Rihanna Opens Up For Glamour Magazine

UPDATE - Photos Added To Gallery

Apparently, Rihanna is a big believer in the silver-lining-in-every cloud thing.

The “Russian Roulette” singer opens up in the latest issue of Glamour about the past year’s events in her life—specifically, about the beating she received from ex-boyfriend Chris Brown after a pre-Grammys party in February.

According to Rihanna, the incident—and the flurry of negative publicity that followed—had at least one bright side: It strengthened her relationship with the Man Upstairs.

Says Rihanna,

“I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears,” the 21-year-old songstress tells Glamour. “That was the level of media chaos that happened the next day… The positive thing that has come out of my situation is that people can learn from that. I want to give as much insight as I can to young women, because I feel like I represent a voice that really isn’t heard.”

In the wake of the February assault, Rihanna said one of the toughest things to cope with was the leak of the shocking photo of her beaten and bruised being leaked to the public — the singer calls the leak of the pic “humiliating.”

“It was humiliating; that is not a photo you would show to anybody,” she tells Glamour. “I felt completely taken advantage of. I felt like people were making it into a fun topic on the Internet, and it’s my life. I was disappointed, especially when I found out the photo was [supposedly leaked by] two women.”

What Rihanna Has Learned After Her Brush With Domestic Violence?

“I’m stronger, wiser and more aware. You don’t realize how much your decisions affect people you don’t even know, like fans,” Rihanna says. “My story was broadcast all over the world for people to see, and they have followed every step of my recovery. The positive thing that has come out of my situation is that people can learn from that. I want to give as much insight as I can to young women, because I feel like I represent a voice that really isn’t heard. Now I can help speak for those women.”

Rihanna On Finding Love: “I hope I find love in the next 10 years – that will be pretty annoying if I am 31 and still have never been in love! But yeah, I’d like to be in a great place in both my personal life and my career. I still want to be doing what I love. Whatever that is in 10 years, I don’t know.”

Rihanna On Domestic Violence:

“Domestic violence is a big secret. No kid goes around and lets people know their parents fight. Teenage girls can’t tell their parents that their boyfriend beat them up. You don’t dare let your neighbor know that you fight. It’s one of the things we [women] will hide, because it’s embarrassing,” Rihanna explains. “My story was broadcast all over the world for people to see, and they have followed every step of my recovery. The positive thing that has come out of my situation is that people can learn from that. I want to give as much insight as I can to young women, because I feel like I represent a voice that really isn’t heard. Now I can help speak for those women.”

About Chris -

“He was definitely my first big love,” Rihanna said in the interview. “This happened to me. … It can happen to anyone.”

[This Is Not The Full Interview]

2 Responses to “Rihanna Opens Up For Glamour Magazine”

1. kayleedcs says:

   November 3, 2009 at 9:39 PM

   i love her. god bless for opening up and staying so mature. i cant wait to see the 20/20. shes so amazing
2. Osi says:

   November 4, 2009 at 10:58 AM

   She’s such a fucking lady. I give her madd props for talking about it!

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