Rihanna’s dad told her to lose weight

March 07, 2012

Los Angeles – Rihanna’s dad told her to lose weight – because she was getting “too fat”.

The You Da One singer has recently shed a quite a few pounds and her father, Ronald Fenty, believes he was the one who inspired her after telling her she looked fat.

Ronald – who has a turbulent relationship with his famous daughter – said: “I actually thought she was a little fat the last time I saw her.

“But when I saw her at this year’s Grammys, I thought she was back to her normal size.”

‘Her own woman now’

“I used to joke with her, ‘Robyn, [Rihanna’s first name], you’re getting too fat.’ But I think she’s fine. I think she looked excellent, as everyone saw, at the Grammys. She’s dieting, she’s working out.”

Ronald also revealed how he is fine with the fact Rihanna may have , despite him being convicted of assaulting her in 2009.

He told heat magazine: “Chris is a nice guy and everybody’s entitled to make mistakes in their life – God knows how many I’ve made. She’s her own woman now.”