The Bajan beauty hit back at body-shamers, one of whom was a sports writer who called her 'fat,' with a funny meme about the 27-year-old rapper and his changing physique.
- Jun 6, 2017
AceShowbiz - Rihanna is the queen of clap-back. The 29-year-old songstress took to her Instagram account on Monday, June 5 to give a hilarious response to body-shamers, one of whom was a sports writer who was suspended from his position after calling Rih "fat."
The Bajan beauty posted a meme about Gucci Mane and his changing physique. She captioned the weight loss meme, which featured a fuller picture of the 27-year-old rapper from 2007 next to his current thinner self, with a sad crying emoji.
"If you can't handle me at my 2007 Gucci Mane, you don't deserve me at my 2017 Gucci Mane," so read the meme alongside the side-by-side comparisons of the "Make Love" spitter.
Rih's funny post comes just days after Barstool Sports published a now-deleted article with the headline that read, "Is Rihanna Going to Make Being Fat the Hot New Trend?" In the article, author Chris "Spags" Spagnuolo wrote that the "Umbrella" hitmaker "looked like she was wearing a sumo suit."
In a statement posted on the website, Barstool Sports' founder David Portnoy explained that he's since suspended Spags and removed the ill-conceived article, but only because he thought it was not funny enough. "To be honest I don't think the blog was as bad as many are making it out to be, but I'll tell you this," the statement read.
"It wasn't that funny either and I could have told you with absolute certainty that feminists would hate it and use it as an example of 'there goes Barstool being Barstool again,' " it continued. "There are just certain topics that you better nail if you're gonna write about them because you know they are hot button issues for us. So if you're gonna blog about Rihanna gaining weight you better be funny as f**k and you better make it bullet proof."
