Ellie Goulding has dated women in between 'toxic' relationships with men

Ellie Goulding has dated women in between “toxic, fleeting and passionate” relationships with men.

The 39-year-old singer – who has son Arthur, four, with ex-husband Caspar Jopling and is currently expecting a child with boyfriend Beau Minniear – revealed she has enjoyed romances with women in the past.

While chatting with Sports Illustrated model Brooks Nader on her reality show Love Thy Nader, Brooks joked about dating women following her split from Dancing with the Stars pro Gleb Savchenko.

She quipped: “Maybe I'll go the other way.”

Ellie responded: “That's what I do. It works every time. I think the most exciting love comes for a reason, and it's toxic and fleeting and passionate and it's amazing and you're just like, no one else has ever experienced love like this.

“It's all great song material, to be honest. Annoyingly, I do it for the plot so that I can write a song about it.

“We should just appreciate it as the moment that it is, and then when it goes away, be appreciative that it's happened and that we got to experience it.

“It's all about being the amazing woman that you are and then guys are just an accessory every now and again.”