Naomi Campbell is placing rumors of a feud with Rihanna to relaxation.
The supermodel, 54, addressed hypothesis about her relationship with the pop star, 36, after the duo didn’t work together in a viral video from New York Trend Week. “I’m not about to let the world pitch two Black girls towards one another,” Campbell advised The New York Instances in a current interview. “We’re two girls with two kids, moms.”
Rumors of unhealthy blood between the 2 girls circulated after they each attended the Alaïa present in New York Metropolis on September 6. As Rihanna arrived on the presentation and took her seat, she walked previous Campbell and stylist Regulation Roach, seemingly with out acknowledging them.
Hypothesis solely intensified after Campbell and Roach, 46, shared a video parodying Jools Lebron’s “very demure” TikTok video. “We don’t go to the exhibits like the opposite ladies,” Roach mentioned within the clip. “We don’t include our ta-tas out or our chi-chis out. Very demure.”
Roach then pointed to Campbell, who chimed in so as to add, “Very aware.”
Whereas the video was posted on September 14, followers had been fast to notice that the duo had been sporting the identical outfits they wore to the Aläia present days earlier, main some web sleuths to theorize that they filmed the video after Rihanna walked by them with out saying hiya. (Rihanna additionally wore a costume to that present that put her décolletage on full show.)
Roach has indirectly addressed the controversy, however he not too long ago spoke out about how social media may be “a chunk of s—” generally.
Naomi Campbell has been strutting her stuff on catwalks world wide for over three many years, and, as you possibly can think about, there have been some fairly iconic moments alongside the way in which. After getting her begin within the Eighties, Campbell rapidly grew to become often called a member of the Fab 4, which included Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista […]
“For stylists, social media grew to become our portfolios years in the past. To be trustworthy, possibly 60 % of my shoppers got here from social media and interactions on social media,” he defined throughout a dialog at Revolt World final month. “Additionally, it makes the world smaller, proper? You possibly can have a dialog with a designer in Mumbai or Japan in a cut up second. So, it’s tremendous helpful.”
The advantages, nonetheless, include a facet of danger.
“It’s a double-edged sword as a result of I got here, in a approach, earlier than the affect,” he mentioned, noting that social media can so simply be taken out of context. “Like, I labored actually exhausting, and then you definitely see individuals get these superb alternatives as a result of they only persistently do the identical factor again and again. However you additionally need to be comfortable for them as a result of that, too, is a job. So, for me, I’m torn with that.”
