Amina Muaddi and A$AP Rocky with Rihanna.Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty; Arturo Holmes/MG21/Getty
Amina Muaddi is setting the record straight after a Twitter user claimedA$AP Rockycheated onRihannawith her amid the superstar’s pregnancy.
On Friday, the shoe designer shared a statement on Twitter addressing the social media explosion that followed the rumor on Thursday.
“I’ve always believed that an unfounded lie spread on social media doesn’t deserve any response or clarification, especially one that is so vile,” wrote Muaddi, who has previously worked with both the beauty mogul, 34, and the rapper, 33.
“I initially assumed that this fake gossip — fabricated with such malicious intent — would not be taken seriously. However in the last 24h I’ve been reminded that we live in a society that is so quick to speak on topics regardless of factual basis and that nothing is off limits,” she continued about the accusation. “Not even during what should be one of the most beautiful and celebrated times in one’s life.”
Pointing to Rihanna’s pregnancy, she concluded: “Therefore I have to speak up as this is not only directed towards me but it is related to people I have a great amount of respect and affection for. While Rih is continuing to live her serene, best dressed pregnancy life and I go back to my business — I wish everyone a beautiful Easter weekend!”
On Wednesday night, Muaddi, 34, hadshared a series of photosof the “Diamonds” singer wearing a pair of her shoes.
In aVoguecover storyon Tuesday, however, Rihanna spoke about the long road to romance with the rapper, whom she first met in 2012, telling the magazine it takes her some time to establish a true relationship.
“People don’t get out of the friend zone very easily with me,” Rihanna toldVogue. “And I certainly took a while to get over how much I know him and how much he knows me, because we also know how much trouble we can land each other in.”
Speaking about the development of their relationship, Rihanna said her boyfriend “became [her] family” amid the pandemic lockdown, during which they embarked on a summer 2020 road trip from Los Angeles to New York.
The vacation, she said, consisted of the “Umbrella” hitmaker cooking food outdoors on a “little janky grill … from Walmart” and her boyfriend tie-dyeing T-shirts.
During the 2020 holiday season, the couple traveled to Rihanna’s native Barbados — where Rocky’s father is also originally from — for a formal introduction between the rapper and Rihanna’s mother Monica Braithwaite, whose approval isn’t easy to earn, she toldVogue.
Meanwhile,Rockyopened up toGQlast May abouthis romance with Rihanna,calling her the “love of my life.”
When asked what it felt like to be in a relationship with her, he said, “So much better. So much better when you got ‘the One.’ She amounts to probably, like, a million of the other ones. I think when you know, you know. She’s the One.”
source: people.com
