Rihannais defending aVoguewriter who received backlash after she said she didn’t come prepared to her interview with the musician.
“Normally I bring a list of questions, but I didn’t have time to prepare one, which I make a split-second decision to confess,” Aguirre writes in the profile. “‘I’m winging it, so you have to help me,’ I say nervously. Rihanna flashes a grin that is somehow both reassuring and mischievous. ‘Aren’t we all?’ she says.”
After the story was published,manyon social mediacriticized Aguirre for her unpreparedness. When asked about the backlash at a celebration forher new coffee table bookon Friday, Rihanna reportedly defended Aguirre.
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“Wait, wait, what?” Rihanna said, according toWWD.“No, no, no, no. That’s gangster. For you to get a call the day before being like, ‘Hey, Rihanna’s in L.A., you wanna do this?’ And show up on the dime and write an incredible article that I’m really proud of and enjoyed reading? She’s badass for that.”
“If you don’t have to prepare, girl, you’re gangster,” she added.
Aguirre previously defended herself on Twitter,writing, “GUYS. I was driving to Trader Joe’s in sweatpants when I got the call and literally had to flip a bitch. I research my subjects to death. Especially Rihanna. I appreciate the anger behind the reaction. But this is a misunderstanding, for which I take full responsibility.”
“I had literally no notice,” sheadded. “The point was to convey how nerve-wracking this was, given my deep, bordering-on-psychotic reverence for Rihanna.”
Aguirre continued: “If you had accused me of eating too much Mexican food, I would take that personally. Because it’s true. But you can’t accuse me of not doing research. Ask anyone I have ever worked with. Ever.”
In herVoguecover story, Rihanna confirmed rumors that she hadturned down the opportunity to sing at next year’s Super Bowlhalftime show, and opened up about herhighly anticipated upcoming album.
“I like to look at it as a reggae-inspired or reggae-infused album,” the “Work” hitmaker said. “It’s not gonna be typical of what you know as reggae. But you’re going to feel the elements in all of the tracks … Reggae always feels right to me. It’s in my blood.”
“It doesn’t matter how far or long removed I am from that culture, or my environment that I grew up in; it never leaves,” she added. “It’s always the same high. Even though I’ve explored other genres of music, it was time to go back to something that I haven’t really homed in on completely for a body of work.”
source: people.com
