Watch Rihanna take a photo for football fan who didn’t recognise her

2 August, 2024

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Rihanna was spotted at a recent Manchester City match against AC Milan, where she helped take a photo for a football fan who didn’t recognise her.

The singer and cosmetics mogul was present at New York’s Yankee Stadium last Saturday (July 27), where the two football clubs held a friendly match. Rihanna, who attended to promote her latest Fenty collaboration with Puma, was also seen taking a photo with Manchester City’s Jack Grealish and AC Milan’s Christian Pulisic and Yunus Musah.

A kid in AC Milan attire then walked up to Rihanna and asked her if she can help take a picture with the players for him. Rihanna happily obliged and directed the group, who are joined by two more kids, before taking the photo from an armchair.

The kid was somehow less starstruck meeting Rihanna than actress Natalie Portman, who recently shared that meeting the ‘Diamonds’ singer was a “formative moment” in her life.

“It was an amazing experience for me,” she told Jimmy Fallon on his talk show. “Every woman going through divorce should get to have Rihanna say to her that she’s a bad bitch. It was exactly what I needed.”

For the past few years, Rihanna has gone full businesswoman mode with her wildly successful Fenty Beauty brand. Save for a Super Bowl performance last year, Rihanna has mainly shied away from making and performing music.

The wait for her follow-up to 2016’s ‘Anti’ has been simmering all this time, and Rihanna knows it. Last month, Rihanna sent a DM to GloRilla asking about new music: “I know dis wild hypocritical, but when the album drop?”.

Recently, Rihanna shared details on her upcoming ‘R9’ LP. In April, the star said she had material she felt she “could make hits out of”. Additionally, she told Extra that she felt the album would represent “the evolution” of her sound.

Last month, she spoke about the delay of her ninth record, saying she was “starting over” and “rediscovering” what she wanted ‘R9’ to be like.

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