Rihanna has had a divisive few weeks of PR, to say the least.
In early November, she announced that wildly hot-button actor Johnny Depp would be the first man to get his own segment in her fourth annual Savage x Fenty show, which garnered immediate backlash.
A few days later, she finally made her long-awaited musical comeback with two songs for the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack–both of which ended up being slow ballads that were a little “go girl, give us nothing”.
However, a resurfaced clip of the hit-maker attempting to address her nonbinary audience has ex-fans and the Rihanna Navy™ coming together for a good laugh.
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As OP says, “she was just saying sh*t”:
she was just saying shit pic.twitter.com/7i7iSiPogI
— anyways (@famemxnster) December 5, 2022
“I designed some boxer briefs that both men and women, and nonbinary people of all, um… gender… appropriations… and the pronouns… everyone is included,” she kind of explains. It’s the hair flip and stuttering on “the pronouns” part that really makes this a ten out of ten.
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Shouting out “people of gender appropriations” could honestly be offensive if it seemed like she had any idea what was going on, but alas.
Instead, we now have a sound bite for the community to laugh with (and a little at):
“Gender appropriations & the pronouns” idk what y’all are, just buy it https://t.co/u6K4SWb39n
— Ichigo Niggasake (@SomaKazima) December 6, 2022
she was fighting for her life pic.twitter.com/1EeGGvvy21
— indubitably❼ (@cappincatbug) December 6, 2022
she was fighting for her life pic.twitter.com/1EeGGvvy21
— indubitably❼ (@cappincatbug) December 6, 2022
Me struggling to remember the company “inclusivity” script at my first PR ASSIGNMENT pic.twitter.com/saBpbdD9g4
— THE PRONOUNS (@Niell_Standard) December 5, 2022
Oh she was STRESSED trynna come up with something QUICK pic.twitter.com/A24TszNu5S
— karim ⓧ (@mutantfate) December 5, 2022
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she did not understand a single thing those words meant
— -_- (@saintappea1) December 5, 2022
People of all gender appropriations and the pronouns pic.twitter.com/hZ2b8LgZrv
— HOEING 747 (@ginfueledbrat) December 5, 2022
“people of all gender appropriations” pic.twitter.com/qKJUV0cAQi
— bella lethal (@unhingedprotag) December 6, 2022
Love her so much https://t.co/UCfPhFIAdL
— Bosco (@hereisbosco) December 6, 2022
Our personal fave is folks comparing it to the time she put on an acting clinic to convince a fan she remembered her “from Monaco”:
she said:pic.twitter.com/Q0H6FUkTWD
— (@hyperflesh) December 5, 2022
She was in her Meg Stalter “Hi, gay!” bag with this one.
jt1990
The title accuses a BLACK activist and musician of discrimination. Queerty never fails to surprise and sometimes impress me! PS her music actually ain’t that bad
abfab
Actually, it literally is that bad. I never understood the appeal.
bachy
Reverse shaming is not a good strategy.
abfab
Strategery
Bertram
Bless her heart.
still_onthemark
I hear The Pronouns are next week’s musical guests on SNL.
LumpyPillows
Wow…that is brilliant.
abfab
Hello again Warnock….bye bye you son of a bitch Walker.
Kangol2
Ri Ri is trying. Savage x Fenty is one of the most inclusive brand lines out too.
LumpyPillows
Cancel her now! The mob has spoken! (Kidding.)
Neoprene
Don’t sweat it, Ri. No one expects you to be as bright as say, Herschel Walker. Besides, nonbinary is the epitome of contrived diversity.
inbama
I’ll have to see how it looks on Jeffrey Marsh before I order a pair.
Tallskin5
Urgh, Jeffrey Marsh!
He’s a shudder looking for a spine to travel down
Tallskin5
Wot, no condemnations of women standing up for women’s rights, and then not allowing comments! This is so unlike male-power supporting Queerty’s usual sneaky tricks!
For example that article last week condemning JK Rowlings. Sneaky and snidey and full of half-truths, and untruths, it didn’t allow anyone of us to comment, – even the silly muppets on here who support everything autogynephiliac male tranzies do , they couldn’t comment either!
LumpyPillows
They don’t like the JK comments because they show just how twisted her detractors are. Also, the articles on JK are so biased they should be ashamed – they never actually quote what she says, if the do it is out of context – for a reason. You can disagree with JK’s potion on trans women in women’s spaces, but you can’t deny it is an issue that needs to be worked out. That requires too much thought from 95% of the people who comment, and destroys the clickbait culture these terrible writes pursue.
Fairy Cakes
Love her
Man About Town
So because her sincere effort at being inclusive was awkward because she was trying NOT to be offensive winds up offending oversensitive whiners like Charlie Grey. Ho-hum, yawn.
LumpyPillows
Of course, because they do not think the actual intent of the speaker matters, which is why woke is broke. Just like how they think dressing up like Michael Jackson in the 80s is racist. Or black people bleaching their hair blond is cultural appropriation. Intent and context is important. If you are upset when no insult was intended, you are the problem.
abfab
@LP Woke really is broke so it puzzles me why you keep bringing it up. Are you trying to convince people of something?
bachy
If your views on human sexuality and gender don’t strictly replicate the Transgenderism Mission Statement line for line and word for word – you’re the enemy!!!
abfab
DId you watch TRANSPARENT a few years back. That was a very interesting cast but some of those siblings were creepy.
bachy
No, I never got around to that one, abbie!
abfab
Do try, and if for nothing else, Judith Light is well…………………….JUDITH LIGHT! And the theme song will hook you.
Brian
Oh, whatever. She clearly meant to say, “all genders, orientations.” We all make mistakes in our speech each day, but most of us don’t live with cameras and microphones constantly in our faces. This was a non-event.