I Went Back to Chris Brown: Rihanna

Says it takes 'eight or nine' times for an abused woman to leave
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 5, 2009 10:25 AM CST
I Went Back to Chris Brown: Rihanna
Rihanna is seen during the preliminary hearing in the Chris Brown felony assault case on Monday, June 22, 2009.   (AP Photo/Lori Shepler, Pool)

Rihanna returned to Chris Brown after he assaulted her Feb. 8, telling Diane Sawyer, “I fell in love with that person. That’s embarrassing. So far in love, so unconditional, that I went back.” Responding to Sawyer’s estimate in an interview airing tonight and tomorrow on ABC that, “on average, I think it takes a woman seven times before she leaves,” Rihanna says, “Eight or nine, actually.”

The singer says her realization that she’s a role model was the “wake-up call” that caused her to finally leave Brown. “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 says, adding some advice for anyone in an abusive relationship: “Don’t react off of love. Eff love. Love is so blind.”
(More Rihanna stories.)

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