Employing The Secret or other methods of positive thinking will not make Rihanna your girlfriend. Sorry.
NBA player Matt Barnes of the Memphis Grizzlies spoke to TMZ about a blossoming romance with RiRi, claiming it "just passed the crush stage." Passed the crush stage into where, exactly, Mr. Barnes? Never Gonna Happen Land? Because according to Rihanna, she's never even met him.
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When asked if his relocation to Memphis would hurt their romance, he said that he did not foresee the distance being an issue because "she's rich." What a keeper! Never mind the fact that physical proximity generally isn't much of a problem for relationships that only exist in the imagination.
So Rihanna did what any Instagram queen would do -- she shut it down using some pretty harsh hashtags. Her use of #defamationofcharacter might sting the most, but really, they are actual poetry when piled up on top of each other.
#bishwhere #thedevilisaliar #shesnotthatintoyou #shesnotintoyouatall #shesneverevenmetyou #thisactuallyhurtmyfeelings #defamationofcharacter A photo posted by badgalriri (@badgalriri) on Aug 16, 2015 at 2:31pm PDT
Meanwhile, Rihanna is reportedly dating race car driver Lewis Hamilton, who she has definitely actually met on multiple occasions.
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