Rihanna: Domestic Violence is a Big Secret

Rihanna: Domestic Violence is a Big Secret
Copyright 2009 / Glamour Magazine
In one of her first interviews since her highly publicized domestic dispute with Chris Brown, Rihanna tells Glamour magazine she is now stronger, wiser and most of all, fearless.

Rihanna tells the publication her friends and family rallied around her as she was coping with the turn of events, but says she still sometimes felt alone. "It’s a lonely place to be -- no one can understand. That’s when you get close to God."

During the investigation into the dispute between Brown and Rihanna, a shocking photo of the pop star bruised and beaten was released -- the singer calls the leak of the pic "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," she tells Glamour.

"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," she also points out.

Following months of being in the spotlight for her personal life, Rihanna is now releasing a new album, Rated R, Nov. 23 and says she put "everything I’ve wanted to say for the past eight months into my music."

Rihanna's hope is to be a voice for those women who can't be heard. "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."

Rihanna is one of Glamour 's Women of the Year and her entire interview can be found in the latest issue of the magazine, on newsstands Nov. 10.

Published 11/3/09 by the Insider

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    Anonymous 1/10/10 Reply
  • Adorable Rihanna,
    I am grateful for your stay with us in Addis( Ethiopia) surely you will come again to Rock us once more in your Umbrella. May God Bless you abundantly in your talent!!
    NatiJ 11/28/09 Reply
  • sheeeee's baaaackkkkkk.
    Anonymous 11/9/09 Reply
  • I salute you Rihanna! Walk proud.
    Anonymous 11/8/09 Reply
  • Rihanna u should stay fur away from that wife beater, he is no body to be arround, i think he is soo hood he belongs with hoe's not real women. matter of fuct brown is a disgrace to R&B and slow. He should be doing rock or underground hiphop
    Anonymous 11/6/09 Reply
  • Rihanna's Tracklist For New Album Rated R 2oo9
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    conrissio 11/5/09 Reply
  • No matter what, any so-called MAN that hits a WOMAN, is a BOY/GIRL, yep, a punk, and won't stand up to another man, CB is a weak bastard, who needs his butt kicked by a rear brother.

    If a woman makes you mad enough to want to hit her, LEAVE HER, that will hurt more,,,,REAL MEN don't hit women.
    Anonymous 11/3/09 Reply
  • it's amazing how many "anonymous" ppl are putting the blame on the victim, which was Rihanna. It's what happens in homes, society, courtrooms and other institutions. Doesn't matter how much on his "nerves" she may have gotten, you don't beat another human being that way especially someone you claim to love. I wonder how many of these "anonymous" ppl are women. It was sickening how many women hated on her after the attack and pretty much supported Chris Brown and blamed her. It obviously continues. It shows the state of young women today and the self love they need to still work on. Not to mention the stereotype that women are so catty towards eachother, so quick to defend a man who is wrong than a sista who is victimized. On the flip, I don't think it is fair to demonize Chris Brown either. But accountability and personal responsibility are key. At the end of the day, he was wrong. Period. If you don't see or understand that, male or female, you have ALOT of evolving to do.
    Anonymous 11/3/09 Reply
  • Cool:)
    NeverLetGo 11/3/09 Reply
  • i dont she aint no women of the year
    Anonymous 11/3/09 Reply
  • no hold up hold up she is ugly by her self britney is out the picture so wtith out somebody on her side she is ugly all the way so please
    Anonymous 11/3/09 Reply
  • first of all, what an ugly comparison she did with her and britney spears. britney spears brought it on to her self. rihanna didn't. it isn't rihanna's fault chris put her through such thing
    Anonymous 11/3/09 Reply
    • no it wasnt lol it was good for her she got on chris browns last nerve so please
      Anonymous 11/3/09
    • first of all no he didnt she got on his last nerve so please
      Anonymous 11/3/09
  • What happened to her was absolutely wrong.
    racer_ron 11/3/09 Reply
    • no it wasnt omg! u believe it please she is making her fans make chris brown guilty he just 2 peaced her pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
      Anonymous 11/3/09
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