Rita Ora Confirms She Married Taika Waititi In A ‘Private’ Ceremony: ‘It Was Perfect’

Rita Ora, 32, and Taika Waititi, 47, did so get married past year! Rita confirmed that she wed the New Zealand filmmaker successful a Jan. 27 interrogation connected Heart Radio Breakfast, portion promoting her caller music video that shows her successful a wedding formal and features a dependable enactment from Taika. “Yes [I americium married]. I americium officially disconnected the marketplace people,” the British vocalist said, per Page Six. “I chose to support it much backstage and support it to myself much but with my caller video I americium playing connected what could person been,” Rita added.

Rita Ora and Taika Waititi (Photo: Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock)

News broke successful August 2022 that Rita and Taika had secretly tied the knot after a twelvemonth and a fractional of dating. Rita described the “private” nuptials arsenic “perfect” and “exactly what I wanted.” The “You Only Love Me” vocalist besides said, “It is bully to support immoderate things conscionable to myself sometimes. It was bully and sweet. Sorry it’s not that interesting. One time we’ll propulsion a large party.”

Rita besides revealed if she plans to instrumentality her caller husband’s past name. “I person decidedly thought astir taking his surname but I person worked precise hard for this Ora name,” the superstar explained. “I don’t know. I haven’t truly decided yet.” This is Rita’s archetypal marriage. Taika was antecedently joined to New Zealand movie shaper Chelsea Winstanley from 2011 to 2018. The exes stock 2 daughters, Te Hinekahu, 10, and Matewa Kiritapu, 6.

On August 8, The Sun reported that Rita and Taika said “I do” successful a “really intimate ceremony” that was “super peculiar for everyone there,” according to the outlet’s source. The insider besides explained that Rita “is determined to support the narration arsenic backstage arsenic imaginable and didn’t privation to marque a large opus and creation astir the wedding.”

Rita Ora and Taika Waititi (Photo: Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock)

Rita and Taika archetypal made their rumored romance official in Aug. 2021, astir 3 months aft first sparking dating rumors. They yet confirmed that their narration was the existent woody erstwhile they attended The Suicide Squad premiere together. Since then, the brace person enjoyed galore peculiar moments together, including Taika’s 46th day party over the summer. That lawsuit is wherever Rita made the romance Instagram official.

As fans whitethorn recall, Rita and Taika’s romance truly blew up successful May 2021, erstwhile they were some photographed packing connected the PDA with Thor: Love & Thunder star Tessa Thompson in Australia. Taika yet addressed the buzzed-about photos for the archetypal clip successful July. “I think, successful the satellite of the Internet, everything goes distant beauteous quick,” helium explained. “And also, is it that large a deal? No, not really. I was doing thing wrong. It’s fine.” Rita addressed the “throuple” rumors successful an interrogation with GQ published January 23. “I conscionable chose to not admit that due to the fact that it’s ridiculous,” she said. “I deliberation erstwhile immoderate things are truthful absurd, and it’s hard to fathom immoderate consciousness of it, you conscionable person to disregard it.”

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