{blackbabes} Sparks reconsidering purity pledge

Singer Jordin Sparks is having second thoughts about her purity pledge after confessing she is "smitten" with her new boyfriend Jason Derulo.

The No Air hitmaker was first linked to the R&B star in September, when insiders spotted the cosy couple at his 22nd birthday party. Derulo finally confirmed the dating rumours earlier this month, revealing the couple had grown really close after he fractured a vertebrae in his neck - and now former American Idol champ Sparks has broken her silence on the blossoming romance.

During an appearance on U.S. breakfast show Today on Monday, she explained, "It actually came out of left field, I've known him for a couple of years and there was never anything there. We were just being acquaintances but he just kind of came out of left field and swept me off my feet. I'm quite smitten with the guy, I must say."

And Sparks, who wears a purity ring as a pledge to remain a virgin until marriage, admits she can imagine herself getting really serious with her boyfriend.

She adds, "I don't wear it (purity ring) exactly everyday anymore but I always have something there. When I was 13 my mom spoke to me about purity and waiting for marriage and different things like that. And, you know, at the time I was like, 'Sure that's great,' but I can't say what's gonna happen a couple of months from now. People grow."