Rita Ora Details Her 'Fire, Fire, Fire' Marriage to Husband Taika Waititi

Mar. 15, 2025

Taika Waititi and Rita Ora attend The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty” on May 1, 2023 in New York City.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Matt Winkelmeyer/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Rita OraandTaika Waititilike to keep it hot.

During E!‘sAfter Partyfollowing the 2024 Emmys on Sunday, Sept. 15, the “Let You Love Me” singer, 33, opened up about her marriage to theThor: Ragnarokfilmmaker, 49.

“We inspire each other,” Oratold the outlet.“With me coming from music and him being a writer, a director and a filmmaker, it’s a house full of ideas.”

Taika Waititi and Rita Ora attend the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 12, 2023 in Beverly Hills, Calif.Karwai Tang/WireImage

Karwai Tang/WireImage

Added the pop star: “We’re both fire signs, too. So it’s just fire, fire, fire.”

Ora also insisted that she is “the funny one” in their marriage. “I just want to let you all know that,” she said, adding that the pair “help each other out, always.”

Ora, who was at the awards show supporting “her man” Waititi for his nominations for outstanding comedy series forReservation DogsandWhat We Do in the Shadows, said the couple had a “fun night” and thought the Emmys was “an unbelievable show.”

The event also sparked some creativity for the “For You” musician.

“I was walking to this party and I said to Taika, ‘This has just made me want to go home and write everything I can think of down right now,'” Ora said. “I was so inspired, the acceptance speeches were so inspiring.”

At the time, an insider confirmed to PEOPLE that Ora and Waititi wed during a"very small" ceremonyon Aug. 4, 2022. However, they didn’t share the news with the public until January 2023.

“I am officially off the market, people!” Ora said during an interview with Heart Breakfast.

During an appearance onThe Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallonin February 2023, Ora showed off herwedding ringfor the first time and revealed that she “may have” helped Waititi pick out the ring.

Rita Ora and Taika Waititi attend the Australia premiere of ‘The New Boy’ at the Sydney Film Festival 2023 opening night in June 2023.Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

“I felt like I really knew I wanted to be with this person, and I just wanted it to feel really right,” she said. “So, I may have taken him to the shop and pointed out exactly what ring I wanted.”

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After meeting in 2018, the “Anywhere” artist andJojo Rabbitdirector first sparked romance rumors in April 2021. Roughly five months later, they made their red carpet debut.

source: people.com