Rihanna speaks: ‘Love is so blind’
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Go go go Rihanna!!
A victim of domestic violence, Rihanna kept silent about the events that occurred during that night at the Grammy’s when she was assaulted by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. The photo that spread through the internet like wildfire is a testimony to the violence that many women experience but do not speak of.
In an interview with Good Morning America, Rihanna appeared to be stronger and more confident and that she has taken the bull by the horns to face the public and speak of her experience.
“Come out of the situation and look at it for what it really is,” she advised during an interview on “Good Morning America” on Thursday. “Love is so blind.”
Similar to child abuse, or any type of abuse – it is still often (unfortunately) hidden behind the walls of the home. If children are taught to speak out against any type of abuse and if they learn that when these things happen, they need to talk about it and tell someone – we could save a lot of lives.
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Rihanna continued to say,
“There are a lot of women who experienced what I did, but not in the public, so [that] made it really difficult,” she said. “I just thought ‘Oh my God,’ here goes my little bit of privacy. Nobody wants anybody to know, and here I am, the whole world knowing.”
“It was humiliating; that is not a photo you would show to anybody,” the songstress said. “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.”
“It’s pretty natural for that to be the first reaction; to [want] to go back,” she told Sawyer in the interview. “The minute the physical wounds go away, you want to go back. [But] when I realized that my selfish decision for love could result [in] some young girl getting killed, I could not be easy with that part,” she said with tears in her eyes.
“These are young girls, and I didn’t realize how much an impact I had on these girls’ lives until that happened,” the singer admitted. “It takes a woman eight or nine times before she leaves, and … that’s not what I want to teach people. It was a wake-up call, big time.”
There will be a follow-up interview this Friday on 20/20. Be sure to watch it. Rihanna’s next album, Rated R comes out on November 23.
Rihanna speaks: ‘Love is so blind’ – CNN.com.
