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Rita Ora & Bruno Mars

By ANTOINETTE BUENO

Before singer Rita Ora became Rob Kardashian's main squeeze, she was in a serious relationship with Bruno Mars. "It was love at first sight, such a great experience. We met in 2009. I was 18 and starting out at Roc Nation. Bruno was unknown back then too. He was a struggling songwriter hired to write songs for me. I thought, 'Wow, that's just the world's greatest guy!'," she dished to German magazine Bravo. And though they ended it in 2011, it seems there are no hard feelings. "Our time together was wonderful. But once we got famous, work got in the way. We ended it last year. But we remained close. And when we were together we were so happy," she added.