commentary by Patrick H. Moore
Ah, the trials and tribulations of the rich, famous, beautiful and talented. Ah, Rhianna! Carved upon my heart. But don’t worry. I will not resort to stalking you. Even though I’m occasionally tempted.
Unlike Patrick H., who can usually marshal up the necessary restraint when the situation calls for it, a 53-year-old homeless man named Kevin Mcglynn apparently gave in to the natural urge to follow the Barbadian beauty wherever she goes. In time, his perambulations led him to her $14.6 million duplex in Soho where he allegedly left a series of nasty and threatening notes.
What I don’t understand is why Mcglynn, instead of worshipping the very ground Rhianna walks upon, like I would do, insisted on reportedly writing her nasty notes. That wasn’t very smart.
In any event here’s what happened, as reported by Shayna Jacobs and Rocco Parascandola of the New York Daily News:
Kevin Mcglynn was allegedly caught on video surveillance on three occasions this month delivering the unsettling missives to a Rihanna employee, according to court records.
In the twisted letters, he “repeatedly called her a b–ch,” and threatened to “bum (rush) in her apartment,” according to his criminal complaint.
He also allegedly sent at least four letters to her in California, authorities said.
“The nature of these letters (is) confusing. They all do indicate a personal relationship, as I indicated before, that simply does not exist,” Assistant District Attorney James Vinocur told the judge.
Mcglynn reportedly traipsed over to Rhianna’s Lafayette St. building first thing in the morning at 6:30 a.m. and again around midnight on July 8th.
He then apparently restrained himself for 60 long hours before appearing on the scene around noon on July 11th. He was arrested around 6 p.m. on Thursday when law enforcement tracked him down after he dropped his benefits card — complete with his name and address on it – somewhere in Rihanna’s SoHo building.
Mcglynn certainly rose to the occasion at his arraignment where he claimed that the mighty triumvirate of Rihanna, Jay Z and Kanye West ripped off “my material”.
Could be. Could just be true. I’ve heard that mega-stars and their canny producers have the bad habit of “ripping off” the materials of the homeless and the mentally unsound, but that could just be a figment’s of someone’s fanciful imagination.
At his hearing, Mcglynn argued with Judge Abraham Clott and told him “you are lying” when the judge said he couldn’t represent himself.
Naturally, the authorities claimed Mcglynn’s terrifying behavior put the 26-year-old Barbadian beauty in “fear for her physical safety,” which could well be true.
Mcglynn may not be stalking anyone else for a while. He is being held without bail. He really does sound dangerous in that he reportedly has at least a dozen arrests on his rap sheet, including four arrests for trespassing, according to police sources.
The sad thing is that this guy, who appears to need serious mental health counseling, is undoubtedly being held in bad conditions somewhere in the truly wretched New York prison system, which isn’t going to do him one iota of good.
Some of you may want to listen to Rhianna’s classic duet with Eminem, “Love the Way You Lie” which has over 720,000,000 “listens” on You Tube:
The remarkable thing is that I have been informed by “impeccable sources” that Rhianna is carrying a mega-watt torch for the aging Irish rocker, Van “the Man” Morrison, who as anyone with taste knows, is one of the greatest rockers to ever pick up a guitar/harmonica/saxophone/microphone. Apparently late one night while surfing You Tube, Rhianna came across Van’s early classic, “Astral Weeks”, had a listen and has never been the same. Van is reportedly a bit nonplussed; he was only vaguely aware of Rhianna’s existence and had never contemplated a May-December romance with the lustrous-locked beauty. So the jury is still out: Will Van be the one man on earth who can resist Rhianna’s charms or will he too fall victim to her almost otherworldly appeal?