In the wake of the Ray Rice domestic abuse scandal, the NFL pulled Rihanna (who survived domestic abuse at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, Chris Brown) and Jay-Z’s Thursday Night Football theme, “Run This Town,” from last week’s Raven’s game. Instead, the organization aired a discussion about domestic violence, you know the one that they should have had after Ray Rice punched his (than to be) wife, and not after TMZ showed the world a video of it happening. Now Rihanna, has responded to the song being pulled, telling CBS “f**k you” via Twitter.
Last week CBS pulled Rihanna’s Thursday Night Football theme from the Ravens game, opting to hold a discussion about domestic violence instead. However, this upset many, who felt like Rihanna was once again being victimized for being a victim of domestic abuse. Sean McManus, CBS’ Sports chairman, spoke with SI.com about the descion to pull the song:
“We thought journalistically and from a tone standpoint, we needed to have the appropriate tone and coverage. A lot of the production elements we wanted in the show are being eliminated because of time or tone.”
Rihanna has now responded to the controversy, tweeting:
“CBS you pulled my song last week, now you wanna slide it back in this Thursday? NO, F**k you! Y'all are sad for penalizing me for this.”
Rihanna latter punctuated her Tweet, adding “The audacity…”
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