This week, the Internet had a collective collapse following a rumor that Rihanna and A $ AP Rocky, who are expecting a baby together every day, broke up after the rapper cheated on her. Both TMZ and Page Six, citing several anonymous sources close to the couple, quickly shut down the gossip, which began with a tweet from a writer who has been dubbed “Instagram’s Messiest Fashion Influencer” by Interview magazine. After a whirlwind of reactions and, one might imagine, a storm of pressure from the couple’s teams, the instigator of the rumor publicly followed his initial statement in a new tweet. Fashion writer Louis Pisano mingled yesterday after writing on Twitter: “Rihanna and Rocky broke up as soon as possible. “Rihanna divorced him after he caught him cheating on her with shoe designer Amina Muaddi.” The tweet has since been deleted, but not before several gossip columns and news outlets circulated the story. In a new tweet, Pizano withdrew his decision to make the news: “Last night I made a foolish decision to post on Twitter some information I had received. I’m not going to talk about sources, blame others for a conversation that started, etc. because at the end of the day I made the decision to write this tweet, press send and publish it with my name “. He continues: “So I would like to formally apologize to all the parties that I got involved with my actions and for my reckless tweets. I fully accept the consequences of my actions for my tweets and any damage they have caused. I have no excuse for that, I’m too wrapped up in the Twitter drama and, unfortunately, I got messy as a brand, something I’re going to walk away from. I will take some time off from Twitter to figure out what it looks like and how I can start using my platforms better, as I have avoided using them for a more positive job. “Again, I apologize to them for this unnecessary drama.” If the rumor turns out to be true, the drama would be very spicy: Amina Muaddi, the other woman in question, has recently worked with both Rihanna and A $ AP Rocky. Neither Rihanna nor A $ AP Rocky have made a statement to address the rumor. Muaddi, however, spoke out against it, saying it was an “unfounded lie”. “I have always believed that an unfounded lie spread on social media deserves no answer or clarification, especially one that is so vile,” she said via her Instagram story. “I initially assumed that this false gossip – fabricated with such malicious intent – would not be taken seriously. However, in the last 24 hours I have been reminded that we live in a society that speaks so quickly about issues regardless of the real basis and that nothing is unlimited. “
