VIDEO: Rihanna -"I Went Back After He Beat Me, Which Was Wrong"

Posted on Nov 05, 2009 @ 05:20AM

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Rihanna, breaking her silence for the first time, said it was wrong for her to temporarily stay with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown after he beat her this past spring, in an exclusive interview with Good Morning America on Thursday.

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"That's embarrassing that that's they type of person I fell in love with" the Pon De Replay singer told Diane Sawyer. "So far in love; so unconditional that I went back ... its humiliating to say this happened. To accept that? Its a traumatic mistake."

The 21-year-old Barbadian beauty said she briefly reunited with Brown after the Feb. 8, addressed the backslash she received after reports filtered in of the malicious beating the Forever singer gave her.

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"I'm a human being and people put me on a very unrealistic pedestal," she said. "All of these expectations, I'm not perfect."

The Disturbia singer, who has kept a low profile since the Feb. 8 incident, said she has experienced extreme periods of loneliness.

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She said of the press coverage surrounding the incident, that a lot of women “have experienced what I did, but not in the public.”

Brown was sentenced to five years' probation and ordered to do 180 days of community labor as a part of the plea deal he made in June for his assault, which took place in in Hancock Park, California. The restraining order issued to Brown orders to keep his distance from her for five years.

Rihanna's fourth album, Rated R, hits stores Nov. 23

ABC News will air more of Diane Sawyer’s exclusive interview with Rihanna on Friday night’s edition of 20/20.

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Comments

SHE IS DOING THIS NOW TO SELL HER CD....THAT IS IT

by JKR
Posted Thu, 11/05/2009 - 4:48pm

Exactly because her sales were DOWN and no one liked the music!

by London
Posted Thu, 11/05/2009 - 6:25pm

you are so right !! i hope her cd dose bad-she was in a position to help alot of girls and women and choose not to untill now when there is money to be made, people like opra and others begged her to tell story to help others and she would'nt

by kansas kay
Posted Thu, 11/05/2009 - 6:17pm

Don't know if she hit him too or if she is a button pusher but she needs to get her head on straight...examine her part or keep making the same mistakes. I hope both young ppl get help.

by Holly81
Posted Thu, 11/05/2009 - 3:16pm

SamuraiWoman, don't re-victimize her. What he did was wrong, until you are in her shoes to understand why they go back to an abuser, you should not speak with such ignorance.

by Funnin Around
Posted Thu, 11/05/2009 - 2:22pm

There is no way he gang beat her without provocation. What he did was wrong but placing the blame squarely on him is also wrong. For those who use the CD sales thing as her reason for talking ... that is bullsh*t, no true.

by SamuraiWoman
Posted Fri, 11/06/2009 - 5:26am

Re-victimize her ... I am talking from personal experience ... as well as this girl describing her violent history towards her own siblings who are men. Get a grip and learn the facts before you jump on what she is saying.

by SamuraiWoman
Posted Fri, 11/06/2009 - 5:20am

BOTH have admitted that Rhianna was hitting HIM and threw the first punch! He's an ass for doing what he did but it's ALSO wrong for women to beat on men! She even said they were dangerous for each other in her last interview!

by London
Posted Thu, 11/05/2009 - 6:25pm

Until she takes responsibility she will always choose the wrong partners and her personal life will be messy. Like I said I'm talking from personal experience, similar age group and similar problem.

by SamuraiWoman
Posted Fri, 11/06/2009 - 5:23am

Rhianna slipped up when she said that they were dangerous for each other...Hint Hint...It was a Freudian slip...that means she was hitting him as well, we do not know what happend ..she could have thrown the first blow

by THale
Posted Thu, 11/05/2009 - 3:05pm