. >> members of the rihanna navy, as they've known, have been gunning for him all day long followingnce on "the sherri shepherd show," take a listen. >> are you excited for this halftime show? >> i don't want to say i'm not excited. she's fantastic. there's one thing she's not. she ain't beyonce. [boos] >> i know she's not beyonce, but wait a minute, hold on, hold on -- >> leslie: dude, no! why would you do this to yourself? you know what, stephen a. smith, you need to act like your hair line and the [bleep] off! [applause] now the good news is that he did apologize. the bad news is, his apology. >> i want rihanna to know, you're a superstar. your sensational. and you are a worthy person to be doing the super bowl halftime show. i apologize for creating whatever brouhaha comes of this. i got to be more careful with people twisting and turning into something it ain't. my bad on that. now i got to go. good luck, sweetie. looking forward to seeing you perform. [boos] >> leslie: oh oh, how dare you call rihanna sweetie? you calling her sweetie like you know her? she don't know you. but y