Rihanna Opens up about refusal to perform at 2018 Super Bowl
By Reuters
11 October 2019 |
4:57 pm
In a recent interview with ‘Vogue,’ Rihanna confirmed the reason she turned down the 2018 Super Bowl Halftime Show. . It was initially reported by 'US Weekly' that the 31-year-old singer turned down the offer due to the Colin Kaepernick kneeling controversy of 2016.
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