【Poor Things】

It was the night of the 2016 VMAs,Poor Things and to Drake, that could only mean one thing -- time to worship Rihanna, so a pretty typical Sunday.

He stayed hidden all evening -- despite winning an award for "Hotline Bling," the biggest video of his career -- until it was time to present Rihanna with the Video Vanguard award.

"She is someone I have been in love with since I was 22 years old," confessed Drake, tears is his eyes. Dude, we know.

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It was all going very well, and then he went in for the kiss.

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RiRi intercepted the attempt with the old swerve and head grab that screams, "I like you as a friend." It also looks a lot like she's saying, "That wasn't funny."

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RiRi made some quick banter at the microphone while she processed what just happened, and then delivered a moving acceptance speech.

Well, we probably could have predicted this based on that billboard he took out for her.

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