Rita and her hubby had a not-right-now romance

RITA Ora has revealed she was pals with her husband for over four years before they became an item.

- By Mark Jefferies

And after romance finally blossomed for the singer and actress and New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi, she was the one who proposed.

The pair hit it off straight away when they met at a friend’s barbecue.

Hot Right Now singer Rita, 34, said: “Then we became friends for a very long time. Four-and-a-half years.”