Rihanna and her critics could agree on one factor.

Throughout a current red-carpet occasion for her upcoming Savage x Fenty Present Vol. 4, which hits Amazon Prime on 9 November, Rihanna described the style spectacle as “obnoxious” – although not for the explanation others would possibly. “Oh, this present is obnoxious,” she informed one reporter with fun, per InStyle. “This one takes the cake. THIS goes to be the present to beat.”

Although Rihanna is clearly utilizing the time period the identical method one would possibly use “sick” within the place of “epic,” some would possibly use it to explain Rihanna’s resolution to function accused home abuser Johnny Depp among the many remainder of her fashions and well-known friends. The Raise Me Up singer first sparked backlash earlier this month when TMZ reported Depp’s upcoming look, although his identify has been largely stored out of promotion for the style present.

Whereas Depp received his extremely publicised defamation case in opposition to ex-wife Amber Heard, he misplaced a separate libel case within the UK in 2018. “Johnny Depp has been embraced as a hero by unhinged right-wing misogynist extremists, and now he is been invited to seem within the @SavageXFenty present,” Twitter person Drew Dixon tweeted on November 3. “By no means anticipated such a strong lady to succumb to the #MeToo backlash. Actually disappointing @rihanna.”