Rihanna shuts down Beyonce rivalry rumors

Rihanna isn’t giving much credence to the Internet noise pitting her against Beyonce.

The “BBHMM� songstress addressed the rumored rivalry between the pop diva and herself that has been percolating ever since Bey dropped her politically charged anthem “Formation� in February on the heels of RiRi releasing her surprise album “Anti� the week prior. But it appears that Rihanna sees the cattiness as a figment of the Internet’s infinite imagination.

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At the 2015 Met Gala, Rihanna’s elaborate cape, made by Chinese designer Guo Pei, was so sweepingly huge that it required several train-handlers to help her down the red carpet.

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Singer Rihanna will be the latest face of Dior, making her the first-ever black ambassador of the luxury designer brand. She is pictured in a pale pink quilted silk Dior dress.  (Bryan Bedder / Getty Images)

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Rihanna wears sneakers from the January Chanel haute couture collection to the Chanel show at the 2015 Paris Fashion Week.  (Francois Guillot / AFP / Getty Images)

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Rihanna stands out from the crowd in a fur and leather coat at the Miu Miu show at the 2015 Paris Fashion Week.  (Pierre Suu / Getty Images)

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Rihanna rocks a pink, poofy Giambattista Valli Empire gown at the 2015 Grammy Awards.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Rihanna wears a beige satin Ulyana Sergeenko bodysuit with a pastel pink robe dress at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards.  (Christopher Polk / Getty Images for MTV)

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Rihanna wears an Azzedine Alaia dress, Neil Lane jewelry and Manolo Blahnik shoes at the 2013 Grammy Awards.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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Rihanna in a black Armani dress at the 2012 Grammy Awards.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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Rihanna in Elie Saab at the 2010 American Music Awards.  (Chris Pizzello / Associated Press)

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Rihanna wears an open-back crepe gown by Elie Saab on the red carpet at the 2010 Grammy Awards.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Rihanna wears an edgy Viktor & Rolf dress at Clive Davis’ Annual Pre-Grammy Gala in 2010.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Rihanna in a sheer Jean Paul Gaultier dress at the 2011 Grammy Awards.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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Rihanna performs in a feathery corset dress at the 2008 Grammy Awards.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Rihanna wears a blue, feather-trimmed Zac Posen dress at the 2008 Grammy Awards.  (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

“Here’s the deal,� she said in the April issue of Vogue. “They just get so excited to feast on something that’s negative. Something that’s competitive. Something that’s, you know, a rivalry. And that’s just not what I wake up to. Because I can only do me. And nobody else is going to be able to do that.�

Vogue’s featured star for April, who emerges on the cover like a sartorial mermaid in a multicolored Tom Ford gown, also addressed her relationship status in the mag. She’s single, she said, because she just doesn’t have time for a man right now. She barely has time to exercise, though you’d never believe it given the gun-toting lingerie get-up she was recently photographed wearing on the set of her music video.

“I am probably going to have like four days of tour rehearsal in total, which is Freaking. Me. Out,� said the singer, who kicks off on her “Anti� tour in Florida this month. “My schedule is so crazy right now .... It’s definitely going to be a challenge when I do decide to pursue a relationship … but I have hope!�

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The 28-year-old has been repeatedly linked to her “Work� collaborator Drake, and concert footage from earlier this week showed the two of them grinding onstage in Miami leaving very little to the imagination, according to TMZ.

The two have been linked on and off since 2009 and she sweetly gushes over Champagne Papi -- professionally, of course -- in her sit-down with the fashion mag, which took place the day after they shot the steamy “Work� music video in the Caribbean.

“Everything he does is so amazing,� she said, going on to describe their video as the kind of party they “would go to in the Caribbean and just dance and drink and smoke and flirt.�

Vogue’s April issue hits newsstands March 29.

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