SINITTA: I’VE STILL GOT X FACTOR WITH SI!

SO MACHO babe Sinitta reckons there’s still some SEXUAL CHEMISTRY between her and pal Simon Cowell.

The pop star, 53, has been friends with the X Factor boss since the early 1980s after Simon masterminded her music career.

The pair are rumoured to have enjoyed an on-off fling for 20 years, and have remained friends ever since, with Sinitta regularly appearing alongside Simon on his ITV show.

Sinitta said: “There’s still sexual chemistry between Simon and I. I still fancy him – there are lots of things I find very attractive about him but I’ve been programmed to like Simon.

“It’s more than just sex. If it were just about sex, our connection would’ve fizzled out years ago, but it’s more than that.”

Simon has been loved up with Lauren Silverman, 39, since 2013 and the couple have three-year-old son, Eric.

And Sinitta admitted that she was jealous of their relationship at first as she once believed that she would have tied the knot with the 57-year-old music mogul.

She added: “I always thought Simon and I would grow up and get married. There was a long period where I thought ‘damn, that should’ve been me’.

“But their relationship is very different to ours. I’m not sure I can be what Lauren is for him.”

Sinitta, who famously wore nothing but a pair of palm leaves on the reality singing show, also confessed she was green with envy after Simon shagged fellow judge Dannii Minogue, saying: “The greeneyed monster took over.”