Watch Rihanna Accept Harvard’s Humanitarian Of the Year Award
Rihanna accepted Harvard University’s 2017 Humanitarian of the Year award with a moving but often funny speech at the school’s Sanders Theatre Tuesday.
The pop star opened her speech (which begins at 1:14:00) with a cheeky flip of her ponytail and the remark, “So I made it to Harvard,” before discussing the roots of her humanitarian instincts. Rihanna recalled the commercials she saw as a kid that asked people to donate 25 cents to help children in need. “I would say to myself, ‘When I grow up, and I can get rich, I’m gonna save kids all over the world,'” Rihanna said. “I just didn’t know I would be in the position to do that by…
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