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REVELATIONS: Sinitta says she cheated on Simon Cowell when she was a teen

EIGHTIES SINGER, Sinitta, has revealed that she cheated on boyfriend Simon Cowell when she was 16.

The singer, who had been dating the TV mogul for two years prior to walking into the arms of another man, says she started a relationship with fellow pop star, David Essex, who, at 37, was twice her age, reports The Daily Mail

Sinitta, who claims she was ‘madly in love’ with the X Factor judge at the time, admits that she dumped him unceremoniously to continue a passionate romance with the That’ll Be The Day singer.

“I’d had a crush on him all my life,” Sinitta said of the singer who had found fame in the Seventies.

Sinitta, who was playing a Tahitian beauty in the West End musical Mutiny! when she began the affair, says she knew she wanted to be with Essex, the first time the pair kissed on stage.

“We had a love scene in the show, and when I first kissed him, I wanted to run round in circles screaming. I was mesmerised, completely captivated.

FIRST KISS: Sintta says that she first kissed David Essex on the set of West End musical, Mutiny

“He said I was “a keeper”, and gave me a Russian wedding ring from Cartier for my birthday,” she said.

On the subject of the twenty-year age gap, the Toy Boy star said: “People said: “What about the fact he’s so much older?” But I don’t think I saw anything except those twinkling eyes.”

She goes on to claim that Essex, who recently bowed out from EastEnders after five months as Eddie Moon, told her to reveal their affair to a 25-year-old Cowell, who was an aspiring record producer at the time.

“David said: “You’re just going to have to tell him, aren’t you?” which she did.

In her defense, the singer says that Cowell was a “naughty” boyfriend too.

YOUNG LOVE: Sinitta with Simon Cowell, then 25

‘”To be fair, Simon was quite a naughty boyfriend. There was another girl. She was a glamorous, sexy model. So I let her have Simon and let David have me.”

“I didn’t fall out of love with Simon, but I’d just met my idol. If Simon had let me have a cheat card in those days, I’d have played it for David Essex,” said the 42-year-old mother of two.