Must Watch: Rihanna On Chris Brown, 3 Years Later

August 21, 2012 by  

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This must be one of the most interesting 12 minutes I’ve watched in a LONG time. Just watch… It made me cry because in a way I could identify with her pain. I think this interview will be therapeutic and help a lot of women. Love to Rihanna for being so open.

She tells Oprah:

“We love each other and we probably always will, and that’s not anything that we’re going to try to change.”

 

On things that remind her of Him:

“I am reminded by a lot of things. A lot of good memories we had.  By the slightest things: hotel rooms, tour venues. Any little thing: music, songs. And I do miss him at times.”

About forgiving the love of her life:

“I have forgiven him.  I was angry for a long time.”

“I think he was the love of my life.  He was my first love.”

“I lost my best friend. Everything I knew switched … switched in a night and I couldn’t control that.  So I had to deal with that, and that’s not easy for me to understand or interpret. It’s not easy to interpret on camera. Not with the world watching.”

Watch the video below:

 Transcript

Rihanna on the Chris Brown domestic violence incident
I was hurt the most. Nobody felt what I felt. I was hurt because it happened to me. It happened to me in front of the world. It was embarrassing, it was humiliating. It was hurtful. It’s not easy. I lost my best friend. Everything I knew switched in a night and I couldn’t control that. I had to deal with that and it’s not easy for me to understand or interpret and it’s not easy for me to interpret on camera with the world watching. So it’s hard for me to pay attention to my mind and figuring things out because now it became a circus and I felt protective. I felt like the only person that they hate right now is him and it was a weird confusing space to be in. Cause’ As angry as I was, as hurt and betrayed, I felt that he made that mistake because he needed help. Who’s going to help him? Nobody is going to say, ‘he needs help’. Everyone is going to say he’s a monster without looking at the source. I was more concerned about him.On her current relationship with Chris Brown
We’ve been working on our friendship again and now we are very close friends. We’ve built our trust again. We love each other and we will probably always will. That’s not anything you can change or shut off if you’ve ever been in love.

If she’s seeing Chris Brown again
No, he’s in a relationship of his own.  I’m single but we have maintained a close friendship ever since the restraining order has been dropped. We just worked on it little by little but it’s not easy

On the rumors that she recently saw him in St. Tropez
Yes I did. We went to a mutual friend’s party on a yacht.  It’s awkward [when I see him] because I still love him. My stomach drops and I have to maintain this poker face and not let it get to the outer part of me. I have to maintain that and suppress it and interpret it and understand it. And understand that that’s not going to go  away. That is peaceful. When you don’t understand those feelings you can make a lot of mistakes.

On if she thinks Chris Brown is a true love for her
Absolutely. I think he was the love of my life. He was my first love and I see that he loved me the same way. We were very young and very spontaneous. We ran free. We ran wild. We were falling in love and going at a really rapid pace that we forgot about ourselves as individuals. We forgot about our personal discipline. We needed something to completely shut that off and show us what we were missing, what we were taking for granted, and if we really care about each other, care about each other’s happiness so it’s not even about us being together. I truly love him so the main thing for me is that he’s at peace. I’m not at peace if he’s a little unhappy or he’s still lonely. I care. It actually matters that he finds that peace.

On if she’s forgiven Chris
I have forgiven him. It took me a long time. I was angry for a long time. I felt like this is not my fault, this is not me doing this but still I had to worry.  I was resentful. I had a grudge. I was dark and it was coming out in my music and in my clothes, it was coming out in my attitude and I didn’t like that feeling. It was heavy.

[To get over it] I had to repair my relationship with my dad. I was so angry at him. I was angry about a lot of things from my childhood and I couldn’t separate him as a husband from him as a father. I felt like if he was a bad husband, he was a bad father. I witnessed a lot as a child in my household. [He was] violent. My family broke up because of his addiction. I remember one day thinking, ‘Why can’t I come to a place where I let someone in. Why can’t I love’. I’d get to a place [with guys] where I really liked them and then I’d change. I would never talk to them again and I wanted to know why.  And I wanted to know ‘what is my idea of what’s suppose to happen’?  It was because I didn’t have a relationship with my father anymore and so I wasn’t able to connect with a man past a certain point.

The minute I was able to realize that my father was probably one of the best fathers in the world…. Like he taught me everything, and as awful as he was to my mom at times, it didn’t compare to how great he was as a father. And I had to come to terms with that and I was able to close that gap with him and all kinds of emotions starting happening after that. All kinds of things started making sense. I thought I hated Chris and I realized it was love that was tarnished. It was ugly, it was angry, it was inflamed, it was tainted and I realized that, I had to forgive him because I cared about him still. And the minute I did that, I started living again. [Once I realized there was a connection between the two [my relationship with my father and my relationship with Chris], I had to go to the source.

I can’t tell people how to feel about it. They are entitled to be angry but I have forgiven him

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91 Comments on "Must Watch: Rihanna On Chris Brown, 3 Years Later"

  1. Nalizo on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 12:51 am 

    Wow!

  2. Alikho on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 1:28 am 

    Can’t view the vid but from the quotes it appears that she’s been honest with herself…the core feeling, before the abuse was that she loved him… The breakup was a quick think, She did not get a chance to soak it in, try imagine live without Chris while still with him – like most people do when they break- up with their partners. would it work second time around? I don’t know, my view on recycling is clear…but I pray for her emotional release with or without him

  3. Alikho on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 1:29 am 

    So many grammatical errors on my prev post, but um sho u get it :)

  4. soul sista on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 5:15 am 

    Ncoooh!!
    Matters of the heart!!

  5. Black_Diamond on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 6:25 am 

    Its sad how life happens and you lose that one ‘true love’,SAD.

  6. fancyface on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 7:41 am 

    Ncoooo *teary* hope they’ll find each other again without bieng judged by us(the world),that’s if Chris feels the same:-)

  7. SpongeBob on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 7:50 am 

    “We love each other and we probably always will, and that’s not anything that we’re going to try to change.”

    She must speak for herself & not for Chris. She doesn’t know how he really feels.

  8. sweetbabe on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 8:24 am 

    Can’t view the video :(

  9. Noance on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 8:29 am 

    I was so teary during the entire interview, I love Rihanna for her realness. She really touched me, she’s just like all of us. We all go through tough times and we all hurt. Riri fan for life :-)

  10. Brown Shuga on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 8:31 am 

    Spongebob \_____

  11. posh on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 8:36 am 

    Only aus Oprah could pull this off..

    Riri has come a long way, she is lucky she recovered others a negative,others get into drugs and their lives spiral out of control *Lindsay Lohan*

    I can confidently say that me and my first love, we will always love each other,if someone trully loves you and will always love you, you know even after you’ve broken up, you can’t stay away from each other completely, you move on with other people and you tell each other…Chris might have told her over and over again, that he will always love her!

  12. phix on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 8:37 am 

    This was such an honest interview, i hope she finds peace. But really would it be that bad if they got back together? Its clear that they love each other and they seperated because of the public. Go get your man RIRI.

    *Disclaimer- Im not condoning domestic violence

  13. sxylin on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 8:39 am 

    ncoooooh such deep words from a young woman *bless her

  14. Vesa on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 8:41 am 

    Mama O is still the queen of interviews man!!!

    Rihanna is the most real celeb out there! This interview appears to be honest and from the heart. Hopefully she’ll heal from this

    @spongy…..she says she is close friends with Chris Brown,has it occurred to you that maybe Chris has said this to her?

  15. chuckbadass on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 8:45 am 

    I have the utmost respect for Rihanna, I wish her all the best in life

  16. Smatsatsa on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 8:49 am 

    I LOVE RIHANNA!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :)

    I love her even more now, she is the real deal..
    She’s so open and mostly she’s TRUE to herself!

    “I was resentful. I had a grudge. I was dark and it was coming out in my music and in my clothes, it was coming out in my attitude and I didn’t like that feeling. It was heavy.”

    Can I add that she gave us the best music in her time of darkness..

    I love this woman!!!

  17. Vesa on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 8:52 am 

    The sunglasses she has on are bauss!!!!

  18. LuvTerry on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 9:03 am 

    i liked the interview and how she was open… i never felt sorry for her before but after the interview i was like wow this girl can be down to earth and she is human 2…

  19. LuvTerry on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 9:03 am 

    oh i luv her accent

  20. Fezzy on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 9:05 am 

    Can these 2 get back together already!

  21. Nthabi on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 9:05 am 

    Ncaaaawwww….must admit, I sometimes didn’t like Rihanna I think because I was jealous of her relationship with Chris*rolling my eyes* but after this interview, I feel sad about their breakup :-( Oh wow Rih, for a minute there I could relate to all this. Life!!!

    But guys, we also have to think about Karrueche hey, phela naye she’s involved in this issue since she’s Breezy’s gal. Imagine being in a relationship with someone who loves someone else and the whole world knows about it. Eish!!!

  22. nana on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 9:14 am 

    Lol @Nthabi..Karrueche lives on hope and faith. I hope Rih and Breezy find their way back to each other somehow..What a sad story. So clearly we will never know WHY it happened.I guess it doesnt matter anymore.

  23. Noance on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 9:16 am 

    @Fezzy you know what I mean, can they get back together? I feel like its going to happen some day unless some hunk comes soon and sweeps Riri of her feet!

  24. Noance on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 9:17 am 

    Eish my gravatar has disappeared, how boring….. I am a no name face :-(

  25. Brown Shuga on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 9:20 am 

    Karrueche is tough, I would’ve beeen on some “go back to her” ek’beni I don’t mean it

  26. FunLover on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 9:25 am 

    wow Rhirhi! i cried with you as you poured out your heart. Some episodes in our lives literally grow us. So proud that now you are on the other side of the darkness. And thanks for keeping us in the loop through your music, this interview with mam’Oprah basically confirms a lot of what we already knew! Much Love, from the biggest member of your Navy!

  27. LadyMillion on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 9:26 am 

    *teardrop*

  28. Nthabi on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 9:26 am 

    LOL @BS akunzima!!!!

  29. SpongeBob on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 9:37 am 

    Lol @BS

    Hay’shame I don’t want them back together. She must just move on, Chris did.

  30. LadyMillion on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 9:46 am 

    Karrueche ustrong shame… i’d never. coz i’d be thinking im holding back two people that really love each other from being together..but ke asazi, sometimes love is just not enough.Chris wants to be with Karrueche

  31. Noance on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 9:54 am 

    I’m sure Karrueche is stuffing herself with rice cakes and saying, I’ll go when he says I must go. For now, I wil jbs till this Riri wave has dies down.

  32. Bonnz on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 10:13 am 

    ‘Karrueche lives on hope and faith’ <<<LOL. Shame. Cant be easy 4her, but its a choice she chose to make. It's not like she's nt free to leave Chris.
    Wish Rhi & Chris (aka my boo) get back 2gthr.

  33. Kiki on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 10:31 am 

    Nothing is as annoying as someone that keeps on talking about their EX. Worse if the EX is in a relationship with someone else. I mean what are you trying to prove? Can she move on already?

    Does Breezy talk about Riri during his interviews??

    Barbados – 0
    Virginia – 100

  34. Loulou on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 10:37 am 

    Dankie Kiki! eish! it’s as if she’s living in the hope that they’ll get back together! Haai man vok! I love this girl mara as soon as she speaks ka CB I go cray! aaaaaarrrrgggg!

  35. Kiki on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 10:50 am 

    Exactly @Loulou, and the more she speaks about him like that, the more his ego grows and the more she pushes him away. I mean for how long is she gonna talk about this guy? As women we always choose to stay losing,its sad.

  36. Kic-S on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 10:56 am 

    Rihanna o tla ba strong my luv, forget about the past & move on with your life. 2nd tym around with the same person things might not be as great as you’d wish them to be.

  37. Vesa on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 11:41 am 

    Kiki….it’s not loike she talks about him at every turn or opportunity she gets. She gets interviewed and asked about him. Yes she can choose not to answer questions about him, but some people find healing in talking about the situation….until it’s out of their system. I know I’m one of them.

    It’s not like she’s saying she wants him back. She even acknowledges in the interview that he has met someone and has moved on

  38. Smatsatsa on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 11:45 am 

    He Bathong!!! It’s not like she just talks about him randomly!! She was being interviewed and asked about uChris and that’s what she responded to, nidakiwe shem!!

    it’s not like they asked her: What’s your favourite colour and she replied by saying it’s Blue AND that’s cos it was Chris’s fav colour too.. That would be talking randomly..

  39. nana on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 11:47 am 

    She had to say all of those things, coz its answers that everyone wanted to know..I doubt we will hear her talking about this again so I dont blame Rih for it.It was all part of the interview.

  40. Ms Keri on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 11:59 am 

    I loved this interview people should bare in mind that we all deal with issues differently Riri didnt let go of Chris because she wanted to but had too .. so for her to go on and on its understandable,i applaud her for moving on and talking about it…

  41. itsZeeBish on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 12:09 pm 

    I’m so glad Rihanna finally opened up about her true feelings for Chris, this is the beginning of the journey to healing her heart. A heart can ever be healed by suppressing feelings.

    I don’t think she was speaking for Chris, of course she must know how much he still loves her. I believe they both love each other unconditionally. However, I don’t think they are ready for a relationship together. Chris still has a lot of demons to fight. He needs to work on his anger issues and mature a bit.
    Lawd knows I love me some Karrueche, but Chris looks unhappy :-( Something about Karrueche gives me ‘enabler’ vibes.

    Either way, I wish Rihanna, Chris, Karrueche love and light. p.s. I love how Karrueche is handling all the critics…

  42. Ms.Zie on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 12:10 pm 

    Link to the audio anyone? Heard snippets on Gareth’s show yesterday.

  43. vigilante on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 12:19 pm 

    eish love though, i know what riri is talking about shame

  44. Azande on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 12:24 pm 

    Nchoooooo love them 2geda but……….eshi love sucks sometimes.

  45. sparrow on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 12:26 pm 

    Chris brown must be quite a stud to get riri stuck on him like that.i think rihanna should get somebody mature.cb is not prepared to change.lerato le a sotla ammaruri.

  46. Kiki on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 12:35 pm 

    @Vesa, she is entertaining and encouraging this topic. She is even singing about him and even using people who look like him in her videos. Lets be real. Yes some people find healing in talking about stuff but choose who you talk to. Don’t juuuuuust shout to the whole world. There are people who get paid to listen to problems,use them. Especially for those in the public eye.If you are a celeb and you choose to go on public platforms and talk about such, what do u think the media will do??? She knows exactly what she is doing. Yes she mentions that he has moved on, so can she tell us ke when SHE is moving on?? We are tired now. It’s not like they broke up a week ago.

    So we diss SA women for talking to the media about their behind the scenes drama but when it’s Riri we say its ok bcoz it could be a way of healing? *claps*

  47. Kiki on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 12:42 pm 

    Lets not forget that this is the same chick that went and dissed Karu nton nton on Twitter to an extent that Karu responded via subtweet and said ‘You are Jen, I am Angelina. You know where Brad is right??’.

    She needs to stop giving that boy so much of her time and focus on herself. Thats the only way she will heal.

  48. Ms.Zie on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 12:53 pm 

    Hail Kiki

  49. Kiki on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 12:54 pm 

    “Chris is just confused about Rihanna’s decision to bring up the past again and again — this time in an interview with Oprah,” a source tells Radar. “Rihanna has previously given wide ranging interviews about the beating to Diane Sawyer and several print magazines. Chris just doesn’t think it’s productive or relevant to rehash the events since essentially nothing new is being revealed in the interview Rihanna has done with Oprah. Chris doesn’t begrudge Rihanna at all for talking about it but he thinks that in order for them to both move forward and not be defined by that one night, it would be better to stop bringing it up” <<<< AMEN!!!! Need I say more??

  50. Kiki on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 12:56 pm 

    Haai Ms.Zie

  51. itsZeeBish on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 12:58 pm 

    Kiki that was a fake tweet and FB status. Kae confirmed this on her twitter re: Jen/Angie statement. I hope Rihanna will stop terrorising poor Kae, Kae has done nothing wrong in this situation, Chris was single and willing.

  52. Nthoentle on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 1:02 pm 

    Wow! So true Kiki! Sooooooooo true nana, as women we REALLY choose to stay losing! Wow!

  53. SocietyG on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 1:04 pm 

    Mhhh as late as I am, I just want to remind you of Chris’s “Theraflu” remix and the club fight that Drake & Chris had over her. If Chris has moved on and wants nothing to do with her. Why is he getting mad everytime Rih is associated with another man. He was even pressed with the Ashton Kutcher story.

    Oh and Kiki she’s not the only one who sings about him. Some songs on Fortune are about her.

    Oh by the way Chris gave her 3 emerald rings in St Tropez for the 3 years they were apart. She actually wore one of them in that interview.

    I personally want her to move on. Chris is too childish for her. it’s either he man up and tell Kae that he wants to try again with Rihanna or tell Rihanna to move on. Simple!!

  54. Kiki on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 1:08 pm 

    @itsZeeBish, thats what Karu says. But mna i don’t believe her. The only way that couldn’t have been her tweeting is if her Twitter account was Hacked bcoz there was a munch of the original tweet from her account. Heehehehe then she denied she ever had an FB account. Ja neh??

    ‘I hope Rihanna will stop terrorising poor Kae, Kae has done nothing wrong in this situation, Chris was single and willing.’ <—- I agree with this statement. And that is why i can't take Riri serious. Karu didn't snatch Breezy from her, so why is Riri taking it all out on the poor gal?? Oh well, maybe she is using it as a way to heal. Lol

  55. SocietyG on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 1:11 pm 

    Don’t make it seem like it’s only Rihanna whose hung up on Chris. What was he doing in Rihanna’s yacht? What was his crew doing with Rihanna’s friends on the same night. Where was karrueche at the time?

    We always say people should be true to themselves and that’s what Rihanna has done. Now she’s being judged for it.

    Oh and those who are like Chris is not even talking about her, may I remind you that he chose not to do any interviews this year. So where is he going to talk about her?

  56. Azande on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 1:12 pm 

    @Kiki i so get u sister, ngikuzwa kahle uyabeka sana.

  57. Kiki on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 1:16 pm 

    @SocietyG, then I guess uChris naye ke is contradicting himself. I mean why would he carry on n on about saying for them to move forward Riri must stop bringing up the past if yena naye ubusy nge past??

    If they ever happen to get back together, they will not last. There is so much that has been said by both of them about each other that is hard to take back. That sh!t will always be in the way. Ngeke balunge shem. Haai kabi but i don’t see it working. They need to accept that just because you love someone, it don’t mean you have to be together. Sometimes some lovers are better off apart.

    Eish, today i’m blogging. Lol

  58. posh on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 1:19 pm 

    Its actually Chris who started to sing about Rihanna and had a Riri lookalike in the video of the song. Why some people find it difficult to accept the reality that Chris might still be in love with Riri?

  59. posh on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 1:28 pm 

    @kiki ‘Sometimes some lovers are better off apart’ I agree and I think it applies to them. Chris has issues, the fights he’s had recently and loosing his temper on twitter. Riri looks rebellious, she is a star in her own right, I don’t see them working!

  60. Kiki on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 1:29 pm 

    @Posh, which song was that?? Deuces???? Those lyrics.

    Haaai guys mna i am not a fan ya Breezy at all. Never been. I don’t even own a single CD of his. The pain I went thru buying the ‘Fortune’ CD as a birthday gift for a friend will never be repeated. I’d rather order online in future and ask them to deliver directly to the person. Yazi i was hoping nje that nobody I know bumbs into me at Musica holding Breezy’s CD. It was such a painful experience. *cries*

  61. SocietyG on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 1:30 pm 

    Totally agree with you Kiki. As much as I loved them together i doubt they will work out again. Too much has happened. But I want them to try so that they know for sure it will never work out between them.

    As much as I love Chris, I won’t be suprised if he is playing them both. Saying one thing to Karrueche and saying another to Rihanna.

    I mean why else would Kae be so cocky with the “lol” tweets if Chris is not telling her not to worry. And why would Rihanna continue to show love and concern for him infront of millions if Chris has told her he has moved on? Chris is the guilty party here.

    He is the only one who can resolve all this.

  62. SocietyG on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 1:32 pm 

    Hayibo Kiki Fortune is a nice album lol.

  63. Kiki on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 1:39 pm 

    “……I won’t be suprised if he is playing them both. Saying one thing to Karrueche and saying another to Rihanna” I agree with this and if both women know where they stand then why are they wasting time on this dude?? Especially uRiri, he beat her up, said stuff about her, now he is in a relationship, etc but she turns around and make her life revolve around him and his new GF. Haaaaai shem.

    I repeat: Women always choose to stay losing and that is why men treat us the way they do. We let them.

  64. Mathaz on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 1:39 pm 

    Chris is still inlove with her and there is nothing wrong about it. So they should not be together because of that fateful night?

    Why is it hard to believe/accept that Karru is a rebound?

  65. SocietyG on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 1:54 pm 

    @Mathaz I think Kiki is trying to say, she is finding it hard to accept that Riri is still putting up with a lot of BS from him after all she’s been true. Yes it’s because she loves him. But sometimes you have to think about yourself.

    No one is saying they should not be together because of the beating. Chris should be treating her like a queen, if he really loves her there’s no question what he needs to do.

    Why should Rihanna settle for a “side-chick” position?

    She can be with a great guy but she is still inlove with Chris If Chris does not see that then he does not deserve her period.

  66. SocietyG on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 2:01 pm 

    Kae might have been a rebound but you can’t deny they have become close. Especially with her Casper the friendly ghost ways.

    Unfortunately for Rih, Chris met that type of woman who will stick by you whether you want them or not. Who will even say nah I don’t mind you can be with her but I’m not going to stop loving you because of that.I will only leave when you tell me to. Let’s get real most guys won’t tell you straight up leave. they will start acting funny until you get the idea.

    But off course that won’t work with Kae. She’s like a bad rush.

  67. Kiki on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 2:06 pm 

    @Mathaz, the way i see it uChris has a bad ass attitude and a temper. Riri on the other hand is hard core raw girl from the streets of Barbados. Both of them have flaming minds nje. If they get back together, Breezy is bound to beat her up again. Till today nje i refuse to believe that it was his first time punching her. She most probably chose to keep mum about the other times.

    Usually if a man lays a hand on you once, he will do it again.

  68. Vesa on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 2:13 pm 

    “Chris is just confused about Rihanna’s decision to bring up the past again and again — this time in an interview with Oprah,” a source tells Radar. <<<<<<< Until Chris Brown opens his mouth and says this himself live, I won't believe it. This could've been made up by the media….especially when they are not even mentioning who the source is.

  69. Loulou on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 2:15 pm 

    Yazi Kiki, Spot On. This Riri story makes me sick, I used to be exactly like her, he hit me and I forgave him, I always wanted “to see him happy and getting help” and then the “beating” became emotional and I had a victim mentality! Riri doesn’t realise that Breezy took her confidence and as long as she speaks of him like this, he wins. She hasn’t moved on because her confidence is safe in Breezy’s back pocket!

  70. Mathaz on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 2:36 pm 

    Eish guys it it easy for us to judge coz we are not her in her shoes. She is a woman inlove, a battered woman, statistics have shown how hard it is to leave your abusive partner. Yes he might be stringing the both of them along but until they decide what is best for them, we can talk all we want and blame mara the choice is theirs.

  71. SocietyG on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 2:39 pm 

    It’s hard not to judge but I hear you @ Mathaz.

  72. Ms Diva on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 2:48 pm 

    Sometimes we need to be look deeper into things before we throw punches. There is no woman who would go to oan interview on Oprah and say that We love each other and we always will who is not sure that the other person feels that. Never!! Riri knows Chris will watch this, Chris s family will watch this, Chris ‘s girlfriend will watch and the entire world will watch this and for her to declare boldly that we love each other it can only be a woman who has been assured of that.Its only a matter of time before these two get back together in fact i would not be suprised if actually they both sat and talked about this and agreed that you go and do that interview.When two people are dangerously inlove like such things happen.The thing about Love is even if you hide it, put up fronts to hide it and do whatever it takes to ignore or not beleive it it will still Show itself.All i’m saying is Riri is not a woman who is inolve here Chris brown and Riri are two kids dangerously inlove with each other period

  73. bongi on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 3:03 pm 

    Its only a matter of time before they get back together; he hit her tht night, unfortunately the world saw tht, wich made it difficult for her to go back. Now she is tellin the world tht she loves him, meaning if we here rumours tht they are back together, then we shouldn’t be shocked. Karrueche uyazinyisa yena uyayazi naye onto, she always looks misserable when she is with him, always club and partying, I’ve never seen a picture of them together out kwezi high fly events..i pray tht they get back together, its not easy to move on when yu are still inlove with tht person.

  74. Ms Diva on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 3:06 pm 

    its norm for a woman to speak about the relationship weather its good or bad more than a man does so i don’t think Riri has done anything different from us woman here who would go on and on and on on social networks/to our friends,at work,to our families etc about our boyfriends so even if she did 25 interviews( since she is a celebrity) a day about their relatioship its fine we all do it. Man don’t go on and on about their woman and their relationship like woman do so Riri for as long as we here go on twitter,FB,BBM,Work about our own relationships baby you are allowed to do the same as well.go to Tyra banks,Even LKG if you can reach SA its allowed my baby go for it open your heart every one does.

  75. posh on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 3:16 pm 

    @kiki the song Crawl -Grafitti album.

    I don’t think Riri is confused about where Chris or herself stand on this issue,she is just being honest to say she still loves him, acknowledging her feelings. I hear the part about she can’t be talking about this all the time, but its the first time I read or listen to an indepth interview about this issue by Riri herself explaining a whole of other issues like the dark side etc

  76. posh on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 3:29 pm 

    Uthando!!! *clap hands once*

  77. megane on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 3:52 pm 

    i think the track “dont judge me” is an open letter to Riri – it is so indirect but direct…I love these two and maybe it’s coz im in the same situation, in a way..not the domestic side though

  78. megane on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 3:59 pm 

    meant *domestic violence* side

  79. SocietyG on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 4:04 pm 

    @ Megane I am still not 100% convinced that Don’t Judge Me is about Rih.

    Stuck on Stupid, Free Run & Party Hard are definitely about Rih.

  80. Reby on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 6:25 pm 

    They belong together period, domestic violence or not…. Karru wat wat o tla ba sterk

  81. Brown Shuga on Tue, 21st Aug 2012 11:33 pm 

    Kiki I can’t take your arguments seriously seeing that they are based on fake tweets and fake FB updates.

    Everyone who follows Chris Brown & listens to his music knows he still loves Rihanna (Like she says). Those who believe that she (who talks to Chris Brown & sees him) is lying and that they know more about his feelings for her than she does..(even though they are friends). you’re welcome to listen to Cake Remix, which they recorded together, during his relationship with Karrueche.

    Forget the nameless source on that “radar”article, or the Deuces song, we can list songs many others sung/written by Chris Brown, in his own voice, about Rihanna: She Ain’t You (please check lyrics), All Back, Crawl, So Cold, Famous Girl, etc…

    They love each other, but that doesn’t mean they have to be together and Riri’s mature enough to acknowledge and respect that. What she described in her interview about how she and Chris ran wild, is what she showed to us in that We Found Love video.

    P.S. She didn’t volunteer the Chris Brown info like those unknown women who run to the papers to talk about what their famous are doing, OPRAH asked her & yes, it is going to help a lot of other young women dealing with such.

    On a serious note, I really admire Karrueche’s strength. Takes super confidence to be in that position. The Cake remix, the tweets to each other and yet she’s still there. Guess we must say big ups to Chris for making sure she knows her place, the #1 spot.

  82. Kiki on Wed, 22nd Aug 2012 10:24 am 

    @BS, my arguements are not based on a fake tweet. If you read ALL my comments on this article you can see that 99.9999 of them there was no tweet mentioned.

    I raised the point of women choosing to stay losing. The point of never wanting to let go or move on even when the man has moved on and not hiding it. The point of abuse that these two can not be good for each after all this drama, the point that it was not Breezy’s first time punching her, the point that she is entertaining and enjoying this talk bcoz no one is stoping her from saying ‘No Comment’ when being asked about a 3yrs ago incident if she DOES NOT want to talk about it,the point of that arrogant boy Breezy’s huge ego and Temper + Riri’s hot head wont work for them as a couple, the point that he will moer her again, the point that Riri abuses Karu nton nton on social networks meaning the problem is with her, the point that these women might be getting played by this boy (as @Soceity mentioned) but they choose to stick around and fight each other instead of leaving that dog, the point that women allow men to treat them that way and then turn around and act like victims. The point that Riri goes and declaires her love for someone who is now in a relationship with someone else means she really doesnt give a damn about other people’s feeling but herself, the point that just because they love each other does not mean they have to be together, the point that if Riri was South African we will be calling her names right now without even thinking twice. That is what my arguements are mainly based on and not on some tweet.

  83. Kiki on Wed, 22nd Aug 2012 11:41 am 

    “They love each other, but that doesn’t mean they have to be together and Riri’s mature enough to acknowledge and respect that” <<<<<<< I refuse to believe this. If Riri is mature enough, aknowledges + respects that then why is she fighting Karu and calling her names on Twitter?? There is no maturity, aknowledgement or respect in all of that. Or were those Riri tweets about Karu 'fake' too?? #iRefuse

  84. SocietyG on Wed, 22nd Aug 2012 12:13 pm 

    I do agree with Kiki about the tweets directed to Karrueche “Shoe” as I like to call her. The rice cake tweet was a shot at her. On BC she did say “sweeter than a ricecake” and in UK Hackney weekend festival she actually changed it when she performed BC to sweeter than your ricecake”

    I stan for Rihanna, I love her to bits.

    But as much as I love her, she needs to decide.

    Give him an ultimatum or move the hell on.

    I still say Chris is the one to blame here.

    If Chris respected his relationship then Rihanna will do the same.

    Why is n’t he doing anything. Shoe is insulted everyday. But he does not say anything to defend her. Why?

    He has never confirmed that she is his girlfriend. Why?

    Cause he knows Rihanna is in the picture.

    It does not change the fact that Rihanna needs to think of herself for once and stop worrying about Chris coz that’s Shoe’s job now.

    The beatings, I’d rather not comment on that. Cause I truly believe people can change.

    Why can’t Rihanna make it work with Drake….just imagine the music we can get from those two. Aubrih!

  85. Kiki on Wed, 22nd Aug 2012 12:58 pm 

    Yazi @ Soceity, i am actually waiting for Riri to tell us what really went on between yena no Drake.

    Also nje like you are saying, Chris is to blame shem. Come to think of it, the reason why Riri disrespects Karu is because Chris lets her. He must tell her where to get off. Imagine your man allowing you to be disrespected by his ‘EX’ and he does nothing about it?? Haaai khona. He is playing both of them and they are very much aware. They are busy competing with each other. I’m sure they are even going for lessons on ‘How to keep your man happy in between the sheets’.

    I repeat: Women choose to stay losing. Sisono!!!!!!!!

  86. lolo on Thu, 23rd Aug 2012 9:28 am 

    @Kiki awusemuncu using losing and Rihanna in the same sentence…talk about an oxymoron…do you have any notion who you are talking about…Rihanna is a global phenom…She has attained more success in her young life than most of us will see even if we get given a hundred lifetimes.

  87. lolo on Thu, 23rd Aug 2012 9:34 am 

    Now one fateful night a man she loved, and who by all accounts lover her beat her up…Be mindful that this was just not any night, this was grammy night, she was due to perform…Most of us myself included would have been too embarrassed to report that ish….would have just put on tons of make-up pretend that everything is okay and sing our hearts out….but Rihanna did the right thing reported his ass…broke up with him cause the world expected that from her…

  88. lolo on Thu, 23rd Aug 2012 9:41 am 

    Rihanna dealt with the cards she was given, the best way she knew how…now for you to judge her, be on some she is disrespectful nton nton to whatsherface….lowo shem ngumnqundu…whatherface is not Mrs Brown, if Chris wants to pursue a friendship with Rihanna and both are cool with that, them Misswhatherface needs to chill and stop imagining that she is ANGELINA….she is not…ANGELINA is MARRIED to Brad…she is just the girl that Chris buys shoes for…makangazibhanxi u Karechi nton nton tshnn ….Talentless whore!!!!

  89. Kiki on Fri, 24th Aug 2012 8:54 am 

    Hai @lolo, you are twisting the whole thing nje wena. This has nothing to do with her success or what she has achieved and not once did i say she is a loser in that department. We are talking about the issue at hand,nothing else.

    When did Brad and Angelina get married?? Last I checked they were just Vat n Sit with kids. Did i miss something??

  90. Kinky Afro on Fri, 24th Aug 2012 9:30 pm 

    RTChris brown in the living room krumping because rihanna still loves him,but his girlfriend @karrueche at home with that pikachu face on. <—– *out of breath uhleko*

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