X Factor's Kitty Brucknell: I was a virgin until I was 24

Kitty Brucknell

Her raunchy performances have raised eyebrows across the country.

But despite reports that she was a stripper, Kitty Brucknell isn't the wildcat we all think she is - in fact, Now can reveal she was a virgin until she was 24.

The 26-year-old Britney Spears lookalike's first lover was a Las Vegas Justin Timberlake impersonator she fell for two years ago.

Kitty, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, had been determined to wait for Mr Right and was devastated when their romance ended after a year.

‘She isn't this sex-crazed stripper type everyone thinks,' says a friend.

Her best pal Adam Miller adds: ‘She just never met the right guy until she was 24.

'She was putting her career first. Then she met him in Vegas and she was smitten.

'He was her first love. They dated for a year and she thought he was "the one".

‘But it ended nastily - she told me he wasn't the man she thought he was.

'It was very upsetting and she hasn't had a proper boyfriend since. She's thrown herself into work.'

Source: Now magazine