14 DAY TRIAL // She's not exactly shy and she's definitely in great shape but, it would seem, even Rihanna has her off days. This seems to have been the case when she shot a racy ad for Armani Jeans, when her team requested a body double.
Rihanna has long been the face (and body) of the brand, but this is the first time claims surface online that she would deliberately set out to mislead people.
According to The Sun, though, this is precisely what she did.
“A raunchy advert showing Rihanna writhing around in her undies features shots of a bum and body double, The Sun can reveal. The singer is seen in the Armani ad having a nightmare in bed before slipping on some jeans,” the British tabloid writes.
“But shots which appear to show Rihanna, 24, revealing her bust and bum are in fact model Jahnassa Aicken,” adds the same media outlet.
Insiders say that the decision to use a body double took everyone by surprise, but it was respected nonetheless.
Rihanna's people had spotted the model earlier on, when they shot the video for “We Found Love” and they used her as an extra.
Afterwards, they arranged with Armani to have her as Rihanna's body double, paying her peanuts and making sure she could never speak to the media about it, The Sun alleges.
“Rihanna’s management insisted Irish Jahnassa, 27, sign an order banning her from talking about the job. The Belfast-based Style Academy agency booked Jahnassa, who received a 'modest sum' for the shoot,” writes the tab.
“Jahnassa’s torso, body and bum appear in parts of the ad. It’s shocking Rihanna wanted one considering she loves posing with no clothes, plus she’s in great shape,” an insider is quoted as saying.
We can't embed the video here, but you can see it on YouTube – *please note the discretion is recommended when viewing it.
In her typical style, Rihanna denied the rumors, taking to Twitter to put The Sun on blast.
“Ok @thesunnewspaper, this is the only way I could say this to you!!! [Expletive] YOU,” Rihanna wrote, before adding “Who is Jahnassa.”