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Why these 8 famous women love being single

Valentines Day is one day of the year where people with boyfriends or girlfriends have no problem rubbing their relationship status in your face. It can quite annoying if you're single, actually.

But being single can actually be quite brilliant, just ask the single celebrities who have no problem with their own company and celebrate their independence. Here's seven female stars who have spoken openly about how much they love the single life.

1. Jennifer Lawrence

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“I’m not a lonely person. I never feel lonely … It’s not a sad thing to be alone. I think what I was trying to get across was that I don’t feel a lack of something not being in a relationship. I don’t feel like there is an emotional void to be filled,” she said during The New York Times TimesTalks in 2015.

2. Rihanna

“Guys need attention. They need that nourishment, that little stroke of the ego that gets them by every now and then. I’ll give it to my family, I’ll give it to my work – but I will not give it to a man right now.” she told New York Magazine in 2015.

3. Emilia Clarke

She told InStyle magazine in 2014: “People keep asking me who I’m dating right now and the truth is…wait for it…no one. And that’s OK. I’m figuring out a lot of stuff right now. I think as a woman it’s in our nature to nurture someone else. Sometimes at the expense of ourselves.”

4. Taylor Swift

"I am single. To be honest being single is one of the best things about my life right now. And whatever people think I actually love it. Life is so much more fun and it’s great not to have to worry about calling someone every night, just doing what you want to do. Hanging out with your friends," she told Event magazine in 2014.

5. Katy Perry

She told The Daily Record in 2012: "I’ve learnt I’m in a very modern fairytale, but I also know I don’t need the Prince Charming to have a happy ending. I can make the happy ending myself."

She's now happily coupled with Orlando Bloom, but that doesn't mean the fairytale is over.

6. Kendall Jenner

"A strong women is independent and doesn’t need a man. She can walk into a room by herself and not be bothered," she said during an interview with Calvin Klein in 2016.

7. Hailee Steinfeld

"I mean, there's always time for dating. I do feel that right now though – and I hate saying this – my top priority is what I'm working on. It's that and family, and then everything else,” she told harper by Harper's BAZAAR in 2016.

8. Nina Dobrev…

She told Cosmopolitan in 2013: "People aren't defined by their relationships. The whole point is being true to yourself and not losing yourself in relationships."