It’s almost Christmas and we have a present for you. Next week is TMZ’s (frankly delightful) holiday special “Merry Elfin’ Christmas,” but you don’t need to wait to see some yuletide, uh, delight from the snarkiest tabloid show in America. Because we have an exclusive glimpse at rap star Post Malone.
In the clip, which you can see exclusively on TheWrap at the top of the page, Post (Mr. Malone?) tells the TMZ gang about one artist who will be joining Rihanna when she headlines in February: herself.
“So if you had to guess — like, she didn’t say who she’s going out with,” TMZ host Harvey Levin says in the clip.
“Sure,” Post Malone replies.
“Who do you think?” Levin asks.
“I don’t know,” Post replies before the camera zooms in, a confused look on his face. “Rocky, maybe” he says, referring to A$AP Rocky.
Lorraine LaRosa asks, “You’re in the mix, you know, you don’t want to betray your industry friends.”
“No no no no,” says Post while seeming to be having some serious faux discomfort.
“Well no, no, you shouldn’t be asking her like that,” Levine jokes.
“Okay guys, it’s me,” Post says as the whole room bursts into laughter.
Okay, okay, that’s almost certainly not true. The clue — aside from the fact that Rihanna won’t let anyone reveal stuff on TMZ — is that Post has a delightful S-grin when he says it. Of course, you never know, it just might turn out to be true. Maybe Rihanna sees it and decides it sounds like a good idea.
Of course Post Malone isn’t the only celeb showing up for the fun. “TMZ Merry Elfin’ Christmas” also featured appearances from Henry Winkler, Giada De Laurentiis, Kenya Moore, Smokey Robinson, Kenny G and Camille Vasquez. It sounds like a blast and we can all find out together on Monday, December 5 at 8:00 PM Eastern/7:00 Central on Fox.