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Stephen A. Smith Apologizes To Rihanna For Comparing Her To Beyoncé

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2 weeks ago

January 18, 2023

Stephen Smith recently appeared on Sherri Shephard’s talk show and recently admitted he was not excited to see Rihanna perform at the Super Bowl halftime show. The interview then circulated all over the blogs causing an uproar among fans. Stephen took to Twitter and posted an apology video for Rihanna.

He later then addressed the situation in a series of tweets.

Horrific mistake. Something that was suppose to be a fun moment on the Sherri Shepard show has gotten out of hand. An overzealous member on my MGMT team — which has access to my account — posted something I would NEVER say about @rihanna, her fans or any other artist. The post…
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) January 18, 2023

Has been removed. My social management team will never make a mistake like this again. My apologies again to @Rihanna. And just to be clear, I’m a huge fan. Sherri and I were just having fun. That is all.
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) January 18, 2023

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