Singer Rihanna turned up more than three hours late for
an event where almost 2,000 schoolchildren were waiting to meet her.
The 24-year-old had to attend a meet-and-greet session
with the students of Barrington High School in Illinois and thank them for
raising US$40,000 for Joplin town, Missouri, which was flattened by a tornado
in May last year.
However, bad traffic delayed the singer's arrival.
"After she was late for more than three hours, we
wondered if the event would actually happen," thesun.co.uk quoted local
official Jeff Arnett as saying.
"But because her staff members were also waiting
with us, we felt she was ultimately going to get there," he added.
Rihanna later rued on Twitter: "This Chicago traffic
is not working."
She even praised the school's efforts.
"Barrington High School facts! They raised 40,000
dollars for Joplin Missouri after the tragic tornado hit Missouri in May last
year... BHS Thank you man!!! You guys rule! I love this school," she
tweeted.
She stayed at the school for just 12 minutes, got
photographs clicked with the young fans and distributed tour tickets and left. (Source)
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