Who told EJ Johnson he could come for the Navy’s commander-in-chief and live to tell the tale?
Paris Fashion Week served up piping hot tea when the “Rich Kids of Beverly Hills” alum decided to shade Rihanna for arriving an hour late to the Dior show. EJ posted a since-deleted Instagram Story showing his watch with the caption: “An hour late… but she’s Rihanna so we wait.” The audacity. The nerve. The unmitigated gall.
Bad Gal RiRi doesn’t do subtweets. She does nuclear strikes. The Fenty mogul reposted a fan account’s screenshot of EJ’s shade with a single, devastating word: “Obsessed.” That’s it. That’s the tweet. One syllable. Eight letters. Career-ending energy.
The internet immediately lost its collective mind. The Navy deployed in full formation, flooding EJ’s comments with diamond emojis and “Navy” battle cries. One fan wrote: “EJ really thought he did something. Rihanna said ‘obsessed’ and ended his bloodline.” Another added: “The way she didn’t even @ him. Just ‘obsessed’ and kept it moving. ICONIC.”
Let’s be clear: EJ Johnson is fashion royalty in his own right, son of Magic Johnson, and a legitimate style icon. But you don’t poke the bear who built a billion-dollar empire while serving lewks at every major fashion house from Paris to Milan. Rihanna owns the room before she even walks in — late or not.
Sources close to the Dior front row say the delay was due to security logistics for the global superstar, not diva behavior. But even if it *was* diva behavior? She’s Rihanna. She’s earned the right to operate on island time.
EJ has since gone radio silent on the matter. Smart move. You don’t recover from a public execution by the Queen of Clapbacks herself.
What do you think? A) EJ deserved it — don’t come for the Queen B) Rihanna overreacted to harmless shade