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WATCH: Stephen A. Smith Apologizes To Rihanna For Comments About Her Upcoming Super Bowl Halftime Performance

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;stephen-a-smith-shares-his-take-on-rihanna-performing-at-the-upcoming-super-bowl-she-aint-beyonce&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Stephen A&period; Smith<&sol;a> is owning up to his remarks and issuing an apology to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;watch-rihanna-addresses-fans-awaiting-her-return-to-the-stage-with-dazzling-super-bowl-lvii-halftime-teaser&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Rihanna<&sol;a> regarding his comments about her upcoming Super Bowl Halftime performance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CniaJi7KpWa" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Stephen A&period; Smith Took To Social Media After Reportedly Receiving Backlash From Rihanna Fans<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Smith took to his social media accounts Wednesday evening to issue a video apology to Rihanna for his comments&period; On both Twitter and Instagram&comma; Smith captioned his video with a few words&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Apologies to Rihanna for my words&comma; gotta be more careful&excl;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>In the clip&comma; Smith explained that he is going to &&num;8220&semi;own&&num;8221&semi; his words&comma; referring to his comment that Rihanna &&num;8220&semi;ain&&num;8217&semi;t <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;six-years-later-rita-ora-is-still-denying-accusations-of-being-beyonces-becky-with-the-good-hair&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Beyoncé<&sol;a>&period;&&num;8221&semi; He added that he &&num;8220&semi;needs to be more careful&&num;8221&semi; with his words as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>I want Rihanna to know&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;re a superstar&period; You&&num;8217&semi;re sensational&period; You&&num;8217&semi;re spectacular&period; You&&num;8217&semi;re no joke&period; And you&&num;8217&semi;re a worthy person to be doing the Super Bowl halftime show&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Smith went on to explain that he is indeed a Beyoncé and believes that she is &&num;8220&semi;not only a phenomenal performer but <em>the <&sol;em>phenomenal performer&period;&&num;8221&semi; He added that Beyoncé performed not only by herself at previous Super Bowls&comma; but also alongside Bruno Mars and Coldplay&period; And he believes those two performances were the &&num;8220&semi;greatest shows&&num;8221&semi; he&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;ever seen&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Smith believes that &&num;8220&semi;<em>anybody<&sol;em> has to measure up to that&&num;8221&semi; — including <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;coi-leray-makes-it-clear-that-she-has-no-issues-with-eminem-despite-his-long-standing-feud-with-benzino&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Eminem<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;happy-birthday-to-the-king-of-pop-michael-jackson-would-have-been-64-today-here-are-five-of-his-most-iconic-moments&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Michael Jackson<&sol;a>&comma; and other performers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>I meant it as no disrespect to Rihanna&comma; I know she&&num;8217&semi;s phenomenal&period; And she&&num;8217&semi;s my sister — nothing but love for her&period; But Beyonce is my sister too&comma; I got love for both of them&period; I just think Beyoncé is the greatest performer out there today — that&&num;8217&semi;s me&excl; That doesn&&num;8217&semi;t mean I&&num;8217&semi;m hating on anybody else&period; That doesn&&num;8217&semi;t mean I&&num;8217&semi;m wishing for Rihanna to fail&period; I don&&num;8217&semi;t believe she&&num;8217&semi;s going to fail&period; She&&num;8217&semi;s going to be great&excl; I&&num;8217&semi;m just saying that I&&num;8217&semi;m a Beyoncé fan &&num;8211&semi; that&&num;8217&semi;s all&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Smith ended the video by reiterating that he&&num;8217&semi;s sending an apology and that in the future he&&num;8217&semi;ll &&num;8220&semi;be more careful&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cnkja08OLPZ" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Stephen A&period; Smith Also Issued An Apology To Rihanna For A Tweet Posted By His Account<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Soon after posting his video apology&comma; Smith took to Twitter to address a &&num;8220&semi;horrific mistake&period;&&num;8221&semi; He explained that &&num;8220&semi;an overzealous member&&num;8221&semi; of his management team also posted a tweet with comments about Rihanna that he &&num;8220&semi;would NEVER say&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He&comma; again&comma; apologized to the &&num;8220&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;IXmF4GbA86E" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">SOS<&sol;a>&&num;8221&semi; singer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1615811866025988105" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1615812590680289280" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;stephen-a-smith-shares-his-take-on-rihanna-performing-at-the-upcoming-super-bowl-she-aint-beyonce&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a> previously reported&comma; Smith was a guest on <em>SHERRI<&sol;em> early Wednesday&period; And was asked about his feelings ahead of Rihanna&&num;8217&semi;s upcoming Super Bowl halftime performance&period; Smith proceeded to explain that the singer isn&&num;8217&semi;t Beyoncé&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>I don’t want to say that I’m not excited — she’s fantastic&period; That’s not where I’m going with this&period; 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