N-DUBZ star Tulisa Contostavlos may have just found a new Number One.
I can reveal the former X Factor judge has been on a string of secret dates with cannabis kingpin Maximillian White.
And it turns out Nottingham-born Max, who became a billionaire thanks to his medical marijuana business, flew her to Portugal last month for a loved-up break.
A source said: “Tulisa and Max have been on a few low-key dates and she seems really happy.
“Max is treating her like a princess and they get on very well.
“They went to Portugal together last month and although she didn’t post any pictures with Max, he could be seen in the background of some of her snaps.
“Tulisa is a self-made woman and they both have the same drive and work ethic which is something they have bonded over.
“Tulisa is very happy.”
The news comes a year after Tulisa’s stint on I’m A Celebrity when she revealed she was celibate.
She told her camp-mates: “I feel like I’m demisexual. I need to have a really close emotional bond with someone.
“I need actual depth . . . I’m a slow, slow burner, I’ve been celibate for over three years.”
She found fame in N-Dubz, landing four Top Ten singles on their first run, then reuniting for a sold-out arena tour in 2022 plus a string of summer shows in 2023.
Tulisa was also a judge on two series of The X Factor in 2011 and 2012 and had a No1 with her solo hit Young in 2012.
Meanwhile, Max is a self-made billionaire and has been heralded as the Elon Musk of medical marijuana as he bids to legalise the Class B drug worldwide.
He was named in The Times’ Pot Power list in 2021 and said he was urging the UK Government to legalise the drug.
Max said last year: “You could tax the money and you could use it for struggling areas.
“They should legalise it, control it, tax it and use the money somewhere where it’s needed more than our pockets, or your local dealer’s pocket.”
ALEXANDER SKARSGARD looked like he was off to a sex club when he turned up at his latest film premiere in leather lace-up trousers and a halterneck shirt.
The Swedish actor had tongues wagging at the gala screening of his new film Pillion, but the subject matter explained the outfit, as it’s an explicit flick about a gay, BDSM relationship.
In the movie, out at the end of November, he stars opposite Harry Melling, who played Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter films.
Alexander was dressed by Harry Styles’ stylist for the event, so I dread to think what the pop star will be wearing when he returns to music in the coming months.
KYLIE JENNER looks made up, quite literally, as she wears an outfit created from her Kylie Cosmetics range.
The US reality star wore a lip liner and lip gloss bra top and miniskirt in a shoot for the brand.
It came days after she launched her music career with a Terror Jr collaboration, Three Strikes.
Speaking about it, she said: “I’m going to be 30 soon and I just don’t want to look back on life and have any regrets and this is something I’ve always wanted to try.
“But, you know, I don’t think I’m like Adele or anything. I always wanted to try and see if I can do it.”
Kylie added: “I hope so. I would love to try. I don’t want it to end. And I think, why not? I think we should try. Let’s like, make an album.”
SWIFT EXIT FOR LEW
LEWIS CAPALDI has made a career from his heartbreak ballads, mining his sadness for some of the most emotional songs to make it Into the charts over the last seven years.
But after the success of tear-jerkers like Someone You Loved, Before You Go and Forget Me, the Scotsman is changing tack and becoming… happy.
Lew, who returned this summer after taking some time out for his mental health, has revealed his third album will actually be upbeat.
During an interview with Scott Mills which will air on the Radio 2 breakfast show this morning from 6.30-9.30am, he says: “I would like to start making happy music. News flash, breaking news. Next album I am doing, it’s happy. It’s happy, happy stuff.”
And that could be just in time to get him in the party spirit for Taylor Swift’s wedding to Travis Kelce.
After Scott reveals that Taylor told him she likes Lewis, he said: “She is very nice, very cordial and a very lovely person.”
Asked whether he will put himself on the list to perform at her nuptials, he continues: “I don’t think I can be there, let’s put it that way… because I don’t know her at all.
“I would love the evening invite. The evening invite for weddings is the best.
“And you don’t have to sit through the bit where they get married and stuff. Invite me to the evening bit please, Taylor.”
And if that happens, it won’t be the first invite he’s had.
Lewis reveals: “I went to Taylor Swift’s 30th birthday party a couple of years ago.”
He adds:“We were all playing at these things in America, these Christmas shows in America. Everyone on the line-up was invited.
“Taylor was headlining that and she invited us all along to her 30th.
“It was like free booze but I had to leave early to fly to Aberdeen.
“So next time, Aberdeen, that’s how much I care about you. I left Taylor Swift’s birthday party to be with you.”
REAL-LIFE COUPLE A GLASS ACT
THEY say don’t work with children, animals or your other half.
But Belfast-based Broken Compass are hoping to prove the exception to that rule.
The duo, made up of real-life couple Ben Davidson and Allen Gordon, have just released their debut single Storm after signing to Energise Records earlier this summer.
Ben toured with Sugababes and Westlife as part of boyband Most Wanted before performing as a solo artist prior to forming Broken Compass.
And you may recognise Allen from auditioning in front of Simon Cowell on Britain’s Got Talent back in 2020.
He’s also performed at the likes of The Grand Opera House in Belfast.
Speaking to Bizarre, Ben said: “After a lot of drafts and redrafts we created Storm. I got too used to recording at home during Covid, it was refreshing to get back into a proper studio.
“Storm means a lot to us and hopefully others will connect with it too.
“It’s nice for there to be a male duo love song. There’s not many about.”
If their harmonies are anything to go by then these lads are onto a winner.
NICK SET FOR SOLO SOJOURN
HE’S been performing across North America as one third of the Jonas Brothers on their latest tour, celebrating two decades of the group.
But I can reveal that Nick Jonas is keen to step out on his own once again.
I’m told the Jealous singer has been back in the studio working on new music for a solo project.
While plans are still tentative, Nick and his record label hope he will be ready to release an album within the next 12 months.
It will be his fifth solo record and his first since 2021’s Spaceman.
A source said: “Nick has loved the Jonas Brothers tour. It’s helped him get his confidence back as a solo artist.
“He’s already back writing and recording in the studio.
“Rather than [it] just being a bit of fun, there is a creative vision for the project.”
Nick is by far the most successful brother as a solo artist, as Kevin didn’t make music outside of the band.
Joe had a hit in Cake By The Ocean with his band DNCE, but his latest solo album, Music for People Who Believe in Love, which came out in May, failed to crack the Top 100.
Hopefully Nick fares better.
CRUZ BECKHAM only played his first show last Tuesday but he has wasted no time chucking himself into the music scene.
He supported touring British band The Royston Club in a few gigs last week.
The singer – son of David and Victoria – is set to release his first single this Friday.
DUA’S 57 VARIETIES HIT HOME
DUA LIPA has been covering a different local song at every show on her Radical Optimism tour – and says it’s made her a better performer.
The singer, who has now covered 57 different tunes, told Variety: “It’s been so much fun, and exciting to exercise those muscles, and to collaborate with so many incredible artists and legends.
“As a band it’s made us stronger. And I think it’s beautiful for the fans – that nod of respect of the music and the culture that comes from the city or [area].”
The week in bizness
TODAY: THE new Hunger Games stage show opens in a purpose-built theatre in London’s Canary Wharf, with football pundit JAMIE CARRAGHER’s daughter MIA playing Katniss Everdeen.
WEDNESDAY: KIM KARDASHIAN will be in London for the Leicester Square premiere of her new TV drama series All’s Fair, about an all-female law firm in Los Angeles.
THURSDAY: BENSON BOONE kicks off the UK and Ireland leg of his American Heart tour in Belfast, ahead of shows in Dublin, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and London.
FRIDAY: JEREMY ALLEN WHITE hits cinemas in Deliver Me From Nowhere, playing music legend BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN in the film chronicling the making of his 1982 album Nebraska.
