Whereas most individuals have been thrilled to see Rihanna return to the stage for her first dwell efficiency in 5 years on the Tremendous Bowl on Sunday night time, Donald Trump made it clear that he was lower than impressed by the present.
The previous president shared his evaluation of the halftime present along with his 5 million followers on Reality Social, his struggling social media web site, branding the night an “EPIC FAIL.” He wrote, “Rihanna gave, with out query, the only worst Halftime Present in Tremendous Bowl historical past—This after insulting way over half of our Nation, which is already in critical DECLINE, together with her foul and insulting language. Additionally, a lot for her ‘Stylist!’”
The cruel critique of the pop star’s efficiency, the place she revealed that she is pregnant together with her second youngster with boyfriend ASAP Rocky, ought to come as no shock provided that days earlier than she even hit the stage at Arizona’s State Farm Stadium Trump was already sharing his adverse opinions about her. On Thursday, he declared that the nine-time Grammy winner has “NO TALENT” and can be “NOTHING” with out her “’stylist.’”
That was written in response to a Reality Social submit by Ronny Jackson, the previous disgraced White Home doctor and present U.S. consultant, who took concern with Rihanna being chosen for the Tremendous Bowl as a consequence of her liberal politics. He wrote, “Rihanna spray fainted ‘F*** Donald Trump’ on a automotive on the Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo. She’s made a profession of spewing degenerate filth whereas badmouthing America each probability she will get. Why is the NFL showcasing this crap? Rihanna SHOULD NOT be the halftime performer!!” Jackson is referring to a collection of images the singer posted to her Instagram account in August 2020 that present her spray-painting the phrases “Fuck Trump” on the roof of a automotive.
That is hardly the primary time Rihanna has publicly expressed her distaste for the previous POTUS. She has been vital of Trump all through his presidency and, in 2018, even had her performing-rights firm block his marketing campaign from utilizing her music at rallies. In a canopy story for Vogue the next 12 months, she as soon as once more addressed The Apprentice star, particularly his response to the back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton which he claimed have been the results of a “psychological sickness downside.” Rihanna informed the journal, “It’s devastating. Individuals are being murdered by struggle weapons that they legally buy. That is simply not regular. That ought to by no means, ever be regular. And the truth that it’s categorized as one thing completely different due to the colour of their pores and skin? It’s a slap within the face. It’s utterly racist.” She continued, “Put an Arab man with that very same weapon in that very same Walmart and there’s no manner that Trump would sit there and handle it publicly as a psychological well being downside.” The pop star concluded, “Essentially the most mentally sick human being in America proper now appears to be the president.”
