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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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If he’s a member of the DUP, he’s not Irish. He’s Northern Irish. It’s like the difference between being South Korean and North Korean.
Even if he was not familiar with Rihanna’s work, I’m not entirely sure what he expected. Female popstars don’t tend to wear very much – even if they’re *not* Rihanna.
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He probably read somewhere that she was Catholic…..
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There is one photo of her in that cornfield and she’s completely topless. I don’t understand how much farther she can go unless she now considers porn feminism.
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Good for the farmer.
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I guess when everyone knows your real voice actual sucks and your albums are more the work of a good computer than actual singing, what else do you have to keep people’s attention than your naked parts?
I cant wait for her to fade away, her “voice”is so annoying.
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This is hilarious! I started disliking her ever since she started wearing that necklace with the c word on it.
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[redacted]The reason that red, white and blue was relevant to Peter Robinson is that they’re the colours of the Union flag. Nationalists tend to favour the tricolour (green, white & orange).
And given Mr. Graham’s party affiliation and surname (likely Protestant), her wearing a nun’s habit would have been even less welcome.
Although I am surprised at any farmer on this island (see what I did there) allowing any fine weather go astray during harvest season. Unless it’s for the Ploughing Championships.
And it was cold here recently. God bless her internal heating system to be cavorting in anything less than a cardigan!
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@Mairead: Cheers for an interesting, informative comment:)
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She always looks so smug. I can’t stand her face, she makes me feel almost angry. Blah.
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Damn it, that farmer just lost a scarecrow for his fields.
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Wish she would cover up that fivehead…
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Good for the farmer! About time someone told this porn star to keep her clothes on!
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I’ve never seen the Rude Boy video before. That was a whole lot of WTF.
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I liked her up until about a year after the Chris Brown beating. After that it was like she was trying to prove something but acting like a porn star. She was cute and eccentric and I liked her wild fashion choices but lately I can’t stand her. She’s overdone it. I don’t find her sexy. I still find her cute. Her sexiness is her trying too hard to be sexy. A really sexy woman just is.
And I think her voice has gotten worse too. Its like she’s tone deaf and yelling into the mic. She can sing when she wants to. I always like the the song Hate that I love You with Ne-Yo. Girl pulled that off good.
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I’m glad everyone is calling her faux feminism. I can’t stand her, good for the Farmer/Politician.
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I wish she would just go away. Talentless hack.
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A bit from the RTÉ (the Republic’s national broadcaster) including a news clip
http://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0927/rihanna.html
And from The Irish Times
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0927/breaking30.html
I didn’t realise that she was playing 3 nights in the Odyssey. The North has come a long way since 1998, but there’s still a bit of trepidation due to the aftermath of The Troubles. That as big a star as Rhianna would play 3 nights there, incentivising fans to travel is brilliant – and why the politicians are worried about any tourism impact.
But I think a quote from one of the greatest comedies of all time sums it up well:
“Down with this sort of thing! Careful now”
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Arcadia is right, Rihanna was literally topless in his field.
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Dang, I feel better about my forehead now.
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@ Mairead – Jim: “So it’s a blasphemous film, father, is it? Is it a type of nudie thing, father?”
Ted: “You wouldn’t believe the amount of nudity in it.”
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Why did she have to go all the way to Ireland to find a cornfield to perform in? Perhaps, considering that she’s wearing red, white and blue it would have been more appropriate doing it here in the U.S.? Just saying…
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I watched the video provided w/this story. She’s gotten too nasty for my tastes. Don’t get me rude, I’m far from a prude, but she’s just ALL ABOUT SEX, and that is all there’s to her.
And the farmer whose sensibilities were offended? Yeah, I’m feeling it, too. That shit ain’t going down on my property…especially not for FREE.
She’s just become yet another classless, vulgar, singer-wannabe prostitute. Get in line, Riri..there’s plenty of other sloppy “artists” ahead of you.
It’s a shame, because I KNOW Rihanna IS TALENTED. If she were smart, she’d showcase her talent, instead of selling out and giving us the crap she’s been cranking out.
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I want that farmer to be my facebook friend.
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I’m not a Rihanna fan, but I was given free tickets to her last tour and went to see the spectacle. You know, she really can sing. It’s bizarre – they actually make her sound WORSE on record… her voice live has much more depth, and she really sings rather than lipsynchs. I was surprised. I think the over-compressed, auto-tuned flat delivery is all the rage and they’ve tried to squeeze her into that mold. Maybe someday her producers will actually let her show her real talent, rather than just making her shake her ass and coo like a baby.
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Today’s Episode:
‘Kicking Topless Rhianna Up The Arse’ or, ‘A Song For Nowt’.
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JO! I LOVE that show! My favorite episode is Song for Ireland!
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I remember the first time my sister saw the ending of ‘My Lovely Horse’–she fell out of her bed. I managed to get away with just smacking my forehead on a coffee table. Probably explains a lot.
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Princess Try Hard wouldn’t know sexy if it bit her on her perpetually bare arse.
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This is the funniest story I have read in a while. Farmer is shocked, shocked, that female popstar is wearing next to nothing! LMAO Then RiRi goes all the way to Northern Ireland for a cornfield. This story is so full of WIN!
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Sign on tierra and branwen – what is the point of her “music” she’s just a selling machine, hopefully her label has burned and shilled her out, but we know she’ll be replaced by another one.
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Rihanna’s just having fun slutting it up while she’s still young! Thats what your 20′s are for. Once you hit 30 or 40, it’s just not cute anymore. Nobody likes an old whore!
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THIS WAS THE BEST THREAD EVER!!!!
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the way she dresses seriously screams ‘rape me rape me, ready willing and able!’ its awful and she gives feminism a BAD name…she treats her body like its a piece of meat for guys to walk all over! If you thought rude boy was bad you should see what she wears in the video ‘all of the lights’ with kayne west….
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@jen i think your “rape me” comment is well out of line. its attitudes like that that perpetuate the idea that a woman is asking to be raped if she dresses a certain way. which is totally unacceptable.
She can wear what she wants….and she left when the farmer was offended. no harm done.
She was in Bangor i think…..it was freezing there! she must have nerves of steel!
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A good farmer knows that the only udders that should be seen in a cow pasture belong to his cows
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People it’s Ireland. It was clearly racism. How many black people are in Ireland…………Exactly!
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lol finally a funny story.
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Go the Farmer. She really has about the same amount of class as Lindsay Lohan. Yay for Father Ted – best show ever!
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