Rihanna has a few choice words for CBS after they pulled her song, "Run This Town" from their intro from their inaugural broadcast of Thursday Night Football last week. At the time, CBS said that they wanted to set a different tone for the introduction of the show in light of the still-simmering Ray Rice controversy. (They also pulled a comedy sketch that was supposed to air during the pre game show.) However, some critics felt it was an odd choice to pull a song from Rihanna, who is herself a victim of domestic violence at the hands of her exboyfriend, Chris Brown. Now, according to Rihanna, CBS wants to reinstate her song back into the show's intro, but she is having none of it. "CBS you pulled my song last week, now you wanna slide it back in this Thursday," Ri tweeted on Tuesday. "NO, f*ck you! Y'all are sad for penalizing me for this." She also added, "The audacity."
The NFL has been struggling with a PR nightmare following the release of new footage that showed former Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice beating his then-fiancée in an elevator earlier this year. The Ravens dropped Ray following the release of the new video, but they had already been experiencing backlash after they gave him a two-game suspension when he was charged in domestic violence for the incident back in February. The NFL also claimed that they had not seen the new video until it was released online earlier this month, but there are some reports that contradict the league's claims.