Rita was first romantically linked to director Taika Waititi after including a pic of the pair in a gallery on Instagram on 21 April with the caption, "Good times, memories, random things on my phone and the ones I love." In the photo, the two appear to be in an intimate embrace while wearing matching Gucci cardigans. They were later spotted together on 30 April attending the Sydney premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.