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If she would have spoken out about the incident around the time that it happened, then I would be more open to hearing her side of the story. After waiting this long to talk about it, I just feel like she’s seeking attention. Same with Chris Brown, after he waited months to apologize for his actions, I feel like he was just apologizing just to apologize and seeking attention as well.
Isn’t it possible that she wasn’t comfortable speaking out about this entire issue earlier? I believe that people should be able to speak out about their experiences on their own terms and when they are ready.
Given that she has an album to promote, she will be doing plenty of interviews and press. It is inevitable that the questions about her relationship with Chris Brown will be a focus of the media. So I don’t see anything wrong with her building her confidence and finding the courage to speak about this ordeal. It was her experience, and her privacy was violated. There is a lot of shame and embarrassment that comes with domestic violence. Some women go on abused for years and don’t speak out about until decades later. Some women, never find the strength to talk about domestic abuse.
i agree with you keke. it’s easy to say what should have happened but it didn’t happen to you. add to that the fact that it was so public. i feel incredibly sorry for rihanna in terms of this incident. no one deserves to be beaten and publicly humiliated the way she was. those cops that leaked her picture need to be beat down!
agree w/ everything said. however, the fact that she is opening up weeks before her album release date does raise eyebrows. it just seems very convenient, which (to me) makes it less genuine. i can see in the interview that she is still emotional about it. i just hope that her label/PR ppl didn’t force her to talk now.
does anyone think that Chris is hurt to ?? he lost fans and rihanna he going through something too & ppl arent focusing on that ! they just see the pictures and go on her side.. i really could careless about the whole issue now its OVER ! Chris and Rihanna are both doin there own thing.. everyone else needs to MOVE ON….
i’m sorry but i don’t feel sorry for chris brown at all. i think that he is worthy of forgiveness but only from rihanna, not me. he’s got a lot of proving to everyone that he’s not a major ass.
I think RiRi did a great job (in the snippet I saw). I am happy that she was educated enough on domestic violence that she could correct Barbara Walters. Domestice Abuse is a cycle of violence and she is blessed that she only went back once.
I am proud that she is strong enough to tell her story.
However, Imma need Chris to sit down somewhere. How many interviews is he going to do? Puhlease.
hmm I dunno…I’ll have to watch the whole interview. But it does seem that she’s using this to promote the new album but I’m only on the outside looking in.
However, I do like how she points to the fact that she is human and no God on a pedestal that many make her out to be…how many times have women gone back to their no good boyfriends not necessarily who are physically abusive but maybe emotionally or verbally abusive at their family’s or friends protest?
MY PROBLEM WITH THIS WHOLE INCIDENT IS THAT….EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT A MAN SHOULD NEVER HIT A WOMAN…POINT BLANK PERIOD..ITS JUST NOT RIGHT…BUT WHAT A WOMAN DOES TO PROVOKE A MAN TO HIT THEM AND CAUSE THIS TYPE OF SITUATION IS BEYOND ME. I DONT SEE HIM AS JUST SWINGING ON HER WITH OUT BEING PROVOKE…IM IN NO TYPE OF WAY TAKING ANY SIDES…BUT LETS BE REALISTIC…WHAT DID SHE DO TO MAKE HIM DO THAT TO HER…
Typical, blame the victim.
FUCK THAT MOTHERFUCKER CALL CHRIS BECAUSE IF I SEES HIM I WILL PULL MA PULLETS ON HIM.
I DON’T EVEN LIKE HIM
shauntae, chris brown lost his funs?? for God’s sake you would rather feel sorry for someone who lost their funs than someone who got beat up n was talked about and seen by the whole world wide??? chris brown might be hurt we agree but is it not his fault??? i love chris brown but he does not have no excuse for hittin a woman…point blank period.
also those who say rihanna is seeking attention your wrong. try putting your self in her shoes and see if you would wake up the next day after being asaulted to go and tell the world about it, she needed to heal and get the courage and strength which needed time.
Shauntae you cant even be serious…I dont understand how any woman in their right mind would stick up for Chris or any “man” (and I use that term loosely here) who decides to beat up a woman so badly that she requires medical attention. Imagine if she was your sister, friend or mother – bet you would be singing a different tune then!!
It is wrong and it is absolutely disgusting regardless of whether people think he was provoked or not – he is not the one who ended up in hospital nor were any pictures released showing his bruises – thats right he did not have any! Add to the fact he plead guilty and has apologised which clearly shows even he knows he was wrong.
I cant understand the mind of any person who would take his side over Rihanna’s and so what if she is speaking now that she has an album coming out? At the end of the day instead of skirting around the issue she seems like she actually acknowledges she is a role model (which is rare for most celebrities nowadays by the way) and has sent out the right message!
Granted he is human and we all make mistakes but every mistake has its consequence and he should just accept the consequences and try to become a better person – not try and sell his album and do a tour – to me he seems more desperate to save his career than sorry for his actions. If he were truly sorry he would take a LONG BREAK and reflect on himself and his actions not try and sell albums. He is a joke!
I understood and appreciated what she was saying…but damn…I really wish she was more articulate. I feel sorry for what happened to her but I feel like she’s probably doing alot of this to promote her new album. I’m not the biggest fan of Rihanna I find that she, like tons of other “stars”, are nothing more than a face/image. she has zero talent. and apparently no ability to speak articulately.
@Shauntae: i don’t care about what chris brown is going through or “how many fans” he lost–i wish he’d lost them all.
moving on, i feel that there has been so much VITRIOL directed toward rihanna since she decided to state her truth. it infuriates that most of the people voicing their very ignorant opinions are other young black women. if we won’t stand by one another who the eff will? it makes me so sad, i don’t care what went down before he decided to put his hands on her, i support her now matter what.
@shay: um, she didn’t do anything to “make” him hit her/”provoke” him to hit her. he CHOSE to hit her, she could’ve been cussing him out any which way, and he STILL had no right to hit her. any man–no, any PERSON who only knows how to use their hands when “provoked” is a coward.
I’m over it.
He was dead wrong for hitting her and she’s dead wrong for trying to promote her new album out of this newfound desire to “open up”. I’m not buying.
wow. did everyone WATCH the entire video?
she talks about speaking out in an effort to save
the lives of young girls who may be going through
what she went through and sending a clear
message that abuse CANNOT be tolerated.
she alluded to the fact that in our community,
we DON’T talk about a lot of our dirty laundry.
sexual abuse, physical abuse, infidelity…
noooo, not in public, chile! no sir! no way.
it’s ridiculous.
whether the timing of her interview is pr-influenced or not,
what matters is the message she is attempting to convey:
what happened to her can happen to ANY woman or
young girl, and it should NOT be stood for.
she made her struggle relatable and
found the light in a very dark situation.
Unfortunately, I think what happened as a result of this interview is whatever message she was trying to convey got lost on a lot of women, b/c many didn’t feel she was geniune. I 100% agree that Chris was wrong for what he did, no excuses. I’ve had my best friend suffer through two violent relationships, so I know the pain of seeing a loved one suffer and I would never lay blame on the victim.
But whoever her handlers/PR people/Record Label etc are who may have pushed her to give this interview may have done her a disservice. It just didn’t feel authentic. Call it timing or whatever – the interview coaching, the outfit, the legs crossed “Sharon Stone/Basic Instinct” posture – it just didn’t feel “real” to me…I don’t know.
Again, while I do not condone what CB did…I just really don’t think the message connected with a lot of young women, unfortunately…
If I’m being honest, it really didn’t connect with me…either way, I wish her well and I hope that she heals from his incident.