Ashley Roberts "cannot imagine" life without her female friends.

The 42-year-old pop star - who is currently dating George Rollinson, 25, and has also been in relationships with the likes of Kenny Wormald and Ryan Fletcher - admitted that while romantic relationships are "amazing", it is her platonic friendships that are of utmost importance to her.

She told OK! Magazine: "Female friendships, to me, are the most important relationships of all. Romantic relationships are amazing, but your girls are there through the thick, the thin, the good, the bad, the ugly. They pick you up when you’re down. I can’t really imagine life without my girlfriends. They’re my ride or dies.

"You bond differently on trips. It’s great to go out, have drinks and catch up or watch a movie together on the sofa, but being away together you get to spend proper, quality time with each other. And that’s when memories are made."

Ashley shot to fame as a member of the Pussycat Dolls alongside Carmit Bachar, Nicole Scherzinger, Kimberly Wyatt, Jessica Sutta and Melody Thornton and while the 'Don't Cha' hitmakers cancelled all plans for a reunion in 2022, she admitted that they are still "bonded" because of what they went through.

She said: "I think that if you go through anything for a significant amount of time it’s going to bond you, right?

"I talk to some of the girls more than others. Kimberly and I actually were friends before we even got in the group together. So we’ve been friends, oh my God, for more than 20 years and gone through a lot together.

"She’s got three kids now. I’m Auntie Ashley! We probably see each other the most and we’re still really close friends. But everyone’s kind of doing their own thing now, as you do when you get to adulthood. "