Mika admits to rubbing fame in ex's face

Mika has admitted that he paid for promotional posters to be displayed near his ex-lover's house.

The 'We Are Golden' singer, who was dumped shortly before finding fame with first hit 'Grace Kelly', said that he couldn't resist taking revenge by flaunting his success in front of his former partner.

Mika told Heat magazine: "It happened three years ago, just before it all took off. I should never have got my heart broken. It was the first time in my life I realised it was something you can't control."

He continued: "I added £2,000 of my own money to the promotional budget to put the posters everywhere so the heartbreaker could not escape. I gave money to hammer them in one particular neighbourhood in London."

Mika also claimed that he is not interested in the party lifestyle because he was wild when he was younger, saying: "I'd sneak out of my house at 3am to hang out with people who were too old. I was doing things I shouldn't have been doing. And I'm glad I did it then, because now I've stayed sane."