Donald Trump and Howard Stern were among the people who criticized and called out Rihanna for allegedly lip-synching during her Super Bowl LVII halftime show performance.
Unlike everyone who was completely ecstatic, excited, and hyped to see Rihanna return onstage after what seemed to be like forever, the two personalities had a lot to say about the "Rude Boy" singer's performance.
According to the Daily Mail UK, talk show host accused Rihanna of lip-synching the majority of her performance: "You know, I don't even know why she bothered showing up. I could be wrong, but in my opinion, 85 percent of that performance was lip sync!"
'Well, the big giveaway might be when she puts the microphone down by her knees and her lips aren't moving and the other voices are going," he added.
Despite the heavy accusations against the singer-slash-beauty mogul, he then added a little jest in the end, "I had a theory, Rihanna was not lip-syncing, but she put the microphone near her vagina so the new baby could sing. The baby was singing backup."
On the other hand, the former president has been vocal of his disdain towards Rihanna from the get-go.
Prior to the Super Bowl, Trump called the singer "talentless," among other things, now he claims that her performance was "without question, the single worst halftime show in Super Bowl history".
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LipSync-Gate?
According to reports, Rihanna announced that she is pregnant with her second child during her Super Bowl performance, and she was not afraid to show off her baby bump to everyone.
However, this move received mixed reactions from the fans. Some praised her for performing despite being in her second trimester, while others criticized the singer for accepting the project, knowing that she would not be able to perform to a hundred percent of her capabilities.
"Pretty sad that the Halftime show has just become about dancing and the stage, the setup, props, and so on. No disrespect to Rihanna but you can clearly tell she is lip-syncing and it just kinda ruins the mood. But that's super, super underwhelming," a Twitter user wrote.
"The way she didn't gaf if she got caught lip-syncing sent me. Like the amount of times she dropped the mic or turned away from it and the vocals didn't stop. I can't even hate on her, she was being real," another wrote.
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