Rihanna Once Said Performing At The Super Bowl Is 'Selling Out' Due To Colin Kaepernick; Now She's The Headliner

The NFL announced this week Rihanna will headline the Super Bowl halftime show. She confirmed the news gleefully on Instagram with a photograph of herself holding a football. This makes Rihanna a sellout. That is at least according to Rihanna in 2019. Three years ago, Rihanna confirmed in a Vogue profile that she turned down an opportunity to perform at the Super Bowl in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick. "Absolutely, ," the singer responded. Rihanna added she would never participate in an NFL event and enable its racism. “I couldn’t dare . For what? Who gains from that? Not my people. I just couldn’t be a sellout. I couldn’t be an enabler. There are things within that organization that I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of service to them in any way.” Strong words from someone about to perform for the NFL and provide it a service.

Rihanna. (Getty Images)