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Rihanna's new video for 'S&M' have proved to rub people up the wrong way after it's risquee content.
The video marks Rhi's third single from her 'Loud' album and features her simulating sex with a blow up doll, being tied up, leading celeb pal Perez Hilton round on a leash, eating a banana in a rather suggestive manner, and a whole lotta latex. 

It's currently banned in 11 countries while MTV are only playing the vid after 10pm. YouTube have also deemed it "unsuitable" and viewers will have to sign in to confirm they're over the age of 18 in order to watch it.

With the amount of porn available on the internet it baffles me as to why a music video causes such a ruckus...?

Rih Rih's no stranger to controversy and recently angered followers of her Twitter account by responding to a friends joke with "LMAO (Laughing my arse off), Katt u lil c***." Dropping the C bomb didn't go down too well, with Tweeters pointing out there are young fans reading her updates. The singer chose not to remove her comment and responded with a short and sweet "Bite me" tweet.

The expectations of young stars is a funny issue. The media and a large amount of the public expect singers and actors to present a perfect 'role model' image for the young generation that admires them, which it seems does not involve any personal self-expression. If we look back to the hey days of Britney Spears, who was presented to the world as the all American, clean cut, Catholic, southern girl. As far as her image was concerned she didn't put a toe out of line and had an army of young fans wanting to emulate her 'perfect' life.  Fast forward a few years and Brit has a mental breakdown, shaves her head and develops bi-polar disorder. Now, I'm a fan of Brit so I won't diss her too much, but is it better to try and mute or dilute what these artists want to do and say, or let them present an open and honest image of themselves which lets their fans know who they actually are,thus not giving an unrealistic and fake images? I'll bypass a "you-go-girl" moment to Rhianna and leave you with that thought.