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Rihanna and Chris Brown were spotted in New York yesterday arriving separately to Rihanna’s Believe Benefit concert.? I dunno why they are trying so hard but I guess it’s working.? The more they deny it, the more we wanna post pics of them getting caught…fun stuff!
?Check out the flix of Rihanna’s?performance after the jump!
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After Chris Brown’s remarks at the Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards …Rihanna has decided to make some comments of her own.? They are not “Just Friends“….they are best, best friends….almost like related? 😕 :
She says, “I won’t say that we’re just friends – me and Chris are really best, best friends. We both started our careers around the same time. He is one of the only people in the industry … I trust and hang out with all the time. We are best friends, honestly, like brother and sister. If he was a boyfriend, I would say that.” (Source)
*sigh* I honestly thought their relationship was a set-up from the beginning, BUT now…hmmmm???Best ~ Best Friend….BROTHER?!? ?Who would ever kiss their brother in the mouth?? I mean…besides Angela Jolie??? 😕
Check out these flicks of?Rihanna at Saturday night?s Nickelodeon Kids? Choice Awards.? Stunning and fly as usual, Rihanna posed for pics as her rumored boy-toy Chris Brown avoided all contact and photo ops.? They each walked the red orange carpet separately and sat apart from each other during the event.
Brown, who picked up the favorite male singer prize, kept his distance from the Barbados beauty as they both took separate turns waving to the throngs of screaming fans.
Chris even went as far as telling reporters, ?We?re not in a relationship or anything,? before making his way inside…(Source)
I don’t understand?:-? …if they were “just friends,” from the get-go…why all the drama??
Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, Janet Jackson and more also participated in the annual show.? See more flix from the event after the jump!
It appears that?singer?Rihanna was not the first choice for the hit single “Umbrella.”? Singer/songwriter Taio Cruz originally offered the song to Mary J. Blige and Britney Spears and both turned it down. 😕 Mary didn’t think the song was right for her (I agree) but Britney’s camp said merely that “it didn’t work for her.”? I guess it was fate for Rihanna because “Umbrella” …Ella…Ella is considered to be her breakthrough hit! ? (Source)
Rihanna performed last night in Chicago for?a charity event?she’s calling ?A Girl?s Night Out.????She is intentionally hittin up a few intimate venues to benefit her charity?~ The Believe Foundation.
??When I was young and I would watch television and I would see all the children suffering, I always said when I grow up I want to help,? she said of why she started The Believe Foundation. (Source)
There are?two more benefit concerts planned; March 28th at San Francisco?s Ruby Skye and April 9th at New York City?s HighLine Ballroom.? Charity???I’m almost impressed.
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