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Six Years Later, Rita Ora Is Still Denying Accusations Of Being Beyoncé’s ‘Becky With The Good Hair’

<p>Six years have passed and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kehlani-calls-rita-ora-new-song-girls-says-lyrics-harmful-lgbtq-community&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Rita Ora<&sol;a> still can&&num;8217&semi;t escape rumors of being the alleged &&num;8220&semi;Becky with the good hair&&num;8221&semi; that <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;peter-rosenberg-admits-comparing-kelly-rowland-and-beyonce-in-interview-was-clumsy-and-stupid&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Beyoncé<&sol;a> was referring to in her 2016 single &&num;8220&semi;Sorry&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;Ck8vACyIJ30&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; 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- 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The 32-year-old sat down for a recent interview on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bbc&period;co&period;uk&sol;programmes&sol;m001fr4r" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>Louis Theroux Interviews&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;a>&comma; and the British-American host was not shy about getting into all the tea with Ora &&num;8211&semi; or should we say <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;beyonce&period;com&sol;album&sol;lemonade-visual-album&sol;songs&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>Lemonade<&sol;em><&sol;a>&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;Cln5kftDMol&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; 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- 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Ora Was Put In The Hot Seat<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Theroux questioned Ora about the singer sporting a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailymail&period;co&period;uk&sol;tvshowbiz&sol;article-3551675&sol;Getting-fruity-Rita-Ora-seductively-poses-racy-selfie-shows-assets-semi-sheer-lemon-motiff-bra-Instagram&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">lemon motif bra<&sol;a> and a &&num;8220&semi;J&&num;8221&semi; initial necklace shortly after the release of &&num;8220&semi;Sorry&period;&&num;8221&semi; Ora had snapped a photo of her wearing the racy ensemble and shared it on Instagram&period; This left fans speculating that she was firing back at Beyoncé&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;Becky with the good hair&&num;8221&semi; bar&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"725019269101133825" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Oh my god&comma; it literally was a coincidence&period; I didn’t even think about it&comma; I swear&period; And it wasn’t a J&comma; it was an R&period; They flipped it round and then it looked like a J&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The British-American host then asked Ora if she purposely wore the racy ensemble to stir up rumors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>No&comma; it had nothing&&num;8230&semi; No&comma; that was my own design with an underwear company called Tezenis that I was working with&&num;8230&semi; This is what I mean&comma; man&period; A pinch of salt — you&&num;8217&semi;ve got to take things with a pinch of salt&period; And that&&num;8217&semi;s what&&num;8217&semi;s insane&period; I had to just through that until a good friend of mine&comma; Katy Perry&comma; gave me a hilarious badge that said &&num;8216&semi;not Becky&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Ora Also Shed Light On Her Second Album&comma; Intended To Be Released Under Roc Nation<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Ora also shared what happened to the music she recorded prior to being released from her contract with Roc Nation&period; As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;rita-ora-roc-nation-settles-out-of-court-and-rumored-to-have-a-new-record-deal&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; Ora took the label to court in 2015 and alleged they failed to release her music&period; Roc Nation fired back&comma; saying they invested millions into Ora&&num;8217&semi;s career&period; And added that she was supposed to provide the label with five albums&period; Roc Nation alleged they only received one&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ora settled with the label in 2016&period; But told Theroux that prior to her departure&comma; she had recorded songs for &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;two or three years straight” before the label decided to shelve her second album&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>There was a whole moment that was about to happen&comma; 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