Rita Ora made a dramatic exit from Los Angeles’ legendary Chateau Marmont on Friday, stepping out in a revealing semi-sheer Tom Ford dress.
The 35-year-old British singer turned heads in the translucent design, which showed glimpses of her underwear beneath a structured black blazer with padded shoulders.
She completed the statement look with a wide belt, layers of silver necklaces and dark Saint Laurent sunglasses.
A long-standing celebrity destination, Chateau Marmont is a castle-inspired luxury hotel at 8221 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood.
Its famous guest list has included stars such as Kate Moss, Miley Cyrus and Kanye West.
Ora, who is married to filmmaker Taika Waititi, has also recently revisited the long-running claims that she was the woman dubbed “Becky with the good hair” in Beyoncé’s 2016 song “Sorry,” from the album Lemonade.
Rita Ora made a dramatic exit from Los Angeles’ iconic Chateau Marmont on Friday in a daring semi-sheer Tom Ford dress.
The 35-year-old British singer revealed flashes of underwear beneath the translucent outfit, which she paired with a shoulder-padded black blazer.
The speculation began after Ora left Jay-Z’s record label for a new deal with Atlantic Records. That same year, Beyoncé released “Sorry,” a song addressing rumors of her husband’s infidelity, prompting fans to search for the identity of the alleged mistress known as “Becky.”
Ora’s name soon became linked to the theory. Rumors intensified after she posted a Snapchat image featuring lemon-print lingerie and a “J” around her neck shortly after the song’s release. She was later seen wearing a “Not Becky” pin at a Met Ball after-party.
Ora has repeatedly rejected the claims. Addressing the controversy again, she said she would like to know who first started the rumor.
“I don’t know who initiated that whole Becky drama, but I’d love to find out who it was. It’s always woman pitted against woman and you can be sure neither of us had anything to gain.”
Later that year, Ora appeared in a selfie with Beyoncé in an apparent show of solidarity, captioning the image “Family.”
Speaking to The Times, she said: “It’s easy to forget, but ten years ago social media was still quite a new thing. You could be minding your own business then wake up one morning and find out the whole world was on your case.”
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Reflecting on her departure from the rapper’s label, Ora added: “I will never be negative about Jay-Z because he is a legendary artist, but the lesson I learnt was, when you feel your life being pulled in a direction you don’t want it to go, be ready to jump.”
In 2022, Ora discussed the “Becky” controversy with Louis Theroux, including the lemon-patterned lingerie and the necklace that fans believed featured a “J.”
“Oh my God, it literally was a coincidence. I didn’t even think about it, I swear. And it wasn’t a J, it was an R. They flipped it round and then it looked like a J,” she said.
The singer also addressed another image that drew criticism from Beyoncé’s large fan base. In the photograph, she wore a semi-sheer bra from her Tezenis collaboration, styled with strategically placed lemons.
“No, it had nothing [to do with it]. No, that was my own design with an underwear company called Tezenis that I was working with,” Ora explained of the lemon-themed shoot.
She added: “This is what I mean, man – a pinch of salt – you’ve got to take things with a pinch of salt. And that’s what’s insane.”
Rita said that her ‘good friend’ Katy Perry gave her a ‘hilarious badge that said “Not Becky”‘.
On Beyonce’s critically acclaimed album Lemonade, which garnered a pair of Grammy victories, Beyonce made multiple allusions to Jay-Z cheating on her.
Sorry included the lyrics ‘You only want me when I’m not there/You better call Becky with the good hair.’
Rita told Theroux that she would prefer to speak about other aspects of her life and career to the media.
‘It’s interesting ’cause I feel like everyone is very interested in my personal life, like everything else is not worthy enough,’ Ora said. ‘Which, sometimes, is frustrating because I have also got a lot of credentials to sustain my respect.’
Hitting back at the rumours in 2016, she said: ‘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.’