K-Netizens react to Rihanna’s new controversial photoshoot

Rihanna has been a trending topic since her amazing Super Bowl halftime show in 2023. The Barbadian entrepreneur always finds a way to be relevant, even when it is for the wrong reasons, as many K-Netizens expressed on social media.

The latest Rihanna photoshoot by Nadia Lee Cohen for the Spring 2024 issue of Interview Magazine was highly criticized in South Korea. The highlight of the photographs shows Rihanna dressed in a nun’s headwear, a veil, and a wimple.

The photoshoot received backlash from the K-Netizens on theqoo forum with almost more than 100,000 views since it was posted. Criticism flooded over the comments explaining the sexual objectification of nuns and other professions is a real matter of concern.

The pictorial looks received comments emphasizing how disgusted they found the photoshoot and the intention. Rihanna’s team hasn’t addressed the rising controversy in South Korea. However, they might release a statement explaining the current situation to the K-Netizens in the next couple of days if the post keeps reaching more audiences.