Natalie Portman’s Divorce Should-Have: Rihanna

Usually, when very well-known ladies undergo very public divorces, a freeze-frame second or object makes its method front-and-center to change into a form of popular culture shorthand, a totem representing our heroine rising triumphant from the cut up. Nicole Kidman had her parking zone fist pump second. Princess Diana had the revenge costume. Sophie Turner had all these dinners with Taylor Swift. And now, Natalie Portman has the concrete data that Rihanna thinks she’s a foul bitch.

Portman, who finalized her divorce from husband Benjamin Millepied in February after 11 years of marriage, appeared on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon Monday and mentioned how an opportunity interplay with the “Diamonds” singer in January helped her throughout a tricky time.

“I believe each lady going by way of a divorce ought to get to have Rihanna say to her that she’s a foul bitch,” Portman stated.

She and Rihanna have been filmed fangirling over each other and hugging exterior a Paris Vogue Week present, an interplay that Portman advised host Jimmy Fallon is “a formative second in my life.”

“I like you,” Portman tells Rihanna within the clip as the 2 squeal and hug.

“I’m a fucking fan,” Rihanna responds. “You’re one of many hottest bitches in Hollywood.”

“Excuse me? I’m gonna faint,” an overwhelmed Portman replies, hand to coronary heart. “I’m gonna black out. I like you and I hearken to your music on a regular basis, you’re such a queen, thanks!”

Rihanna then asks for an image of the 2. When Rihanna desires an image, you are taking an image, and in case you’re Natalie Portman, you share it on Instagram with the caption “Nonetheless not over this.” Which, truthful.

Discussing the interplay with Fallon, Portman revealed, “It was precisely what I wanted.”