Looks like Rihanna can’t catch a break. The popstar turned beauty entrepreneur has been lately making headlines and not for all the right reasons. Post Farmer’s Protest backlash and Fenty Beauty audit outrage, the pop sensation has managed to face flak from Twitter yet again!
Posing for her lingerie line, Savage x Fenty, Rihanna went topless wearing just a pair of lilac satin shots. Well, so far nothing unusual! The trouble began when she chose to accessorize her look with a neckpiece that bore a diamond-studded Lord Ganesha pendant. Netizens were quick to notice the neckpiece and they surely didn’t take it with high spirits. Moments after she posted the picture, the internet tribe called out Riri for using ‘their religion as her aesthetic.’
when @PopcaanMusic said “me nuh wan ya wear no lingerie tonight fa me girl” @SavageXFenty pic.twitter.com/bnrtCZT7FB
— Rihanna (@rihanna) February 15, 2021
Check out some of the enraged tweets here:
rihanna !! stop using my religion as an aesthetic !! that ganesh figurine at the end of the chain :( is a holy and sacred figure for us hindus
— YEONJUN 4TH GEN IT BOY. (@09S00B) February 15, 2021
Super offensive wearing Ganesha like that. My first god, a holy sentiment to millions of people celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi every year. Sorry RiRi, you disappointed me and others.
— daakkuuu (@Presenjeet26) February 15, 2021
We are so tired & if we raise voice against this cultural appropriation so we are labelled as hindu extremist. For you all hinduphobics it is just necklace but for us he's god. Please stop telling us wht is offensive & whts not. Audacity of these ppl "hinduphobia doesn't exist"
— vedu (@IndicRant) February 16, 2021
@INCIndia @RahulGandhi @priyankagandhi @ArvindKejriwal Will you guys still support this nonsense or will still behave ignorant?? No reaction means you are happy with this which is absolutely against Sanatan Dharm.Though I dont expect any thing from you morons who are anti hindus.
— Sunil Sachdev (@sunilsachdev26) February 16, 2021
Not just the Twitter tribe, Riri also faced flak from BJP leader Ram Kadam. “It’s appalling to see how @Rihanna shamefully mocks our beloved Hindu God #Ganesha. This exposes how #Rihanna has no idea or respect for Indian culture, tradition and our issues here. Hopefully, at least now @RahulGandhi and other Congress leaders will stop taking help from her”, he wrote.
It's appalling to see how @Rihanna shamefully mocks our beloved Hindu God #Ganesha. This exposes how #Rihanna has no idea or respect for Indian culture, tradition and our issues here. Hopefully, at least now @RahulGandhi and other Congress leaders will stop taking help from her https://t.co/7zUpnO05GL
— Ram Kadam - (@ramkadam) February 16, 2021
Rihanna still hasn’t commented on this whole fiasco and we wonder what is going to be her statement on this. Cultural appropriation hasn’t been quite a new concept for the pop-star but this escalated on a whole new level indeed. What are your thoughts on this one?
(Source- Twitter)
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