Carmelo Anthony’s finally spilling the tea about that viral 2014 Rihanna moment.
On his podcast 7 PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony, during the “Keepin’ It Real” bit, he addressed the famous meme. The Kid Mero brought up the shot where Melo seems to be eyeing Rihanna hard at the 2014 Met Gala afterparty.
Even though he was there with his then-wife LaLa Anthony, the internet went wild joking that he looked ready to “risk it all” for RiRi.
About 1:28:00 into the show, Anthony broke it down – saying he was blindsided by all the camera flashes and didn’t even realize the Fenty Beauty mogul was right there.
“We already in there having a good time. Every time a celebrity comes in, the cameras go crazy,” Melo explained.
He described the spot as “small,” making everyone see “all the flashes.”
“It’s commotion when you walk in there,” Anthony added. “I finally walk in and get through the cameras and sit down—now I found my my comfort zone.”
Anthony says he was trying to keep it “low,” but when Rihanna walked in, the cameras went wild.
“All you see is white flashes. There’s only one area to go to and I’m like, ‘Please don’t come over here,'” he joked. “The flashes is going, so I put my head down and I look up and she’s right there posing.”
Melo recreated his famous blank stare from the meme, saying he was bummed when Rihanna made his chill spot “hot.” But he admitted since everyone found it so funny, he “never fought” what people were saying about it.
