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Rihanna canceled her Grammys performance due to ?bronchitis,? but sources exclusively tell Page Six it was just a ploy to get her out of the awards show at the eleventh hour, because she feared giving a lackluster performance.

?She felt like her performance couldn?t compare [to some of the other artists?], and she was trying to avoid the embarrassment because she knew it wasn?t the right comeback performance,? said an insider. ?She said, ?I?m not doing this.??

Sources said RiRi rehearsed her tune ?Kiss It Better? twice, but then got cold feet after seeing Kendrick Lamar and others rehearse.

Another source who saw the pop star?s rehearsals told us, ?It was underwhelming. The performance was like a throwback to an ?80s talk show. James Corden was going to introduce her, and she was supposed to walk over, talk to him, then gyrate on the mike.?

Our source continued: ?People were watching like, ?Oh, is that it?? She was singing parts of the song live, but it had a lot of recorded vocals [in rehearsal]. We were surprised when she rehearsed the ballad [all the way through], because we thought she was going to kill it and come back with [her more upbeat single] ?Work.? It didn?t seem like Rihanna.?

Producers then powwowed with her team. ?It was an intense conversation. It didn?t seem like they were discussing a doctor?s note,? we?re told.

But another source said the singer ?looked upset after rehearsals and a doctor came to see her . . . after the doctor talked to her and told her the diagnosis, she was forced to pull out.?

On nights before the Grammys, Rihanna performed in a Lionel Richie tribute and partied at Up&Down in New York with Naomi Campbell for RiRi?s Fenty x Puma fashion show. The ?Anti? hitmaker also seems to have had a speedy recovery after the awards ? she was back at Up&Down celebrating her 28th birthday days later.

And on Monday, she released two videos for ?Work,? then reportedly partied in London till 5 a.m. with Drake. The duo?s expected to perform the song at the Brit Awards on Wednesday.

Oh no...

[Young]

Plea'

Fake mess

[BAPHOMET.]

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After seeing her Brits performance I can see why she didnt want to embarrass herself on national US tv.

[RekeRig]

sounds accurate.

if she felt like the performance wouldn't be good enough (i can DEFINITELY believe that) then that's not so bad. Saved herself
the embarrassment

[FINE.]

Totally believable

[Young]

She was sick

[BAPHOMET.]

She was sick

but out partying it up & kissing drake at the club days later 

[Nine]

Wow yeah, definitely real

[Zankou.]

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Seems legit

[RekeRig]

most of these songs will be hard to perform tbh

i dont see where the excitement is gon come from

[FUCK Bey]

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Damns............... I believes it. Lol!!!!!

[JRocka]

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[Young]

She was sick

but out partying it up & kissing drake at the club days later 

Yeahs that's what normally happens when you get sick..you get better 

[KING BENTLEY.]

ssss

Is this the best they can do?

[yummy]

She was sick

but out partying it up & kissing drake at the club days later 

you really keep tabs on this bitch