#FactsOnly: Rihanna Shuts Down Rumors Like a Boss

RiRi's history of putting lies to bed.

Shut 'Em Down - Matt Barnes was called to the carpet by Rihanna this weekend after the NBA baller told TMZ that he and the Roc Nation princess were dating and they'd see where it goes. Putting Barnes on blast, RiRi fired back on Instagram with a picture of the clip and hashtags like, "#bishwhere" and "#thedevilisaliar," among others.While Matt learned the hard way not to lie on his manhood, check several more occasions when Rihanna debunked rumors and straight out lies like a boss. — Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Roc Nation, Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Children's Defense Fund)

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Shut 'Em Down - Matt Barnes was called to the carpet by Rihanna this weekend after the NBA baller told TMZ that he and the Roc Nation princess were dating and they'd see where it goes. Putting Barnes on blast, RiRi fired back on Instagram with a picture of the clip and hashtags like, "#bishwhere" and "#thedevilisaliar," among others.While Matt learned the hard way not to lie on his manhood, check several more occasions when Rihanna debunked rumors and straight out lies like a boss. — Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Roc Nation, Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Children's Defense Fund)

No Titanic Love Affair Here - The rumors mills were circulating this year that actor Leonardo DiCaprio and RiRi were an item and the story grew even bigger with claims that she was pregnant. When Hello! Daily News questioned the Barbadian songstress about her reported fling, she set them straight with, “It sounds to me like you should stay away from the blogs because they will screw you every time. I’m so busy right now that I just don’t have a lot of time to offer to a man so it wouldn’t even be fair to be thinking of pulling somebody else into this life. But if I did, he would have to be man enough to live with my schedule and not get scared.”(Photos from left: Brad Barket/Getty Images, Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

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No Titanic Love Affair Here - The rumors mills were circulating this year that actor Leonardo DiCaprio and RiRi were an item and the story grew even bigger with claims that she was pregnant. When Hello! Daily News questioned the Barbadian songstress about her reported fling, she set them straight with, “It sounds to me like you should stay away from the blogs because they will screw you every time. I’m so busy right now that I just don’t have a lot of time to offer to a man so it wouldn’t even be fair to be thinking of pulling somebody else into this life. But if I did, he would have to be man enough to live with my schedule and not get scared.”(Photos from left: Brad Barket/Getty Images, Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Talk That Talk - Rihanna has heard all the rumors about her secret hook ups with Jigga. She told Contact Music back in 2009 that rumors of her sleeping with Jay to get her deal used to hurt before Hov schooled his youngin.She revealed, "That rumor was everywhere in Barbados and it was so disgusting. It made me feel really weird. I would even be weird around Jay Z. I wouldn't be able to look him in the eye. One day, he called and he was like, 'Yo, you can't buy into these rumors. You can't let people move you with anything they say.' The rumors got very funny to me after that."(Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images For Roc Nation)

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Talk That Talk - Rihanna has heard all the rumors about her secret hook ups with Jigga. She told Contact Music back in 2009 that rumors of her sleeping with Jay to get her deal used to hurt before Hov schooled his youngin.She revealed, "That rumor was everywhere in Barbados and it was so disgusting. It made me feel really weird. I would even be weird around Jay Z. I wouldn't be able to look him in the eye. One day, he called and he was like, 'Yo, you can't buy into these rumors. You can't let people move you with anything they say.' The rumors got very funny to me after that."(Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images For Roc Nation)

What's Beef? - In 2010 during an interview with BBC's Radio 1, Rihanna's words were taken out of context and the media went wild thinking she fired shots at Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Ke$ha when she called their music "generic."Putting the beef to bed, she told German magazine Bravo, “Katy is my friend! I would never diss her. I don’t see her as my rival. My only rival is myself, because I always wanna get better and better. I meant all the producers, that give singers like Katy, GaGa or Ke$ha always the same kind of pop songs. They think, for sure one of them will take it and make it a single. They don’t realize that everyone of us has their own style."(Photos from left: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS, Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame)

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What's Beef? - In 2010 during an interview with BBC's Radio 1, Rihanna's words were taken out of context and the media went wild thinking she fired shots at Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Ke$ha when she called their music "generic."Putting the beef to bed, she told German magazine Bravo, “Katy is my friend! I would never diss her. I don’t see her as my rival. My only rival is myself, because I always wanna get better and better. I meant all the producers, that give singers like Katy, GaGa or Ke$ha always the same kind of pop songs. They think, for sure one of them will take it and make it a single. They don’t realize that everyone of us has their own style."(Photos from left: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS, Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame)

No White Girl for Me - Rihanna learned that you have to watch the company you keep after a backstage video of her at Coachella this past April surfaced and sparked the idea that the "Umbrella" singer was snorting cocaine. Rihanna responded to the IG account which started the lies with, "N***a your lame ass got some f****g nerve!!! Any fool could see that's a joint that I'm basing with cigarette! Who snorts tobacco??!! FOH witcho 'never been to a rodeo so someone squeezing their nose means they're doing coke' lookin a**!!"(Photo: Rihanna via Instagram)

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No White Girl for Me - Rihanna learned that you have to watch the company you keep after a backstage video of her at Coachella this past April surfaced and sparked the idea that the "Umbrella" singer was snorting cocaine. Rihanna responded to the IG account which started the lies with, "N***a your lame ass got some f****g nerve!!! Any fool could see that's a joint that I'm basing with cigarette! Who snorts tobacco??!! FOH witcho 'never been to a rodeo so someone squeezing their nose means they're doing coke' lookin a**!!"(Photo: Rihanna via Instagram)

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Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna hung out with Knicks star JR Smith back in 2012 and the talk was that the two were an item. After going their separate ways, Rihanna clapped back after being accused of making him falter in the playoffs, firing back on a Knick fan with, “F**k you and your wack a** team!!!! Nobody want that desert thirsty n***a!! He f****d up because his a** be hungover from clubbing every night during playoffs!! So your issue isn’t with ra$hole me.”(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna hung out with Knicks star JR Smith back in 2012 and the talk was that the two were an item. After going their separate ways, Rihanna clapped back after being accused of making him falter in the playoffs, firing back on a Knick fan with, “F**k you and your wack a** team!!!! Nobody want that desert thirsty n***a!! He f****d up because his a** be hungover from clubbing every night during playoffs!! So your issue isn’t with ra$hole me.”(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

We Found Love...No We Didn't - Matt Barnes isn't the only NBA baller that was linked to the "Diamonds" singer, who shot down the Andrew Bynum dating rumors hard back in 2010 when interviewed by Ed Lover. Rihanna and the radio crew were in stitches as she explained one of the most outlandish rumors she heard."I think me dating Andrew Bynum. Date wise, I just couldn't believe that they insulted me like that. He's just not my type. He made it seem like we met and talked. I never even met him and we were a couple."(Photo: 247PAPS.TV/Splash News/Corbis)

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We Found Love...No We Didn't - Matt Barnes isn't the only NBA baller that was linked to the "Diamonds" singer, who shot down the Andrew Bynum dating rumors hard back in 2010 when interviewed by Ed Lover. Rihanna and the radio crew were in stitches as she explained one of the most outlandish rumors she heard."I think me dating Andrew Bynum. Date wise, I just couldn't believe that they insulted me like that. He's just not my type. He made it seem like we met and talked. I never even met him and we were a couple."(Photo: 247PAPS.TV/Splash News/Corbis)

Body Double - Tabloid magazine The Sun felt Rihanna's wrath after accusing the well toned beauty of using a body double for her Armani advertisement in 2012. Not pleased, Ri fired back on Twitter with a few comments including, "F**k you."(Photo: Rihanna via Twitter)

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Body Double - Tabloid magazine The Sun felt Rihanna's wrath after accusing the well toned beauty of using a body double for her Armani advertisement in 2012. Not pleased, Ri fired back on Twitter with a few comments including, "F**k you."(Photo: Rihanna via Twitter)

RiRi to Star In The Bodyguard - Back in 2009, there were talks that RiRi was going to star in a remake of Whitney Houston's hit film The Bodyguard. But the Rude gal quickly shot those tales down. Speaking with OK! Magazine, she stated, "Absolutely not. I want to separate the two. I hate it when singers do singing movies all the time because you can never look at them as anybody else.” (Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for FENDI)

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RiRi to Star In The Bodyguard - Back in 2009, there were talks that RiRi was going to star in a remake of Whitney Houston's hit film The Bodyguard. But the Rude gal quickly shot those tales down. Speaking with OK! Magazine, she stated, "Absolutely not. I want to separate the two. I hate it when singers do singing movies all the time because you can never look at them as anybody else.” (Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for FENDI)