Rihanna is furious with Snapchat after an advert on the social media platform asked users to choose if they would rather “slap Rihanna or ...
Rihanna is furious with Snapchat after an advert on the
social media platform asked users to choose if they would rather “slap Rihanna
or punch Chris Brown”.
Brown was convicted of assaulting Rihanna in 2009 when they
were in a relationship. Rihanna posted a lengthy statement on her Instagram
story, writing: “Now SNAPCHAT I know you already know you ain’t my fav app out
there!
“But I’m just trying to figure out what the point was with
this mess! I’d love to call it ignorance, but I know you ain’t that dumb!
“You spent money to animate something that would
intentionally bring shame to DV victims and made a joke of it!!
“This isn’t about my personal feelings, cause I don’t have
much of them… but all the women, children and men that have been victims of DV
in the past and especially the ones who haven’t made it out yet… you let us
down!
“Shame on you. Throw the whole app-oligy away.”
A spokesman for Snapchat said: “This advertisement is
disgusting and never should have appeared on our service.
“We are so sorry we made the terrible mistake of allowing
it through our review process.
“We are investigating how that happened so that we can make
sure it never happens again.”
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