Rita Ora slams A$AP Rocky comments as 'disrespecting women' and denies they dated

 
'Disrespectful': A$AP Rocky with Rita Ora (Picture: Getty)
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Emma Powell4 August 2015
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Singer Rita Ora has slammed comments made about her in a track by A$AP Rocky as “disrespectful” to women.

The American rapper released his track Better Things, which included the lyrics: “I swear that b**** Rita Ora got a big mouth/Next time I see her might curse the b**** out/Kicked the b**** out once cause she b****ed out/Spit my kids out, j***** up all in her mouth and made the b**** bounce.”

He was heavily criticised for the lyrics but later apologised telling The Guardian: “The Rita thing was tasteless of me.”

Speaking about the comments, Ora told Glamour: “It's not about me. It's about women. Disrespecting women. It's not cool. There's more to a person than who you're dating.

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“Don't disregard what I've done with my career because of someone that I was dating - if I was even dating that person. Which I wasn't. Let's be very clear on that. I was not. And nor will I ever.”

She continued: “What I'm saying is it's not cool that females always have that shadow on their back...and now I'm not talking about A$AP. I'm talking about anything that I've experienced in my life.”

Ora is currently filming the bootcamp segment of The X Factor which is set to return to ITV in the autumn.

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