Rihanna Sent Her Father A Ventilator After He Got Coronavirus
Because everyone and their mother are getting coronavirus, Rihanna’s father got coronavirus. 66-year-old Ronald Fenty tested positive for COVID-19 after suffering from a high fever. He spent two weeks being treated in a Barbadian isolation center. A concerned Rihanna somehow procured a ventilator and sent it to her dad’s home, but Daddy RiRi recovered before he needed to use it. Also, he didn’t know how the hell to use it.
But it’s the thought that counts! So what’s a grateful papa to do? Send flowers? A thoughtful email? Call her up and have one of those tearful, once-in-a-lifetime conversations? Naaaw. Ronald immediately sold that shit (his story, not the ventilator, but give him time) to the British tabloids.
via The Sun:
The Sun caught up with Ronald, 66, in his Barbados home, where he confirmed he tested positive for the deadly virus.
Wearing a blue polo shirt and plaid shorts, he told The Sun: “My daughter Robyn was checking in on me every day.
“I thought I was going to die to be honest. I have to say, I love you so much, Robyn.’
“She did so much for me. I appreciate everything she has done.”
He revealed his superstar daughter, 32, was able to get her hands on a ventilator “that he hadn’t used yet,” and shipped it to his home in the Caribbean.
Aw, thanks for telling your daughter you love her via the tabloids, Ronald! So much more direct than a text.
Rihanna’s father has a long history of messy. Last year she sued him for using the trademarked Fenty name for some scam “entertainment” company. Before that he “went to the press and just told them a bunch of lies” after Rihanna was assaulted by Chris Brown (RiRi says he didn’t even call to check on her after the assault). Not to mention the physical abuse he allegedly inflicted on her mom when she was a kid. So yeah. Father of the Year material.
Now that he’s recovered, Rihanna can breathe a sigh of relief and work through her family trauma in Zoom therapy. Or, do what the rest of us poors do, and listen to this iconic daddy issues ballad on repeat:
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