Rihanna was four hours late for her appearance at a high school in Chicago on Friday but claims that it was the traffic that held her up for so long. Meanwhile, the songstress may be yet another musician who is on the path to self-destruction if she doesn’t stop partying so much.
We understand that even celebrities have to face traffic jams, but even rush hour traffic in the city of Atlanta with multiple car accidents has never delayed traffic for four hours.
When RiRi showed up late to the high school for her appearance she took to Twitter to explain that it was the traffic that made her late.
We’re not denying the fact that there was traffic; we’re just not ready to believe that Rihanna was sitting in traffic for four hours.
The “Diamonds” songstress was on her way to Barrington High School after the students were selected as the winners for a contest she sponsored that allowed student to send in videos of their most charitable work in their communities.
It turned out that the prize wasn’t all it was cracked up to be however as over 2,000 people crammed into the high school gym waiting for the Bajan beauty to arrive.
“On my way to Barrington High School in Chicago,” she tweeted as the students waiting anxiously. “I can’t wait to meet these kids man! They’re major inspirational life changers.”
It wasn’t long after that tweet that she sent out another tweet saying, “This Chicago traffic is not working.”
In an attempt to make up for her extreme tardiness, she began tweeting about everything 
that the school has managed to accomplish and praised all their hard work and good deed.
“They raised 40 thousand dollars for Joplin Missouri after the tragic tornado hit Missouri in May last year,” she wrote.
Another tweet read, “They participated in the relay for life for the American Cancer Society and raised $700,000.”
She continued to list more of the accomplishments while she was supposedly waiting in traffic. Another tweet mentioned how the high school raised money for a Down syndrome center and how they travel to build homes for many communities in need.
Of course, being late wasn’t the only problem with her disappointing appearance.
After she made it to the school, the R&B star only stayed for a little over 15 minutes before she was right back out the door and into the Chicago traffic again.
Some students were more than wiling to look past how late she was and ignore her short stay, but others didn’t feel the same way.
One student made a sign for RiRi that read “90% of life is just showing up! We’re talking to you Rihanna.”
Another student told the Chicago Tribune that Rihanna was “pathetic” for making her fans wait for four hours in a hot gym for her to only show up and then leave after a few minutes.
The students of Barrington High School aren’t the only ones who aren’t forgiving the weed loving songstress – apparently her body isn’t either.
The 25-year-old songstress’s run in with laryngitis revealed some serious health problems that are “self-inflicted” according to doctors.
It turns out that the “Stay” singer was lucky to have only had to cancel two dates on her Diamonds World Tour because medical experts thought she was going to have to cancel the entire thing.
Her constant partying and drug use may be breaking her body down and now it could take quite some time for her body to fully bounce back from the laryngitis.
“Rihanna’s illness was so severe that doctors warned it could take months for her to fully recover – there were worries that she’d have to cancel her entire tour,” a source said.
While she is taking the steps necessary to recover from the sickness, she may need to make some major lifestyle changes to regain her health.
“They’ve told her that she needs to make some serious lifestyle changes, or risk this happening again,” the source continued. “This has given her a scare, but Rihanna knows it’s partly self-inflicted.”
The source went on to say that even RiRi knew this was bound to happen at some point.
“She loves to smoke, drink, and stay up late,” the source added. “Her body was bound to need a break at some point. She’s now on a mission to start looking after herself.”
To make matters worse, insiders claim that her life choices when it comes to her relationship with Chris Brown are also having a negative impact on her life.
“RiRi’s received death threats, verbal attacks and has fallen out with some of her best friends recently, including Katy Perry,” one insider said. “This has taken a huge emotional toll.”
