Rihanna was kind of a big deal at the MTV VMAs last night for a few reasons. The first one is her new cropped haircut, which is a refreshing change after those overdone hair extensions that she’s been sporting lately. She also went rather demure (for Rihanna) by wearing a white, custom-made Adam Selman dress that she accessorized with very bright red lipstick and nude Manolo Blahniks. It’s a very minimalistic look with a knotted detail around the waist and backless to perfection. This stands in sharp contrast to the last Adam Selman dress that she wore, which was also white and backless with a knotted detail but gave off a very different vibe and showed off a lot of skin. Here, Rihanna is mostly covered up even though she’s still (of course) nipping out.
Even though RiRi may have looked good, she was still up to her usual bad behavior. TMZ also has video from a live feed from before the show where RiRi approached Chris at his seat in the auditiorium and hugged and kissed him. Because you know, showing love for one’s abuser is always a wise thing to do — especially when there are young, impressionable fans watching from home.
Rihanna opened the ceremony with an extravagant live performance of a new remix for the her single, “C*ckiness,” which I’m sure isn’t a euphemism for anything, right? Unlike Katy Perry and her “Peac*ck.” Then she ran out into the audience (which I’m sure was pre-planned) to move into “We Found Love,” which I’ll always think of as the Magic Mike trailer song. It wasn’t so much a traditional performance as RiRi clubbing it, but she did end up winning “Video of the Year.” Here’s the performance:
Katy Perry (oddly enough) didn’t go for the cutesy, cotton-candy imagery on the red carpet, and she didn’t go faux goth either, which is a relief. She did, however, sit next to John Mayer for part of the ceremony because they’re still doing it, which is gross, but overall, she just sat next to Rihanna and giggled while they made some undoubtedly catty remarks about everyone else.
As for her dress, Katy went slightly glamorous (for her) in an Elie Saab 2004 (yes, that’s right) gown with a leather bodice and lots of sheer panelling. The teal and red floral details are rather striking against the black color of the dress, and Katy kept her hair and makeup relatively tasteful too. Some sites are making a huge deal out of her new extensions, but I’m pretty sure this is a wig. Katy is a mistress of wiggy looks, and surprisingly, she’s not annoying me here.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN
GIRL. White dress + no bra= no-no.
Yeah, not a look for outside of the house, LOL.
I love it! Such a better look for her than that ‘fro she was rocking.
Rihanna is a victim of abuse (going back to her father). she fell into a trap that sadly many abuse victims do by forgiving their abuser. Chiding her for not being a good enough role model is unnecessary.
If we can’t chide her beforehand, are we also expected to feel sympathy for her when he does it again? She already rode that wave.
I was in a very abusive relationship in college & eventually everything got to the point that something really sensational & horrible was going to have to happen to make it truly over. And it did. That moment for Rhianna came, as well. I wanted out. She, apparently, after scandal and three years, has a death wish and no self-respect.
Rihanna’s hair looks AMAZING she has the face for it (Hi Miley!)
Is a sleek look No Comment on her attrocious live “singing”
Comment on that whole Chris Brown thing: Gross All of it is Gross, lame and Misguided and it makes me like her so much less
Katy Perry is Dark, Yall… I cant even hear this woman speak .. I just cant
She looks great! Actually her best look in a long time. Short her really suits her, she should stick to it for some time.
Btw is it her real hair? I’m so confused with all the fake hair lately, and it’s looks so thick and shiny…
It looks like a wig to me. The shine is too plastic looking, and it looks like there’s hair tucked up under it poofing it out. That said, I like the look of a short haircut on her. She should do it for real.
@BW I agree, that doesn’t look like her real hair, but she should totally cut it like that!
Do you really think so? Normally I like her look (can’t stand her) with short hair but I don’t think this cut is doing her forehead ANY favors…
I am confused now that yall mention it, not that she isnt capable of cutting her hair, or whatevs but Lainey has been talking about how EVERYONE even the guys do weaves and hairpieces so… However that brings me to : I Severely need Rita Hazan’s Glossing foam, is like a dye but clear gloss and is a go to for the celebs and such
Connie: I do think so Is maybe not to everyone’s taste since is kind of a blunt cut ( sorry im obsessed with short hair) but Look at how it frames that face…. Goddamn!
She is definitely rocking the short hair, but what is bothering me about it is the shorty-short bangs. Something a little bit less abrupt would have been nice
All those people who think Rihanna is part of the Illumination are going to LOVE that performance.
Illuminati. 🙂 Illumination illusion? (I’m still giggling about my massive faux pas earlier.)
Ugh! That’s my darn auto-correct!
Rhi Rhi is so hot. And Katy is looking great again now that she gave up the stupid hair colors.
i love Rihanna’s dress and Perry has beautiful eyes
Sorry but I hate her new hair. It looks like a cheap synthetic wig/helmet. It also emphasizes her big forehead.
Love the dress though.
Yup, it is a cheap wig and it shows. But still better than all the fake long hair.
Is it? I wondered about that. But she should cut her own hair like this, she looks great.
Yeah, no smoking around that wig …
It does look like a wig. I wonder, with that high forehead, if she is balding like Naomi Campbell?
Definitely a wig, you can tell by the way the hair looks in the light. It doesn’t look like a good one either
Yep, the hair is a hot mess. You can tell it’s cheap and synthetic. And i’m like: Girl, you got all that money…
both look so much better than they usually do. the cut on rhianna (sp?) is great, but maybe a little lighter in shade next time.
the white is a beautiful contrast to her normal wear and flatters her shape well, I kind of want it. that being said im really sick of looking at her nipples, one more award season with her tatas and nips on show and im going to start throwing quarters.
ALL of this!
Riri’s haircut would’ve been better if there was a little more length in the bangs, like previous short cuts. This one emphasizes the fivehead.
Also, I don’t really find anything very compelling about her stage presence.
ITA with everything you wrote.
Yep. Those are dumb and dumber bangs!
BAHAHAHAHAAAA!!! Dumb and Dumber bangs!! Brilliant!
Yeah, either longer bangs or spiked up (maybe not for her, as her forehead is quite high)
Yup…either longer or more “piecey” so that she doesn’t look like one of those old Fisher Price toys with the snap-on plastic helmet-hair.
Am I the only one who wonders whether it’s a cut at all, versus just another wig? Looks very fake, to me.
It totally looks like a wig. A cheap wig, at that.
It does appear a cheap wig however it’s a great cut for her.
Does she have a star tattooed in her ear? Ouch!
She and Katie are both wearing wigs.
I think the hair would look cuter if it was a little shorter….it’s kind of looking like it’s in-between cuts. Don’t really care for the dress. No comment on Katy…she’s too close to John Mayer and it makes me feel dirty/yucky thinking of him…it’s like touch-tag cooties in elementary school
She has too much ink.
I like it. It suits her and does freshen up her look. She really looks so much better when she uses the classic stylings.
Re Chris Brown greetings: It’s not surprising, but no judgement here. We all know what the deal is. I just hope she has good friends and is exposed to healthy relationships and believes in herself enough to know she deserves a healthy relationship and abuse isn’t healthy.
word.
you said what most people are thinking, and you didn’t even have to label her as trashy. bravo.
I forgot how pretty Katy Perry is when her hair isn’t blue or purple or whatever. She needs to stick with this look.
Not crazy about Rhianna’s hair or dress, but her body is always rockin.
Are we gonna ignore that Rihanna is wearing a grill on the red carpet?
Is she?
OMG she is!!!!
I loathe this bish.
I usually like short hair but I do not like this one on her – it looks like a wig! I cant quite place it but it doesnt look right on top – near her forhead. It looks totally fake to me – like someone could grab it from the top and pull it off.
That red lipstick makes her mouth look like Julia Roberts – gigantic – not nice.
I also dont like her tattoos – looks trashy.
Perry looks silly with that fake long hair.
How about wearing a bra!
She looks like that Joseline chick from Love and Hip Hop Atlanta.
RiRi looks lovely absent the grill. Nice catch Grace! Perhaps some sort of covering could have hid the nips, but the dress isn’t designed for a bra and some of those stick on things can’t hide THOs (tittie hard-ons).
Rhianna went for the Audrey Hepburn with remarkable results.
She looks great. Katy Perry looks great. R’s compassion for her ex is admirable, but worrisome.
RiRi looks great imo. Healthier….not drugged out.
Well, she may have acted like an idiot but I think her whole look was classy (expept for the nips) and beautiful.
Love the haircut. Looks great on her. And I’m not a fan of hers at all.
Rihanna’s hair looks good, but the head it’s coming out of concerns me.
There are pics of her kissing Chris Brown on stage in an un-televised part of the VMA’s last night. Unfreakingbelievable.
Katy’s fake hair looks like crap.
The fourth Rhianna pic is the only flattering photo I’ve ever seen of her.
I feel that Rihanna should be mourning her lost Vulcan home, not showing off her nipple ring..
Wow is all I can say.
Rihanna is a victim of abuse, her pattern of behavior should not be a surprise to no one. There are women who have children with their abuser, who allow their children to witness that behavior for SEVERAL years and it can takes women several years to leave. So judging Rihanna for not being a role model to children/kids/teens that aren’t hers is unnecessary. Besides if a parent of a child who is a big fan of Rihanna decides to not make it abundantly clear that her behavior is a cycle of abuse/unhealthy/etc…that’s the parent’s failure on teaching their child…not Rihanna’s.
Mother of Gawd.
I cant get past the hooves.
Wiglet!
Wow she’s not really acquainted with underwear is she? I hope no one sat in any seats after her. CB likes to spread those STD’s around.
speaking of illuminat-lady gaga is ‘best friends’ with deepak chopra? the yoga new age dude?
when i read that, more than once over hte last few years, i knew something was UP.
All of this stuff being sold to the masses-it’s all part of the same cadre-keep ’em brainwashed and thinking they are going somewhere….even though they are not….make ’em think they are onto something new an cutting edge, whether music or spirituality.
i think rhianna’s hair looks great, and it’s nice to see her wearing actual clothes that cover her body-it’s much classier and much sexier look. but she needs a good detox; up close, her skin is looking rougher than normal-lots and lots of bumps and acne type stuff.
go to a spa, eat healthya nd stop partying for a couple of months. if i had the money these ppl do-i would!
katy perry doesnt look half bad. i also like how much clothing she is wearing.
recently, while shopping, i said to myself ‘wonder when we are going to be done with the prostitute stripper look’? it’s getting way old.
finally out of the bathing suits that look like corsets stage-for a few years, i that’s all i could find, besides ridiculous bikinis and swimsuits covered in tacky metal.
i LOVE rihanna’s hair and her entire look. jet black hair really pops agains her skin tone and simple unfussy hair works best for her facial features. i still think her best hairstyle was the jet black asymmetrical bob from the “umbrella” era. and i love, love, love that dirty ass song “cockiness”, lol. seriously, every time it comes on in the club or or at a party i have to get down! i can’t believe she performed it on national t.v. that was pretty ballsy of her. i wish she had done “talk that talk” with jay-z, that would have been hot.
and i really love the way katy perry looks for once. who cares if it’s 2004, it looks great on her. i do think she has tracks, or maybe a partial wig in the back because i definitely see her natural hairline and scalp in the front.
She’s going to regret kissing him in front of the whole world again. It is going to bite her in the butt. And it makes her look like and ass ho’.
I think this is the best I’ve ever seen either of them look.
wow, your right. for riri it’s the best she’s looked in a long time. for perry, i think it may be the best ever
I doubt she would cut it that short and have to live with it…it has to be a wig, but she looks much better and not as skanky. Maybe she’s trying to revamp her image from a trashy look to show that she can look classy and sophisticated, but it will probably soon revert back to what we’re all too familiar with. Both she and Chris have big issues, it’s no wonder they are drawn to one another.
She is so stinking gorgeous and I have MAJOR eyebrow envy. Damn. Her makeup artist nailed it!!!
P.S. Why doesnt Katie Perry ever wear something that covers her bum completely?
She is a beautiful woman, but my god how she can’t sing. I don’t like her: I don’t like the image, I don’t like the Chris brown reaction, I don’t like her whole schtick.
And I guess we have answer to that blind about former couple back together-it was obvious anyway!
Katy Perry – ugh. Visibly fake hair, and ugly trashy dress.
I don’t like Rihanna’s new hair… But then I don’t usually like any of Rihanna’s hairstyles. I think the only one I thought was ok was her asymmetrical bob years ago. I think it would be more interesting and edgy if she went natural for once.
It is obviously a wig.
She is beautiful and so is the dress however the hair is a bad wig. Katty look good also.
Too elfin! Not for her 😛
Both their hair looks fake to me
Rhianna looks awesome with shorter hair, she needs a more flattering short ‘do and lighter hair color. The white dress is gorgeous, but her headlights need to be turned down.