Bangor farmer tells superstar Rihanna to 'cover up'

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A farmer who allowed one of the world's best-selling pop stars to film in his grain field told her to cover up after she stripped down for a video.
Local councillor Alan Graham said he was fetching his tractor when he saw her and thought it was unacceptable.
The Rude Boy star was filming a new pop video in his Bangor field.
"I thought it was inappropriate. I requested them to stop and they did," he explained.
"I had my conversation with Rihanna and I hope she understands where I'm coming from. We shook hands," he said.
Mr Graham is a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the largest political party in Northern Ireland and one which is traditionally conservative in its views.
He admitted that he did not know who the 23-year-old sex symbol was when he got a phone call to ask for the use of his field in Bangor, County Down, for a pop video last week.
"I didn't know who was coming. If the name 'Rihanna' had been mentioned, well, no disrespect but it wouldn't have meant anything," he explained.
Rihanna, one of the most successful pop performers in the world, came to film in the alderman's Bangor grain field on Monday.
She pulled up in a white caravan on the A2 dual carriageway.
Traffic practically ground to a halt near Ballyrobert as drivers strained to get a glimpse of the singer and her cavalcade.
But the DUP man said it was still his field and he wasn't happy with what she was doing.
"From my point of view, it was my land, I have an ethos and I felt it was inappropriate.
"I wish no ill will against Rihanna and her friends. Perhaps they could acquaint themselves with a greater God," he said.
Hundreds of people also gathered by the roadside to watch the impromptu performance with many local school children using their camera phones to record the event for posterity.
The Barbadian first came to prominence in her homeland and the United States before achieving worldwide fame with her 2007 hit, Umbrella.


This has amused me no end. But at the same time, I do think the famer does have a point that it is inappropriate. It seems that pop stars can't be bothered to make a video that isn't them just them in their knickers and bra in a bed/field/warehouse dry humping something. I'd much rather see them put some clothes on and create a music video that is interesting and memorable, instead of having to use sex to sell it.
 
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This has amused me no end. But at the same time, I do think the famer does have a point that it is inappropriate. It seems that pop stars can't be bothered to make a video that isn't them just them in their knickers and bra in a bed/field/warehouse dry humping something. I'd much rather see them put some clothes on and create a music video that is interesting and memorable, instead of having to use sex to sell it.
LOL It is quite humorous. and you're right. I think sex is way too commercialized in music. I remember when Madonna was the biggest scandel in over sexualization...
 

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much to do over a freaking bikini top... if there was sand around, no one would have said a thing.
So I guess a crowded beach with kids running around is a better place to flash those titties. Better than some isolated wheat field...
 

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His land, so if he wanted her to stop that's his right. I think it's good that she did the honorable thing and honored his wishes w/o bitching about it.
 
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