Since my last post on the subject Rihanna has performed three more concerts in London, UK on Saturday (15/6/13) and Sunday (16/6/13) and in Birmingham, UK on Monday (17/6/13). These concerts were obviously scheduled to coincide with the UK hosted G8 Summit that was held on Monday and Tuesday (18/6/13).
The original plan was that I would be so driven by lust for Rihanna that I would once again engage in some stalkerish behaviour in a effort to meet up with her or attend one of her concerts. The intention being to add to G8 discussions about my mental health and allow the US and the UK to show off about how good they are at manipulating my behaviour. The ideal outcome was to invoke memories of the 2005 G8 Summit which was accompanied by the Live 8 Concert that I was heavily involved in. This helped get around USD50bn worth of third world debt written off. It also seems to have helped significantly alter the way then US President George W Bush viewed the developing world leading to things like the US' highly successfully anti-HIV/AIDS program in sub-Saharan Africa. By claiming to be able to completely control my actions the US and the UK were hoping to claim the credit for the success of the Live 8 concert. However even if I had behaved according to plan I think this would have been a tough sell because my relationship with the UK authorities since 2005 can hardly be categorised as "friendly."
With it having been made quite clear long in advance that I wouldn't be sticking to the script Rihanna's handlers changed tactics by making sure her London concerts were attended by both her mother and her father along with her brother. Although I'm still uncomfortable discussing someone elses private business on the Internet I think it's well established that Rihanna's father is a man whose life has been plagued by alcoholism, crack cocaine addiction and violent outbursts. Therefore his relationship with Rihanna's mother has been equally unstable and categorised by incidents of domestic violence. This is obviously similar to Rihanna's own relationship with Chris Brown. Therefore Rihanna's family reunion in London was intended to promote discussion about whether Rihanna's inaccurate belief that she has had some sort of romantic relationship with Chris Brown is the result of behaviour she learnt growing up in a domestically violent household.
The problem is that the developed nations that make up the G8 all have extensive knowledge of psychology including things like conditioning and quite a deep understanding of the causes and issues surrounding domestic violence. They are also well versed in the dark arts of espionage that would involve identifying a psychological flaw such as Rihanna's and exploiting it in order to control her behaviour. Therefore any attempt to discuss Rihanna's parents relationship as a cause of Rihanna's problems would simply have the G8 leaders all nodding in agreement rather than sparking some great argument. As such I think the secondary objective of the reunion was to create speculation that Rihanna was being rehabilitated by the UK by being forced to face up to the problems in her own and her parents relationships. This concern for Rihanna would obviously help portray the UK in a positive light and make it the centre of attention for the rest of the Diamonds World Tour as we clamour to discover the secret of Rihanna's progress (or lack there of).
Although touring is always stressful and my decision that she's not worth getting out of bed for is hardly likely to have boosted Rihanna's confidence the main pressure on Rihanna during the family reunion was the breaking of the Charles Saatchi/Nigella Lawson story. If you've not been following the story on Sunday the UK's "Sunday People" newspaper published more than a week old photographs of Charles Saatchi engaged in physical altercation with his wife Nigella Lawson at a London restaurant. In the photographs Saatchi can be seen grabbing Lawson, by the throat, twisting her nose and forcefully placing his hand over her mouth. Lawson was also photographed leaving the restaurant in tears. Although I don't know enough about Saatchi and Lawson's relationship to comment fully the photographs most certainly fit the legal definition of domestic violence and Saatchi has since accepted a police caution after admitting the offence of assault contrary to common law (a misdemeanour).
The Saatchi/Lawson story has obviously provoked a lot of discussion about domestic violence. However the big difference between the incident and Chris Brown's 2009 felony assault on Rihanna is clearly the level of violence used. Also as someone who actually enjoys relationships where both parties periodically hurl insults and plates at each other I along with other commentators have suggested that perhaps this one isolated incident does not tell the full story of Saatchi and Lawson's relationship. After all the photographer might have missed the proceeding moments in which Lawson was hurling abuse at Saatchi and slapping him around the head although this seems less and less likely as more details emerge. Therefore the UK seemed to be bringing up the incident at the G8 as a way to apologise for domestic violence or perhaps argue that the threat posed to Rihanna by Chris Brown could in some way be contained. This 'community contaiment' argument obviously has a huge resonance at the G8 in regard to issues such as Syria, Afghanistan and Mali.
For an extra little bit of drama following the Sunday concert Rihanna attended her brother's debut DJ performance at London's Boujis nightclub which is said to be a favourite of UK Prince Harry. She was accompanied by Cara Delevinge who is said to be an ex-girlfriend of Prince Harry. This was obviously intended to create speculation that Rihanna might meet up with Prince Harry with all the metaphorical implications that involves.
The late additition of Monday's Birmingham concert to the tour schedule was a horrific idea. It was intended to act as a compromise to avoid having Rihanna sitting around in my home town of London doing nothing during the G8 but preventing her from leaving the UK for a less hostile nation such as France or Spain. Due to the travel time between London and Birmingham and the tight schedule between the Boujis appearance and the concert Rihanna arrived on stage over two hours late and gave a distinctly lacklustre performance. Her bad mood was clearly evidenced by the big scandal that emerged from the concert - Rihanna whacking one of her fans on the head with her microphone as she mingled with the audience. Although this has obviously created a lot of tabloid excitement if the police or a Court were to ever get involved they would simply conclude that in a fit of hysteria the fan attempted to unlawfully detain (kidnap) Rihanna by grabbing hold of her. Rihanna then lawfully defended herself by striking the fan to make them let go of her. However I can see no need for either the police or a Court to get involved in an incident so minor I can barely believe I'm talking about it.
Rihanna's mood is unlikely to have been improved when at around 05:00 (GMT) on Tuesday when a 26 year old man was arrested for trespass after climbing onto the roof of her Los Angeles home. Assuming that the arrested man is not known to Rihanna's security team for doing things like sending her marriage proposals written in his own blood or accusing her of being an impostor who has murdered the real Rihanna in order to take her place I think this is someone in the local community gently mocking Rihanna for her support of my troublesome neighbours. You see one of the things that have boosted their confidence recently is that they think they're great friends with Rihanna helping to supply her with information about what I'm up to. It would of course be a lot easier for Rihanna to simply pick up the phone and talk to me directly especially when she's getting calls from her security people telling her someones just been arrested at her house.
16:25 on 19/6/13.
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