Rita Ora says she would love to find out who started the rumours she was 'Becky' in Jay Z and Beyoncé cheating saga after fan theory over her lemon bra and 'J' necklace

Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Published: 06:18 EDT, 29 August 2026 | Updated: 06:30 EDT, 29 August 2026 Rita Ora has spoken out once again about the accusations she was 'Becky with the good hair' on the 2016 Beyoncé track Sorry from her hit album Lemonade.After leaving Jay-Z's record label to sign a new deal with Atlantic, that same year his wife Beyoncé released Sorry about her husband's rumoured infidelity. And soon Rita's name began to circulate amid the furore with speculation reaching fever pitch after she donned lemon-printed lingerie and a 'J' around her neck on Snapchat shortly after the record dropped, and was spotted wearing a 'Not Becky' pin at a Met Ball after-party.Rita has previously shut down speculation she was Becky, and doubling down on the claims once again she revealed she would love to find out who started the rumour. 'I don’t know who initiated that whole Becky drama, but I’d love to find out who it was. It’s always woman pitted against woman and you can be sure neither of us had anything to gain.'Later that year Rita posed for a joint selfie with Beyoncé to prove there was no bad blood, captioning it 'Family'. Rita Ora has said she would love to find out who started the rumours she was 'Becky' in Jay Z and Beyoncé cheating saga after fan theory over her lemon bra and 'J' necklace After leaving Jay-Z's record label to sign a new deal with Atlantic, that same year his wife Beyoncé released Sorry about her husband's rumoured infidelityShe told The Times: 'It’s easy to forget, but ten years ago social media was still quite a new thing. You could be minding your own business then wake up one morning and find out the whole world was on your case.'Referencing her decision to leave the rapper's label, the star added: 'I will never be negative about Jay-Z because he is a legendary artist, but the lesson I learnt was, when you feel your life being pulled in a direction you don’t want it to go, be ready to jump.'Back in 2022, Rita spoke to Louis Theroux about the 'Becky' drama as she addressed the lemon-printed lingerie and 'J' necklace.She responded, 'Oh my God, it literally was a coincidence. I didn't even think about it, I swear. And it wasn't a J, it was an R. They flipped it round and then it looked like a J.'The singer also addressed another controversial image in which she donned a semi-sheer bra from her Tezenis collaboration with specially-placed lemons, drawing ire from Beyonce's sizable fan base.She said of the lemon-inspired shoot: 'No, it had nothing [to do with it]. No, that was my own design with an underwear company called Tezenis that I was working with.'She continued: 'This is what I mean, man - a pinch of salt - you've got to take things with a pinch of salt. And that's what's insane.' She said 'I don’t know who initiated that whole Becky drama, but I’d love to find out who it was. It’s always woman pitted against woman and you can be sure neither of us had anything to gain' (Rita pictured in the lemon bra) Rita said that her 'good friend' Katy Perry gave her a 'hilarious badge that said "Not Becky."'On Beyonce's critically acclaimed album Lemonade, which garnered a pair of Grammy victories, Beyonce made multiple allusions to Jay-Z cheating on her.Sorry included the lyrics 'You only want me when I'm not there/You better call Becky with the good hair.'Rita told Theroux that she would prefer to speak about other aspects of her life and career to the media.'It's interesting 'cause I feel like everyone is very interested in my personal life, like everything else is not worthy enough,' Ora said. 'Which, sometimes, is frustrating because I have also got a lot of credentials to sustain my respect.' Hitting back at the rumours in 2016, she said: 'I find it incredibly rude and disrespectful to women in general (when) we get accused of something that's basically against the important part - the music.'