full size Rihanna Wears a Revealing Black Bikini in the July 2012 Issue of Esquire UK
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Somewhere, Alec Baldwin is cheering. ("See, everybody! It's not just me!")

Shortly after the Drake entourage vs. Chris Brown entourage fight that supposedly had a connection to Rihanna, we now have a fight with a definite direct connection to RiRi. TMZ says a photographer got too close to Rihanna in London and one of her bodyguards hit the paparazzo to push him away from Rihanna's car.

If you watch TMZ's video, you can see it play out (unless you have a seizure from all the flashing lights). It happens pretty fast, but there's definite contact, even if the punch doesn't look that hard.

Rihanna was already in the car when the punch/push happened. The celebs are always at a safe distance when the dirty work goes down.

But it sounds like the war of Celebs vs. Paparazzi is really heating up — and going global!

Source: TMZ