Yeah, I embedded a YouTube video, even though you can’t really see anything. You can, however, hear Rihanna energetically shouting to the crowd. Then she goes silent. (What is the last thing she yells? It sounds like “Facebooooook!” to me. That probably isn’t what she said, though.)
The camera points toward the crowd, then looks back at the stage, and voila—no sign of Rihanna anywhere. Just some backup dancers, shimmying.
Rihanna confirmed afterward, in reply to a fan via Twitter, that she totally ran offstage to horf.
My favorite YouTube comment so far is “SHE THREW UP IN A HOPELESS PLACE,” which, I keep snickering because I can’t tell whether it’s literal or figurative. Like, maybe this guy just doesn’t like Portugal? Is that what he means?
According to the Huffington Post, though, Rihanna might really be in a “hopeless place.” She’s even contemplating taking a yearlong hiatus after her exhausting 10-month tour, and others report that she is emotionally drained. Also, she had the flu a few weeks ago, which can’t help anything.