Rihanna has described naked pictures of her that leaked on the internet as ‘hot.’

She also told radio station Hot 97: “If you don't send your boyfriend naked pictures, then I feel bad for him.”

However the Wait Your Turn singer said she felt humiliated by the photos and “the worst thing that could possibly ever happen to me.”

Ri said she had sent the shots to an unnamed ex-boyfriend who then released them to the public.

She explained: “It was humiliating and it was embarrassing - especially my mum having to see that. It was two days before Mother's Day, so I was nervous.”

In related news the 21-year-old launched her album Rated R with a party in Manhattan on Tuesday night.

Jay-Z, Diddy, Rick Ross and Fabolous were among guests attending the event.