Rihanna Trolls Upset Commenters After Joking About Sneaking Into Polls: ‘Where Were You in Jan 6?’
Rihanna has the presidential election on the brain — and she’s clapping right back at anyone who disagrees with her.
After the Fenty mogul, who was encouraging her followers to vote, joked on Instagram Monday (Nov. 4) about wanting to “sneak into the polls” to vote using her son’s American passport, some detractors took aim at Ri — who is a citizen of Barbados — in the comments. But as usual, the “Stay” singer got the last word, replying to several trolls with biting comebacks.
To someone who wrote that Ri “shouldn’t be posting [her] political opinions” and should instead “stick to music sis,” for instance, the billionaire businesswoman replied with a reference to the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, “Where were you in Jan 6 sis? Stick to your discounted crotch. We out here fighting for its rights!”
When another person wrote that Rihanna “should be arrested” for “illegal voting,” the nine-time Grammy winner simply commented in response, “shut up Karen.”
“you’re f–ked! And so is the America you dream of,” Ri added to someone who wrote that they’d voted for Republican nominee Donald Trump as “abortions are probably nowhere near as important as y’all are making it seem.”
Rihanna’s original post came one day ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election. In it, the star — one of countless other superstar musicians — appears to be backing Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. Along with a video of herself staring out the window of a moving car, the “Diamonds” musician captioned the clip “when protecting p–sies and firing p–sies can happen all in one vote” and added the hashtags “#votecauseicant” and “#tansuitseason,” the latter of which appears to be in reference to the VP’s viral outfit at the Democratic National Convention in August.
And though Ri is proud to be from her home country in the Carribean — “I LOVE my Bajan passport! I came here to work and pay taxes! You’re welcome,” she explained in another comment — the artist is invested in the 2024 presidential race. As she alluded to in her post, Ri is mom to two American sons, 2-year-old RZA and 9-month-old Riot Rose, whom she shares with A$AP Rocky.
And to one fan who jokingly asked whether Ri had indeed made it into the polls, she replied, “not yet sis! But I’m sleeping outside to make sure the navy shows up.”
See Rihanna’s post below.
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