Rita Ora reveals side-boob in daring dress and says ‘you’ve just got to laugh’ after ‘blackfishing’ accusations
RITA Ora gave fans an eyeful as she took to social media on Thursday to share another snap from her holiday.
Rita, 29, is currently holidaying in Ibiza with her Romain Gavras, 39, and a group of pals.
Clearly feeling the Spanish heat, the Hot Right Now hitmaker decided to wear minimal clothing for a recent night out but almost experienced a wardrobe malfunction.
In the snap shared on Instagram, Rita can be seen showing off plenty of sideboob in a black daring dress – which was very open at the sides.
Ditching her bra for the occasion, the pop star wore a pair of teeny tiny black knickers and lots of gold jewellery as she giggled for the camera.
She simply captioned the post: “Sometimes you just gota laugh (sic),” and she’s no doubt referring to the recent controversy surrounding her heritage.
Rita has been accused of “cultural appropriation” and “blackfishing” after fans learned that she isn’t black.
The singer has always been open about her Albanian heritage, but a tweet made earlier this week about her ethnicity has gone viral after shocking fans.
Sharing a photo of Rita posing with her mum and dad, as well as snaps of the singer with her hair in braids and an afro, the Twitter user wrote: “Finding out Rita Ora isn’t black at all and both of her parents are white Albanians is so trippy. The girl’s BEEN blackfishing.”
They later added: “Like the girl isn’t black in the slightest this is kinda freaking me out. White women really slip into black personas so easily.”
The original post, which was made on Monday [9 August] has so far racked up over 22,000 retweets and more than 110k likes.
Replying to the tweet, fans shared their shock as they went on to accuse Rita of “cultural appropriation” and “blackfishing” – a term used to describe people who change their hair and make-up to appear black online.
One wrote: “All this cultural appropriation ain’t cool @ritaora”.
Another added: “Raise your hand if you’ve ever been personally bamboozled by a black fishing white woman.”
A third seethed: “Hold up. I thought she was AT LEAST 1/4 black.”
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However, others leapt to Rita’s defence – pointing out that she often speaks about her Albanian roots, and how her family fled war-torn Kosovo when she was a child, seeking refuge in the UK.
They also pointed out that the snaps being shared were five years old – and Rita no longer styles her hair in that way.