Seeing Candace Owens give a Black person a compliment is sort of like seeing the sun rise on the wrong side of the Earth or watching a thunderstorm erupt indoors. The brain just can’t compute.
There were many minds trying to perform the mental gymnastics it takes to wrap their brains around Owens defending and supporting Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime show performance on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023.
Moreover, Owens chastised conservative Americans who pelted Rihanna with insults for allegedly promoting out-of-wedlock births and for some of her risqué gestures like tapping her posterior. Their disparagement is proving to be inconsequential since Bad Girl RiRi had higher viewership for her halftime show (118.7 million) than the actual Super Bowl game (113 million) — which, by the way, became the third most-watched TV program in American history.
Grabbing her crotch then smelling her fingers is classy? Interesting.
— Darth Vader (@VaderTucson) February 13, 2023
Owens gave Rihanna her flowers for, among other things, simply being fully clothed.
I don’t want to jinx it but—- Rihanna is the first female Super Bowl performer in recent memory that has managed to keep her clothes on.
Nudity doesn’t shock me anymore.
Self-respect does.
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) February 13, 2023
Owens took it a step further and said she’s always had an affinity for the sultry singer who announced after the Super Bowl that she will have her second child with rapper A$AP Rocky.
I’ve always liked Rihanna.
Something about her.— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) February 13, 2023
The conservative commentator took the rare stance of lighting into fellow ultra-right folks for picking apart Rihanna’s performance. Former President Donald Trump, for example, said on his own social media platform this past week that Rihanna had no “talent.” Rihanna, of course, was a very vocal critic of Trump’s policies while he was in the White House.
How conservatives lose culture: nothing wrong with Rihanna’s performance but finding things wrong anyway.
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) February 13, 2023
There were many folks, especially those who never thought they would never agree with any stance Owens takes, who concurred with Owens’ sentiments about the 34-year-old singing sensation.
Conservatives are upset that it wasn't a country christian rock band performing and it's embarrassing
— Harrison Krank (@HarrisonKrank) February 13, 2023
