ELLE (UK)

RIHANNA’S famous friends get the chance to grill her – and NOTHING is off-limits

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TYRA BANKS, MODEL AND

ENTREPRENE­UR:

You are so

Q: successful and surrounded by people who want to please you. Who gives it to you straight? For me, it’s my mama. Who is that in your life?

They all fake,

A: LOL, and fired!

JACQUIE AICHE, JEWELLERY DESIGNER:

Q:

What’s your favourite body part?

Well, my favourite

A: body parts on pretty much any woman are the collarbone

and shoulders.

WYCLEF JEAN, RAPPER:

The last time I saw

Q: you, it was at the World Cup. If you could be any football player in the world, who

would it be? Cristiano Ronaldo.

A: But then again, Beckham did marry

Posh Spice.

EMINEM, RAPPER:

You don’t seem like

Q: you are ever thinking about trends when you go in the studio, yet you end up setting them. What are you looking at when you start your recording

process?

I rarely know exactly

A: what I want to do, but always know exactly how I want it to make me feel. Feeling always

leads to the sound.

DAVID COPPERFIEL­D,

MAGICIAN:

I’m not kidding, this

Q: is a real offer: I can make you disappear

and reappear anywhere in the world. Where do you want to

go, and why?

Ten minutes before

A: I lost my virginity… and I’m holding you to

that offer, LOL.

LAURA KIM AND FERNANDO GARCIA, OSCAR DE LA RENTA

DESIGNERS:

Q: What’s been your best vintage find?

A costume from

A: 1952 that was worn in the movie Singin’ in the Rain.

CHARLI XCX, SINGER/SONGWRITER:

What’s your

Q: karaoke song? Bon Jovi, Livin’ on a

A:

Prayer; Journey, Don’t

Stop Believin’; and Brandy and Monica,

The Boy is Mine.

DANIELLE STEEL, BEST-SELLING AUTHOR:

I love your shoe

Q: passion, especially your

collaborat­ion with Manolo Blahnik. How much of the designing do they let you do? They give me all the

A: creative freedom I could ask for, but of

course I have this unique opportunit­y to work with Mr Blahnik himself, so his expertise is always more than welcome.

PHARRELL WILLIAMS, MUSICIAN/PRODUCER:

You’re a pluralist in

Q: every sense of the word. Did you always have these dreams to do so many things, in addition to being

an artist?

I’ve always been a

A: dreamer… or, let’s just say I kept my options open. In my heart, I knew singing was gonna be in my future,

but I considered psychology, banking, hairdressi­ng, teaching, acting, modelling,

aviation and philanthro­py. I just didn’t know I’d pretty

much be doing all these things eventually!

LAVERNE COX, ACTRESS:

You’ve had so many

Q:

iconic fashion moments and taken so many risks. The iconic Adam Selman dress you wore to the CFDA Awards in 2014 — what gave you the courage to take that

risk, which was so perfect and elegant

yet daring?

I took advantage of

A: my titties before they head south. I saw my window, and I took it.

PATRICIA FIELD, STYLIST:

Would you consider

Q: having a cocktail with me some time in the near future?

I’d like to get to know you better. (Not hitting on you.) Your place or mine?

A:

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