Rihanna can't stop blushing during Drake's ode to her at the MTV Video Music Awards

Drake and Rihanna met in 2005 when she was shooting her first music video "Pon De Replay" in Toronto at a little restaurant called Avocado.

Fast forward 11 years later and the "Hotline Bling" artist let it be known that the original Bad Gal is the one who has always had his heart. 

While presenting one of his "best friends" the 2016 Michael Jackson Vanguard Award at the MTV VMAs tonight, Drake professed his love for the Bajan beauty and gave a complete rundown of her humility, major work ethic and the many other reasons she's so deserving of the honor. 

"What's most impressive is not the endless stats, awards and accomplishments," he said. "What's most impressive is the person. Some artists need to be someone else to achieve some others have to downplay their own natural instincts to blend in. She succeeds by doing what no one else in this music industry does and that's be herself. This woman has been supassed all competition while still being the same girl from Barbados surrounded by the same friends, speaking with the same accent...and we love the music which can change styles from album to album. We love the videos which change their artistic vision from year to year but most of all we love the woman who hasn't changed since day one. She's someone I've been in love with since I was 22 years old, she is one of my best friends in the whole world. All my adult life I've looked up to her even though she's younger than me and she's a legend in our industry."