Drake released the video for his song, Fall back, in 2022, where he married not one, not two, but twenty-three women! Directed by Director X, Drake talks about finally settling down in his life, but little did we know he would “settle down” with more than twenty women! Instead of the usual kiss at the altar, each bride got her own special handshake with the rapper sealing the marriage bond.
One of the 23 women in the music video, Riley Simpson, talked about her time on the set of Falling back and she had nothing but praise for Drake. However, she said that while the rapper was relaxed, he had some strict rules on set that if broken, would get the girls sent home immediately.
The strict rules at Drakes Falling back Sentence
Riley Simpson, one of the more than 20 girls in the music video, discussed in detail The comfortable podcast. The episode was recently released on August 20th and Simpson spoke at length about Drake’s song “2022”, Fall back.
As a social media personality, she revealed that everything happened so fast regarding her casting. She came home from work one fine day and got a call asking if she wanted to be part of the music video. In fact, she had to take a flight that same evening if she accepted the role. Of course, she did, and since the filming took place during the Covid-19 period, within four hours of the call, a person was sent to her home to test her.
About her time on set, Simpson said: “Drake was like the coolest guy.” He would always listen to the girls.
He listened, and we sat across the room and said, “I’m hungry,” and he said, “What would you like to eat?”
However, things were not always so good on set, especially when the girls misbehaved. Simpson recalled that the girls who “tries all the time to get the best out of it” wouldn’t get as much screen time as the girls”who didn’t try their best to get airtime.” Some of them were upset by this and eventually went home.
Simpson explained that girls were sent home for a number of reasons, including “too shitty” at the bar and made fun of Drake’s hair. They weren’t even allowed to take photos of the set or of themselves.
You weren’t allowed to take your phone out, you weren’t allowed to take any pictures. You weren’t allowed to take any pictures in the dress, nothing. And if you did, you had to go home. There were girls who were sent home on the first day, then he took us to dinner and so on, lunch every day and… everything was at the bar, and there were girls who got too drunk (snaps fingers) and got sent home. There were girls who made fun of his hair – and got sent home. They made fun of his hair, by the way, we get paid a lot of money like it’s crazy for a music video.
There you have it. While the $250 million rapper wasn’t stingy when it came to spending his money to treat the girls well, he was also extremely intolerant when they broke the rules and crossed boundaries.
Riots on set led to the dismissal of a girl
Simpson stated that about 27 to 28 women were cast in the music video, of which only about 22 to 23 survived until the end. She recalled how some of them did a scene on set regarding their role in the music video.
Since no one got special treatment, even girls with lots of social media followers were placed at the back of the line, waiting for their turn to “marry” Drake, which didn’t sit well with many of them who wanted to go home.
One influencer, Simpson revealed, was so upset about her place in line that she was asked to leave.
There were girls who had huge followings and they were at the back. This girl made a scene and was like, “I have 7 million” – she literally said that. That’s LA – “I have 7 million followers and I’m at the back!?”
It seems like the production team didn’t have an easy time shooting the music video, especially since all the social media personalities were in one room together.
