Rihanna says EJ Johnson deserves to walk in a Fenty show
The singer said Johnson deserves a place on her Fenty runway after her comment on a hotel video fueled feud rumors.
Rihanna said there was "no beef" with EJ Johnson in a video recorded outside Celine, a Los Angeles restaurant, on Saturday night.
Asked about her earlier "damn" comment beneath a video showing EJ Johnson being turned away from a Paris hotel, Rihanna said, "I just felt bad for him." She was out with friends in Los Angeles that night when a photographer asked about the feud rumors, Just Jared reported.
Rihanna went further in that conversation, saying EJ Johnson deserves a place on the runway at one of her Fenty shows.
TMZ shared the video on X on Sunday and credited the footage to photo agency Backgrid. The outlet wrote in its post that Rihanna had addressed the exchange with EJ Johnson and said the two had no bad blood.
Rihanna is setting the record straight after her viral clap-back at EJ Johnson during Paris Fashion Week ... and said there's no bad blood between the two. 👀
— TMZ (@TMZ) November 15, 2026
🎥 Backgrid
The exchange followed an earlier complaint from EJ Johnson, who said Rihanna arrived late and held up Dior's Spring/Summer 2027 show for an hour. It has not been established whether Rihanna caused the delay.
EJ Johnson said in an earlier Instagram video, "We didn't care to wait for her, but the show was beautiful nonetheless."
The timing of the complaint differs across accounts. Just Jared placed EJ Johnson's criticism of Rihanna in September, while The Express Tribune dated the Paris Fashion Week show to October and TMZ called it last month.
Another video later spread online, showing EJ Johnson being refused entry to the Paris hotel, and Rihanna wrote "damn." below it. Many people online interpreted her comment as a dig at EJ Johnson after the Dior remarks, Just Jared and The News International reported.
It was not immediately known whether EJ Johnson has responded to Rihanna's latest remarks.
EJ Johnson, 34, is former NBA player Magic Johnson's child and is best known for appearing in 2013 on the E! reality series "Rich Kids of Beverly Hills."
Rihanna, 38, is a Grammy-winning singer whose songs include "Love on the Brain."
