{"id":1151,"date":"2026-05-06T16:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/2026\/05\/06\/rihanna-and-aap-rocky-fighting-at-the-met-gala\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:14:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:14:00","slug":"rihanna-and-aap-rocky-fighting-at-the-met-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/2026\/05\/06\/rihanna-and-aap-rocky-fighting-at-the-met-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna and A$AP Rocky: FIGHTING at the Met Gala?"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-554370\">\n<div>\n<p><span><span>Reading Time: <\/span> <span> 2<\/span> <span>minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Monday night\u2019s charity ball may have been the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/zendaya-skipping-met-gala-meryl-streep-zohran-mamdani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most controversial Met Gala<\/a> in many years.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone participated in the boycott, however.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/rihanna-addresses-beyonce-feud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rihanna<\/a> was spectacularly dressed in a gem-encrusted work of art. She <em>was<\/em> a work of art, as always.<\/p>\n<p>But a pair of videos from the event appears to show serious tensions with A$AP Rocky. Are they okay?<\/p>\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Rihanna and A$AP Rocky at the 2026 Met Gala.\"   src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0506_rihanna_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><figcaption>Rihanna and A$AP Rocky attend the 2026 Met Gala celebrating \u201cCostume Art\u201d at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026.<span> (Photo Credit: Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-trouble-in-paradise\">Trouble in paradise?<\/h2>\n<p>A tweeted <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YSLONIKA\/status\/2051881193763656165\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a> showed A$AP speaking amicably with a couple of women at the Met Gala.<\/p>\n<p>Rihanna was being interviewed at the time.<\/p>\n<p>However, the beloved singer \u2014 just a few feet away from her man \u2014 appeared distracted.<\/p>\n<p>Distracted and <em>displeased<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Most believe that A$AP\u2019s friendly chat with these other women had disturbed her.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">oh so this is why they were arguing- <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sb3R7DDUrZ\">pic.twitter.com\/sb3R7DDUrZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 welp. (@YSLONIKA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YSLONIKA\/status\/2051881193763656165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As you can see, RiRi\u2019s smile brightened as she spoke to the reporter.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the discussion was a welcome interruption of her unhappy thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>It is also possible that she was simply putting on a smile out of politeness, instead of staring vacantly ahead.<\/p>\n<p>However, <em>something <\/em>appeared to be on her mind.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d normally say that people are reading too much into one video. But there\u2019s more.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQ2mJ-2kq52\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"h-there-was-more-apparent-conflict-after-the-gala\">There was more apparent conflict after the gala<\/h2>\n<p>The day after the Met Gala, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/05\/rihanna-and-asap-rocky-on-edge-after-met-gala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a> <\/em>reported that she and A$AP had been caught on camera after the Met Gala.<\/p>\n<p>More and more celebrities are using Sprinter busses (like Real Housewives), in part to preserve their dresses and increase their comfort.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see below, RiRi and her man appeared to be having an emotional discussion in theirs.<\/p>\n<p>We are not privy to what they were discussing. It is always possible that people are misreading what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n<p>But even before the video of the singer giving side-eye to her overly friendly man, people suspected that there were tensions at play.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe title=\"Rihanna and A$AP Rocky Appear Moody After Long Met Gala, On Video\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" data-cookieconsent=\"statistics, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P2HjhwWissw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\">Please accept <a href=\"javascript:Cookiebot.renew()\">statistics, marketing<\/a> cookies to watch this video.<\/div> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Just for the record, we haven\u2019t seen any other indications of tensions between the two.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, a witness told <em>TMZ <\/em>that they seemed happy during most of the night.<\/p>\n<p>Also, they have been dating since 2020 \u2014 if not earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The couple also shares three young children.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe there\u2019s something more going on. Perhaps it really was just about A$AP being a little too friendly for his partner\u2019s tastes. Or, you know, maybe this was nothing, and people only noticed because it\u2019s <em>Rihanna<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Monday night\u2019s charity ball may have been the most controversial Met Gala in many years. Not everyone participated in the boycott, however. Rihanna was spectacularly dressed in a gem-encrusted work of art. She was a work of art, as always. But a pair of videos from the event appears to show serious tensions with A$AP Rocky. Are they okay? Rihanna and A$AP Rocky attend the 2026 Met Gala celebrating \u201cCostume Art\u201d at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026. (Photo Credit: Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images) Trouble in paradise? A tweeted video showed A$AP speaking amicably with a couple of women at the Met Gala. 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