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Rihanna says it took a while for ASAP Rocky to get out of the ‘friend zone’

Rihanna says it took a while for ASAP Rocky to get out of the 'friend zone'

Rihanna says it took a while for ASAP Rocky to get out of the ‘friend zone’

  • We break down how expecting parents A$AP Rocky and Rihanna transitioned from working relationships to friends, to lovers.
  • The two celebrities have faced dating accusations and continuously shut them down.
  • The truth finally came to light in 2021 when the two started to be seen out and about together at an increasingly frequent rate

A$AP Rocky and Rihanna Rocky and the “Work” singer were friends long before they started dating, but she admitted it wasn’t easy for her to make the switch.

“People don’t get out of the friend zone very easily with me,” Rihanna went on to say in a new cover story for Vogue’s May 2022 issue.

“It took a long to get over how much I know him and how well he knows me,” she added, “because we both know how much trouble we can get ourselves into.”

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Rihanna took Rocky home to Barbados to meet her family just a few months after their road trip. Despite disapproving of her daughter’s previous boyfriends, she said her mother was “charmed by him from the start.”

The couple announced they are expecting their first child in January of this year. Rihanna stated that they were not planning on starting a family, but that they were definitely not planning against it.

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“What is it about us that I admire the most? Transparency about everything, including how we’re feeling, our ambitions, and our anxieties and insecurities “she said. “The vulnerability of being able to tell each other how you feel.”