Rihanna blasts reports she provoked Chris Brown assault
June 25th, 2011 - 4:53 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, June 25 (IANS) Singer Rihanna has hit back at reports that she provoked singer Chris Brown into hitting her.An infuriated Rihanna lashed out at MTV Canada for running a story based on a tweet she supposedly wrote regarding the Brown incident. She took to microblogging site Twitter to vent her anger. She wrote: “@mtvnewscanada are u f**king kiddin me?????? You’re supposed to be a RELIABLE source for news on music and this is the bulls**t u post??”
MTV Canada had reported that a tweet from Rihanna’s official Twitter page has uncovered that the Barbadian singer provoked her ex-boyfriend into hitting her back in 2009, reports aceshowbiz.com.
The reported tweet allegedly read, “‘I admit it. I provoked Chris [Brown] to hit me. It not entirely his fault. #imSORRY?’.”
In its report, the channel noted that the tweet has since been removed and has sparked speculation whether it was a hoax or a work by a hacker.
After Rihanna’s fiery response, the cable network tweeted a retraction to the story. It wrote, “#Rihanna fans. We were reporting on a story that was posted on several sites today. We had no intention to be salacious.”
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