RITA & TAIKA: A-list love story!

THE SURPRISE COUPLE HAVE BEEN DATING FOR 18 MONTHS, AND NOW THERE’S TALK THAT THE PAIR ARE SET TO WED

- Jodie Wolf

Attending the London premiere of Thor: Love and Thunder on July 5, director Taika Waititi frequently paused on the red carpet – although in this case, it was a blue carpet – to hug and kiss longtime love, Rita Ora. The singer, 31, wore a silver embroidered gown by Elie Saab with long, fringed sleeves covering her hands. While even the most eagle-eyed fans could not spot an engagement ring, sources say a wedding is on the cards. “This isn’t about them doing a big showy thing and crowing about it beforehand,” a friend reportedly told UK’s The Sun. “They didn’t do a whole ‘will you marry me?’ thing and an Instagram post. There’s no ring or big build-up. They just got closer and closer, and eventually said to each other almost simultaneously, ‘I want to marry you.’”

The high-profile pair had been good friends for years. They cemented their relationship by spending quality time together when their careers brought them to Australia, with Ora working as a coach on The Voice and Waititi filming Thor: Love and Thunder. The couple first went public with their relationship when Ora shared photos of the two cuddling via her Instagram in April 2021. On May 24, they caused more of a splash when paparazzi photos were published of the couple engaged in a three-way kiss with Thor star Tessa Thompson on a terrace in Sydney. Waititi laughed off the viral images in an interview with