These are some photos of Rihanna leaving Los Angeles early this month, and we never got around to using these pictures, so here you go. This story is a convenient follow up to yesterday’s report of Rihanna showing up four hours late to a show at a Chicago school and then rushing offstage after about fifteen minutes. According to the Sun, Rihanna is going off the edge, which may very well be true, but I think her little Chicago stunt is more of a case of her being lazy and not giving a sh-t about a “charity” show where she wasn’t being paid for her appearance.

The Sun maintains that Rihanna’s recent bout with laryngitis that forced her to cancel two shows (she sings live?) is a continuation of last year’s episode where she partied so hard after the Met Gala that she ended up in the hospital. In the aftermath of that little event, Rihanna claimed that her new size zero booty was a result of stress. I don’t know if Rihanna is truly stressed or if her body is just hellaciously exhausted from staying up all night to booze it up in clubs and on tour. She’s definitely an entitled drunk. Who else would actually yell, “Don’t you know who I am?” when getting kicked out of a club? Here’s the Sun’s story:

Rihanna has reportedly been advised to make some “serious lifestyle changes” if she wants to fulfil her touring commitments. Doctors have apparently expressed fears for her wellbeing after she fell ill with laryngitis and was forced to axe two dates on her Diamonds World Tour.

It’s claimed Rihanna has been told that she won’t be able to sustain the level she’s currently operating at if she doesn’t ease up on the partying front. And the chart-topper is reportedly taking steps to get back to full health.

A source said: “Rihanna’s illness was so severe that doctors warned it could take months for her to fully recover – there were worries that she’d have to cancel her entire tour. She was forced to cancel two of her Diamonds dates in Baltimore and Boston after coming down with laryngitis.

“She has since resumed the tour and promised to reschedule the cancelled shows. They’ve told her that she needs to make some serious lifestyle changes, or risk this happening again. This has given her a scare. But Rihanna knows it’s partly self-inflicted. She loves to smoke, drink and stay up late. Her body was bound to need a break at some point. She’s now on a mission to start looking after herself.”

Insiders also claim that Rihanna recognises her relationship with Chris Brown isn’t having a positive influence on her. The source added: “RiRi’s received death threats, verbal attacks and has fallen out with some of her best friends recently, including Katy Perry. “This has taken a huge emotional toll.”

[From The Sun]

While I don’t want to make light of any death threats that Rihanna may have received since getting back with Chris, I find it ironic that perhaps the true threat to her life lies with the dude himself. Does that sound too flippant? It’s probably true.

I don’t know what to make of this latest batch of rumors that RiRi is going over the edge as far as her partying is concerned. We’ve heard this all before, and while I don’t doubt that she boozes pretty hard and burns both ends of the candle doing so, this story conveniently follows reports that one of Rihanna’s tour buses got busted for weed although though Rihanna herself wasn’t present at the time. When it comes to all of Rihanna’s vices, her self-professed love for weed is no big deal. All the same, Rihanna’s latest world tour is scheduled to run until October, so the girl needs to take it easy.

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