaser – I’m someone who wants pleasure for myself in all things.”
Sinitta – who rose to fame in the 1980s with her track, So Macho – has had a roller-coaster love life over the years, including an on/off relationship with Hollywood actor Brad Pitt between 1986 and 1988 and an 18-month romance with pop star David Essex, who was 17 years her senior.
GOOD FRIENDS
Then, from 2002-2009, Sinitta was married to Andy Willner, with the pair adopting two children – Zac and Magdalena, now both 17 – in 2008 together. Their divorce was finalised in 2010, with Sinitta saying at the time, “The truth is even now I don’t know why he divorced me.”
In addition, after meeting in the ’80s, Sinitta was in a relationship with talent show mogul Simon Cowell. The pair were seemingly on and off for 20 years, but despite Simon starting to date his now-fiancée Lauren Silverman in 2012, Sinitta recently suggested that her relationship with Simon didn’t end for good until Lauren, 46, gave birth to Eric Cowell, nine, in 2014.
She said, “There was always an element of, ‘Well, it’s never really over’, but when Eric was born that was it. I would never come between his family.”
Unconventionally, Simon and Lauren are still good friends with Sinitta today, with the X Factor boss even having met her new man.
BESOTTED
Sinitta tells Closer, “When I told Simon, he wanted to have a conversation with him. He did the whole big brother ‘We need to talk’ thing, which was very cute.
“He approves – and that’s a hard pass because Simon doesn’t give his approval easily. At heart Simon’s a big softie. He really likes him.”
In 2022, Sinitta tried her luck on Celebs Go Dating, but sensationally quit after failing to find someone. A year on, however, and she is besotted with her new man.
And while she’s keen to keep his identity a secret, she reveals th
