Pop superstar Rihanna was thrown off the farmer’s land this week after he objected to the singer stripping down to a bikini while filming a new video just outside Belfast. (She’s in Northern Ireland this week to perform three concerts.) The Grammy winner was recording a video for her new single “We Found Love” in a muddy barley field in the town of Bangor on Monday, but Farmer Graham, who had initially given the singer permission for the shoot on his land, decided RiRi had pushed the envelope too far when she disrobed from a modest flannel checkered shirt to unveil the red patterned bikini that’d been hiding beneath the surface. The 23-year-old switched into a stars-and-stripes two-piece, a red bra, a mesh black top, and finally went topless before Graham, a 61-year-old devoted Christian, climbed off his tractor to protest.
The filming took place near a busy road and hundreds of people gathered to watch the performance, with some using their camera phones to record the shoot. The got more than they bargained for when Farmer Graham ordered Rihanna to cover up.
“Her behavior was inappropriate,” Graham, who is a member of the Protestant, conservative Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), tells The BBC. “She understood where I was coming from. We shook hands and parted company on good terms. I wish no ill will against Rihanna and her friends. Perhaps they could acquaint themselves with a greater God.”
Graham said he had not been aware of what the production team had in mind for the video when he gave permission for his land to be used. He had even helped the team prepare for the shoot, pulling some recording equipment which got stuck in mud and filling in a hole with straw. The farmer admits, however, that he’d never heard of Rihanna, who has won three Grammys and sold more than 20 million albums, until someone called him up about the shoot.
“Someone explained she was as big as it gets as far as pop stars were concerned. I am a bit illiterate about those issues.”
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