By now you should know that Rihanna is never what you would expect her to be. Accepting her Humaniatrian of the Year Award yesterday, the singer was a little overwhelmed before she started her speech, and had difficulty getting the first word out. Surprising for a girl who’s behind a hit like “Bitch, Better Have My Money.”
When she got her stride, the swagger was there with a hair flip and a facial expression that is going to be the mother of all the memes you’ll be seeing in days to come. It’s all just a facade, however, as Rihanna reveals how as a kid she wondered how many cents she could collect to save all the kids in Africa.
Rihanna got her fairtylate story early when she became a music star as a teenager. At 18, she would establish the BELIEVE Foundation for sick children and soon followed it up with the Clara Lionel Foundation. In the years to follow she continued her good works but they often were eclipsed by her musical achivements. It’s only fitting then as Rihanna said in her speech “All you need to do is to help one person, expecting nothing in return. To me, that is a humanitarian. People make it seem it too hard, man.”
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She then told the crowd that being a humanitarian doesn’t need to entail having a career, fame, or being college educated. “I mean, I wish I was,” joked Rihanna who even said she might come back to the pretigious university.
Which goes to show that appearances deceive and Rihanna with her next-to-nothing outfits, her rebellious lyrics, and her IDGAF attitude, made a fool of us all in the best way possible.
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Watch her full speech here:
