--- title: Rihanna Feeds Birds While Wearing Heart Coat at 7 AM in NYC description: Rihanna took to the streets of NYC early Monday morning to feed the birds while wearing a giant coat shaped like a red heart, as one does. canonical: https://time.com/4480481/rihanna-feeding-birds-heart-coat/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-06T18:04:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:12.207Z og:title: Watch Rihanna Feed Birds While Dressed Up As a Giant Heart og:description: At 7 in the morning, no less og:url: https://time.com/4480481/rihanna-feeding-birds-heart-coat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdec855c0c83dc44c/6988a4f8cd1bba5d7c70236a/rihanna-feeding-birds-heart-coat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Celebrity Sightings in New York City - September 5, 2016 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Rihanna Feed Birds While Dressed Up As a Giant Heart twitter:description: At 7 in the morning, no less twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdec855c0c83dc44c/6988a4f8cd1bba5d7c70236a/rihanna-feeding-birds-heart-coat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Rihanna Live Her Best Life by Feeding Birds While Dressed Up as a Gigantic Heart > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Robert Kamau/GC Images) Robert Kamau—GC Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 6, 2016 6:04 PM UTC Lest you assume that [her new tattoo](http://time.com/4476709/rihanna-drake-shark-tattoo/) and [non-relationship relationship with one Aubrey Drake Graham](http://time.com/4465225/drake-rihanna-relationship/) meant that [Rihanna was moving towards a more conventional existence](http://time.com/4475885/drake-rihanna-kiss-video/), think again. The MTV Vanguard winner and all-around bad girl took to the streets of Soho in New York City in the wee hours of the morning, clad in a showstopping red fur jacket that was shaped like a gigantic heart ([and bearing a striking resemblance to Looney Tunes character, Gossamer](https://twitter.com/search?q=rihanna%20gossamer&src=typd)), where she proceeded to feed the birds like a very chic St. Francis of Assisi (that is, if [St. Francis wore $15,500 Yves Saint Laurent fox fur coats](http://www.ysl.com/us/shop-product/women/ready-to-wear-cape-heart-cape-in-red-fox-fur%5Fcod41657960xt.html#section=women%5Frtw%5Fouterwear)). Perhaps even more endearing than her benevolence towards the birds was the fact that Ri Ri ditched her strappy stiletto sandals from earlier in the night for a pair of flat slides, confirming that Rihanna is a woman of the people. 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