Rihanna and Drake are happening. He wore a tuxedo and proclaimed his love for her on stage at the VMAs on Sunday. She rolled her eyes. He went in for a kiss on the mouth and she gave him her cheek. But seriously… they haven’t left each other’s side since. After years of on-and-off nonsense, Drake finally got his dream girl. The only catch is that Rihanna really doesn’t want this to be official at all. She doesn’t want to be known as Drake’s Girlfriend, even if she is. But I think he’s sort of okay with that too. I mean, he got the girl! He’s fine with it.
These are photos of Drake and Rihanna out last night at Nobu. Keep in mind, they partied all night Sunday and into the wee hours of Monday, then they probably went back to a hotel or apartment, banged like crazy, slept, and then got up to go out to dinner at Nobu. People Magazine had the breakdown of what they did post-VMAs:
After grabbing dinner together at Carbone, where they were joined by Rihanna’s friends and family, the two popped over to Manhattan hotspot Up & Down for a party thrown in her honor by her label Roc Nation.
“They walked in a little after 3 a.m.,” an onlooker tells PEOPLE. “Rihanna had a section by the deejay that was dedicated to her and Drake had one for him, but when they got in they chose to go into his section which was all the way in the back and much more private. They never left each other’s side. He was literally shadowing her every movement and was just so affectionate and adoring the entire night.”
When it came time to toast the lady of the hour, “They celebrated with D’Usse cognac,” says the source. “And at one point they brought out a big bottle of Ace of Spades. They’d made these $1000 bills with Rihanna’s face on it that said ‘United States of Rihanna’ and when the bottle came out they were shooting them into the air!”
With everything going on, the source says Drake still only had eyes for Rihanna. “They were very secluded the whole night. The club usually clears out around 4 a.m. but they were late getting there so they stayed around after it closed and shut it down. And they left together. He was really adoring and cute.”
E! News notes that Rihanna and Drake were “holding hands when they walked in” to the club. E! also says that Rihanna and Drake “seemed like all they cared about was each other” and they “didn’t leave each other’s side.” See? Now I’m a little bit worried though. This is the kind of heavy, open romance that will leave Rihanna looking for an exit. She’s gun-shy about these kinds of serious relationships. I hope she doesn’t dump him again.
Drake also posted this side-kiss:
Photos courtesy of Instagram, WENN, Pacific Coast News.
I find both of them extremely annoying. On their own and together.
And wasn’t Serena Williams his dream girl?
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He has talked about how he loves her,wanted to propose to her,etc.
i remember this. He was putting out similar language about Serena, too. Put in context, his pursuit of Rihanna is nothing special either. This is just how he operates.
I enjoy Drake’s soppy emotionality from afar. He’s just so excessive. It would drive me crazy in person, though.
I was listening to one of his songs and I told my fiance “He’s just got to be a water sign. He’s too damn soggy to be anything else.” I bet RiRi enjoys a dose of Drake and then just needs to go somewhere to dry off after a while.
@Yup – he’s a Scorpio, barely. (He was born on the 24th, Scorpio begins on the 23rd.)
As another Scorpio, hey! We aren’t all big huge saps 😛
@hollz I’m a Scorpio too!! Woo! And she’s a Pisces so their signs match…I do love them together and feel like Rihanna wouldn’t spend time with him if she didn’t want to. She’s not one to care if she comes off as the bad guy, I love that about her!
Everytime they get together I keep hoping this is the time it will work out. But Rhianna was born to break hearts. Fingers crossed it’ll work out this time. But…
This happens everytime they work together, I never believe it then and I don’t believe it now. She clearly doesn’t want him if she did then she would be his, she was very open with Chris Brown,Matt Kemp and even Travis Scott(sp)
I don’t think she was born to break hearts. She was raised in a family with rampant DV issues and, as of her relationship with CB, hadn’t yet invested enough in therapy to break the cycle. Hopefully, she’s been amending that, but I wonder if she’s gun shy about her own ability to have a healthy relationship.
Yes, I thought something similar. She could well not know how to deal with being treated kindly if she’s used to abusive, dysfunctional relationships. I hope she doesn’t push him away as he seems to genuinely care for her. It seems a shame and I feel a bit sorry for him. Not that I know much about either of them, of course!
Ps. I see Lainey has posted some videos where she looks much more affectionate towards him, esp the one behind the scenes.
“Drake hasn’t left Rihanna side since the VMAs on Sunday”
Corrected the headline.
Thanks for doing that, since that is the reality of what it is… I’m loving it Though!
I don’t find him attractive.
Moreover, can you imagine ARRIVING somewhere at 3am?! I am so old!
GIRL that stuck out to me too! I wouldn’t even arrive to Idris Elba’s bed at 3 a.m. I want to be in my jammies by 10 pm on weekdays and 1130, maaaaybe midnight on weekends.
I KNOW.. even on the weekends, I am snuggled up in bed by 11pm latest.. I just get sooo tired.
Someone once invited me out and the start time was 10pm, I laughed.. and laughed and said, NOPE.
My husband will never forget the time I dragged him to one of my favourite bands’ concert at a church’s basement and it started at midnight. We actually had to take a nap before and wake up around 10 pm in order to endure being up that late and we are in our early 30’s….
With her very public relationship and issues with Brown, I find Drake’s behavior and insistence on trying to ‘get rihanna’ romantically (and in the public eye) disrespectful, like he’s only thinking of himself and wants the public to think ‘aw poor drake just date him already’, instead of letting her choose to be in a relationship with him and let the public know in a way she feels comfortable with.
She was ‘the girlfriend Brown beat up’, ‘the victim’, etc in the past, now he’s just pressuring her in a public forum to be ‘the girl’ of another guy. I don’t find it as sweet and devotional as some may see it. I see it as possessive and obsessive and very pushy at times.
It is obsessive and possessive but it’s also the kind of love Drake has to give (and others like him). This is him. I don’t think he is playing much.
Some people express love in a more distant and cautious manner and it’s fine too. However, Drake is also an artist, it would be odd if he was afraid to express his tender side.
This^^^ He seems not very respectful of the fact that she seems uncomfortable with the pda, it gets on my last nerve that he is so pushy with her to be so public when she is not into it.
Lol, you seem to be displaying your own prejudice. No one thinks of Rihanna as the girl Chris Brown beat up. She’s a world famous superstar and has done it on her own terms. If anything
Drake just makes himself look a bit of a loser.
I think Rihanna is both.
I think she is hyper-aware that that very awful, public part of her life will always been out there and in (at least) the back of everyones mind. It will. It was big and important and shifted how the public saw and talked about domestic abuse.
And I think her hyper-awareness causes her to want to feel and look in control of herself and her relationships, and I feel that the way he behaves, she feels very out of control of it. And that makes her uncomfortable and maybe makes her uncomfortable for the public to be seeing in real time.
but again, thats just my opinion and nobody knows but her.
Agreed, Missmerry. Look at that article quote: he never left her side, he shadowed her, he was adoring, etc. No mention of her feelings on the matter. It’s like they’re saying he’s earned her affections, but they’re hers to give (or not); they aren’t won with a checklist of clinginess.
LOL at Drake stanning her so hard! I mean, I relate but damn. I kind of wish these two would go big or go home. Like pull a full Beyonce and Jay-z or just keep it quiet. I’m guessing Rih wants the latter and Drake wants the former. Welp. Question: does anybody else go back and forth on finding Drake attractive??? It changes day by day for me hahah.
Yes to all of this. But I want them to go full beyonce/jay z. I find drake really attractive in person (videos) but less so in photos. I think he doesn’t photograph that well.
Also, I think I love them so much partly so I can live vicariously through their crazy life. While I get up at 630 am with my toddler and go to my 9-5, they are just rolling into bed, probably covered in champagne and bills with Rihanna’s face on them. Sigh.
Oh That’s it for me too KK everything you said, from Drake’s attractiveness level (Though I LOVE his voice and Corny sad boy rap) to the fact I LOVE this dramatic wealthy young shit, to live through LOL
You love his voice? I never could get into his music because of his voice. It’s so nasal and annoying. He is very attractive though. They both are.
It is directly related to beard status.
Without the beard he reminds me too much of David Schwimmer and Ross kills all lady boners for me.
I don’t think Drake is sweet, I think he is pushy and annoying. By being so public & extra (her words) it makes him seem like a great guy and adds pressure on her to go out with him even if she isn’t that interested. If this ends she will seem like an asshole
If anything, he would be Rihanna’s boyfriend not the other way around.
What is the matter with him?
Yeah i had a guy obsessed with me like that in high school. I would give in every now and then, because he was just so needy, and i was super intoxicated, but really i was not attracted to him, just wanted to be friends. Eventually i grew up and realized we were both hurting each other with our unrealistic expectations. I wanted him to just be a friend, and he couldn’t. He wanted me to be his girlfriend and I couldn’t. We had to go our seperate ways. Sometimes guys just don’t want to understand.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJtaH7KgIbq/?taken-by=westafrikanman
^^^ That’s all I have to say on the subject
ETA: Okay I lied. Rihanna is sooooooooo beautiful. There, now I’m done.
I think people aren’t giving Rihanna enough credit. She is a very strong-willed, stubborn girl, by her own admission. If she didn’t want to be with Drake, party with Drake, spend time alone with Drake and go back to hotels with Drake, she wouldn’t. She just may not be into the PDA like that. I know I hate PDA, but in private, I need all that TLC and affection. Drake wears his heart on his sleeve and I think she needs that, since she is the more emotionally closed off of the two. Like the Ying and Yang. I ship them, but I think Rihanna has a propensity to fall for the bad boys. I hope she has grown and matured enough to have gotten over that phase.
I agree with you. It seems like she is navigating this slowly and with control. I like to see her shine and she wouldn’t with an emotionally unavailable partner.
He is creepy.
I never understood why she is so opposed to being with him. I mean, she has a terrible track record with men (excluding Drake). He doesn’t have a reputation of treating his girlfriends, or anyone, badly. In fact, in most interviews, he comes across as a thoughtful and well-mannered person who was also raised well. He is stable in his life–he knows what he wants, he works hard, and his life isn’t a hot mess. I don’t understand her objection to him, this whole act like she’s not into him.
One of my friends met him through her friends, a few years ago, and she said he was just a really nice guy, very genuine, and very true to his friends and family. He has had the same friends for over ten years (his close-knit group), and he is very down-to-earth in person. She was expecting a diva, and was pleasantly surprised.
I found the way she treated him as he was introducing her at t the VMAs—rolling her eyes, etc…so douchey. I was really put off by her public attitude. If I were with a guy who acted like that with me, that would be the last time we’d be together. If you don’t want to be with him, you can make it clear you don’t want to be with him, but no need to be a jerk about it so blatantly. One thing I did notice about their whole back and forth relationship is that he is patient and seems to respect her wishes and the pace she’s willing to go, which says a lot about him.
In general, I never understood the appeal of the “bad boy” that so many women always want… Even when I was a teen, I found them so juvenile, fake, and unpleasant. And the adult bad boy is even worse. I always tell my friends, I’m not looking for a guy I need to babysit and who needs guidance on what his priorities in life are–I want an equal who knows who he is and what he wants… But maybe it’s just because deep down I’m an 84 year old in a 34 year old’s body. 😛
+ 1000 everything you said.
And never understood the thing with bad boys either. Waste of time, energy and brain cells.
I wonder if the eye rolling was more to do with being uncomfortable with compliments and PDA. I don’t handle compliments well AT ALL, especially from people I know are being genuine. I just wouldn’t be shocked that she was probably just embarrassed and rather than giggle or hide her face she closes off, rolls eyes or seem uninterested.
I think that she’s gun-shy for a very good reason. You have to remember she was so young and in (probably) her first real relationship with Chris Brown. A relationship which was not just abusive but publicly so. As someone who was in an abusive relationship in her early twenties, I’m not sure if you ever truly get past that. I think that her and Drake are trying to make this happen but I understand why she wants to be private. Especially if she thinks “this one might be real”.
I also understand why Drake becomes a little pushy. Unless you lived through it you don’t get it. And as sensitive as he is, he probably doesn’t really understand.
Drake is so so extra. My husband was the same way with me and I friendzoned him for years so I could date jerks who treated me like an afterthought. As a now fully functional adult with healthy self esteem I can now handle my hubs adoration, instead of feeling smothered by it.
I think Drake just feels all the feels you know? So he’s extra about everything in life. But who really knows what they’ve got going on behind closed doors? Hopefully those crazy kids fall in love and make pretty babies, but they will probably just do this on again off again dance for several more years. And Drake will keep wistfully looking out hotel windows while writing slow jams in his head about RiRi
Drake isn’t actually a good guy and I think Rihanna can sense that. Despite his romantic image Drake always has another girl on the side or waiting in the wings. They are usually strippers. He’s just not as open with the fact that he always has strippers on call. He was with Serena until Rihanna seemed like she would give him another shot then he dropped her and I feel like rih will get the same. She’s his dream girl now, but once he gets his dream girl he loses interest and looks for a new one. I hope Rihanna doesn’t seriously think he’s dating material because he’s really not.
Some of these comments are hilarious,real aubrih stans know what’s up:)
It looks like the dress in the first picture could be one of Drake’s shirts!
I guess I’m the only one who thinks the very idea of them banging like crazy is hot.
Drake and Rihanna have started looking a lot like Orlando and Katy’s relationship.