--- title: Rita Ora on Jay Z, Beyonce, and Calvin Harris Interview description: Rita Ora addresses rumors about Jay Z, Beyoncé, Lemonade, and Calvin Harris head-on in a new interview. canonical: https://time.com/4492908/rita-ora-jay-z-beyonce-calvin-harris/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-14T15:55:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:38.571Z og:title: Rita Ora Addresses Jay Z, Beyoncé, and That 'Not Becky' Pin og:description: “I still look up to him and his wife every day." og:url: https://time.com/4492908/rita-ora-jay-z-beyonce-calvin-harris/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77f8e19edbf29449/6988a5f20b72e34a7e6eafd6/rita-ora-jay-z-beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Tom Ford - Arrivals - September 2016 - New York Fashion Week og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rita Ora Addresses Jay Z, Beyoncé, and That 'Not Becky' Pin twitter:description: “I still look up to him and his wife every day." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77f8e19edbf29449/6988a5f20b72e34a7e6eafd6/rita-ora-jay-z-beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rita Ora Addresses Jay Z and Beyoncé's _Lemonade_: 'I'm Just Not a Gossip Queen' ## Video: A Complete History Of Beyonce Wrecking Cars [Watch (HLS stream): A Complete History Of Beyonce Wrecking Cars](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/9WeQ4Rm9.m3u8) (1:53)  _Published 2016-09-06. Beyoncé has wrecked a lot of cars in music videos, and her destruction of all things motor vehicular culminated in her video “Hold Up." Watch the complete history if Beyonce wrecking cars in her music videos from 2003 to now._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 14, 2016 3:55 PM UTC  Rita Ora attends Tom Ford fashion show during New York Fashion Week September 2016 at 99E 52d St. on September 7, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images) Rita Ora attends Tom Ford fashion show during New York Fashion Week September 2016 at 99E 52d St. on September 7, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)Neilson Barnard—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 14, 2016 3:55 PM UTC [Rita Ora](http://time.com/3717244/oscars-2015-rita-ora-grateful/) has addressed getting caught up in the discussion surrounding who Beyoncé could have been referencing as “[Becky with the good hair” in her song, “Sorry](http://time.com/4306335/beyonce-lemonade-questions/)” on [_Lemonade_](http://time.com/4305890/beyonce-lemonade-album-review/). In an interview with [_Vanity Fair_](http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2016/09/rita-ora-on-jay-z-beyonce-calvin-harris), the singer, who wore a “Not Becky” pin to the afterparty following the Met Gala, explained that she is still friendly with Jay Z and Beyoncé and that she isn’t invested in the drama of the situation, but instead, in her music. “First and foremost, Jay Z is my inspiration and one of my idols—lyrically, musically, business-wise,” Ora said. “I still look up to him and his wife every day. Beyoncé was one of my biggest idols growing up…As for the rest of it, I’m oblivious, I’m just not the gossip queen. I find it incredibly rude and disrespectful to women in general \[when\] we get accused of something that’s basically against the important part—the music.” This isn’t the first time that Ora has been the center of a buzzy celebrity story; she also touched on her former relationship with [Taylor Swift’s ex](http://time.com/4370822/taylor-swift-calvin-harris-instagram-twitter/), [Calvin Harris](http://time.com/4404762/calvin-harris-twitter-taylor-swift-this-is-what-you-came-for/). On that, Ora was also positive. “He’s very talented. . . . I have had a few dramas, haven’t I?” Read the full interview at [_Vanity Fair_](http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2016/09/rita-ora-on-jay-z-beyonce-calvin-harris). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4492908/rita-ora-jay-z-beyonce-calvin-harris/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4492908/rita-ora-jay-z-beyonce-calvin-harris/"},"headline":"Rita Ora Addresses Jay Z and Beyoncé's Lemonade: 'I'm Just Not a Gossip Queen'","datePublished":"2016-09-14T15:55:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:38.571Z","description":"“I still look up to him and his wife every day.\"","url":"https://time.com/4492908/rita-ora-jay-z-beyonce-calvin-harris/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77f8e19edbf29449/6988a5f20b72e34a7e6eafd6/rita-ora-jay-z-beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77f8e19edbf29449/6988a5f20b72e34a7e6eafd6/rita-ora-jay-z-beyonce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tom Ford - Arrivals - September 2016 - New York Fashion Week","caption":"Tom Ford - Arrivals - September 2016 - New York Fashion Week","creditText":"Neilson Barnard—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4492908/rita-ora-jay-z-beyonce-calvin-harris/","name":"Rita Ora Addresses Jay Z and Beyoncé's Lemonade: 'I'm Just Not a Gossip Queen'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A Complete History Of Beyonce Wrecking Cars","description":"Beyoncé has wrecked a lot of cars in music videos, and her destruction of all things motor vehicular culminated in her video “Hold Up.\" Watch the complete history if Beyonce wrecking cars in her music videos from 2003 to now.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/9WeQ4Rm9/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-09-06T19:44:53.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/9WeQ4Rm9.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4492908/rita-ora-jay-z-beyonce-calvin-harris/","duration":"PT1M53S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4492908/rita-ora-jay-z-beyonce-calvin-harris/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```