Tulisa regrets losing virginity at 14

London: Tulisa Contostavlos has revealed her regret at losing her virginity at the age of 14.

The 24-year-old singer says she was taking drugs and sleeping with boys in her early teens. “I had too many boys too soon. I regret losing my innocence so early,” the Sun quoted her as saying. The former N-Dubz star reveals in her new autobiography, Honest: My Story So Far that her first sexual experience was with a man she names only as Jono who supplied her with marijuana. In the book, serialised in Britain``s The Sun newspaper, she writes, "I``d progressed from alcohol to weed, and Jono was the dealer who supplied me. I started hanging out with him, sitting in his car, talking and sometimes kissing. In the end I became quite obsessed with him, although I wouldn``t describe it as love. "After about eight months, Jono drove me to a little bed and breakfast hotel... before I knew it we were alone in a room. I just went with it, knowing that I was about to lose my virginity, and knowing what a big deal that was." The ``Young`` singer, who became the subject of a sex tape scandal earlier this year, said without music she would "most likely be living with a drug dealer on a rough council estate". Tulisa said she has slept with less than 20 people, most of those occurring between the ages of 14 and 17, but acknowledges that she was too young to be having sex back then and wishes she had waited until she was older. “I can still count on my fingers and toes the number of guys I’ve slept with,” she said. "A good percentage of those encounters happened between the ages of 14 and 17 and that felt like a lot, even at the time. "Despite my street-girl persona, I was totally into the idea of fairytale romance. "I wore my heart on my sleeve and I was ready to give my all if I thought I was going to get love in return. "Of course, it wasn’t the right way to go about things, because any attention and affection I got from those men was usually only temporary, but it took me a while to learn that lesson,” she added. ANI