Here's a quick run down on the Rihanna tattoo mystery that's gripping the nation this afternoon. On Monday night, Rihanna and her boyfriend, Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp, paid a visit to East Side Ink Tattoo in New York's East Village. Everyone was all, "Did she get a tattoo? Did she? Did she?" It appeared that she didn't. Then last night, she took another trip to the same shop and emerged with a bandage on her neck. And then everyone was like, "There's a tattoo under that bandage. That's how tattoos work! They put bandages over them!"
Later on last night, Rihanna was photographed without the bandage (sidenote: this girl can't escape the paparazzi, can she?) and lo and behold there was her 14th tattoo. Or something resembling a tattoo, at least. After seeing the ink, the next mystery was deciphering it. Everyone was all, "What does it say? I need to know what it says." Well, it's obviously words, but what do the words say? Some think it's Kemp's autograph. A quick Google Image search disproves that theory. So what is it? Anyone? Bueller?
Click below for a grainy close-up.
UPDATE: It says "rebelle fleur," which translate roughly to rebellious flower. Now you know.
