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Gracing the cover of the January issue of GQ magazine is Rihanna, who posed topless for the mag. She also gave a great interview. Rihanna was asked whether she would ever be friends with Chris Brown ever again. She replied that she’s unsure. Possibly in ten years, but she makes it clear that she doesn’t depend on the friendship. 
She was then asked if she would ever trust again after the assault. She said that she is able to recognize that not everyone is the same She explains, “ There are people in the world who will love you and people in the world who will hurt you, and there are people in the world who will do both.”
She was then asked how it feels to be moving forward. She replied, “It’s relieving because it was built up for so long, and all these thoughts and emotions have been running through my mind for the past eight months. And now it’s like I finally get to let go and move on.”
She added that she wanted the world to move on with her because she doesn’t want what happened that night to define who she is.
She also wants people to know that nothing a woman might do makes it alright for a man to harm her. “Stop blaming yourself for that outcome. There’s nothing you can do, ever, to excuse a man’s behavior like that.”
Rihanna also explained that she didn’t want anyone around her, because she knew they’d be pitying her and seeing her as the victim. That’s why she turned to music as a source of healing. However, she got tired of the house and knew she had to get out.
More of Rihanna’s GQ interview after the jump!
When she did get out, she said that she had a friend to help her through it, "Me and Jay-Z, we have a very close relationship, so he was helping me through it and giving me advice and guidance, and just words of support. Like, strength."
There are people like Tila Tequila who say that Rihanna has and STD and even some people who say that Chris assaulted her because of she gave him herpes. But she is denying it and says, "And it’s not true. It’s a f—ing scar. On my lip. That’s there every day of my life."
She continues, "It’s not like it’s hard. It’s more ignorant. At first I was like, ‘Are you serious?’ First, I thought people were gonna definitely know that that’s not … But when I read it, and I see that people just buy into that. … Like, the minute they see it, it forms something in their head."
What a great interview!! It’s so great to hear things from her perspective. Hopefully, young women and men learn some things from her.
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