Rihanna is normally one to stay quiet about her love life after she’s been rumored to be dating stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and going back-and-forth with her ex Chris Brown. But find out why she broke her silence on reports that she’s getting close with NBA player Matt Barnes.

Barnes played coy when TMZ asked him about the rumors recently.

“Rihanna’s my friend right now. So we’ll see how it works out.”

He added that there is “possibly” a future and they’re still in the “crush stage.”

Still, he did admit they haven’t gone on a date yet.

“All that’s rumors, all that’s speculation. We’ll see where it goes…We’re friends.

Rihanna caught wind of Barnes’ comments and took to Instagram to reveal the real deal.

She added several hashtags like, “She’s not that into you”, “the devil is a liar” “she never even met you” and “this actually hurt my feelings” along with “defamation of character.”


Barnes is currently legally married to former Basketball Wives LA star Gloria Govan. As for Rihanna, it looks like she’s single for awhile but has been linked to actor DiCaprio for the past few months.

Fans took to Rihanna’s photo to comment about Barnes’ comment as well as laugh at Rihanna’s choice words in shutting him down.

“She killed [him].”

“The hashtags thooooo”.

“Go Girl!!!”

One even added, “Like brap brap brap,” referring to lyrics from Rihanna’s latest hit "BBHMM."

Another chimed in and pointed out that Rihanna “burned” Barnes on social media.