Rihanna has finally made a statement to the public since her alleged altercation with boyfriend, Chris Brown, MTV news reports.
“At the request of the authorities, Rihanna is not commenting about the incident involving Chris Brown,” reads a statement from her representatives. “She wants to assure her fans that she remains strong, is doing well, and deeply appreciates the outpouring of support she has received during this difficult time.”
This statement was a response to the posted photo of Rihanna on TMZ.com. The timing of the photograph was unfortunate, as it was posted on Thursday, and Friday is Rihanna’s 21st birthday. The infamous photograph pictured the singer from Barbados crying, and apparently severely beaten up. The photo, evidently leaked by a source within the Los Angeles Police Department, prompted a international investigation by the LAPD.
According to mtvnews.com, Rihanna’s father spoke with media outlets as well. He referred to the photo leak on Friday as “sloppy work on [the LAPD’s] part.”
Another photograph published is of the singer in a car in Los Angeles on Thursday night, reportedly on her way to an airport. This picture was posted on People.com and OK! magazine’s Web site.
No joke: Ryan Seacrest was attacked by a shark over the weekend.
Luckily for him, it was just a baby. As Seacrest explained on his radio show Monday that he was wading in the water at the beach when he felt something swim past him.
“I thought it was a stick,” he said. “I wasn’t sure what had happened. Then I saw it swim! He took a bite, and he left.”
He later found one of the shark’s teeth lodged in his foot.
Seacrest was incredulous about the incident. When asked if anyone else was hurt, he replied, “No, just me, of course! There were like 1,000 people in the ocean, and I get bit by the shark!”
He was still in minor pain at the time of his radio show.
Kele Okereke, the singer for Bloc Party, was attacked Saturday by Sex Pistols singer John Lydon.
Okereke approached Lydon as a fan, asking about a possible reunion of his post-Sex Pistols band, Public Image Ltd.
Okereke told the Guardian UK that Lydon then became “intimidating and aggressive while his entourage responded with a racist tirade, including the statement, ‘your problem is your black attitude’.” Okereke is of Nigerian descent.
Okereke was left with “severe facial bruising and a split lip” following the assault, but that wasn’t the worst part for him. “It’s not an issue of the physical assault, even though it was an unprovoked attack,” Okereke commented. “It is the fact that race was brought into the matter so readily. Someone as respected and as intelligent as Lydon should know better than to bring race into the equation, or socialise with and encourage those who hold such narrow-minded attitudes.
“I am disappointed that someone I held with such high regard turns out to be such a bigot.”
Several other bands witness the attack and stepped in on Okereke’s behalf.
