Cyrus Langhorne
Grammy-winning singer Rihanna isn’t here for Snapchat – at all. The R&B heavyweight has come forward to address the social media giant running an offensive ad featuring herself and former boyfriend Chris Brown.
RiR’s management team Roc Nation issued a public statement Thursday (March 15) on her behalf.
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) March 15, 2018
This week, Snapchat issued an apology for allowing the disturbing commercial to run on its app.
Snap told Newsbeat the advert, which was only published in the US, was published “in error” and had been removed immediately. Snap said: “The advert was reviewed and approved in error, as it violates our advertising guidelines. We immediately removed the ad last weekend, once we became aware.” “We are sorry that this happened,” it added. (BBC)
Is it just me, or is this ad that popped up on my Snapchat extremely tone deaf? Like what were they thinking with this? pic.twitter.com/7kP9RHcgNG
— Royce Mann (@TheRoyceMann) March 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/973077777313419264
President Bill Clinton‘s daughter Chelsea even addressed the ad on Twitter.
Just awful. Awful that anyone thinks this is funny. Awful that anyone thinks this is appropriate. Awful that any company would approve this. Thank you Brittany for calling this out.
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) March 12, 2018
Coincidentally, reality TV star Kylie Jenner recently threw a major jab at Snapchat.
sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me… ugh this is so sad.
— Kylie Jenner (@KylieJenner) February 21, 2018
still love you tho snap … my first love
— Kylie Jenner (@KylieJenner) February 21, 2018
Just awful. Awful that anyone thinks this is funny. Awful that anyone thinks this is appropriate. Awful that any company would approve this. Thank you Brittany for calling this out.
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) March 12, 2018
