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Louisiana fried chicken chain parodies Rihanna’s NFL announcement

Closeup Man's Hand and Woman's Hand Clinking Crispy Fried Chicken Drumsticks Against Wooden Wall

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A Louisiana-based fried chicken chain has gone viral after it made a parody of Rihanna’s NFL Super Bowl announcement.

Rumors of the international icon headlining the halftime show began after she posted a picture holding a football on Instagram. The NFL made the official announcement on Sunday, Sept. 25.

Popeyes, a Louisiana-famous fried chicken chain, posted a hand holding a chicken sandwich later on Sunday. The original post has been retweeted over 10,000 times. The tweet has over 80,000 likes. The food chain captioned the photo, “Period.”