A fashion writer has apologized for sparking a "reckless" rumor that Rihanna and A$AP Rocky had split following an alleged cheating scandal.
Earlier this week, multiple news outlets reported that the 34-year-old 'Umbrella' singer - who is pregnant with A$AP Rocky's child - had split from the rapper after allegedly catching him cheating with shoe designer Amina Muaddi.
However, despite making headlines across multiple platforms, sources close to the couple quickly denied the claims, with one source telling Page Six: "It’s not true."
Muaddi - who has collaborated with both Rihanna and A$AP Rocky - also took to social media to quash the claims.
"I’ve always believed that an unfounded lie spread on social media doesn’t deserve any response or clarification, especially one that is so vile," she wrote in an Instagram Story. "I initially assumed that this fake gossip - fabricated with such malicious intent - would not be taken seriously."
She continued: "However, in the last 24 hours I’ve been reminded that we live in a society that is so quick to speak on topics regardless of factual basis and that nothing is off limits. Not even during what should be one of the most beautiful and celebrated times in one’s life.
"Therefore I have to speak up as this is not only directed towards me but it is related to people I have a great amount of respect and affection for."
"While Rih is continuing to live her serene, best dressed pregnancy life and I go back to my business — I wish everyone a beautiful Easter weekend," she concluded the message.
Now, the person responsible for originally tweeting the rumor has issued an apology.
The rumors first circulated online when fashion writer Louis Pisano tweeted out: "Rihanna & ASAP Rocky have split. Rihanna broke up with him after she caught him cheating with shoe designer Amina Muaddi."
Pisano - who uses they/them pronouns - added, "ASAP & Amina is not new though as she was seeing him years ago and also collaborated with him on a collection of shoes."
After deleting those original tweets, Pisano has once again taken to Twitter to issue a statement on what they are calling a "dumb decision".
"Hi all, so I'd like to address the situation," their message starts. "Last night I made a dumb decision to tweet some information I had received.
"I'm not going to talk about sources, blame others for a discussion that was started, etc because at the end of the day I made the decision to draft that tweet, press send and put that out with my name on it. So I'd like to formally apologize to all parties involved with my actions and reckless tweets."
Pisano continues: "I fully accept the consequences of my actions for my tweets and any harm they caused.
"I have no excuse for it, I've been way too wrapped up in Twitter drama and unfortunately leaned into being messy as a brand which is something going forward I'm going to move away from.
"I'm going to take some time away from Twitter to figure out what that looks like and how I can start using my platforms better as I've gotten away from using them for more positive work. Again I apologize to them for this unnecessary drama."
Page Six adds that Rihanna has been dating A$AP Rocky - real name Rakim Athelaston Mayers - since 2020, with the pair making their relationship public back in November.
