Rihanna Finally Speaks Out Against Domestic Violence
Friday, November 6th, 2009“I am strong. This happened to me. I didn’t cause this. I didn’t do it. This happened to me and it could happen to anybody. There are a lot of women who have experienced what I did but not in the public. So it made it really difficult. I just felt like Oh My God here goes my little bit of privacy Just people.exposed like (It’s) something that nobody wants anybody to know. So here I am the whole world knowing…”
“…because that I didn’t want people to think that thats the kind of personI fell in love with that person. That’s embarrassing. That’s embarrassing that thats the type of person I fell in love with. So far in loveSo unconditional that I went back. Eight or nine actually and I dont want that to happen. That’s not what I want to teach people. But again peopleyou Im…Im a human beingand people put me on a very unrealistic pedestal…And all these expectations. Im not perfect. Also, its pretty natural for that to be the first reaction. It’s completely normal to go back. You start lying to yourself. The minute the physical wounds go away you.. You want this thing to go away. This is a memory you don’t want to have ever again…”
“When I realize that my selfish decision for love.could result in some young girl getting killed, I could not, I could not be easy with that (Chokes up with tears)part I couldn’t be held responsible for telling them Go back Chris (Chokes up with tears)…Even if Chris never hit me again, whos to say that their boyfriend wont Whos to say that they wont kill these girls. And these are, these are young girls, and I could not (Chokes up with tears) I just didnt realize how much of an impact I had on these girls lives until that happened.until that happened. It was a wakeup call, it was a wakeup call for me.BIG TIME!!! Especially when I took myself out of the situation…And I’ll say that to any young girl who’s going through domestic violence.” “DON’T REACT OFF OF LOVE… F!@#@ LOVE !!! COME OUT OF THE SITUATION AND LOOK AT IT THIRD PERSON AND FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS AND THEN MAKE YOUR DECISION BECAUSE LOVE IS SO BLIND…”