On Monday night, Akoto Ofori-Atta of The Root posted a screen cap of a photo from Armani’s Instagram account that the clothing company had captioned “Idris Elba poses in a gorgeous Giorgio @armani dress at the 5th Annual Governors Awards.” The news that Idris Elba was wearing a dress would certainly have been something, but no; it was really a photo of actress Alfre Woodard.
According to comments on their Instagram account, after posting the photo of Woodard, Armani posted a picture of Elba with Naomie Harris and referred to her his girlfriend. Both the photo of Woodard and the photo of Elba and Harris are still up, captions amended.