12 March 2025

Rita Ora during an episode of The Masked Singer confirmed what Taika said back in 2022, that Robert Pattinson introduced them. From EW:

“When Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg pieces together a vampire bat clue that makes her think of Twilight and guesses The Batman star Robert Pattinson, Ora is quick to jump in.

“He’s a very good friend of mine. He actually introduced me to my husband, [Taika Waititi],” she tells the other panelists of Pattinson. An incredulous Ken Jeong then asks her if Griffin introduced her to Waititi.

She goes along with it and jokes, “Griffin introduced me to my husband,” before admitting that she really doesn’t think the singer is him because, “Rob is really shy.” Though she does admit “all the clues match, and you are the queen of clues [McCarthy-Wahlberg], so, who knows, right? Who knows.”

Check out the exclusive clip below.

26 November 2022

From Metro UK:

They were first spotted together back in 2020 while both living in Australia, but Taika Waititi has revealed that it was Robert Pattinson who first introduced him to Rita Ora over four years ago.

The couple have been together since they were each working on projects in Sydney two years and appear to have recently got married, however they have yet to confirm if this is the case.

While we knew that they had been friends for awhile, it turns out it was Robert who can be credited for bringing them together in the first place.

‘The internet thinks we met in Australia. You know who brought her to my house was Robert Pattinson.

‘He brought her over when I was having a little barbecue thing and we got chatting and we became friends, we hit it off.’