The divas duked it out on Friday night as Ciara and Rihanna got into a feisty Twitter exchange that had the Internet buzzing.
CiCi appeared as a guest judge on E!’s “Fashion Police” earlier in the evening. When a photo of Rihanna at the BRIT Awards was shown on screen, she commented, “I ran into her recently at a party and she wasn’t the nicest and it’s crazy because I’ve always loved and respected what she’s done with fashion. I’ve ran into her before, but this time it wasn’t the most pleasant run-in.”
Host Joan Rivers chimed in by saying, “A bitch!” before Ciara told her with a laugh, “You crazy.”
Rihanna was tuned in to the television because she responded on Twitter shortly after the episode aired. “My bad ci, did I 4get to tip u? #howrudeofme,” she wrote before Ciara shot back, “Trust me Rhianna u dont want to see me on or off the stage.”
“U gangsta huh? Haaa,” laughed the “S&M” singer. “Good luck with bookin that stage u speak of.”
But the ladies settled their differences soon after. “Ciara baby, I love u girl! U hurt my feelings real bad on TV! I’m heartbroken! That’s y I retaliated this way! So sorry! #letsmakeup,” said RiRi.
Ciara agreed to put it behind them, telling her peer, “Rhi u know its always been love since day 1! Doing shows/everything. you threw me off in that party! Apology accepted. Let’s chat in person.”
SHONTELLE joins:
@shontelle_layne:
don't mess w/ the island girls...
MONICA joins:
@MonicaMyLife:
@ciara call me ASAP.....
PEREZ HILTON joins:
@perezhilton:
@rihanna What did she say????
@ciara I'm looking forward to @Rihanna's new Loud tour!
@ciara It obviously wasn't funny to her. It was hurtful. @Rihanna has had a difficult week.
@ciara And I'm sure your week has been difficult too, publicly proclaiming that your label doesn't support you and you want to be dropped.
@ciara She extended an olive branch to you now and is being the bigger person. Accept it and move on. Or stay petty and less successful.
@rihanna Team RiRi!
That @Rihanna reign just won't let up! http://bit.ly/6gnkBq
@ciara Good! #LoveAndLight Now if only @NICKIMINAJ and @LilKim could make peace too!
True tea, though. I have some love for Ci and I think she's a very talented performer. But she can't say **** right now about anyone more relevant than her. Especially when they work considerably harder than her.
And before anyone tries jumping down my throat about that letter of hers, consider this; Chris Brown had little to no label backing with his FOAF mixtape and yet 'Deuces' sold 1 mill downloads and was #1 on a BB chart for 10 weeks. So what's Ciara's excuse?
He worked hard, he promoted by himself, he made sure to keep his name out there. And we - his fans - helped him. So either Ciara has to take some of the blame for the dreadful showing of Basic Instinct so far, or her fans do.