--- description: Sarah Paulson can’t stop fangirling over Rihanna on the Ocean's Eight set title: Sarah Paulson May Be a Bigger Rihanna Fangirl Than You image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Sarah Paulson Explain How She Can’t Help Fangirling Over Rihanna by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 20, 2016 6:32 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 20, 2016 6:32 PM CUT [Sarah Paulson](http://time.com/4522714/sarah-paulson-shoop-fallon/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") is an [Emmy Award](http://time.com/4484666/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark-emmys/?iid=sr-link4 "undefined")\-winning actress, but even she can’t pretend to be chill when she’s in the presence of Rihanna. Paulson made her fangirl confession to Seth Meyers on _Late Night,_ admitting that things got awkward because she and RiRi are spending plenty of time together as _Ocean’s Eight_ co-stars. Despite her best efforts to be cool, [Paulson](http://time.com/4499496/sarah-paulson-marcia-clark-emmys-2/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined") keeps finding herself awkwardly humming [Rihanna](http://time.com/4198509/rihanna-anti-review/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined")’s songs on set, much to the irritation of her other co-stars. “A couple times Sandy Bullock gave me the side eye,” said Paulson. “I’m like, ‘Diamonds—sorry!’ Every time I see her, it starts. It’s bad. It’s bad! It’s not good.” “I think when this is over,” Meyers teased the _American Horror Story_ star. “Rihanna is going to talk about how cool you were.” Paulson laughed, “I’m not sure that’s true.” [Paulson](http://time.com/4562406/sarah-paulson-nonchalantly-read-hillary-clintons-emails-on-samantha-bee/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") isn’t the only Rihanna fangirl, of course. “If you’re standing next to her and paparazzi are taking pictures, it’s like, ‘Wow!’” the actress said. “It’s because [Rihanna](http://time.com/4431632/rihanna-wine-glasses/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined")’s standing next to you—they’re not interested in you at all.” _Ocean’s Eight_ will be in theaters in June 2018\. Watch the full clip below ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4608089/sarah-paulson-on-rihanna/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4608089/sarah-paulson-on-rihanna/"},"headline":"Watch Sarah Paulson Explain How She Can’t Help Fangirling Over Rihanna","datePublished":"2016-12-20T18:32:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:39.830Z","description":"“A couple times Sandy Bullock gave me the side eye\"","url":"https://time.com/4608089/sarah-paulson-on-rihanna/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Seth Meyers","Late Night with Seth Meyers","Rihanna"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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/4608089/sarah-paulson-on-rihanna/","name":"Watch Sarah Paulson Explain How She Can’t Help Fangirling Over Rihanna"}}]}] ```