Amber Riley Debuts Boyfriend, Makes The Case For Women Sliding In Men's DMs
Amber Riley Makes The Case For Not Being Afraid To Slide Into A Man’s DMs After Debuting Her Fine Boyfriend - Page 7
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A wise individual (there is a debate on who exactly) once said that “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” While that message is most pertinent in regards to sports, it also pertains to taking a chance in life — including in shots taken in the DMs!
Actress and singer Amber Riley, musically going as RILEY these days, shared that her current relationship wouldn’t have been possible if she didn’t make the first move. Taking part in the “How it started” vs. “How it’s going” meme fun everyone’s been having, the 34-year-old shared a screenshot of a direct message she sent boyfriend Desean Black on Instagram before they were a couple. Next to the message was a recent image of the two, with Black kissing her on the forehead and the pair looking very much in love.
“Y’all: ‘i DOn’T sLiDE in NiGgAz dMs,'” she wrote in the caption, responding to her own caption with an emoji of a surfer. She also used the hashtags “BigGirlEnergy,” which stands for the name of her recent single, “BGE.”
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According to his social media, Black is an LA native who resides in Houston. He is also a “Man of God 1st! Future Doctor. Advertiser, Entrepreneur – Fitness and Fashion Savage!”
In addition to that, he’s super protective of Riley. She shared a story on her Instagram Stories on Sunday about a Trump supporter allegedly spitting on her vehicle. Black said in his own IG Story that if he had been there, necks would have been broken. Literally.
“When it comes down to my woman, I will protect her at all costs, no matter what, no matter how much it costs me,” he said. “And us as Black men, we have to understand what we go through, what our women go through, what we go through. When we get home with each other, our significant other, we gotta support each other and give each other the most love possible because this world, it don’t love us the same way. We can’t be against each other, we gotta show each other love.”
“Baby I’m sorry you went through that,” he added. “I can’t wait to see you tomorrow. Just know if I was there, the outcome would be way different. I’m here to protect. Period.”
Love that energy!
He also appears in the visuals for “BGE.” Riley praised him for his support, writing on her page, “Special thank you to my leading man in this video and in my life. I love you @deseanblack_official”
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And to think, all this Black love, protection and affection wouldn’t have happened if she hadn’t decided to shoot her shot.
Like Riley, there have been plenty of famous people who were lucky in their DM-sliding efforts. There have also been some who weren’t so lucky. Check out who took the plunge and how it worked out by hitting the flip.
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Saweetie and Quavo
Now one of hip-hop and pop culture’s favorite pairings these days, Saweetie and Quavo’s relationship all started when the Migos star sent her a snowflake emoji (which is like her symbol because she calls herself an “Icy girl”). He followed up with, “u so icy ima glacier boy,” to say that their styles complement one another. She responded with, “was hannin then.” The rest is all the cuteness we see from them on social media presently.
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Amber Rose and Alexander Edwards
Amber Rose said her relationship with boyfriend Alexander Edwards started via Instagram DMs. Though they knew each other through mutual friends and met in 2015, he reached out to her in 2016 to shoot his shot. Didn’t work. He was persistent though, and two years later they ended up dating. In 2019, they welcomed their adorable son, Slash.
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Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa
Amber Rose isn’t new to this DM thing. She actually ended up getting to know ex-husband Wiz Khalifa on Twitter after he shared that he had a crush on her.
“Initially we met through twitter” she told Us Weekly in 2012. “He did an interview about me and the guy who interviewed him asked, ‘If there was one girl in the world who would you be with?’ He said ‘Amber Rose,’ — and then I hit him on twitter, and I said, ‘That’s really cute’ and we fell in love!”
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Big Sean and Naya Rivera
The late Glee star met the rapper via Twitter. They both claimed things started in the DMs and felt a partnership would be perfect for them. “We definitely need to do a commercial for Match.com or something like that,” he joked at the time. “Where’s our endorsement?” she added.
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Iggy Azalea and Nick Young
The rapper and NBA champion began their relationship on Twitter.
“I was watching a video of hers; I think it was ‘Work’,” he said in 2014. “I was like, ‘Oh man, she looks very hot.’ I go to my Twitter, made her my Wednesday crush. She actually bid on it. And then I got to mackin’.”
The two were engaged in 2015, but split the next year.
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Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas
After initially texting her co-star to make it known that he was interested in her, singer Nick Jonas eventually hit Priyanka Chopra’s Twitter DMs in 2016 to say, “I’m hearing from a few mutual friends that we should meet.” The actress would respond with, “My team can read this. Why don’t you just text me.” Texting for months eventually led to the pair meeting, dating, and falling in love. They married in 2018.
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Lizzo and…Drake
Blame it on the alcohol. Singer and rapper Lizzo said when she was gone off the liquor, she hit up Drake. However, it worked out in her favor — in terms of getting her a follow at least.
“I slid into Drake’s DMs, but it was bold,” she said. “I was drunk and I was just like, ‘Let’s just see if this motherf—er can sing.’ And I sent him a DM…this was a while ago. And then I unsent it, and then he followed me after that.”
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Drake and…Summer Walker
Drake is a fan fan of Summer Walker. They initially got into contact after he hit her DMs.
“[I] think he slid into the DMs and was like, ‘I saw your video on a bowling alley monitor. Thought it was cool,'” she recounted.
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Chris Brown and…Shay Mitchell
For a short time there back in 2018, Chris Brown had a serious eye on Pretty Little Liars actress Shay Mitchell. He would comment on her pictures with a wealth of emojis, saying “she’s so bad” and at one point, a funny comment filled with tennis balls, baseballs, basketballs, footballs, soccer balls and more with the comment, “shooting my shot.” She never publicly responded.
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Joel Embiid and…Rihanna
The Philadelphia 76ers star made his adoration for Rihanna known to just about anybody who would ask a few years ago. He also directly contacted the superstar to let her know he was waiting for her. Though he said it was a “process” to hit her Twitter DMs directly, he wrote in 2018, “Babe are you single or nah? @rihanna” on Twitter.
She never gave him the time of day, but she did follow him back on the social media platform.
