Since my last post on the subject Rihanna has performed three more concerts in London, UK on Saturday (15/6/13) and Sunday (16/6/13) and in Birmingham,
UK on Monday (17/6/13). These concerts were obviously scheduled to
coincide with the UK hosted G8 Summit that was held on Monday and
Tuesday (18/6/13).
The original plan was that I would be so driven by lust for Rihanna that
I would once again engage in some stalkerish behaviour in a effort to
meet up with her or attend one of her concerts. The intention being to
add to G8 discussions about my mental health and allow the US and the UK
to show off about how good they are at manipulating my behaviour. The
ideal outcome was to invoke memories of the 2005 G8 Summit which was
accompanied by the Live 8 Concert that I was heavily involved in. This
helped get around USD50bn worth of third world debt written off. It also
seems to have helped significantly alter the way then US President
George W Bush viewed the developing world leading to things like the US'
highly successfully anti-HIV/AIDS program in sub-Saharan Africa. By
claiming to be able to completely control my actions the US and the UK
were hoping to claim the credit for the success of the Live 8 concert.
However even if I had behaved according to plan I think this would have
been a tough sell because my relationship with the UK authorities since
2005 can hardly be categorised as "friendly."
With it having been made quite clear long in advance that I wouldn't be
sticking to the script Rihanna's handlers changed tactics by making sure
her London concerts were attended by both her mother and her father
along with her brother. Although I'm still uncomfortable discussing
someone elses private business on the Internet I think it's well
established that Rihanna's father is a man whose life has been plagued
by alcoholism, crack cocaine addiction and violent outbursts. Therefore
his relationship with Rihanna's mother has been equally unstable and
categorised by incidents of domestic violence. This is obviously similar
to Rihanna's own relationship with Chris Brown. Therefore Rihanna's
family reunion in London was intended to promote discussion about
whether Rihanna's inaccurate belief that she has had some sort of
romantic relationship with Chris Brown is the result of behaviour she
learnt growing up in a domestically violent household.
The problem is that the developed nations that make up the G8 all have
extensive knowledge of psychology including things like conditioning and
quite a deep understanding of the causes and issues surrounding
domestic violence. They are also well versed in the dark arts of
espionage that would involve identifying a psychological flaw such as
Rihanna's and exploiting it in order to control her behaviour. Therefore
any attempt to discuss Rihanna's parents relationship as a cause of
Rihanna's problems would simply have the G8 leaders all nodding in
agreement rather than sparking some great argument. As such I think the
secondary objective of the reunion was to create speculation that
Rihanna was being rehabilitated by the UK by being forced to face up to
the problems in her own and her parents relationships. This concern for
Rihanna would obviously help portray the UK in a positive light and make
it the centre of attention for the rest of the Diamonds World Tour as
we clamour to discover the secret of Rihanna's progress (or lack there
of).
Although touring is always stressful and my decision that she's not
worth getting out of bed for is hardly likely to have boosted Rihanna's
confidence the main pressure on Rihanna during the family reunion was
the breaking of the Charles Saatchi/Nigella Lawson story. If you've not
been following the story on Sunday the UK's "Sunday People" newspaper
published more than a week old photographs of Charles Saatchi engaged in
physical altercation with his wife Nigella Lawson at a London
restaurant. In the photographs Saatchi can be seen grabbing Lawson, by
the throat, twisting her nose and forcefully placing his hand over her
mouth. Lawson was also photographed leaving the restaurant in tears.
Although I don't know enough about Saatchi and Lawson's relationship to
comment fully the photographs most certainly fit the legal definition of
domestic violence and Saatchi has since accepted a police caution after
admitting the offence of assault contrary to common law (a
misdemeanour).
The Saatchi/Lawson story has obviously provoked a lot of discussion
about domestic violence. However the big difference between the incident
and Chris Brown's 2009 felony assault on Rihanna is clearly the level
of violence used. Also as someone who actually enjoys relationships
where both parties periodically hurl insults and plates at each other I
along with other commentators have suggested that perhaps this one
isolated incident does not tell the full story of Saatchi and Lawson's
relationship. After all the photographer might have missed the
proceeding moments in which Lawson was hurling abuse at Saatchi and
slapping him around the head although this seems less and less likely as
more details emerge. Therefore the UK seemed to be bringing up the
incident at the G8 as a way to apologise for domestic violence or
perhaps argue that the threat posed to Rihanna by Chris Brown could in
some way be contained. This 'community contaiment' argument obviously
has a huge resonance at the G8 in regard to issues such as Syria,
Afghanistan and Mali.
For an extra little bit of drama following the Sunday concert Rihanna
attended her brother's debut DJ performance at London's Boujis nightclub
which is said to be a favourite of UK Prince Harry. She was accompanied
by Cara Delevinge who is said to be an ex-girlfriend of Prince Harry.
This was obviously intended to create speculation that Rihanna might
meet up with Prince Harry with all the metaphorical implications that
involves.
The late additition of Monday's Birmingham concert to the tour schedule
was a horrific idea. It was intended to act as a compromise to avoid
having Rihanna sitting around in my home town of London doing nothing
during the G8 but preventing her from leaving the UK for a less hostile
nation such as France or Spain. Due to the travel time between London
and Birmingham and the tight schedule between the Boujis appearance and
the concert Rihanna arrived on stage over two hours late and gave a
distinctly lacklustre performance. Her bad mood was clearly evidenced by
the big scandal that emerged from the concert - Rihanna whacking one of
her fans on the head with her microphone as she mingled with the
audience. Although this has obviously created a lot of tabloid
excitement if the police or a Court were to ever get involved they would
simply conclude that in a fit of hysteria the fan attempted to
unlawfully detain (kidnap) Rihanna by grabbing hold of her. Rihanna then
lawfully defended herself by striking the fan to make them let go of
her. However I can see no need for either the police or a Court to get
involved in an incident so minor I can barely believe I'm talking about
it.
Rihanna's mood is unlikely to have been improved when at around 05:00
(GMT) on Tuesday when a 26 year old man was arrested for trespass after
climbing onto the roof of her Los Angeles home. Assuming that the
arrested man is not known to Rihanna's security team for doing things
like sending her marriage proposals written in his own blood or accusing
her of being an impostor who has murdered the real Rihanna in order to
take her place I think this is someone in the local community gently
mocking Rihanna for her support of my troublesome neighbours. You see
one of the things that have boosted their confidence recently is that
they think they're great friends with Rihanna helping to supply her with
information about what I'm up to. It would of course be a lot easier
for Rihanna to simply pick up the phone and talk to me directly
especially when she's getting calls from her security people telling her
someones just been arrested at her house.
(Originally Posted) 16:25 on 19/6/13.
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