Pop singer Rihanna sat down for an exclusive interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer yesterday, 9 months after being beaten within an inch of her life by her ex-boyfriend, singer Chris Brown.
Brown is now a convicted felon on probation and ordered to do hard labor in his native Virginia.
Rihanna chose Sawyer over Oprah Winfrey for her first exclusive interview after the assault.
“He was definitely my first big love,” she told Sawyer. “…This happened to me…it can happen to anyone,” Rihanna said.
She also discussed her life growing up in Barbados and how she’s been doing over the last 9 months.
Rihanna will be honored at Glamour magazine’s annual Women of the Year event at Carnegie Hall in NYC on Monday, Nov. 9.
Rihanna’s interview airs on “Good Morning America” on Thursday, Nov. 5 and Friday, Nov. 6 at 7 a.m. ET, and on “20/20” on Friday, Nov. 6 at 10 p.m. ET.
Rihanna’s hair stylist hates her.
I have a feeling this interview is going to be a big
I don’t see Rhianna really speaking on the subject and what’s worst is if it wasn’t for that beatdown she wouldn’t even be getting this interview. She hasn’t been in the game long enough to warrant a sit down with Diane Swayer. this is her sophmore album… which can easily flop.
We’ll see. But I wouldn’t hold my breath.
and futhermore. These artist kill me. I hope she isn’t going to try and go the I’m an example route because if that’s the case she shouldn’t have waited until she had an album to promote before she spoke out on the situation.
@ Kara
you aint lied that hair is a mess. She couldn’t comb it down?
Daisy Paging Daisy,
Do you like that horrid hair?
she my girl, but thats looks a mess
iscream Says:
“These artist kill me. I hope she isn’t going to try and go the I’m an example route because if that’s the case she shouldn’t have waited until she had an album to promote before she spoke out on the situation”
i thought the same thing….BTW, ‘Transform ya’ is a bigger hit IMO
@iscream:
Before the stans get at you, I think this is her 4th album. Someone correct me if I’m wrong. I agree that the hair is horrible but someone will say she’s a bad bish for rocking it. Go figure.
@iscream – you know i’m a PT Rihanna Stan, this is not her sophmore album, that was the Girl Like Me album in 06. The forthcoming album is her 4 album in 4 years. You know the girl can’t sing needs to milk it for all its got as quickly as possible, before folks realize it.
Fact:The hair is horrid
Fact:Its good that she finally said SOMETHING, I don’t expect her to live out the gitty details.
@ Yvonne
4TH as in 1 2 3 4? Really! Are we including Remix albums in that equation? First Chris Brown is Hip Hop now we count Remix albums as new albums. Then how many albums has Beyonce dropped? 10 j/k.
Okay I think this may be her 3rd studio album. She had the pon de album and the GGGB album. I think that’s right. I still don’t think she would be getting this interview without that whipping under her belt.
GOOD FOR HER I’M GLAD SHE’S SPEAKING 0UT-HOPEFULLY SHE CAN HELP OTHERS TO AVOID THIS OR THOSE WHO ARE GOING THROUGHT IT-GET OUT
yvonne79
I don’t know which album this is, but I know it’s not her second. Pon de replay (if that is what it’s called) came out before Disturbia. And I’ll be the stan to go on record as saying I love the hair. This chick can do no wrong in the style game as far as I’m concerned. The more the mainstream hates it, the more I love it.
As for the interview, I can’t wait to check it out on 20/20. I really don’t expect her to throw Chris under the bus and if she instigated the incident in anyway I expect her to own up to that as well, but I’m glad it seems she knows it wasn’t right no matter her role. A lot of women go back because they blame themselves and that’s not the way to go either.
lol yea this is her 4th album. she blew up after good girl gone bad last year im not feeling any of the tracks that have leaked except for the hard song with jeezy all of the others get a big
i will be recording the interviews though
SIDEBAR:
THIS CHICK DOESN’T HAVE A CLUE-SHE’S A SLAVE TO THE INDUSTRY
ANYBODY WHO WOULD WALK AROUND WITH THEIR HAIR LOOKING LIKE THAT IS GOT TO BE OUT OF THEIR DAMN MIND-FOR ONCE MAKE A DECISION THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ENTERTAINMENT
CHANGE THAT DAMN HAIR!
The hair is TERRIBLE. Not that we should care, but in CB’s interview no info was provided so I never understood his point of having an interview…Hopefully she will speak a little more. I don’t care what nobody says, I think she would take him back.
@iscream Her first was music of the sun with Pon the Replay… the 2nd came out a short while later, like 6 months or so, with SOS. 3rd was Good Girl gone Bad… I know I have cuts off all her albums on my running mix tapes, right amount of beats per min to keep me at 5- 6mph.
Discography
Music of the Sun (2005) ( single “Pon de Replay”)
A Girl Like Me (2006) (single “Unfaithful” and “SOS”)
Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) (single “Umbrella”)
Rated R (2009)
@Bird you’re a true fan/stan because only true fans will accept that cuckatoo/coxcomb mess on top of her already freakishly large (fore)head.
@ iscream ..I agree don’t wait and speak out on the situation when your album is getting ready to drop. She would’ve appeared more real to me if she would’ve spoke before now. Do somethig with that hair riri you looking like a skunk.
thanks guys. (I think) you learn something new everyday.
“Rihanna will be honored at Glamour magazine’s annual Women of the Year event at Carnegie Hall in NYC on Monday, Nov. 9.”
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For what?????????
**crickets**
Daisy is in the bldg!
Bird u know good n damn well IF she really did throw the 1st lick she would NOT fess up to it
I don’t like her hair in that pic BUT I have liked it this way when styled correctly
I read what she said in Glamour and all I could say is wow just wow! This is why ppl say there are 3 sides to every story cause CB and RiRis stories are so not on the same page based on what I read.
Still team BOTH
Crawl is a better single thus far from either of them.
I wonder if rhianna picked diane sawyer to get back at Oprah for bashing chris brown on her show. humph.
@lovelylady
Im with you… For what…? what has this bish done to be honored “woman of the year” are you serious! lol! smdh
she aint speakin on nothing. she’ll beat around the bush like kim n nene did at the reunion! its no surprise she pushin to sell her album this month!
@sunny you better have your thinkin cap on this am lol Good point
I am glad RiRi is speaking out we all knew she would I just pray this really is her truth and now that she wants to be the face of DV I just find that interesting
hey sandy is ri-ri gonna be the next celeb for the live chat?
Hello All, her hair ain’t that bad, just very different, watch it become a trend soon. She’s just trying to stay edgy, at whatever cost.
SunnyPA Says:
I wonder if rhianna picked diane sawyer to get back at Oprah for bashing chris brown on her show. humph.
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That was my thought.
Brown is now a convicted felon on probation and ordered to do hard labor in his native Virginia.
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He is in his home State picking up trash, if that’s hard labor all would want his punishment.
masonmom Says:
hey sandy is ri-ri gonna be the next celeb for the live chat?
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Hopefully, the singer Tweet will be our next chat. She’s dropping a single soon. And don’t forget, Monica is chatting live again next week.
Anna I know that’s right picking up trash is not hard labor and he didn’t beat her within an inch of her life either. I wish Sandra wld have posted the Glamour interview.
ooops there goes my shirt up over my head…oh my!
OOOOh I love me some Tweet “southern hummingbird” go HARD! I wonder if she teaming back up with Missy have they made up yet…?
Thanks SR – I was thinking bout Tweet the other day when I heard OOOOoooops. She is really beautiful and has a good voice, would love to know what happened with her.
I remember Tweet n Ashanti debut cd came out the sameday, but Ashanti sold more cds I bought both cds! I’m soooo cite!
That VA crew use to make some good music back n the day! I have Tweets cd as well!
Wow Tweet….umm, o.k
I like RhiRhi and feel bad for her for many women condoning CB whipping that ass like he did for ANY reason. Like I said if they BOTH made a mistake then why is one so easily forgiven and one trashed to death.
HATE RhiRhi’s hair just hate it.
I remember Tweet n Ashanti debut cd came out the sameday, but Ashanti sold more cds I bought both cds! I’m soooo cite!
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I remember that also.
@Daisy…
what did she say in the glamour interview?! i hope she’s not trying to front after all this time, cause i swear i believe this chick is creepin’ with CB on the low! if she is trying to truly be the face of DV that’s not gon’ be a good look for her!
MissGauzzz Says:
……cause i swear i believe this chick is creepin’ with CB on the low!
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I used to think that too until his recent tweets. When he did those tweets it seemed to me that he was missing her.
@ Missgauzz nothing
Glamour: Let’s talk about this past year—you’ve obviously been through some difficult things. How did the people around you help you cope?
Rihanna: My friends and family have been extremely supportive, and everyone has been there for me. But at some point you are there alone. It’s a lonely place to be—no one can understand. That’s when you get close to God.
Glamour: Are you referring to the [Chris Brown] incident?
Rihanna: I am talking about starting with the night [before] the Grammys and then on. That was not the only thing that occurred this year. The picture leaking…it was one thing after another.
Glamour: You’re talking about the photo [reportedly of Rihanna’s injured face taken by police after Brown assaulted her] that was allegedly leaked by cops. You handled that so well; you kept silent in the press.
Rihanna: It was humiliating; that is not a photo you would show to anybody. 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.
Glamour: How has this event changed you as a person, as a woman?
Rihanna: I’m stronger, wiser and more aware. You don’t realize how much your decisions affect people you don’t even know, like fans.
Glamour: Do you feel that this experience has laid the groundwork for coping with anything so public again?
Rihanna: It has taught me so much. I felt like I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears. That was the level of media chaos that happened the next day. It was like, What, there are helicopters circling my house? There are 100 people in my cul-de-sac? What do you mean, I can’t go back home?
Glamour: If you could offer a message to the millions of young women who look up to you, what would you tell someone who found herself in a similar situation?
Rihanna: 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. 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 hair looks like she was getting ready to play tick tat toe with bleach.
Please..for the love of all that’s good and right..tell me that SR didn’t say , Tweet!!! ANNNNNNNNND have the nerve to say so with a straight-face?? I hate to say this..BUT WHERE IS CHARLES WHEN YOU NEED HIM?
Remember, when I said she only had B-listers at best? I stand (and sit in awe) corrected.
She is still fierce though!
Rhianna says
“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.”
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How is she representing a voice when she has been mute since this whole thing has happened. What insight is she giving. That it’s great to use a scandal to sell an album
@ isc: EXACTLY!!!! first Juanita and now her!! Give me a break.
@iscream…
thanks girl!! u rite..nothin’! anyway, i wish her well.
ANNNNNND October was DV Awareness month, so where was she then???? Oh that’s right..still in the studio! Chile, bye!
IMO, Tweet is another artist who is slept on by the industry. The girl is really talented. Her first CD, Southern Hummingbird, is the bomb! “Always Will”, “Beautiful”, “Smoking Cigarettes”, “Motel”…too many favorites to list. Definitely a solid effort.
Now, the 2nd CD? Couple of tracks were decent. “You” and “Cab Ride” were my favorites. Could be better, I just get tired of hearing Missy hollering over the track like she’s Puffy or some ish.
Who this chick better be talking to is her stylist..EVERY DAY! Thanking her lucky stars she found her. I was watching Bring It On this weekend (I was sick, so give me a break)..don’t know which one, but it starred the skinny “other Knowles” and the chick from Heroes..Anywho, I almost rolled off my bed when I saw Ms. Robyn. BA-BY, that thang was a plain-jane looking mess! IMO, she owes Jigga, the Dream, and that magician of a stylist of hers for ANY success. Because she would surely be gone by now if she hadn’t become the Black V. Beck!
Isc thanks for posting that
I guess I am the only one who thinks she is saying that CBreezy was beating on her and she kept it a seceret until they got caught n public??? Yall know I go hard for RIRi but I aint buying what she selling lol DV is a SERIOUS issue for those really living it! The man that discovered her said she didn’t want to be the victim and wasn’t a victim that’s what she wanted ppl to know but I guess she changed her mind
Yes the BISH is still FIERCE!
I know that domestic violence is a serious matter but I do believe that she had her hand in this to (no pun intended). I don’t know Chris nor Rihanna nor was I in the car that night. I definately think she took some shots at Chris too. I think he should have stopped the car and walked away. And where were each of their bodyguards?? I’m glad she came out and spoke about it though.
Sandra, are you taking request for people we would like to chat with?
@whoever said they were still creeping CBs play sister was at RiRis video shoot so that had some folks talking
CBreezy goes back to court this mth and both lawyers can request the stay away order be dropped so we shall see if her lawyer ask for the THIRD time
We now know how low Rihanna will go to sale.. She did 20/20 cause Oprah/Oprah would have ate her but up! @Ms.kaylamomma he tried, she took the keys to keep him there, not for beating her but to keep him from going to some other woman or should I say a young lady..This is not looking good for her at all. They brought that woman of the year award I dont care what no one says, Rihanna did not do any charitable work what so ever for domestic violence, if she visited anything it was a bar and speaking of visiting bars she was at one last night looking fery abused might I add..
I don’t think she’s going to go into detail and at this point it doesn’t matter. CB is a convicted felon serving his light sentence and both parties are getting their lives back in order.
Jokes and blaming the victim have gone on long enough..There are a lot of men & women suffering with this growing problem and encouragement to get help is what’s important. I hope Rih Rih appearing on GMA will give them courage to get out of their dangerous situation and get help.
TWEET IS THE BUSINESS DON’T SLEEP
SHE’S FROM ROUND MY WAY….OF COURSE I’M STANNIN
SHE’S INDEED VERY TALENTED, HER VOICE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
Rumors around them getting physical with each other swirled even before February, I believe they had a volatile relationship before the major beatdown, both of their handlers can attest to that.
Does anyone actually believe that him putting those marks on her while maneuvering a moving vehicle was a first time occurrence? That’s what I don’t buy.
I don’t see what is so horrendous about her hair. It’s not that bad to me. But
@ 9 months after being beaten within an inch of her life! Sandra, you are crazy!
@KAT
Girl you know if any regular person walking down the street wore that hair style it would be a different story.
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Actually if it was all black, it would be fine. It’s just combed back…and shaved on the sides. I don’t see the big deal. I don’t know….
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