With the commencement of Super Bowl 2023, this time the halftime also included “Diamonds” singer Rihanna. However one of the cutest moments of the game was when Rihanna’s boyfriend A$AP Rocky stood in the audience and recorded every second of his girlfriend’s performance.
As Rihanna performs on the Super bowl and literally announces that she is pregnant with baby number 2 with boyfriend A$AP Rocky, he is seen looking at Rihanna during the whole show. The video of Rocky filming her has gone viral ever since. Let us dive deep into the controversies.
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Olivia Wilde Calls A$AP Rocky “Hot”
As the video of A$AP Rocky filming Rihanna performing at the Super Bowl halftime went viral, it is not only fans that went gaga over it, but celebrities too. Olivia Wilde, the 38-year-old actress, and filmmaker also went ahead to comment on the singer couple. Wilde called Rocky “hot.”
Uploading the clip of Rocky filming Rihanna, on her Instagram story, Wilde gave a caption saying “If I thought he was hot before, this really put me over the edge.” The clip that was shared by Olivia, had been originally shared by Rolling Stone. Olivia Wilde also tagged both Rihanna and A$AP Rocky on the post.
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Backlash Over Olivia Wilde’s Post
Olivia’s appreciation of A$AP Rocky, however, was not accepted too well by fans. Her calling Rocky “hot” was interpreted in a flirty way by fans, and she received backlash for flirting with the “Praise the Lord” singer. Fans didn’t really take it kindly and took to Twitter calling Wilde’s musing as “inappropriate.”
These made Olivia come back on her Instagram again and post another story, clearing people’s confusion. Uploading the same clip again, this time she captioned it writing, “For anyone who got it twisted. Its hot to respect your partner. Especially when your partner just did thaaaaaat.”
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