Did you hear about Rihanna befriending six-year-old Jasmina, who was sick with leukemia? Rihanna was the spokesperson for a crusade to find bone marrow donors. Sadly, Jasmina died in January, and although Rihanna publicly spoke about her death, Jasmina's mother is hurt the singer never contacted her directly to offer her condolences.
It started with a tweet on Jasmina's mother's twitter account that read:
"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?"
That particular tweet has since been taken down, and this is what Jasmine's mother wrote in an email to People:
"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," Anema wrote. "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," she writes. "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."
Rihanna's friends and DKMS Americas, an organization that searches for bone marrow donors, defended the singer.
One source close to Rihanna tells PEOPLE: "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."
Here's what DKMS had to say:
Source: www.imnotobsessed.com
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