Fans took to Twitter to critique Kimmel’s pronunciation of RiRi’s name Sunday during the Oscars telecast — but was he wrong?
way back in 2010 that her name is correctly pronounced “Rih-Ann-uh” — although it’s still not the way many of her fans say it.
Kimmel gave a shout out to the celebrity in his opening monologue joking about the length of the awards show and Rihanna’s infant son. Later in the show, Rihanna performed “Lift Me Up” as a touching tribute to Chadwick Boseman, who starred as the Black Panther before passing away from colon cancer on August 28, 2020.
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