In the interview Rihanna tells young girls to “F Love” and think outside “from a third person” when dealing with domestic violence in a relationship. She makes a great point how society puts celebrities in unrealistic lives, not understanding they are human too. Both her and Chris Brown are obviously strong people for returning to making music after this incident and continuing their daily lives. Their teams are working hard releasing videos and promotions around the same time as one another. The interview was needed, more so for women fans than any one. The Full 20/20 Interview will air this Friday.
On being embarrased and ashamed:
“That’s embarrassing that that’s the type of person that I fell in love with,” Rihanna told “Good Morning America’s” Diane Sawyer in her first television interview discussing the assault. “So far in love. So unconditional that I went back. It’s humiliating to say this happened. To accept that? It’s a traumatizing experience.”On going back to Brown after the incident:
“I stayed. I even went back after he beat me, which was wrong,” she said. “But again … I’m a human being and people put me on a very unrealistic pedestal. And all these expectations, I’m not perfect.It’s completely normal to go back. It’s not right. I learned the hard way, but again, this is what I want people to know,” she said. “When I realized that my selfish decision for love could result in some young girl getting killed, I could not be easy with that part. I couldn’t be held responsible for going back.
On her influence on young girls:
“Even if Chris never hit me again, who is to say that their boyfriend won’t? Who’s to say that they won’t kill these girls?” she said. “These are young girls and I just didn’t realize how much of an impact I had on these girls’ lives until that happened.”
On being lonely & losing privacy:
“One of the most lonely times I’ve been was in the past few months because nobody understands what it’s like,” she said. “There are a lot of women who’ve experienced what I did, but not in the public. So it made it really difficult. I just felt like, ‘Oh my God, here it goes, my little bit of privacy.’”
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I personally feel that what he did was wrong, but everybody makes mistakes. Say hypothetically what if it was turned around and he was the one abused (Chris Brown) then what would everybody say? Would it be a big deal like it is now? I just feel that by you being a celebrity you dont have no privacy so yeah you should be really careful about what you do and you know the media, thats they job to hype everything up so don’t feel bad Rhianna your a rolling stone.
I think that this interview was somewhat needed. If I was her I would want to voice my views and thoughts, instead of reading all of the rumors and gossip. She probably just wanted to finally have her say. She is human, just as he. They are young and are going to make mistakes! People should just let them be.