For Natalie Portman, a praise from Rihanna may simply be higher than remedy. Throughout an look on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon, the actress detailed how her Paris Trend Week run-in with the Dangerous Gal gave her a much-needed confidence enhance amid her divorce from Benjamin Millepied.
“I believe each girl going by a divorce ought to get to have Rihanna say to her that she’s a nasty bitch,” Portman recalled of her interplay with the singer earlier this yr. “It was precisely what I wanted,” she added.
Portman crossed paths with Rihanna in January exterior of Maria Grazia Chiuri’s spring 2024 couture runway present for Dior. The 2 exchanged a barrage of compliments to at least one one other, with Rihanna particularly fan-girling over the Black Swan star. “I don’t get enthusiastic about anyone,” Rihanna admitted as she referred to as Portman “one of many hottest bitches in Hollywood without end.” She added, “You do essentially the most harmless look, and I’m like ‘Ugh!’”
Portman replied with pleasure, saying “Excuse me? I’m gonna faint.” At one level she warned she may “black out” from Rihanna’s sudden compliments. The actress later shared a photograph of the second on her Instagram account with the caption “Nonetheless not over this.”
“That is a giant deal,” Fallon mentioned of the encounter, to which Portman replied, “It was a formative second in my life.”
Rihanna’s confidence enhance got here simply weeks earlier than Portman formally finalized her divorce from Benjamin Millepied in March. The previous couple have been married for 11 years and share two kids, Aleph and Amalia, collectively. Their separation largely flew below the radar however was punctuated by rumors of an extramarital affair on the a part of Millepied.
“It was initially actually robust for her, however her mates rallied round her and helped get her by the worst of it,” an insider advised Individuals on the time of Portman’s divorce.
The supply continued, “Natalie is popping out of a extremely robust and painful yr however she’s come out the opposite aspect of it stronger and is discovering pleasure in her household, mates and work.”
