The 35-year-old singer, who broke-up with the 28-year-old Formula One star this month after five years together, admitted that she has fully dedicated herself to her work to fill the void.
‘It gets lonely but I’m working all the time.'
Speaking for the first time since the split, Nicole said: ‘I don’t have anyone here, I don’t have my family, I don’t even have any friends here. My publicist is my closest friend.’
Adding: ‘It gets lonely but I’m working all the time. If I’m not doing X Factor I put myself in the studio'
‘You just make those sacrifices and they made me feel so at home last year. It is hard but you always make those sacrifices and it’s worth it.’
'I take my publicist and my assistant as my dates, literally,’
The X Factor judge confessed that she spends all her free time exploring London and taking her publicist, Becky Lockett, and assistant on dates.
‘I also love good food, so I’m getting to explore lots of different restaurants here. I take my publicist and my assistant as my dates, literally,’ she revealed.
Nicole who is currently filming the new series of X Factor, which begins in the autumn, also revealed that she has plans to move out of her hotel.
‘I’m going flat-hunting soon. I want to get a proper place,’ she said. ‘Last time I had an apartment in a hotel and I want to get a place with windows,’ she said.