Rita Ora has set the record straight on whether she has taken Taika Waititi’s surname (Picture: Shutterstock)
Rita Ora has confirmed she is still going by her own name after secretly tying the knot to Taika Waititi.
The rumour mill was set alight last year as speculation mounted the pair had quietly tied the knot after around a year together.
Filmmaker Taika was spotted wearing what looked suspiciously like a wedding band on his ring finger, while anonymous sources insisted the rumours were true.
As it turns out, the speculation was correct – however one particular piece of information that was floated at the time has now been shut down by musician Rita.
She told Live With Kelly and Ryan this week that she has not taken her husband’s last name, despite speculation to the opposite last year.
‘I still just go by Rita Ora’ she confirmed, after being asked if she now goes by ‘Ora-Waititi.’
The Detective Pikachu star has just released new track You Only Love Me, the video of which features a wedding day-theme (Picture: AlexJr / Backgrid)
The couple first went public with their relationship in 2021 (Picture: Getty Images)
She added it has ‘been such a whirlwind, the whole experience.’
The star, who has just released new track You Only Love Me, is currently on the publicity run in the US, and recently showed off her wedding ring during an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.
She joked: ‘You know, it’s my first time showing my ring, but because I love you and I feel like you’re part of our relationship weirdly because we watch you every night… is that creepy?’
Sharing details about their private wedding day, Rita told Heart Breakfast: ‘It was perfect. It was exactly, exactly how I wanted.
Sources had claimed Rita would be going by Ora-Waititi when rumours of their marriage first surfaced (Picture: WireImage)
‘It was nice and perfect. It is nice to keep some things just to myself sometimes it was nice and sweet… Sorry it’s not that interesting!
She promised fans looking for a big star-studded bash: ‘One day I will throw a big party.’
Rumours had surfaced in June that the pair were set to tie the knot, with sources hinting they planned to have an intimate wedding ceremony this year, before celebrating with a bigger bash later.
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The couple began dating in March 2021, and made their red carpet debut that August as they cuddled up at the premiere of The Suicide Squad in Los Angeles.
While Rita and Taika initially kept their relationship on the low-down when they first got together, they have been more open about their romance in recent months, happily packing on the PDA in public.
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