Rihanna courts controversy with smoking pose
R&B superstar Rihanna seems to have developed a knack for courting controversy and her latest racy cover art for her single has run into trouble for glamorising smoking.
The 21-year-old singer posed naked for the cover of ‘Rude Boy’, wearing nothing but a top hat and boots with a lit cigarette in her mouth, reported Sun online.
The ‘Umbrella’ hitmaker provoked a strong reaction by posing with a cigarette, having previously said that she sees herself as a role model for young girls.
The image has become a hot topic of discussion in Internet forums.
“Just plain stupid move. Cigarettes cause so many people to die from lung cancer, and yet she poses with one, trying to look rebellious to 16 year olds,” wrote a member of the forum ‘Celeblove’.
No stranger to controversy, Rihanna had faced accusations of glamorising violence for getting a tattoo of a gun last year.
The singer who had suffered assault at the hands of her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown last year made the controversial decision to have a handgun tattooed on her body.
The singer, who has often been seen wearing a miniature gun pendant necklace, had the weapon etched across her ribcage.
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