Rihanna bleaches her hair, adds a blonde weave: busted or cute?

It’s been a while since Rihanna has been blonde, right? I can’t keep up with this stuff. I think she was last blonde when she wore an unfortunate wiglet for her Armani campaign. Well, she’s done it again, only this time she’s doing some kind of 1980s hair-band style. Rihanna began tweeting behind-the-scenes photos of her Elle Magazine shoot (she’s getting an Elle cover? Meh.) in which they bleached her hair and gave her extensions. After the Elle shoot, Rihanna went to the Roxbury – I’m including a few photos from her outing, in which she wore that fug orange sweater and thigh-high leather boots.

Rihanna claimed her new look is “stripperish” but I just think it’s flat-out ugly. I never understand why Rihanna does this to herself, or why she allows this to be done to her. I mean, I guess I understand the idea of “She’s 23, she’s experimenting with her look, she’s having fun.” But most of this stuff simply doesn’t look GOOD. I hated the pink-Kool-Aid phase, and this blonde-rocker look might be even worse. Dear Rihanna: You’re very pretty but please STOP.

Photos courtesy of Pacific Coast News & Rihanna’s Twitter.

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  1. originalone says:

    Saddest lost girl in the world. That is all.

    • Asli says:

      Agreed! Also, if your hair looks like an ugly 80’s Jon Bon Jovi wig, you know it’s bad.

      • originalone says:

        Bad medicine. Is what it is. 😉

      • Asli says:

        BAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA! I was thinking about that EXACT video! And I agree with your comment below. She is trying to escape from herself. She said once in an interview that she re-invents herself via her hair.

    • originalone says:

      Her constant change in looks, to these extremes, are more an indication of trying to get away from her true image, and get out of her skin, rather than experimenting with looks.

      And that, more than anything else, is indication of long-term abuse. I think it started way before that Chris loser beat her up.

    • kieslowski says:

      Totally agree, she seems so lost and alone.

      I really started to believe the substance abuse rumours after she got “Thug Life” tattoed on her fingers – that is just wrong.

    • anne says:

      Hmmm , before I read any comments I said to myself “lost girl”

      • Mia says:

        She’s gonna pull a Britney any time soon.

      • originalone says:

        You know what they say about how great minds think!

        As for the substance abuse, that must be true. You have to be high as a kite to get tattoos like that on your knuckles. The chick is not even 28 and has had some very hard living under her belt. Which makes me really sad for her.

        Makes me think she is one of those who would never be interested in a sweet decent guy. Would always go for the cheater and abuser.

    • JudyJudyJudy says:

      huh? she is really pretty with a great figure – what are you seeing?

      • originalone says:

        The look in her eyes. Nothing to do with her being pretty or ugly, good or bad figure.

        Just the self-erasing transformations and fidgetness she seems to constantly have within her skin.

  2. Dawn says:

    She looks horrible. I don’t get the attraction to her. And I don’t think she can sing either.

    • ella says:

      Thank you, finally someone that thinks same way as me!tries too hard to be “hard”

    • Mia says:

      Totally agree with you! She can’t sing, her songs are boring and the image she’s projecting is all wrong. The blond hair makes her so cheap looking.

  3. Maya says:

    Awful. It’s like a Hannah Montana wig.

  4. serena says:

    She can do whatever she wants, even shave her head but she’ll always be beautiful with it.

  5. Marjalane says:

    I see this girl spiraling down the drain within the next year or so. She just keeps doing more and more self destructive, dumb stuff.

  6. Shoes says:

    In that bottom pic, she looks like she’s rocking Reese Witherspoon’s scalp.

  7. Natalie says:

    Tina now just needs to find her Ike (again)…

  8. Bob says:

    What a mess. She’ll be in rehab soon. Might as well book a room for her in advance of her meltdown.

  9. Annaloo says:

    I’m not sure…she even said it looks “stripperish”.. Meh, it’s a look. Give her points for mixing it up.

  10. Cherry says:

    Tina Turner!

  11. lindsay says:

    I don’t care for it at all. I mean, to each his own and all that, but it looks like she’s got a cheap wig on. She’s way to pretty naturally to do this, I think.

  12. Chelsey says:

    Maybe I’m in the minority here, but I think she looks cute- not many people could pull that drastic of a change off, I think she’s rocking it!

  13. LadyBird83 says:

    She looks like a tranny.

  14. Blah says:

    She looks like your next pavement streetwalker.

  15. Nev says:

    in the fourth pic she is very Tina Turner!!!

    haha

  16. Naye in VA says:

    busted

  17. Maya says:

    I don’t mind that she changes her hair colour every so often.
    It’s her stupid tattoos that bother me.They’re all in stupid places, of stupid things.

  18. Happy21 says:

    Its terrible if she were white, I’d say she looked like white trash…

    I’ve been saying it for years now but ever since the whole Chris Brown thing, Rhianna has been out to prove something and I’m not too sure what that is. Her career is stronger than ever but she seems so lost. Like she just wants to come across as being tough, hardcore and uber-sexual. I see a little girl who is lost and, while she is not my fave by any stretch of the imagination, its worrisome, I’d hate for her to fall victim to the life.

    So sad.

  19. gina says:

    I like it better than the previous do’s. I like the bangs. Very rock n roll’ish which suits her. She does “blend” in more with the ordinary peeps with this look.

  20. BlackMamba says:

    She has gorgeous eyes and no matter what she wears she always has that “I’m a rockstar” vibe…or maybe I’m just biased cause I’ve always liked her. But I have to admit she seems to be acting out lately, like she’s not far from a breakdown or something.

  21. Medusa says:

    Tina Turner did it better.

    Rihanna just looks like a trashy hipster circa 2005.

  22. gloaming says:

    To me it’s less Bon Jovi more Courtney Love.

  23. mememe says:

    Why oh why such a young cute girl with money and multiple – I guess- hairstylists at her disposal would choose such an unflattering haircolor and style? this hairstyle looks like cheap prostitute’s / low quality pornstar hair! It does not suit her at all!
    BUSTED!

  24. Insertrandomname says:

    Well, I like her hair. Maybe it’s not EXTREMELY classy but then again, neither is her music.

  25. ladybert62 says:

    She reminds me of Tina Turner (who I love!) But I dont like rhianna.

    Rhianna – stop it.

  26. Jessica says:

    I wish I had hair like that!!

  27. Day says:

    It is nice to see her doing something besides sitting on twitter acting a damn fool for attention?

    Rihanna, just STOP IT—-All OF IT please.

    I like her but she has been looking and acting a mess lately. Get it together is all I can say.

    Edit: It doesn’t matter how much she tries to front, this girl is lonely and lost. She doesn’t know where Robyn ends and rihanna begins. I see a breakdown in her future. I hope to god I am wrong but something isn’t right with her.

  28. Mayday says:

    She looks great!

  29. Rada says:

    i love it! she looks amazing.

  30. StaceyP says:

    Hookertastic!

  31. CarrieD says:

    I actually kind of like the outfit eep!

  32. Marianne says:

    It looks totally busted in the pic she took herself. Doesn’t look that bad in the pap shots.

  33. Lola5 says:

    Get a bra!

  34. Snowflake says:

    I like it on her. Yes, with her clothing choices, it does look trashy. But she’s young and beautiful, let her have her fun. When she gets older, then she can go shopping at the Gap.

  35. layla says:

    4th pic – she looks like Tina Turner.

    1st pic – her eyes look very very vacant.

    That kind of need for attention is very sad. Poor girl.

  36. Kat says:

    Busted, nasty, tacky, cheap.

  37. Kathy says:

    The weave is cute. The girl is busted.

  38. Reece says:

    Tina Turner? Really? C’mon. Not giving her that much credit.
    Actually I think her and Bey really do look alike now. Both of whom wish they came close to Tina Turner. HA!

  39. Jaded says:

    She gives vulgarity a whole new meaning.

  40. layla says:

    I can’t believe I am about to say this… but Lainey just posted some more pics of the orange outfit… and it looks like Rhianna is rockin it. Big time!

  41. NM6804 says:

    Busted chick with issues. I see bad things for her in the future. I don’t particulary dislike her or her music but I don’t wish bad things to her.

  42. Maritza says:

    As long as she no longer has that Ronald McDonald red hair. Although I think she looks pretty good with her own natural afro look.

  43. soulsister says:

    White Oprah wants her hair back!

  44. Dagny says:

    She looks eerily like Goldie Hawn

  45. Susan says:

    Tina turner’s long lost daughter!!!

  46. kim says:

    Why does she want to be a stripper? Is that how far we have come as women? That young girls think looking like a stripper is aspirational?

    • Jacqueline says:

      Strippers are glamorized and respected now. Men like them even more it seems. Im a nice girl and I get ignored and passed over all the time for s.l.u.t.s. Um they are all guys actually want. Men are now acting young until their 60s so ya they are here to stay. The majority of women dont want a career just to be provided for. Why do you think mysogyny still exists. We havent evolved a lot, both men and women. A stripper is now socially acceptible. If you say anything bad about them, you are automatically a prude.

      But that is not a safe job. Everyday there is a dead escort/stripper/prostitute on the news. They are not feminists either no matter how deluded they think they may be. They cater to men and have taken the easy way to provide for themselves. Most dont even graduate college. Strippers are it now. Look at our lack of morals and hypersexualized culture and you’ll see why they are being normalized. People dont care anymore. In this recession, most girls are getting sugar daddies and stripping due to hard times, lack of options/skills and greed. Dont strip cus its not worth it. I know girls that got burned badly! And sugar daddies are not loving or your friend either. And he aint leaving his wife. A lapdance is nothing and no one respects married people because even they dont. I cant go into a bar without a married guy hitting on me. Celebrities and your peers encourage and approve of this. Strippers are now mainstream.

  47. hillbilly in the corner says:

    Tina wig was better ! and didn’t look cheap like this one does…..

  48. malathyonxx says:

    She looks like that street hooker that Hugh Grant got busted with.

  49. RdyfrmycloseupmrDvlle says:

    She cant stop, can she. How about “RUG LIFE” ? LOL!

    Clearly a lesson that all the money in the world wont make you really happy if your fundamentally broken inside. Rianna, what on earth are you trying to prove? And, to whom?
    If I had her money and power Id be at the Eden Roc hotel on the south of France, a permanent fixture, soaking up the sun and exploring the med AND Id be totally straight. Why? Because LIFE is beautiful! Open your eyes!
    This girl goes to europe and wears the word F**K and C**T into a Church. She was grating on my last nerve already but this disrespectful attention grabbing finished me permanently.
    Shes doing a Brit Brit.

  50. She looks ok to me

  51. Asli says:

    I just noticed that she’s not wearing a shirt in the top photo. Not even a tube top. Unless her breasts are saggy, which we have plenty evidence of them not being…

  52. Sara says:

    I like it. Major improvement from her Ronald McDonald hair.

  53. mew says:

    Some pics she looks like Beyonce, the other pictures she looks like she’s trying to morph into Tina Turner but is still missing the perm.

  54. Not Famous says:

    I think she’s very pretty. But I agree with the majority of you guys. She just seems so lost to me. Ever since the whole Chris Brown situation, she’s trying to figure out who she is by trying the “hard, cool chick” persona, and the “I refuse to wear clothes” persona. She can’t sing that well either, so this is all she has “going for her.”

  55. erin says:

    homegirl needs to wear a bra

  56. TriedTru says:

    Wait – what’s wrong with the orange sweater? I kinda like it.

  57. NinaG says:

    I think Ri-Ri looks pretty bad ass! I know she changes her colors and styles a lot but so do I, I appreciate her with more of her natural hair colors like the black and brown tones but I get what she’s trying to do, she’s a rock star!!!

  58. crtb says:

    I think she looks cute!

  59. Sean says:

    So looks just like this hooker I arrested once for stabbing another hooker over $3

  60. ManicPixieDreamGirl says:

    One word: low self-esteem.

    • JudyJudyJudy says:

      dont worry, there seem to be a lot of people with esteem issues here; you will fit right in!

  61. Darla says:

    She…is so lost.

  62. rosa says:

    is she naked in the 1st pic?

  63. Jacqueline says:

    I know for a fact she is sending a bad message to darker skinned people that being white is better. I have travel primarily to Latin and South America and the brown and black skinned people there are having their skin bleached to become whiter. In my mother’s country Brazil, the browns dont want the darker skinned blacks and avoid them altogether. I have met white Latinos that dont like black Latinos of their own countries! The whiter the better. Whites have better jobs and work and dating opportunities everywhere. Even in India they are skin bleaching. Asia and the Caribbean. Only here we want to tan to be darker but everyone else wants to be whiter. It is afterall a white dominant world even though white people are a minority in it. Its almost the aparteid in Brazil!
    Why do blacks celebrities obssess over being white? Like Zoe Saldana. She is like a white person. It does send a bad message to impressionable Latinos, Asians, Blacks and Arabs that if you’re not white, you’re not right. Whites do have the world a lot better. I dont blame them for looking whiter but I hate meeting ethnic people and they have a huge “I wish I was white” syndrome.
    Why cant Latinos and Blacks be considered sucessful, educated and stylish without having to act/become white? Why is white the norm? Rihanna and Beyonce just look silly with blond hair.
    I hope someone can understand what I really mean. Look around and you will see most girls are looking, acting and sounding like white girls. They are losing who they truly are. It tells white people they are better and that Blacks and others are inferior.

  64. marie says:

    Looks like a low end skid road hooker. She looks so messed up in these pics her eyes don’t look like they can focus. Too bad and I see her going down hill further.

  65. jilly says:

    I vote ‘busted’. I hate this look and everything it stands for for women of color. Rihanna is so shallow it’s pathetic.

  66. Stacia says:

    Looks like a busted Tina Turner wig she has on.

  67. rai says:

    I believe she is giving light-skinned black women a bad name. Seriously, why would you call your own look “stripperish”? Isn’t that a bit, I don’t know, degrading?

    But hey, pop music is a business, right? And sex sells, so what do I know.

  68. yasmin says:

    I’m surprised by all these awful comments! You people are just MEAN. Is it jealousy? Is Rihanna obligated as a human being to look good in her spare time for your pleasure? Her looks are between her and Elle magazine style coordinators! I don’t listen to Rihanna’s music, but these kind of negative remarks are what leads people further into breakdowns if they haven’t already felt overwhelmed! And don’t say something like, “she put herself in the limelight so now she has to take it.” Really? So that means you HAVE to criticize her for every thing she wears, every hairstyle she tries out, every tattoo she gets? So that’s your job as a pop culture observer? Go read the f.cking politics section of the news if you want to be so hateful and negative. You’d learn a lot more than sitting on your butt reading about what celebrities are doing as if you’re sitting on top of the f.cking world. How would you like it if thousands of strangers commented on about how much crap you look like and how you’re a lost, lonely soul on a daily basis? You can laugh and brush it off one day, you can tell everyone to f.ck off another day, you can ignore it, but most human beings would feel pressure from all of that. Which is probably why NONE of you are famous. Get a f.cking life y’all! Losers!