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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n
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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSinger Rita Ora has said that her controversial 30th birthday party, which she threw in London while the UK was still in a strict lockdown in November 2020, changed her life for the better. <\/p>\n
The now-34-year-old singer celebrated at Casa Cruz restaurant in Notting Hill alongside celebrity guests including Cara and Poppy Delevingne, and TOWIE star Vas Morgan. <\/p>\n
She should have been isolating following a trip to Egypt. <\/p>\n
Ora was heavily criticised for the flagrant breach of government guidance at the time, which stipulated that indoor gatherings of more than six people were banned for everyone in the country. <\/p>\n
The restaurant\u2019s general manager, Scottie Bhattarai, said in court there were between 15 and 20 people at the party and that he\u2019d accepted \u00a35,000 from Ora\u2019s team for use of the premises because \u201che was greedy\u201d.<\/p>\n
Speaking to The Sun<\/em>, Ora said the incident caused her to take a long look at her behaviour. <\/p>\n\u201cI just really was living every day like it was my last, with no care about what was going to happen the next day,\u201d she said, adding she regretted not being \u201ca bit more considerate\u201d of herself and others. <\/p>\n
Ora explained she \u201cnever really understood\u201d the responsibility she had as a public figure to behave ethically. \u201cI think a lot of people were looking up at me, looking for me to give them a lot of answers, and I didn\u2019t mentally digest that,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
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Singer Rita Ora says the backlash to her lockdown birthday party caused her to re-evaluate her behaviour (Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\u201cBut it\u2019s hard for me too. I think for anyone in my position to wake up one day and you\u2019re like, \u2018Oh, wow, I have all these people that are depending on me to really give them inspiration\u2019. I\u2019m also human.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut now I feel like it\u2019s something that I take pride in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Per The Sun<\/em>, Ora sees the backlash to her lockdown party as the catalyst for her move towards a more mindful lifestyle and greater consideration of others. <\/p>\nThe \u201cBlack Widow\u201d hitmaker apologised for flouting lockdown rules at the time, saying the event was a \u201cspur of the moment decision\u201d she was \u201cdeeply sorry\u201d for. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a serious and inexcusable error of judgement. Given the restrictions, I realise how irresponsible these actions were and I take full responsibility,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Singer Rita Ora has said that her controversial 30th birthday party, which she threw in London while the UK was still in a strict lockdown in November 2020, changed her life for the better. The now-34-year-old singer celebrated at Casa Cruz restaurant in Notting Hill alongside celebrity guests including Cara and Poppy Delevingne, and TOWIE star Vas Morgan. She should have been isolating following a trip to Egypt. Ora was heavily criticised for the flagrant breach of government guidance at the time, which stipulated that indoor gatherings of more than six people were banned for everyone in the country. The restaurant\u2019s general manager, Scottie Bhattarai, said in court there were between 15 and 20 people at the party and that he\u2019d accepted \u00a35,000 from Ora\u2019s team for use of the premises because \u201che was greedy\u201d. Speaking to The Sun, Ora said the incident caused her to take a long look at her behaviour. \u201cI just really was living every day like it was my last, with no care about what was going to happen the next day,\u201d she …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}