Rita Ora has relocated permanently to LA to start a new life with boyfriend Taika Waititi, according to reports.
The hit-maker has not been back to the UK once since her rule-breaking 30th birthday party in November, despite splashing £7.5million on a six-bedroom mansion in North London just last summer.
London is said to hold 'bad memories' for the star ever since her lockdown-flouting birthday bash in the capital and Rita is 'happy to start afresh in LA where there are loads of opportunities'.
Move across the pond: Rita Ora, 30, has relocated permanently to LA to start a new life with boyfriend Taika Waititi, 45, according to reports
A source told The Sun: 'Rita snapped up her London pad with plans to keep it as her main home, but it's become increasingly obvious for her that LA is going to be where she lives for the foreseeable.'
They added: 'After her birthday bash last year, Rita left the UK and hasn't been back since. Her boyfriend Taika is based in LA too, so they have been spending a lot of time together. Realistically she isn't going to be spending as much time in London.'
MailOnline has contacted Rita's representatives for comment.
No looking back: Rita has not been back to the UK once since her rule-breaking 30th birthday party in November
Rita broke pandemic protocol in November when she held a 30th birthday bash at restaurant Casa Cruz.
Straight after the incident, Rita jetted off to Bulgaria where she filmed a music video, and after that spent seven months in Sydney where she filmed Australia's version of The Voice.
New Zealand director Taika, 45, was also in Sydney at the time shooting Thor: Love And Thunder, and the stars are thought to have met through a mutual friend.
Rita was caught twice flouting lockdown rules in November.
The Mail On Sunday revealed that prior to her birthday bash, the singer flew by private jet to Cairo on November 21 to perform at the five-star W Hotel.
She returned the next day and under Government quarantine rules should have self-isolated for 14 days.
Instead of this, she threw a birthday party on November 28 at the exclusive Casa Cruz restaurant in Notting Hill, West London.
Guests: Mr Bhattarai added that the group attended the venue at 7pm with a planned 7-8 guests, however, by around 9pm, there were about 17 people, who brought their own alcohol to the restaurant, including bottles of Ora's tequila brand (Rita pictured on her birthday)
For this she apologised with the following statement: 'Hello all, I attended a small gathering with some friends to celebrate my 30th birthday.
'It was a spur of the moment decision made with the misguided view that we were coming out of lockdown and this would be OK… I'm deeply sorry for
