It seems as though Rihanna is going through a little family drama in the midst of promoting her new album Rated R. She went on a radio show recently and revealed that she hasn’t spoken to her father in almost a year. The two had a fallen out after her father became drunk on tour and disrespected some of her team which resulted in Rihanna sending him back to Barbados. She claims that she’s been trying to reach him, especially on Father’s Day and his birthday, to no avail. He then turned his back on her and ran to the media when she was going through her situation with Chris Brown.
“He kind of did something that was really upsetting. He turned his back on me and went to the media. He got paid to talk about stuff – all these little interviews he was doing after the whole situation in February. I hadn’t spoken to him and he was speaking as though we did. It was so disappointing to me. “I haven’t heard from my father in over a year. I try though, I reached out to him. I did my part. Now it’s on him.”
However, Rihanna’s father claims he is the one who’s been trying to reach out to her and she’s been avoiding his calls.
“Robyn (Rihanna’s real name) is going around saying I don’t want to be in touch with her. I leave messages for her but I never hear back. I want nothing more in this world than to see my daughter again and to be part of her life. “I speak to my children every day and to have gone so long without speaking to Robyn is heartbreaking. I am very distressed about it.” He added: “What makes it all the more sad is our argument was over nothing. I had been on her tour for four weeks and things were fantastic.
“But in Chicago I got drunk before a gig – I acted like a jerk. “I remember Robyn being really upset and saying? ‘Dad, you are going home’. One of her assistants put me on a plane back to Barbados. I have not seen or heard from Robyn since.” He added: “I just want to send a message to her to say, ‘I’m sorry and I love you.’”
Rihanna’s response:
‘It’s funny that you’re saying he’s trying to reconcile. He has my number.’
Ouh! I hate hearing about family drama! When you acquire a certain level of success there are some people that you can take along for the ride, while others you have to let off at the next stop, especially if they are throwing roadblocks in your journey. (Even if it’s family). Tough love!
That father of hers is something! I had a feeling he was spreading nothing but lies during that whole Chrianna debacle. smh…
