NFL star-turned-wrestling legend Bill Goldberg, known mononymously as “Goldberg,” may have collected his fair share of championship titles over the last 30 years for spearing some of the sports entertainment genre’s biggest names to the WCW and WWE mats, but now he’s rocking headlines for slamming Rihanna‘s epic Super Bowl halftime show.
Days after Rih cranked out her greatest hits to rock the State Farm Stadium at Super Bowl LVII (February 12), Goldberg took to his ‘CarCast‘ podcast to share his feelings about the showing.
“I thought Rihanna was frickin’ horrible,” he said. “I was disgusted by it. That’s all. Let’s just say that. I thought it was horrible.”
His stinging comment echoes the headline-grabbing words of former U.S. president Donald Trump and radio shock jock Howard Stern – both of whom gave Rih’s 13-minute set two thumbs down.
Tired of the criticism, another sports legend – Shaquille O’Neal – followed Goldberg’s commentary by defending Rih from the “haters.”
“All you people disrespecting my Rihanna, shut your face. Shut it up,” he said on ‘The Big Podcast’ (as seen in the video above). “I was there – it was beautiful. She did a great job. I didn’t know she was pregnant until she bust out, but leave this lady alone…”
That’s not all he said.
“We living in a world where people got too much freedom. Keep your f–king thoughts to yourself,” the NBA icon shared. “She did a wonderful job, she’s pregnant, she blessed it, she did her thing, she didn’t fall. Just leave it there. All you superstars that’s disrespectful and causing beef, shut your face. Shut it up.”
O’Neal’s praise echoes that of Nicki Minaj, SZA, and a host of other celebrities who couldn’t say enough good about the Bajan diva’s hit-filled halftime show.
At writing, Rihanna hasn’t publicly responded to the negative comments.