Instead of paying the outrageous mobile phone rates of $5.00 per minute to the likes of O2 or  Vodafone while on tour in Europe, pop star Rihanna uses the online telephone technology Skype to talk with her boyfriend Matt Kemp of the Dodgers.

While in Paris, France on her European leg of her tour, she told the Daily Mirror newspaper, “I’m really happy right now. It’s an amazing city. I love it. It would have been so cool if he was here. I was hoping he would be able to come to London but he’s working. And I’m touring and shooting videos for my next single so it’s going to be seven weeks before I see him again.”

“We have to make do with Skype and phone, but I miss him. And this is the most romantic town. I can’t wait to see him again.”

Rihanna we hope you consoled your boyfriend in the wake of the team throwing him under the bus the other day. Also get used to using Skype since Kemp may be out of Los Angeles in a few years.