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Reneé Rapp reveals Towa Bird 'topped her' before they started dating
Reneé Rapp is getting candid about her relationship with fellow musician Towa Bird, and her description of how the two lovebirds met is hilarious. On the Tuesday, May 27 episode of Good Hang with Amy Poehler, the Mean Girls star opened up about why she thought it was 'so hot' that her singer-songwriter girlfriend didn't seem to like her when they met for the first time. Bird rose to fame on TikTok, so Rapp knew who she was and thought she was 'sexy' long before they ever met in person. "I just always thought she was so f*cking cool," the 'Too Well' singer told host Amy Poehler. Rapp asked a close friend to introduce her to the British singer-songwriter even though Bird wasn't ready to meet someone. "I said, 'I couldn't give a f*ck less. I'm not either, but I'm gonna meet her. We need to at least be friends,' Rapp explained. But when the two finally met, Bird was 'so f*cking mean' to her. Luckily, Rapp was into it. 'She's scary," the talented 25-year-old pop star said. "Well, she's like from the U.K., so, like, her humor is super different. She's also just like, such a bitch.' we love you renee and towa we say in unison #reneerapp #AMAs #AMA2025 #lesbiansoftiktok #couplegoals #wlw #lesbian #towabird #podcast #amypoehler Rapp told Bird that she had heard 'so much' about her, but instead of being flattered, the 'Drain Me!' singer responded by asking, 'Why are you talking about me so much then?' The second time they met, the two lesbians started talking about what cars they drove, and Rapp said that she 'wouldn't have pegged' Bird for someone who owned 'that kind of car.' Bird cheekily responded, 'Oh, you don't want to peg me?' Poehler jumped in to say, 'She topped a top,' which Rapp immediately agreed with. 'She literally topped a top. She out flirted me,' she said. Despite their relationship starting with Bird 'really negging' Rapp, according to Poehler, the 26-year-old guitar player was the first one to say 'I love you.' While on the beach "high out of our minds,' Bird said the three magical words, but instead of saying them back, Rapp 'didn't say a word' and then asked her girlfriend to repeat herself. "And she was like, 'Are you f---ing kidding me right now?'" she remembered Bird saying before Rapp said she felt the same. See on Instagram Elsewhere in the interview, Poehler helped Rapp come up with her drag king name and the results will have you giggling. When asked what her drag king name would be, Rapp was stumped, but the Parks and Rec alum came in clutch. 'Instead of Timothée Chalamet, you could be called Timothée Chala-Gay.' 'That's it,' Rapp the full episode below. - YouTube
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Reneé Rapp Says Her Name Was Designed for Pop Stardom
Reneé Rapp is leaning into her identity, her artistry, and the name she says was designed for the spotlight. During a new episode of the Good Hang podcast with Amy Poehler, the singer and actor opened up about her early path to pop stardom, revealing that her mother, Denise Rapp, deliberately gave her an alliterative name to help her succeed in entertainment. More from Billboard Shaun Cassidy Gets Ready for the Longest Tour of His 45-Year Career: 'I Felt the Need to Connect with People' 'Luther' Ties 'Not Like Us' for Most Weeks at No. 1 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart Bono Cheekily Weighs in On Springsteen Vs. Trump Squabble: 'There's Only One Boss in America' 'My mom chose my first and last name to be—well, okay, arguably chose my first and last name to both have R's,' Rapp said. 'She was like, 'Alliteration, just in case she wants to be a pop star.' Like before I was born.' 'She gave you a pop star name just in case, because Reneé Rapp is a huge pop star name,' Poehler responded. Rapp agreed: 'It's a really good one.' The conversation also touched on Rapp's experience publicly coming out as a lesbian while appearing on Saturday Night Live in January. She recalled asking the writers to revise a line in a sketch that referred to her as a 'little bisexual intern.' 'At that time I was very publicly bisexual,' Rapp said. 'In private, I was talking with my girlfriend and a lot of my friends for the last maybe eight months before that of being like, 'I actually don't really feel very bi at the moment. I feel very much like a lesbian and it feels so nice and that word feels amazing.'' 'Labeling yourself publicly is really, really, really empowering,' she added. 'And also, I think, can be kind of intimidating.' She described the moment as 'pretty c—y' and said it felt 'so f—ing good.' Earlier this week, Rapp debuted a new single titled 'Leave Me Alone' during her live performance at the 2025 American Music Awards. The fiery, guitar-heavy track addresses her frustrations with fame and references her exit from the now-cancelled HBO Max series The Sex Lives of College Girls. 'Signed a hundred NDAs but I still say something / Leave me alone, b—h, I wanna have fun / Took my sex life with me, now the show ain't f—in',' she sings on the chorus. 'Leave Me Alone' marks the first release from Rapp's upcoming sophomore album Bite Me, which is set for release on Aug. 1 via Interscope. The album follows 2023's Snow Angel, which debuted at No. 44 on the Billboard 200 and peaked at No. 2 on the Heatseekers Albums chart. The title track also reached No. 4 on Billboard's Hot Trending Songs chart. Bite Me is out Aug. 1. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
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Reneé Rapp Reveals Girlfriend Towa Bird Was 'So 'F------ Mean' to Her When They Met: 'Loved It'
Reneé Rapp revealed Towa Bird was "mean" to her when they first met During a new episode of 'Good Hang with Amy Poehler,' the actress and singer said the experience was "so hot" The couple made their red carpet debut in March 2024Reneé Rapp is opening up about the hilarious beginnings of her love story with Towa Bird. During the Tuesday, May 27 episode of Good Hang with Amy Poehler, the actress and pop star revealed that she and the British singer-songwriter, 26, didn't exactly have the sweetest start. Rapp, 25, thought the "Drain Me!" artist was "sexy" and knew of her before they even met. "I just always thought she was so f------ cool," she said. Rapp recalled asking one of her best friends to introduce her to Bird, but they said she wasn't necessarily "in a place in her life" where she was ready to meet someone. "I said, 'I couldn't give a f--- less. I'm not either, but I'm gonna meet her. We need to at least be friends," the Sex Lives of College Girls alum said. After the pair were introduced, Rapp said that Bird was "so f------ mean" to her, but she "loved it." "She's scary," the "Leave Me Alone" singer said. "Well, she's like from the U.K., so, like, her humor is super different. She's also just like, such a bitch." Rapp recalled telling Bird that she had heard "so much" about her, and the "Wild Heart" artist replied: "Why are you talking about me so much then?" Amy Poehler noted that Bird was "really negging" her. Rapp also revealed that her girlfriend was the one to tell her "I love you" first." At the time, the pair were "high out of our minds" on the beach, and the "Tummy Hurts" musician "didn't say a word." Instead, Rapp asked Bird to repeat herself. "And she was like, 'Are you f------ kidding me right now?'" she recalled before telling her girlfriend she felt the same. Rapp and Bird made their red carpet debut as a couple at Vanity Fair's Oscars afterparty in March 2024 after hitting the road together for Rapp's Snow Hard Feelings Tour. In the past, Bird gushed about working with Rapp to Euphoria Magazine, saying she was "so authentically herself" and learned "so much" from her on tour. Prior to their romance, Rapp was linked to TikToker Alissa Carrington, whom she dated for almost a year before confirming their split in February 2024. Read the original article on People
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Reneé Rapp Reveals Girlfriend Towa Bird Was 'So 'F------ Mean' to Her When They Met: 'Loved It'
Reneé Rapp revealed Towa Bird was "mean" to her when they first met During a new episode of 'Good Hang with Amy Poehler,' the actress and singer said the experience was "so hot" The couple made their red carpet debut in March 2024Reneé Rapp is opening up about the hilarious beginnings of her love story with Towa Bird. During the Tuesday, May 27 episode of Good Hang with Amy Poehler, the actress and pop star revealed that she and the British singer-songwriter, 26, didn't exactly have the sweetest start. Rapp, 25, thought the "Drain Me!" artist was "sexy" and knew of her before they even met. "I just always thought she was so f------ cool," she said. Rapp recalled asking one of her best friends to introduce her to Bird, but they said she wasn't necessarily "in a place in her life" where she was ready to meet someone. "I said, 'I couldn't give a f--- less. I'm not either, but I'm gonna meet her. We need to at least be friends," the Sex Lives of College Girls alum said. After the pair were introduced, Rapp said that Bird was "so f------ mean" to her, but she "loved it." "She's scary," the "Leave Me Alone" singer said. "Well, she's like from the U.K., so, like, her humor is super different. She's also just like, such a bitch." Rapp recalled telling Bird that she had heard "so much" about her, and the "Wild Heart" artist replied: "Why are you talking about me so much then?" Amy Poehler noted that Bird was "really negging" her. Rapp also revealed that her girlfriend was the one to tell her "I love you" first." At the time, the pair were "high out of our minds" on the beach, and the "Tummy Hurts" musician "didn't say a word." Instead, Rapp asked Bird to repeat herself. "And she was like, 'Are you f------ kidding me right now?'" she recalled before telling her girlfriend she felt the same. Rapp and Bird made their red carpet debut as a couple at Vanity Fair's Oscars afterparty in March 2024 after hitting the road together for Rapp's Snow Hard Feelings Tour. In the past, Bird gushed about working with Rapp to Euphoria Magazine, saying she was "so authentically herself" and learned "so much" from her on tour. Prior to their romance, Rapp was linked to TikToker Alissa Carrington, whom she dated for almost a year before confirming their split in February 2024. Read the original article on People
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Reneé Rapp Breaks Down the Decision to Come Out as a Lesbian on ‘SNL'
Reneé Rapp both surprised and delighted fans during her appearance on 'Saturday Night Live' last year, when she used a sketch to reveal that she now identifies as a lesbian, as opposed to being bisexual. And according to the singer, the decision to come out that way was 'amazing.' Stopping by 'Good Hang with Amy Poehler,' Rapp recalled that the sketch she was in — where she played herself a lip-reading intern, as part of 'court-mandated media training' — originally dubbed her 'a little bisexual intern.' Rapp had no problem with that, as she was openly bisexual at the time, and had been for awhile. 'And like, in private, I was talking with my girlfriend and a lot of my friends, for the last maybe eight months before that, of being like 'I actually don't really feel very bi at the moment, I feel very much like a lesbian,'' Rapp recalled. ''and it feels so nice, and that word feels amazing, and it feels very euphoric for me.'' So, Rapp asked the writers if it'd be possible to change the word 'bisexual' to just 'gay,' just to leave room for if she identifies differently in the future. She was told that the sketch could label her however she wanted. 'And then I was talking to Bowen [Yang] about it, and I was like 'I kind of just want to be … lesbian,'' Rapp continued. 'I was like, I'm just going to kind of do it. And I called Towa [Bird, Rapp's girlfriend], and I was like 'Babe, I think I'm just going to rip. I think it feels good.'' Rapp admitted it also felt cool to be able to come out as a lesbian on 'SNL.' But, she recognized that she might disappoint people, whether it be fans who connected with her being bisexual, or just people deciding to be angry. 'I was like, 'OK, what else do I live to do other than cause a controversy?'' Rapp joked. 'Sue me. Fine, OK.' So, with the support of the writers and her loved ones, Rapp came out as a lesbian, and she didn't look online afterward. For her, it felt 'amazing' and 'so f—ing good.' That said, there's been one annoying side effect. 'It was really interesting, because I think a lot of the people who I grew up around, who were incredibly homophobic, are very supportive of me now that I am a public person,' she said. 'Because I think the idea of fame and wealth can sometimes trump hate if it's close in proximity, which is really f—ing frustrating.' 'Because I'm like, I know you don't like anybody else who's gay, and you don't like me either,' Rapp continued. 'You just like the idea of the closeness to something that is very shallow, so much so that you're willing to put your bigotry to the side for a second to be like 'Oh, I babysat her!'' You can watch Reneé Rapp's full appearance on 'Good Hang' in the video above. The post Reneé Rapp Breaks Down the Decision to Come Out as a Lesbian on 'SNL' | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
