Rihanna Makes Jasmina Anema's mom Upset

posted on Mar 02, 2010

Rihanna has been made upset Thea Anema, mother of Jasmina, 6-year-old who passed away from her battle with leukemia last month. Mom Anema took to her Twitter "ONEFORJASMINA" account, wrote, "It has been a month since Jasmina's passing. Still not even a card or text message from Rihanna. Did she use my child for a publicity stunt?"

The post has since been removed, but it was retweeted by dozens of other Twitter followers. A new post on Monday afternoon read, "Apparently there are some negative blogs out there. For the record, Rihanna has been nothing but really nice!!!"

Meanwhile, Thea Anema denied writing the message herself, but said she is disappointed not to have heard from Rihanna, 22, since Jasmina passed away on Jan. 27. She wrote, "Friends have helped me with all kinds of stuff and many know the passwords to my personal e-mail, the Caringbridge site and also Twitter. Although I did not Tweet this particular one, I do wish that Rihanna had responded to me on Jasmina's passing. It would have meant the world to me. Jasmina adored her. Rihanna was so kind to come and visit her. I just felt hurt not hearing anything from her. Or of any other celebrities for that matter. The only ones who reached out to me personally during this time of grief were the Obamas."

But the mom of Jasmina is so grateful for Rihanna's attention for Jasmina. "Jasmina adored her," she wrote then. "Rihanna was so kind to come and visit her. I just felt hurt not hearing anything from her. Or of any other celebrities for that matter. The only ones who reached out to me personally during this time of grief were the Obamas."

Came to clarify, a source close to the singer said, "She really loved this little girl. It was hard for her to deal with a child passing away, especially a little girl she had come to care for so much."

- People Magazine

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