Author: Minyvonne Burke

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Rihanna released the official music video for her new song, “American Oxygen,” on Tidal, but the video has since leaked online. In the patriotic single, Rihanna sings about “chasin’ the American dream,” while the accompanying video includes historic moments in U.S history. Watch the video below.

As Gossip Cop reported, the 27-year-old singer debuted “American Oxygen” during the March Madness Music Festival in Indianapolis on Saturday.” Following her emotional performance, Rihanna took to Twitter to write, “Thank you Indiana!! I would never forget how much fun I had with you tonight!! You blew me away!! Thank you man!! One love always.” She added, “You SANG EVERY F*CKING WORD!! That sh*t legit give me goosebumps.”

On Monday, Rihanna released the video, which features images of President Obama’s inauguration, the moon landing, and the March on Washington flashing across the screen, as she sings, “Chasin’ this American dream. We sweat for a nickel and a dime, Turn it into an empire. Breathe in, the feeling. American, American oxygen.”

“American Oxygen” is slated to be on Rihanna’s upcoming album, tentatively titled “R8.” Watch Rihanna’s “American Oxygen” music video below, and tell us what you think.

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Rihanna slammed Indiana over its controversial new Religious Freedom Restoration Act during a performance there at the March Madness Musical Festival. The 27-year-old singer called the act “bullsh*t,” and urged the crowd to chant “F*ck that sh*t.” Watch the video below.

Following Rihanna’s emotional debut of her new song “American Oxygen,” the singer didn’t hold back about what she felt about Indiana Governor Mike Pence signing into legislation a bill that allows business owners, based on their religious beliefs, the right to turn away lesbian and gays. “Who’s feeling these new bullsh*t laws that they’re trying to pass over here? I say f*ck that sh*t. I wanna hear you say, ‘F*ck that sh*t’ ’cause we’re just living out motherf*cking lives, Indiana!” Rihanna then launched into her song “Live Your Life.”

As Gossip Cop previously reported, Miley Cyrus also slammed Indiana and called Governor Pence an “a**hole” in a Twitter rant. Cyrus also took to Instagram to add, “You may hear that this bill isn’t what the big bad liberals are making it out to be! That this isn’t a discriminatory act it is just to protect the ‘consciousness’ of Christians! To judge anyone for how they want to express themselves or their love to another human is WRONG.” Check out the video below of Rihanna slamming Indiana, and tell us what you think.”

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Giuliana Rancic addressed the controversial comment she made about Zendaya’s red carpet Oscar look and whether she’ll be returning to “Fashion Police” on Monday’s “Today” show. Watch the video below.

“Fashion Police” has been on hiatus, following the backlash after Rancic joked about Zendaya’s dreadlocks. While the show will return in September, it’s not clear whether Rancic will continue to host it. When asked on the “Today” show if she’ll be returning when “Fashion Police” comes back in the fall, Rancic responded, “We’ll see.” She then joked that she may have to return to the “Today” show for a follow-up interview.

As Gossip Cop previously reported, “Fashion Police” co-hosts Kelly Osbourne and Kathy Griffin left the show shortly after Rancic apologized to Zendaya for the hair joke. Rancic explained on the “Today” show that the joke didn’t air in its entirety because of time. “I made a reference to the hippie culture. I talked about patchouli oil, which is a hippie perfume, and in the editing process some of the gestures I made and some of the things I said were taken out for time,” explained Rancic. “I made peace signs, I said bohemian twice — those were taken out for time. And so when the joke aired, some people were offended by it.”

Rancic added that she doesn’t tolerate racism “at all,” and felt it was important to “get that out there.” She continued, “The hardest part of all of this [is] that someone could believe that I would have racial undertones in the thing I do. Absolutely not.” Check out the video below of Rancic’s “Today” show interview, and tell us what you think.