Rihanna out for CBS NFL theme song after she lashes out on Twitter

Eric Edholm
Rihanna out for CBS NFL theme song after she lashes out on Twitter

You can blame Ray Rice (sorta) and an angry tweet for CBS and singer Rihanna splitting up.

The network made its Thursday night debut along with broadcast partner NFL Network in Week 2's Pittsburgh Steelers-Baltimore Ravens game, and CBS chose to permanently edit a portion of her song with Jay-Z, "Run This Town," that was slated to be the theme music for the games broadcast this season.

That decision was made initially in light of CBS' coverage on last week's broadcast of the Rice story and the NFL's problem with domestic violence.

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Apparently, the network's decision didn't go over well with Rihanna. She decided to lash on on Twitter over it, which contained a naughty word:

"CBS you pulled my song last week, now you wanna slide it back in this Thursday? NO, [Blank] you! Y'all are sad for penalizing me for this."

Followed by:

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CBS parted ways with Rihanna following the Twitter expression, per the Associated Press, saying that it was "moving in a different direction" with the show's theme music.

At the time of the original editing, CBS Sports president Sean McManus said that Rihanna's personal history as a domestic-abuse victim with Chris Brown was one part of the decision but not the only one. The song had been slated to be run in all six of the CBS Thursday night games this season, along with the eight more to follow on NFL Network.

Ratings were strong for the game, but that's not an audience that Rihanna figures to capitalize on going forward.

 

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Eric Edholm is a writer for Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at edholm@yahoo-inc.com or follow him on Twitter!