Rihanna Reveals How A$AP Rocky Broke "Out Of The Friend Zone"

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Rihanna recently discussed her relationship with A$AP Rocky at length.

Rihanna recalled how she and A$AP Rocky grew to be more than just friends during a new cover story for Vogue. The Anti singer and Rocky revealed, earlier this year, that they are expecting their first child.

As for how the two first met, Rihanna called back to her 2012 VMAs performance of “Cockiness.”

“He grabbed my ass on stage," she told the outlet. "That was not part of the rehearsal! I was like, What are you doing!?”

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Despite being shocked by the move, she recalls not being upset and letting it slide, to the surprise of her management team.

Afterward, the two remained friends for the next decade.

“People don’t get out of the friend zone very easily with me,” she admitted. “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.”

Their relationship progressed after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The two planned a massive road trip from Los Angeles to New York that weaved throughout the country on a big tour bus. Rihanna recalls grilling food while Rocky would tie-dye gas station t-shirts.

“I love the simple things but also the grand adventures,” she says. “There’s no pretentious my-brand-your-brand bullshit, it’s just us living. I just feel like I can do any part of life by his side.”

By the end of the year, Rihanna was ready to introduce him to her family in Barbados.

Rihanna also revealed whether the pregnancy was planned: “Planning? I wouldn’t say planning. But certainly not planning against it. I don’t know when I ovulate or any of that type of shit. We just had fun. And then it was just there on the test. I didn’t waste any time. I called him inside and showed him. Then I was in the doctor’s office the next morning and our journey began.”


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Here come the shouldve been me ass niggas
7 5ReplyApril 12, 2022
"Rihanna recalls grilling food while Rocky would tie-dye gas station t-shirts" Reverse uno card the gender role lolol
30 6ReplyApril 12, 2022
Martin BelfonMartin Belfon
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Drake somewhere crying
7 2ReplyApril 12, 2022
GrandmasterfroGrandmasterfro
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She still very mid
5 4ReplyApril 12, 2022
SmittySmitty
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A lot of dudes on here have multiple properties in the friend zone lol
10 0ReplyApril 12, 2022
Joey WheelerJoey Wheeler
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Rihanna is not all that, aint nothing special about her looks
5 10ReplyApril 13, 2022
jesse jamesjesse james
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Or in other words, cocaine.
2 0ReplyApril 13, 2022
LeBong JamesLeBong James
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So he groped her and got out the friend zone? Huh
2 0ReplyApril 13, 2022
A$M661A$M661
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Having seen beautiful Black women of all shades, on every continent... rihanna the definition of a soft 6.
3 0ReplyApril 14, 2022