The BBC's Radio 1 breakfast show DJ Nick Grimshaw announced that he is refusing to play any Rihanna songs on his show after she cancelled an interview with him at the last minute.

The singer was due to appear on the show on Monday before she appeared at the Westfield Shopping Centre and performed at the Kentish Town Forum.

However, the breakfast show’s producers were informed just before she was due to arrive that she had to pull out due to ill health.

Grimshaw responded angrily telling listeners: "I'm going to have a tantrum because it's my favourite pop star. We're not even mentioning her. We're not gonna promote it now.

"We were kind of forced into having Rihanna as our Record Of The Week because we were going to do a big interview with her, but once it was cancelled we changed it. She ruined my week. Nice one Rihanna."

Rihanna isn't the first artist to be banned from Radio 1 recently as Robbie Williams has recently been branded “too old” for the station.

Despite Nick Grimshaw’s blanket ban on Rihanna’s music on his show, she still looks set to get to number one with her new album ‘Unapologetic’.

Is this another example of stars who get too big for their boots? Most artists would be highly grateful of the publicity on such a large show in the UK. Or was she genuinely ill.

Do you think Nick is right doing this? Was Rinanna telling the truth?

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