Rihanna Made Her TV Acting Debut Last Night And Not Everyone Was Impressed

Poor celebrities. They just can’t catch a break, can they? Just ask Rihanna. Last night she made her TV acting debut in Bates Motel, and so far the response has been very, very mixed.

A spinoff of Hitchcock’s terrifying black and white thriller Psycho and now in its fifth season, the show’s plot has reached the pivotal point of the original film, where character Marion Crane, played by Rihanna, checks into the motel.

Despite the role being written with the Barbados-born popstar in mind, the response to her performance hasn’t been entirely positive. It seems that fans of the singer love her in the show, for no other reason than they like her as a performer. Meanwhile, fans of the show seem to think that she should stick to the day job…

https://twitter.com/helloteesutt/status/844012634219433985

Rihanna on Bates Motel was great 👏👍

— Yaz. #TeamXunami (@_yazoh) March 21, 2017

Watching last nights ep of #BatesMotel ..and I kinda don't know how I feel about Rihanna as Marion Crane lol

— Reanne Bolah-Barrow (@ReLicia_) March 21, 2017

https://twitter.com/Eponineq/status/844049223309967362

https://twitter.com/DaisyaSpencer/status/844012141988499456

So what do you think of the pop star’s debut? Thumbs up or not so much?