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Ms. Rachel Admits She Ghosted Rihanna’s Instagram Message

The children’s educator says she missed the superstar’s DM for months because she didn’t know about Instagram’s message requests feature

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Rihanna, Ms. Rachel
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Overview

  • On Kylie Kelce’s “Not Gonna Lie” podcast, Rachel Accurso explained that she accidentally ignored Rihanna’s direct message after overlooking Instagram’s requests and top requests folders
  • Accurso mistook the @badgalriri handle for a fan account and only realized it belonged to Rihanna after asking friends to identify the profile
  • Rihanna, one of 3.5 million followers of Ms. Rachel’s Songs for Littles channel, reached out to praise the educator’s music-driven learning videos
  • Other A-list supporters include Robert De Niro, who watches the show with his daughter, and John Legend, with whom Ms. Rachel performed “L-O-V-E” in a video that has over 14 million views
  • Since 2019, Ms. Rachel’s overalls-and-headband videos have amassed more than 11 billion views on YouTube and remain a go-to resource for early childhood learning