These photos show Rihanna during the initial stages of shooting her latest video before things went very wrong. Of course, Rihanna and her sexed-up image are no strangers to causing a stir amongst those who are sensitive to her brand (and yes, it is a pre-packaged deal) of scantily-clad, liquor-soaked entertainment for the masses. This story puts a bit of a different spin on things, however, for Rihanna has caused a bit of a political stir in Northern Ireland, where she greatly offended a farmer who had granted her permission to shoot a video (“We Found Love”) in one of his corn fields. Sure, the song title sounds like rainbows and ponies, but Rihanna was involved, so of course there was very little clothing present. For his part, the farmer told Rihanna to get her barely-dressed bum out of his field. How embarrassing.

R&B singer Rihanna caused controversy Tuesday after being ordered to cover up by an angry farmer while shooting a raunchy video on one of his fields in Northern Ireland.

Alan Graham, 61, who lent the pop star a corn field to shoot her latest video “We Found Love,” said he found Rihanna’s behavior “inappropriate” and drove over in his tractor to tell the scantily clad star to put some clothes on.

Traffic came to a standstill near the field in Bangor, about 13 miles east of Belfast, on Monday, as fans tried to catch a glimpse of the “Rude Boy” singer, who stripped down to a red bikini and was also seen wearing an American flag bikini and unbuttoned jeans.

Graham, who admitted he was not “familiar” with Rihanna’s work, said, “If someone wants to borrow my field and things become inappropriate, then I say, ‘Enough is enough. You are not entitled to do that’.”

He added, “I requested that they stop filming and they did. I had a conversation with Rihanna and I hope she understands where I’m coming from. We shook hands.”

The farmer, also a local politician for the Democratic Unionist Party, said he did not receive any payment for loaning his field and had earlier helped Rihanna’s crew free some equipment that got stuck in the mud.

The incident even prompted a political debate in the Northern Ireland Assembly, with one politician asking the country’s first minister Peter Robinson — the leader of Graham’s political party — whether potential investors might be deterred after the pop star was kicked out of a field for nothing more than “wearing red, white and blue.”

Rihanna is understood to have resumed filming at a secret location in Belfast, where she is performing at the weekend.

[From Fox News]

This story is kind of funny, isn’t it? I mean, the farmer could have done a minimal amount of research on Rihanna (like, say, watching the below video of “Rude Boy”) and easily figured out that she wouldn’t be wearing a nun’s habit while shooting in his corn field. And now the Northern Ireland Assembly is concerned about the political fallout after Rihanna was kicked out while wearing a certain set of colors. At least there was a hand-shaking involved, right?

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