Singer Rihanna made clear how she feels about Indiana’s controversial religious freedom law during a performance at the NCAA March Madness Final Four tournament.
When she unveiled her new song “American Oxygen,” Rihanna went off script to call out the new law, which Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) was forced to clarify after mounting pressure both nationally and locally from critics who argued that the law essentially allowed discrimination against gay people.
“Who’s feeling these new bulls—t laws that they’re trying to pass over here?” Rihanna said according to US Weekly. “I say f–k that s–t. I want to hear you say “f–k that s–t’ because we’re just living our motherf–king lives.”
Rihanna’s criticism on Saturday follows Pence and local lawmakers introducing a clarification that the law was not meant to allow discrimination against anyone.
All four schools in the Final Four weighed in on the law, expressing concern that it could open the floodgates to allow discrimination against gay people.
