Rita Ora: 'Female friendships are sacred and people can corrupt them'

Songstress Rita Ora has revealed that she has some amazing female friendships and works hard to encourage the women around her.

Speaking to Nylon magazine, Ora praised the "independent, successful women" she has in her life and explained that it's important to have a great female support network:

"I've always been really outspoken it, like telling another woman, 'You killed it.' I don't think a lot of females do that these days, especially in this industry. It's the same with all of my friends—with [Charli XCX], with [Iggy Azalea], with [Cara Delevingne] and Katy Perry, who's an amazing person inside and out and so talented, the biggest star in the world."

Ora went onto add that Perry is a great inspiration to her: "She's always been the same, and she's just so funny and fun and loud and really cool. I'm like, 'Yeah! That's what I wanna be like! I wanna stay that way!' You've gotta really be sacred with these friendships, 'cause people can corrupt them.

Watch Ora and Charli XCX's video for 'Doing It' here: