Keep reading to learn more about Taika and his relationship with Rita.<\/p>\n
Who Is Taika Waititi?<\/h2>\n
Taika Waititi is a famous director, actor, and comedian. He started his career in the late 1990s and went on to develop and star in various films, television series, and short films. Some of his most popular directed-films include Boy<\/em>, Thor: Ragnarok<\/em>, Jojo Rabbit<\/em>, and Thor: Love and Thunder<\/em><\/a>. His popular directed-television shows include Flight of the Conchords<\/em>, The Inbetweeners<\/em>, and What We Do in the Shadows<\/em><\/a>. As an actor, he\u2019s appeared in many of his own films and others like The Suicide Squad<\/em> and Free Guy<\/em>. Taika has won many prestigious awards for his works including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award. He’s also been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards.<\/a><\/p>\n Rita and Taika met in 2018. That was the same year that Taika split from his wife, New Zealand film producer Chelsea Winstanley<\/strong>, after seven years of marriage.<\/p>\n On Valentine’s Day 2022, Taika posted a throwback photo<\/a> of him and Rita from the night they met, alongside a sweet message about their relationship. “First photo the night we met four years ago. We’ve been mates ever since. Then a year ago we decided to “complicate” things but it just got easier. Happy Valentines Day to my bestie @ritaora \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\ud83e\udde8\ud83d\udca5,” he wrote.<\/p>\n Rita opened up about the start of her relationship with Taika in an interview with Vogue<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>in November 2022. “We met in L.A. and it was through friends and it was amazing,” she said. “It was very causal. And then we stayed friends for like, four or five years. It was just a natural thing. We were both in Australia doing two separate jobs … and we kind of hung out and that was it. We went to a friend’s birthday party, and it all clicked.”<\/p>\n Rita and Taika made their rumored romance official<\/a> when they attended The Suicide Squad<\/em> premiere<\/a> together in Aug. 2021, about three months after they first sparking dating rumors<\/a>.<\/p>\n The couple’s romance really blew up in May 2021, when they were both photographed packing on the PDA with Thor: Love & Thunder<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>star\u00a0Tessa Thompson<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>in Australia. Taika eventually addressed the buzzed-about photos<\/a> for the first time in July 2021. \u201cI think, in the world of the Internet, everything goes away pretty quick,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd also, is it that big a deal? No, not really. I was doing nothing wrong. It\u2019s fine.\u201d Rita addressed the \u201cthrouple\u201d rumors<\/a> in an interview with\u00a0GQ<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>published January 2023. \u201cI just chose to not acknowledge that because it\u2019s ridiculous,\u201d she said. \u201cI think when some things are so absurd, and it\u2019s hard to fathom any sense of it, you just have to ignore it.\u201d<\/p>\n Rita and Taika got married in a private wedding ceremony at their home in Los Angeles on August 4, 2022. The couple opened up about the romantic event a year later to Vogue.<\/em><\/a> Taika revealed that Rita proposed to him in Palm Springs a few weeks before they said “I do.”<\/p>\nHow Did Rita Ora and Taika Waititi Meet?<\/h2>\n
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When Did Rita Ora and Taika Waititi Start Dating?<\/h2>\n
When Did Rita Ora and Taika Waititi Get Married?<\/h2>\n