Rihanna Reveals She Watched Beyonce’s Super Bowl Halftime Performance ‘A Couple Times’ Before Her Own

Rihanna says she watched Beyoncé‘s Super Bowl halftime amusement arsenic she prepared for her ain performance! “Oh my deity – yes! I watched Beyonce’s halftime performances a mates of times,” the 34-year-old superstar said connected caller podcast The Process with Nate Burleson, hosted by Emmy victor and retired NFL prima Nate Burleson, released up of the game. “She is simply a beast and a full different level. Just to beryllium inspired, really,” the Barbados autochthonal added earlier her archetypal show successful 5 years. 

Beyoncé headlined the halftime amusement backmost successful 2013, performing a medley of hits from her archetypal fewer albums, including Dangerously In Love, B’Day, and 4. The item that got everyone talking, however, arsenic the agelong awaited (yet unexpected) Destiny’s Child reunion with Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams who joined to execute their throwback hits “Bootylicious” and “Independent Women” earlier joining Beyonce for “Single Ladies.” The Houston autochthonal erstwhile again appeared astatine the the large NFL lawsuit erstwhile she made a astonishment cameo to execute “Formation” during Coldplay‘s twelvemonth successful 2016 — the pb azygous from Lemonade.

Beyonce and Rihanna are seen successful a throwback photograph from 2007. (Kevork Djansezian/AP/Shutterstock)

In the rare, candid chat, caller ma Rihanna besides confessed she was “scared” to bash the precocious unit halftime amusement — which has seen women similar Madonna and Janet Jackson besides headline. “It was truthful scary! It was benignant of unexpected, my lad was lone 3 months old [when I said yes],” she said, referencing her archetypal kid with fellow A$AP Rocky. “I haven’t performed successful similar 7 years, 2016 was my past circuit — that to maine was the past clip I retrieve being retired determination connected the stage. I miss it,” she reflected, making a motion to her album Anti, which included “Work” with Drake.

“To travel backmost from zero to the Super Bowl is benignant of nuts! A situation gets maine excited and that was the existent propulsion for me… I conscionable privation to enactment connected a large amusement and I privation to bask it. I don’t privation the unit to succumb me,” Rihanna added.

The Super Bowl is acceptable to aerial connected FOX connected Sunday, Feb. 12.

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