{"id":417971,"date":"2026-01-20T03:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T03:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/417971\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T03:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T03:59:08","slug":"rihanna-hit-by-closing-door-during-n-y-c-outing-what-she-told-the-bodyguard-responsible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/417971\/","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna Hit by Closing Door During N.Y.C. Outing. What She Told the Bodyguard Responsible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rihanna&#8217;s bodyguard exited a hotel in front of her, leaving a door behind him to close on her<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The pop star sarcastically responded, &#8220;Such a gentleman you are&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Her response has since gone viral<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/rihanna\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rihanna;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rihanna<\/a> isn&#8217;t easily rattled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The star was exiting the Four Seasons Hotel in New York City on Friday, Jan. 16 when her security guard walked ahead of her, leaving the doors behind him to close in her face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Grammy winner, 37, took the snafu in stride, pausing for a moment before quipping, \u201cSuch a gentleman you are\u201d in a video that\u2019s since gone viral on <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BuzzingPop\/status\/2012586659095695688\/video\/1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:social media;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">social media<\/a>. She then giggled to herself as she got into a waiting car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The video was shot the same day that Rihanna\u2019s partner <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/asap-rocky\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:A$AP Rocky;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">A$AP Rocky<\/a> released his fourth album <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/rihanna-supports-asap-rocky-dont-be-dumb-cover-art-reveal-11871529\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Don\u2019t Be Dumb;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Don\u2019t Be Dumb<\/a>. The next day, he performed as the musical guest on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/asap-rocky-makes-musical-guest-debut-on-snl-performs-new-album-songs-video-11886544\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Saturday Night Live;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Saturday Night Live<\/a>, and the couple was seen at the show\u2019s after-party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rocky \u2014 with whom Rihanna shares sons <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/all-about-rihanna-asap-rocky-son\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:RZA;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">RZA<\/a>, 3, and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/pregnant-rihanna-makes-rare-appearance-with-son-riot-at-asap-rocky-paris-fashion-show-11763047\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Riot;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Riot<\/a>, 2, and daughter <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/rihanna-over-the-moon-after-welcoming-baby-girl-rocki-source-exclusive-11816916\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rocki;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Rocki<\/a>, born in September \u2014 opened up about his relationship with the \u201cLove on the Brain\u201d singer to the New York Times Popcast, revealing that his mother Renee was the one who encouraged him to pursue Rihanna.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Christopher Polk\/NBC via Getty A$AP Rocky and Rihanna at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f97fb64170e19d1c43659594bbeca3a5.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Christopher Polk\/NBC via Getty<\/p>\n<p> A$AP Rocky and Rihanna at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMy mother used to say s&#8212; like, \u2018I know you like this girl that you [are] with right now\u2019 \u2014 I ain\u2019t gon\u2019 say no names \u2014 \u2018but I want you with RiRi.\u2019 It\u2019s like, \u2018Ma, why you keep saying that? That girl don\u2019t even want me like that,'&#8221; he said. \u201cMothers know best\u2026 I\u2019m thankful that [Rihanna] was put in my life at that time because any time prior to that I don\u2019t think I was ready for something like that. I don\u2019t think she was either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He also described the pop star as a \u201cvery special woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rihanna recently hinted that she\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/rihanna-makes-hilarious-comment-about-possibly-getting-pregnant-again-11884119\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:already thinking about expanding her family;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">already thinking about expanding her family<\/a> to four children. Former Love Island star Montana Rose Brown shared a video to Instagram earlier this month, debating whether she wanted to \u201cget hot and sexy or get pregnant in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWait! So I\u2019m not crazy then? Bet!\u201d Rihanna wrote in the comment section on Jan. 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/rihanna-hit-by-closing-door-during-nyc-outing-what-she-told-bodyguard-responsible-11888376\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Rihanna&#8217;s bodyguard exited a hotel in front of her, leaving a door behind him to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88,1999,13808],"class_list":{"0":"post-417971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-rihanna"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}