Rihanna photographed at the event to launch RiRi by Rihanna fragrance in New York. (Image courtesy: AFP)
Los Angeles:
Anti-fur protesters disrupted Rihanna's new perfume launch event in Brooklyn, New York and verbally attacked the Diamonds hitmaker for wearing animal products.
Rihanna's fans had come to Macy's department store in Brooklyn, where a small group of protestors created a scene by parading around the shop, holding up posters with monikers like, "Who died for your coat?" and "Skinned alive", reported chron.com.
Their Turn shared a video, which also shows demonstrators chanting "Shame on Rihanna", as security guards try to protect the singer from confrontation with the protesters. (Also Read: A Splashy Entrance by Rihanna Puts Chinese Designers in the Spotlight)
Rihanna, 27, has previously been criticized for wearing fur accessories and was also attacked by officials at PETA in 2012, after she sported thigh-high snake skin boots.
Rihanna's fans had come to Macy's department store in Brooklyn, where a small group of protestors created a scene by parading around the shop, holding up posters with monikers like, "Who died for your coat?" and "Skinned alive", reported chron.com.
Their Turn shared a video, which also shows demonstrators chanting "Shame on Rihanna", as security guards try to protect the singer from confrontation with the protesters. (Also Read: A Splashy Entrance by Rihanna Puts Chinese Designers in the Spotlight)
Brave activists get past security with posters and disrupt Rihanna.
Posted by Their Turn on Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Rihanna, 27, has previously been criticized for wearing fur accessories and was also attacked by officials at PETA in 2012, after she sported thigh-high snake skin boots.