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Robin Givens recently spoke on her story of domestic violence with ex-husband Mike Tyson on Larry King Live. Givens claimed “My story is Rihanna’s story” and continued to talk about how difficult it is to leave the person you love even though they may be abusive.

Behar: Why did you stay with him?

Givens: Well, he had said that he was going to get help. And I loved him. I wanted to make it work. I was very bonded. And it’s hard to be bonded and save yourself at the same time.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CNoriega/ CNoriega

    Is it because women are stupid?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sobbstory/ sobbstory

    I gotta say, robin givens appeared to rob mike tyson … if your telling me she “loved him” in any persons definition of love I disagree. She epitomizes what a gold digger is to the point it was females like her that trained a generation of men NOT to do what the Champ did. She was there for the rise and gone for the fall.
    Actually the only thing that took a fall was her career *picks u p phone * calls the grim reaper* its gotta hurt that even now today Mike is more relevant that her.
    This isn’t to condone a man hitting a woman but listen to “wobin” tell it and Mike is the devil, please he wasn’t the devil when she was spending his loot.
    gold diggers :X

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/xobranchox/ xobranchox

    IF YOU HAVEN’T WENT THROUGH IT YOURSELF, PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF!!! YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LeonTrue/ LeonTrue

    CNoriega i question that myself. I’m still trying to figure out why they always go back.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ljizzal/ ljizzal

    WOMEN AREN’T STUPID ,THEY ARE HUMAN, WHO WANTS YO BE LOVED, RESPECTED AND NOT HITTED ON.ALL WOMEN AREN’T GOLDDIGGERS ,EVEN THOUGH SOME ARE ,BUT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A MAN HITTING ON A WOMAN.I THINK IT’S WRONG FOR A DUDE TO HIT ON ANY WOMAN AND IF HE DECIDES THAT HE WANTS TO AND DO,HE’S ASS SHOULD TAKEN TO JAIL SO THAT HE’S ASS CAN BE BEATEN UP .MY THING IS,IF A WOMAN KEEP ALLOWING A MAN TO BEAT HER ASS ,THEN HE’S GONNA CONTINUE TO DO SO UNTIL SHE GET’S FED OF IT.HOWEVER,THAT DOESN’T MEAN THAT HE SHOULD BECUASE IT’S WRONG.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sothikwitit1/ sothikwitit1

    women are not stupid We make stupid mistakes and constantly defend the stupid men we deal with so keep ur comments to ur self!! becuz if u never went throught it u dont know

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/getmoney230/ getmoney230

    It’s an emotional attachment women by nature are emotional creatures like men are more assertive. When women’s feelings get involved in a relationship it’s hard for them to depart who they are with. It’s a crazy story with Chris Brown & Rihanna.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Black_Mural/ Black_Mural

    Instead you of repeating : IF YOU HAVEN’T WENT THROUGH IT YOURSELF, PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF. Over and over again, why don’t those of you who have inexperienced it explain it so that we can understand or at least have an idea as to why these abused women continually go back to the man that abuse them. Stop retaliating when the males on this post make these assumptions and take the mature objective route and help them understand. If they understand then the ”comments’ will cease.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dcgurl_1/ dcgurl_1

    everybody need to stay out of other people’s business and worry about whats going on in their lifes. Women aint stupid about s**t, when someone loves someone else n s**t like this happens they think the person is gonna stop. Robin Givens thought Tyson was gonna stop thats why she stayed with him. Ya’ll cant say s**t about women being stupid n staying with someone after they beat on them cuz you aint never experienced the situation ur damn stuff so until u have ya’ll needa mind ya’ll business cuz i beat u any money that if this happened to u n u truly love the person u with u would still stay with them

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/vonmiwi1/ vonmiwi1

    No matter how many times we tell ourselves that we love someone, love does not hurt, maim or disrespect. If you find yourself in a relationship where there is no reciprocity, it’s not a relationship, it’s a game. You can not love anyone if you don’t love yourself. I’ve been there, done that and I’ve got the tee-shirt, hat and the scars to prove it. Life will give each and everyone of us some very painful and valuable lessons to learn and we must learn them or we will keep repeating them. Every woman is of value regardless of what anyone else says or what you think that you don’t deserve. Being in a real and loving relationship is quite simple: pay very close attention to how the man treats you because actions speak volumes and you better learn to read them like a book. If the actions shown are devaluing you then you need to move on. Don’t be bound by the belief that you are suppose to stay in anything-whether it’s a relationship and a circ**stance that makes your life miserable. Happiness comes from within, no one else can make your life happy but you. Each of us owes it to ourselves to live beautifully. And right now I am.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/imbeautiful418/ imbeautiful418

    well speaking from experience because i have had a abusive man in my life. and it was emotional, verbal, and physical abuse. when love is in the air there is nothing else to say

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/browneyedkarmel/ browneyedkarmel

    clearly the facts about rhianna bein an abusive person as well is bein left out. she supposedly initiated the fight/argument, and has a history of violence.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Iyada34/ Iyada34

    I’ve personally been n a physical abusive relationship. Sad thing is, it became abusive in my 5th month of pregnancy. When u r pregnant, u go through soooo many emotions, and I was sooo confused.
    One day I said enough is enough, He hit me n the back of the head w some object when I was walking out of an arguement, and busted my head WIDE OPEN, blood was everywhere! that was it, after all the caios was over, I called the police and he was arrested about 3 days later, while he was n jail, i called my brothers and we packed my apartment up, and I moved clear cross town. When he got out, he went to my old apt, and it was EMPTY! I was hurt by the fact that sum1 i luvd sooo much cld treat me the way he did. I had a big reality check that one day. I woke the fuk up and moved on w my life . .
    I think it was a wise decision on my part.
    My daughter and I are safe and HA, I GOT THAT NI66A ON CHILD SUPPORT :-)
    THANKS 4 THE CHECKS TORY :-)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1BadPrincess/ 1BadPrincess

    I was a victim of domestic violence for six years. I lost my virginity when I was 17 and I was a freshman in college. The guy that I was with beat on me for 3 years, the last time he beat on he tried to kill me. He also raped me several times. He told me that since he took my virginity and he was three years older than me that when a woman says no she really means yes. Isnt that a trip. I got counseling and moved on with my life. I came back home and got my life together. I am glad that I didnt have kids by him and I dont have any kids at all. I changed my major to criminal justice. I got my Associates Degree In Criminal Justice. I am five classes away from my Bachelors Degree in Technical Management-Criminal Justice. I will be going into my Masters Degree Program right after graduation next spring. So it is possible to go on with your life. As a woman it hurts like hell to love someone so much that they disappoint you. But when people are unhealthy for you. You have to cut them off and go on with your life. But you have to want to go on and not look back at all. You cannot beat yourself up about what happened in the past, but overtime you will become a stronger woman.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sweetcarmel029/ sweetcarmel029

    I read all these storys about other people and there life is the same as mine im living everday with the marks on my body that i got for someone telling me that they loved me ive had my hair pulled out and ive been slap punch and even kick a couple of times and if i can walk away and do better for myself then so can everyone else.Its hard to walk away but if you dont u dont know what will happen the next time. The guy i dated was crazy as hell and till this day he stalks me ive looked out my peek hole on my door and he was beating on my door with a gun. So when in the end all u have is yourself and only u can leave. So all i can say is be strong and move on and live your life.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Luvlybeauty84/ Luvlybeauty84

    It’s real messed up that evryone can blame Chris Brown for everything. There has been statements of Rhianna also being agressive, and abusive is not being said. The blame shouldbe put on both of them. Yes I have been around an abusive realationship and I am alos carribean like Rhianna and carribean women don’t go for a man putting their hands on us without consquences. I am not here to judge anyone but give BLAME where BLAME is due.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SXYREDDBONE4U/ SXYREDDBONE4U

    Robin Givens that played out Broad just wants attention she used Mike and everyone knows it her and her money hungry ass mama,No one knows what really happened between Chris and Rihanna but the two of them and God there are two sides to every story his hers and the TRUTH which may never come out.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ARTFEIN/ ARTFEIN

    People never made this big of a deal when Tommy Lee beat up Pamela Anderson so why is it that now domestic violence is a hot topic? Oh I forgot Chris Brown is black. We wouldn’t be talking about this if it had been someone who is white and famous.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kuntryboy8/ kuntryboy8

    everybody knows Robin Givens just wanted some attention. Her career is dead and she’s looking for a little boost. She needs to shut it for real!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tallerthanyou/ tallerthanyou

    You and your sorry mother took advantage of him. RIhanna and you are nothing alike other than being black females. You want to be the victim when you robbed Mike of a lot of $$. White people might believe you but we dont! GOLD DIGGER

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sixsixgrwnsxy/ sixsixgrwnsxy

    Robin Givens??? WTF.. man she needs to shut up and stop trying to piggy-back off the problems of someone more famous..
    Mike wasn’t a poster child for marriage and she knew that.. get over it! Your 15 minutes of victim-hood is OVAH!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2live2laugh2love/ 2live2laugh2love

    This is Robin Givens trying to get some spot light again. Her incident was a decade ago and she needs to let it go! She was and will always be a gold digger with no life and we don’t know what the true ordeal was between Rhianna and Chris so she; along with Oprah Winfrey needs to just mind their own business. I back up Chris Brown 100% because it takes two to tangle and hopefully the truth will come out. Society has made it a women’s world when it comes to abuse but men also get abused as well.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mrs601/ Mrs601

    I agree with you artfein this wouldn’t go on if they were white the meida put this out like this only happens to black people everything is about a black person when the same things are happening to whites too.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bettaholla/ bettaholla

    i have to agree with many of u..it’s a shame what ppl will do when they on the hunt for income.what robin should be talking about since she so great is the fact her ass not paying taxes…always crying freaking wolf men also become victims too of abuse whether it is verbal or physical ppl need to keep there hands down unless they will to get that ass slapped right back.ppl also need to watch there mouths when speaking to another person. were all human and accountable for our actions.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trahandsome/ trahandsome

    b***h please you need to stop might was not that stupid you and yo broke azz momma was f**king with mikes money and he whopped dat azz he should have slapped da s**t out of yo momma too

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