PERRIE EDWARDS upped sticks for Cheshire after her footie ace fiance Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain signed for Liver- pool.
But with an upcoming solo career to launch she will now have to split her time between England and Turkey after he secured a three-year deal with Besiktas.
The midfielder has signed a new contract with the Istanbul side, which will take him 2,000 miles from the UK for much of the year.
I’m told he had serious conversations with Perrie before accepting the big-money deal and it was decided she would take regular trips there to keep their relationship alive.
A source said: “It hasn’t been an easy decision because Perrie and Alex have their young son Axel to think about and they don’t want to live their lives apart.
“The deal was too good to turn down though so they are giving it a shot and are determined to make it work.
The plan is that Alex will be back here as much as possible and during the football season Perrie will fly over regularly with Axel so that they can all be together.
“They know it’s not going to be straightforward but they love each other and want to support one another’s dreams. That means making some sacrifices.”
Things will get trickier later this year when Perrie is expected to launch her solo career while Little Mix are on a hiatus.
She has signed to Columbia Records, also home to Beyonce and Harry Styles, and has spent more than a year working on tracks at her home studio.
Alex’s move means Perrie is in a similarly tricky situation to her bandmate Leigh-Anne Pinnock, who has been travelling between the UK and Greece since her husband Andre Gray signed up for Aris FC in Thessaloniki last summer.
Announcing the news of his new home this week, Alex, far left in his team’s kit, wrote on Instagram: “Thank you for the warm welcome @besiktas.
“Excited for this new challenge and can’t wait to get started.”
I doubt Perrie is quite as chuffed to see him moving out of the country.
WOODY COOK is turning his slot at the Mucky Weekender into a massive party.
The DJ, who will play at the event at Vicarage Farm in Winchester, Hants, on September 8 and 9, said: “I’m bringing all my mates. I’m going straight from Ibiza to Mucky.”
RITA’S READY FOR KIDS
RITA ORA is getting broody.
She has told how she wants children with her movie director husband Taika Waititi.
The former party girl tied the knot in Hollywood last year and is now eager to become a mum after becoming step-mum to Taika’s two daughters from his first marriage.
In an upcoming episode of telly adventure show Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge, Rita says: “Family is so so important to me.
“I’d love to have children of course when the time is right. Fingers crossed.”
Rita, whose first hit Hot Right Now topped the charts 11 years ago, goes on to say she feels a need to be more private about her life these days after years of being an open book.
She explains: “Privacy, it has been an up-and-down battle.
“I have lived my life in the public eye for about a decade but I have learnt a lot with my personal life and my career.
“With the wedding we decided to keep it super close as we felt like it was important for us. That was something I had never done.
“I have always shared as I thought it was my job to share as I am a public figure, but you don’t have to.
“When you get something precious you want to protect it.”
Rita has already started work on her fourth album after her third, You & I, reached No6 last month.
Unlike her latest offering, the I Will Never Let You Down singer says her next music won’t be autobiographical.
She is also tipped to release a deluxe version of You & I, featuring a collaboration with Aussie Keith Urban.
Teasing the track, Rita said: “I wanted things to feel iconic. I got a feature (featured artist song) recently that just came in. I asked Keith Urban.
“He was super, super supportive. And it felt really cool to get him on a song, especially since he’s an icon.”
SOPHIE TURNER and Joe Jonas have made a tidy profit on their Miami mansion – just a year after buying it.
They snapped up the luxury pad with a huge pool for £8.6million in 2022 and have already shifted it for a whopping £11.8million.
Shaggy in the mood to party
SHAGGY is celebrating 30 years since his first No1 single Oh Carolina by performing at Notting Hill Carnival.
The Jamaican singer will appear on the Saxon and Rampage stages of the West London event on August Bank Holiday weekend, following the release of his new EP The Mood.
He said: “I’m in the mood big time for this year’s Notting Hill Carnival.
“It’s one of the biggest carnivals in the world and represents Caribbean culture from foundation to future.
“I wanted to get back to my roots and celebrate in the streets where everything took off.”
Cat that’s got the dream
DOJA CAT wants to learn martial arts so she can take to the big screen.
The Say So singer said she hopes to become an actress in action movies but accepts she has work to do.
She explained: “There are other kinds of projects I want to branch out into.
“I want to make clothing, dabble in make-up. I want to explore acting.
“I would love to do movies I believe in. I would have to stop the music for a minute. But I would be down to immerse myself in acting for a certain period.
“I love comedies and action films. I want to learn martial arts and be in a film like John Wick.”
That said, she has her fourth album Scarlet to release first.
She told Harper’s Bazaar mag about the record, due this year: “I want to give stories and bops. It’s a nice mixture of both.
“This project is a really fun canvas for me to play with my rap skills and talk about what’s going on in my life.”
CARDI B is finally ready to release her second album.
I can reveal the WAP rapper will put out the record’s lead single in September, five years after she dropped her debut collection Invasion Of Privacy.
Insiders tell me Cardi has already shot a typically X-rated video for the track.
A source said: “It’s been a long time coming but Cardi is finally ready to kick off her new era.
“She has pulled out all the stops with the video, money wasn’t an object.
“Cardi has made sure it has been well worth the wait. The album is almost ready and will be out soon.”
When Invasion Of Privacy was released in 2018 it peaked at No5 here.
Since then Cardi has become one of the most in-demand stars in music, with 13 songs in the Top 40.
I have no doubt this new track will see her clock up another chart achievement.
NICK JONAS has done a Gemma Collins, tumbling into a hole in the stage while performing.
The Jonas Brothers singer screamed as he took an almighty fall in front of the packed out crowd as his bemused brothers Kevin and Joe looked on at TD Garden in Boston, in the US.
Luckily Nick wasn’t hurt and managed to carry on with their show, which marked the third night of the trio’s world tour.
The GC had an astonishing moment when she fell into a trap door on stage at Radio 1’s Teen Awards six years ago.
The clip of Nick, just like Gemma’s, went viral and has now been watched thousands of times.
It sounds terrible, but I could watch The GC dropping into the abyss on repeat.
And I fear the same may be true of this video of Nick.
OLIVIA IS RED HOT
OLIVIA RODRIGO painted the town red in this mini dress on her latest night out in London.
She wore the slinky outfit on Tuesday alongside a host of famous pals.
The Vampire singer was joined by rapper Central Cee, Heartstopper actor Joe Locke, Chicken Shop Date host Amelia Dimoldenberg and Wolf Alice’s Ellie Roswell.
The gang were at Quo Vadis restaurant in Soho after Olivia had spent the day promoting her new song Bad Idea Right?.
Olivia, whose second album, Guts, is out next month, has also found time to go to her first football match while over here.
She cheered on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday during their 1-1 draw with Liverpool as the Premier League season kicked off.
Now she’s got a taste for it, I hope she supports our Lionesses in Sunday’s Women’s World Cup final, too.
MADGE DAZZLES AT 65
MADONNA turned 65 in style – partying in sunny Lisbon in this floral dress with tousled blonde hair and spangly shades.
The Queen of Pop flew to the Portuguese capital for her first trip abroad since falling ill in June to mark her birthday and also celebrate with son ROCCO, above left, who turned 23 on Friday.
Madonna, who lived in the city between 2017 and 2020, has brought together 30 friends from around the world and is staying at a luxury hotel in the city.
On Tuesday evening she threw an intimate dinner for Rocco including a cake made in the shape of a Portuguese guitar, and posed with flowers, right.
It is likely to be a last hurrah for her before she gets back to full rehearsals for her Celebration Tour.
She now has less than two months to go until it kicks off at London’s O2 Arena.
With an intense schedule ahead, it must have been nice to get together with pals and have, er, a nata . . .