When Rihanna was picking a location for her new video, she spotted an Irish farm belonging to Alan Graham. Graham agreed to let the music star film, but when he saw the skimpy bikini that Rihanna was wearing, Graham decided that it was inappropriate and told her to halt filming.
According to the Telegraph , the 61-year-old farmer rode up on his tractor and told Rihanna that “her behavior was inappropriate.”
The BBC reports that Rihanna was filming a video for her song “We Found Love” with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris ahead of three sell-out shows at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena.
Graham wouldn’t say exactly what he said to the pop star, or what she said to him, but Graham did say that they parted on good terms.
Graham said:
“She understood where I was coming from. We shook hands and parted company on good terms.”
Graham, who is a member the Democratic Unionist Party on North Down Borough council, had agreed to let Rihanna use one of his fields for filming, but when he realized what was going on, he changed his mind.
Graham said:
“I realized things had got to a stage which were not acceptable to me. Things became inappropriate and I asked the film crew to stop…
“From my point of view, it was my land, I have an ethos and I felt it was inappropriate. I wish no ill will against Rihanna and her friends. Perhaps they could acquaint themselves with a greater God.”
The situation between Rihanna and the farmer may have ended in a field, but it also made its way into Irish politics. An Ulster Unionist used the incident to say that the prude ways of the Democratic Unionist Party could prevent entertainers from coming to Ireland, since Rhianna was turned away simply for “wearing red, white and blue.”
First Minister Peter Robinson, the leader of Mr Graham’s political party, assured people at the Northern Ireland Assembly that the colors were not the problem.
Would you kick a scantily clothed Rihanna off of your farm?
