Rihanna took to her Instagram today and slammed Snapchat for a now-erased promotion that showed up on the stage that made a joke about domestic violence.
The promotion, for an amusement called “Would You Rather,” inquired as to whether they would rather “slap Rihanna” or “punch Chris Brown,” apparently referencing the 2009 episode when the artist’s then-beau Chris Brown brutally physically attacked her. The advertisement was promptly hammered by web-based social networking for being tone hard of hearing and obtuse about abusive behavior at home, with numerous getting out Snapchat for permitting it keep running in any case; it was then deleted by Snapchat on Tuesday.
In an announcement to the BBC, Snapchat apologized for the promotion: “The advert was checked on and affirmed in blunder, as it damages our publicizing rules.”
The conciliatory sentiment did not reclaim Snapchat for Rihanna, be that as it may, who took to her Instagram story on Thursday to get out the online networking stage for favoring the advertisement.
“Presently SNAPCHAT I know you definitely know you ain’t my fav application out there! Be that as it may, I’m simply attempting to make sense of what the fact of the matter was with this chaos! I’d love to call it numbness, yet I know you ain’t that imbecilic!” she composed on Instagram Story. “You burned through cash to enliven something that would deliberately bring disgrace to [domestic violence] casualties and made a joke of it!!! This isn’t about my own sentiments, cause I don’t have quite a bit of them… however every one of the ladies, youngsters and men that have been casualties of DV previously and particularly the ones who haven’t made it out yet… .you let us down! Disgrace on you. Discard the entire application oligy!”
Since Rihanna reprimanded Snapchat, the organization’s stock has dropped almost 5%.
See Rihanna’s full proclamation beneath.
Rihanna responding to Snapchat’s ad. I can’t believe they did this. pic.twitter.com/TpHQIXTm4j
— Gennette Cordova (@GNCordova) March 15, 2018
