Rita Ora Explains What Happened That Night With Tessa Thompson & Husband Taika Waititi!

Taika Waititi may have shrugged at the throuple talk, but a year and a half later his wife is giving a much firmer denial.

In the latest issue of GQ Hype, Rita Ora finally breaks her silence about those super sexy PDA photos of her, Taika, and Tessa Thompson from May 2021. In case you missed it somehow, Taika and Tessa was in Australia filming Thor: Love And Thunder when they had a night off — and chose to spend it at the director’s house with his then-girlfriend. They were photographed early in the morning, getting up close and personal, sharing a threeway kiss at one point. It got the whole internet riled up. (And reportedly made Marvel execs nervous!)

When Taika was asked about it, he simply said:

Not exactly putting those steamy rumors to bed, so to speak!

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Well, his now-wife has a different response. She calls the idea she and Taika were romancing Tessa together too “absurd” to even speak about before now:

OK, but not nothing, right? We mean, we saw the pics! Looked like they were having a fun time!

She has a pretty clear explanation for those who need one, calling it just a fun night of drinking:

LOLz! We know what she means! But one of those people is now her husband and the other is his frequent co-worker, so… it’s not like they’re strangers! In the end, like Taika, after all that dismissing talk, she basically does acknowledge there was stuff happening. She just doesn’t want anyone thinking it was anything more than a night!

Something good did come from the internet being abuzz about this possible throuple — the fact most everyone seemed OK with it! She explained:

It’s certainly better representation than whatever is going on over