Singer and entrepreneur Rihanna is being blasted on the internet after appearing as a nun on the cover of “Interview Magazine.” Rihanna appeared on the cover wearing the traditional black and white habit of a nun, but the similarities stop there as she dons a white blouse buttoned down to show her cleavage and a small cross tattoo on her cheek. A video of the photoshoot shows Rihanna groping herself and nearly bearing her breast while make suggestive faces at the camera. The title of Rihanna’s interview in the magazine was “Rihanna is Ready to Confess.”

A number of reactions on social media called the cover out for what one called “religious mockery.” “I’m not even Christian, but you need to take religion seriously,” said another. “Our religion is not your marketing toy like stopppppp this is so annoying,” wrote another. “Rihanna mocks Catholics. She’d never try this with Islam. Teach your children not to admire, follow, or listen to morons like this,” wrote conservative commentator Chad Prather. Others commented that Rihanna would never do a similar shoot wearing a hijab, the traditional religious head covering of Muslim women. “Should Interview Magazine and Rihanna try a similar photoshoot with a hijab?” asked one commentator. The Dailywire noted that Rihanna has previously apologized to her Muslim fans after she included a line from the Hadith in one of her fashion shows.

Rihanna herself has claimed to have been raised in a Christian household. Her interview with “Interview” includes several references to God and God’s will. When asked by interviewer about how many children she wanted to have, Rihanna responded “As many as God wants me to have.” “I don’t know what God wants, but I would go for more than two. I would try for my girl. But of course if it’s another boy, it’s another boy,” she responded. Rihanna appeared at the Super Bowl visibly pregnant and now has two children. In a 2014 interview with “Glamour,” Rihanna stated that focusing on God helped her to stay true to herself. “Remembering what’s important in life and understanding that we are individuals with our own relationship to God, when that’s clear, it’s difficult to be bothered by what people think,” she said. She has also referred to God in her X posts in the past and has referenced Joyce Meyer in her posts.

Rihanna is not the first celebrity to face backlash for using religious iconography. Singer Sabrina Carpenter received backlash for her racy music video filmed at a Catholic church a mass of reparation was performed to cleanse the church afterwards and a priest at the parish was demoted for his role in allowing the video. Another Catholic diocese was outraged by the flamboyant funeral held for trans activist Cecilia Gentili. The funeral featured what Catholics called a mocking of the “Our Father” Catholic prayer and vulgar references to “whores.”