A viral video that fueled speculation over Rihanna‘s tense-looking display with partner A$AP Rocky has been debunked.
Speculation ran rampant that the couple’s heavy post-Met Gala conversation was sparked by A$AP’s conversation with a female guest.
The video showed the rapper talking to the woman and several others in the background of an interview Rihanna was conducting.
The Fashion Killa singer, 37, exchanged friendly kisses on the cheek with the woman before rejoining his partner, who had a somewhat stony expression. ‘oh so this is why they were arguing,’ an X user remarked.
However, it turns out the Internet had gotten it wrong.
Insiders debunked the romantic speculation to TMZ, telling the outlet there was absolutely no romantic energy between A$AP and the woman in question – who has known Rihanna for years.
The truth behind viral video of Rihanna’s partner A$AP Rocky chatting with a female Met Gala guest has been revealed
Additionally, Backstage Live Event, the videographer who captured the clip, clarified the couple are ‘very much in love’ and that Rihanna, 38, was ‘not unhappy.’
‘@backstageliveent was talking with the couple on the red carpet at the #metgala she was not unhappy and everyone in that circle know each other, so please stop [stop sign emoji] the couple is very much in love,’ they posted to their Instagram comments.
The woman was identified by TMZ as Giovanna Battaglia Engelbert, an Italian fashion designer and stylist who attended the bash with singer EJAE.
However, TMZ reports the video failed to capture the whole interaction, and that Engelbert is someone who knows Rihanna and ‘has a lot of respect’ for her.
Insiders stressed to TMZ there was absolutely no romantic energy between A$AP and Engelbert.
The outlet reports the whole interaction began with Engelbert first speaking with Rihanna, sharing a laugh with her, before she spoke with A$AP and joked around with him about his necklace.
The video went viral after footage of Rihanna and Rocky having a tense-looking Met Gala debrief emerged.
Video captured by onlookers captured the heavy moment, and shows the couple sitting inside a sprinter van with some distance between them.
Yet an eyewitness who saw the couple periodically throughout the evening told TMZ the pair appeared to be having a great time and were completely fine.
Speculation ran rampant that the couple’s tense-looking conversation was over his chat with this Met Gala guest
However, an insider told TMZ there was absolutely no romantic energy between them and that the woman has known Rihanna for years
The videographer who captured this moment also stressed the couple are ‘very much in love’ and that Rihanna, 38, was ‘not unhappy’
The witness added they did not observe any issues between the couple.
A source has since told TMZ the couple were merely wiped-out following a nonstop day of Met Gala celebrations, with the video reflecting that.
TMZ further reported the couple aren’t experiencing any issues.
Rihanna and A$AP have been together for six years and share three children together.
The newest addition to their family, daughter Rocki Irish Mayers, was born in mid-September.
She joins big brothers RZA, born in 2022, and Riot Rose, who arrived in 2023.
The videographer asked for the speculation to stop over the background chat
‘Everyone in that circle know each other, so please stop,’ they insisted
Earlier the couple exuded couples goals as they posed up a storm on the legendary staircase
They were having a blast posing up a storm with Heidi Klum
The pair, who first got together in 2020, have remained inseparable ever since, often sparking wedding speculation after Rocky publicly referred to Rihanna as his ‘wife’ and called himself her ‘loving husband’ earlier this year.
In December, Rocky gave a sweet update on his family and fatherhood.
‘I’m surprised that the older two [are] getting along as much as they are,’ he told Extra. ‘You know, usually for them to be so close and age, [they’d] fight a lot, but [we’re] a happy family.’
Rihanna also chimed in to say their kids are ‘amazing.’
‘The babies are amazing. They’re all getting bigger, and I cannot take it,’ she gushed. ‘My sons, oh my god, their faces are changing. Their necks are getting longer. I love it.’
In November, Rocky revealed he was ‘happy to be a girl dad at this point’ after welcoming two sons in 15 months.
