Rihanna: “We Were Dangerous For Each Other”

UPDATE: In the interview that aired tonight, Rihanna shared the graphic account of that fateful February 7 confrontation with then-boyfriend Chris Brown. She also discusses how she eventually broke things off with Brown, and how she feels about him today.
“Love doesn’t go away right away,” she says. “He didn’t accept that very well. Obviously he didn’t want us to be apart. But I had to make a decision for me.”
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This morning, chart-topping singer Rihanna appeared on “Good Morning America” for the second part of her interview with Diane Sawyer.
In the “GMA” interview, Rihanna said “To fall in love with your best friend, it can be scary.” She said that she and Brown were “dangerous” for each other and that the relationship was like an “obsession.”
The night of the attack, Brown got a text message from a woman and Rihanna said she confronted him about it. “It escalated into him being violent towards me,” said Rihanna. She said that at the time of the attack Brown “had no soul in his eyes. Just blank. He was clearly blacked out. There was no person when I looked at him.”
The singer said after the assault began, ”I was battered. I was bleeding, I was swollen in my face.”
But she says, despite everything, she doesn’t feel animosity towards her ex-boyfriend.
“I don’t hate him at all,” Rihanna said in the interview. “I actually love and care about him.” She would like him to “grow up.”
“20/20″ will have more from the interview tonight. Rihanna’s new album, “Rated R,” comes out Nov.23.
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meechie2641
11-13-2009 11:32 pm
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TametraLavey
11-13-2009 10:47 pm
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22andlovingit1
11-12-2009 11:42 pm
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sexyjai37
11-12-2009 9:20 pm
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truthserumX
11-12-2009 9:14 pm
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Nightowl358
11-11-2009 8:26 pm
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MzBadAzzitGets
11-11-2009 8:20 pm
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smisty
11-11-2009 9:59 am
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DAREALRECKLESS
11-11-2009 3:45 am
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trisha_369
11-11-2009 1:46 am
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mrlosa
11-10-2009 6:48 pm
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IDROPBOMBS
11-10-2009 3:48 pm
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rene1953
11-10-2009 2:02 pm
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Jay_dre55
11-10-2009 6:29 am
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melimel71
11-10-2009 5:12 am
« Previous 1 2meechie2641
thier are alot of women in prison for beating an killing men. i hope she gets the help she will need to control her anger.
TametraLavey
I just have to say that this girl is very BOLD to come in front of everyone and tell her story. I was in abusive realationship for 8 long long years and the only people that knew was my family. Yes, everyone thought I was stupid for staying but what could I say love is blind. NOBODY, NOBODY deserves to be beating by a man it’s not right! I had enough one day Thank God I never looked back but I have forgave him from all the things he has done to me. We still speak because we have a child together and he tells me all the time that he is sorry for what he has done and if he could change the past he would but I’ve heard that for 8 years! So the bottom line is once they hit you they will continue too if you let them! Don’t be envy like I was walk away!
22andlovingit1
RIHANA THE ONLY THING U ARE TO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DANGEROUS FOR IS THAT FOR HEAD !!!!!!!!!!
sexyjai37
I agree with Nightowl358…..there are 3 sides to every story his side, her side and the truth which we will never know.
truthserumX
Women who grew up watching their fathers hit their mothers do get into abusive relationships and YES sometimes they toss blows too. No matter what, a man is much stronger and rather hit her he can restrain her. Its interesting how some men on here are sort of on CB’s side in the hitting part.
Listening to her explain what happen, it takes me back to my 1st love. When he got caught ‘cheating’ basically I answered his phone and it was another chick, yeah he went crazy cause he knew it was over then, he had no where to go but down. For whatever reason some men love they girl, cheat or play the field but don’t want their girl to go anywhere. I don’t understand that its just selfish to me. But men need to be men. If you not ready to be in a 1 on 1 relationship say that. You want to just be friends say that, don’t lie and for sure don’t put your hands on no woman. BE A MAN!
I’m sure their are many women here who can understand what she went through and can understand what its like to be with a man who shows you so much love but can be so volatile. It hurts, its dangerous and unhealthy. I wish BOTH of them the best!
Nightowl358
Rhianna gave it as good as she took it. Her hands aren’t clean in all this.
MzBadAzzitGets
DeaD DEAD DEAD!! lol…. i don’t think it was right for Chris to hit her at all…no way no how…but Rhianna and a lot of us women do push niggas buttons daring them to hit us…we might not flat out say it…but like she said she wouldn’t let it go…u know how we get ….oh hell naw who that b***h.. and why she texting u..u text her back when the last time u talk to her… and blah blah this and that…i know…how it goes…and i can see chris biting his lips like will the b***h shut up…and u know how us black woman are u can tell us everything but if its not what we want to hear we will keep going till we let u know what it is… a lot ppl going to be mad at this comment but the truth hurts…but ne who bottom line he shouldnt of done that…Dueces*****
smisty
I grew up watching my parents fight. Only it was not my father doing the hitting. I listen as my grandparents would tell him not to hit her back. She is a woman and the mother of your child. I remember calling the cops and them taking him away even though he was the one with his head bust open. My uncles use to call him a p$$y and tell him to beat her. But this man would not hit her back. One night he packed some clothes and took me to his folks house. I’ll never forget them telling him not to take me away from my mother. Go home and wrk things out. Two nights later she killed him in my grandparents house. Ppl said they knew she hit him but never thought she would stab him. Yes women do and will hit first
DAREALRECKLESS
WE DON’T BELIEVE YOU, YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE!
trisha_369
I want to CLEAR the AIR on MY COMMENTS-even thou this topic is SPEAKING of Rihanna and Chris…IM NOT just SPEAKING of Chris when I say MEN died at the HANDS of a WOMAN-just LIKE women DO. I am HOWEVER saying that SOME WOMEN do the SAME thing to a MAN and HE is LOOKED at or TREATED like its OK for HIM to be HIT or BEAT on or even LEAD to BELIEVE that because he is a MAN he SHOULD take the LICKS and WALK AWAY. Thats not ALWAYS the CASE-when MEN do try to LEAVE he at that POINT become the ABUSER and the WOMAN be the VICTIM and EVERYONE fall for the CRY WOLF line of the POOR WOMAN-become another VICTIM…when REALLY SHE IS THE REAL ABUSER. Lets FACE FACTS-men do die at the HANDS of a WOMAN…SO do WOMEN and we all KNOW that FACT-so WHY should WE over LOOK the VIOLENCE in WOMEN? We hear the NEWS MEDIA down the MEN and how they BEAT the WOMAN and YET-WHEN it HAPPEN to a MAN its LIKE its OK and that SHE had the RIGHT to HIT or even KILL him. WHY- because he is a MAN? Thats NOT a GOOD enough REASON for ME! They ALWAYS say in the news MEDIA what if it was your daughter,sister,mother,aunt,gandmother,etc? I say WHAT if it WAS your SON<BROTHER<UNCLEor GRANDFATHER,etc who died trying to do the RIGHT thing and WALK AWAY? Would YOU still THINK or SAY its OK for the WOMAN to WALK away free of CHARGE nor STEP up and SAY YES I DID IT and IM the ABUSER not HIM? I hope NOT! Its NOT FAIR nor is it RIGHT to DOWN the MAN and UPHOLD the WOMAN when SHE is DOING the SAME thing. I will KEEP saying it a MAN is NOT alway STRONGER than a WOMAN…thats JUST what the WORLD want YOU to BELIEVE. Its WOMEN out HERE that CAN pick a MAN up LIKE he IS NOTHING and BEAT his A$$ like she is MIKE TYSON. So PLEASE don’t get this TWISTED as if the MAN is the BIG BAD WOLF and the WOMEN are Little RED ROBIN HOOD. REMEMBER that VIOLENCE is VIOLENCE nomatter WHO’S hand it COME from.
mrlosa
Who gives a s**t! But don’t her forehead look even bigger in this interview? Chris brown lucky he didn’t brake his hand.
IDROPBOMBS
@ rene1953, she said she DID NOT hit him. What part of that you didn’t understand? Do you have sisters?
rene1953
She made the statement about being a role model for the young women of today. That’s bull. How can you be a role model when you hit first. Yes it’s wrong for a man to hit a woman but when that woman thinks she can man handle a man, then you get what you ask for. I don’t think Chris meant to do all that he did but I do believe he was provoked and she can definitely do that. If she was ready to act a fool behind Justine Timberlake what’s to say she wasn’t showing off or trying to make Chris look bad. I believe she tried to clown him and he held out as long as he could. It’s not right but what she did wasn’t either. And how can people think she can sing?
Jay_dre55
I havent watched the whole interview but I know she is lying. She did hit him first. No excuse for him hitting her like he did. My question is how much abuse should a man take before he is justified in retaliating against a woman? I know i am stronger but if a woman is whooping my ass. When can I defend myself?
melimel71
an hell no she kant sing, get the fuk out of jays song. yahhh yah yah yah yah yahhhhh.. s**t sound corny as hell sing b***h sing!!!