Olivia Wilde Faces Backlash for “Cringey” Post Calling A$AP Rocky “Hot”
Rihanna's boyfriend was the subject of Olivia Wilde's recent Instagram Story, which fans found slightly disturbing.
Olivia Wilde is officially back on the market, and her single girl energy is giving some pause for thought. The actress recently caused a stir after posting an Instagram Story dedicated to rapper A$AP Rocky, where she called him “hot” and also tagged his “Only Girl,” Rihanna.
“If I thought he was hot before, this really put me over the edge,” Wilde wrote as a text overlay on the Story, which contained a video of RiRi’s boyfriend watching her perform at the Super Bowl LVII halftime show on Feb. 12.
Olivia Wilde reacts to ASAP Rocky watching Rihanna’s halftime show pic.twitter.com/OG5AG8tFYj
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The video, reshared from Rolling Stone’s Instagram account, shows Rocky grinning widely, as his partner showed off her baby bump while performing a 12-song medley of her biggest hits for over millions of watchers in the State Farm Stadium in Glendale Arizona, and at home.
Backlash from fans soon followed, many of whom found Wilde’s post to be “creepy” and “inappropriate.”
“She’s really living up to that last name if [sic] hers 😕,” Twitter user @Jmac_Essentials tweeted, in response to media coverage of the story.
She's really living up to that last name if hers 😕
— I'M ALL UP IN YOUR MIND! ✨️ (@Jmac_Essentials) February 13, 2023
Not soon after, the Don’t Worry Darling director removed the original Story, and replaced it with a new one. It features the same video as before, but a new text overlay, reading:
“For anyone who got it twisted 🙄…It’s hot to respect your partner. Especially when your partner just did thaaaaaat.”
Neither Rihanna nor A$AP Rocky has responded to Wilde’s posts, or the internet commentary.
Wilde has admitted that her recent breakup with Grammy award-winning singer Harry Styles has been tough, and that she has been “leaning on friends” to help her get through it.
She’s also been open about here struggles with co-parenting and custody battles with her ex-fiance, Jason Sudeikis, with whom she shares two young children.
“It’s tough,” Wilde said during an interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show. “Reshaping a family is tricky.”
Rihanna and Rocky, meanwhile, are basking in baby-number-two bliss.
While the “Diamonds” singer didn’t come straight out and say she was pregnant during her performance, she did give a subtle hint by unzipping her red jumpsuit and caressing her baby bump at the beginning of the halftime show. Her rep later confirmed the news to media outlets.
The “Umbrella” singer welcomed her first child with Rocky back in May 2022.
Opting to do the Super Bowl wasn’t an immediate “yes,” Rihanna admitted. “Getting back to anything right now has to feel worth it. Nothing is worth your time away from your kid,” she said on an episode of the NFL’s The Process with Nate Burleson podcast.
