RITA Ora has been spotted smiling away while playing the role of doting step-mum with her husband Taika Waititi’s children.
The 32-year-old hitmaker looked delighted as she enjoyed an Easter carnival event with the two youngsters while at The Showring Entertainment Quarter in Sydney.
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The couple got stuck in, as they enjoyed several rides with Taika’s two children – Matewa, 7, and Te, 10.
Rita and Taika jumped on the bumper cars, before enjoying time on a swing ride.
Hot Right Now singer Rita was all smiles as she let her natural locks down and donned sunglasses, a white crop top and shorts.
Meanwhile, husband Taika opted for a casual look and strolled about in the sun in a shirt over the top of a blue top, which he partnered with a red cap.
Rita put her arm around one of Taika’s daughters before she drove her little companion around in the bumper car.
The sun was shining for the family outing, which saw the married couple look in very good spirits.
Film director Taika was previously married to Chelsea Winstanley, who he split with after seven years.
Chelsea Winstanley is a New Zealand film producer.
She has directed numerous documentaries, including Toi Tū, Toi Ora: Visual Sovereignty and in 2018, Chelsea produced the documentary Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen.
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Winstanley also served as producer for Taika Waititi’s 2019 horror mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows and Jojo Rabbit.
Chelsea and Taika are believed to have split in private in 2018, according to Page Six.
The Kiwi couple tied the knot in New York City in 2012, after meeting when Chelsea interviewed Taika for a TV documentary series profiling Maori artists.
Winstanley hinted at the fact they had separated following the 2020 Oscars, when she posted a photo with her mother at the awards.
She wrote: “This is a better one of my stunning mama date!! Way better date than a seat filler! (For those of you who have sent me sweet uplifting messages you know what I mean).”
She also responded on Twitter to a portrait drawn of her and her ex, saying “#notmyhusband”.
Chelsea is the mother of Taika’s two daughters, Te Hinekāhu and Matewa Kiritapu.
Chelsea has spoken to The Spinoff about balancing her career and mothering her daughters.
She said: “I feel guilty about pursuing dreams, that I’m not that mum interacting with the school at the moment, the general mother guilt of working, and of course you know there will be some consequences of that”.
Winstanley also has a son, Maia, who she had at age 20 and raised as a single mother.
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