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Rihanna Breaks Her Silence

Thursday November 5th, 2009

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For the first time since the incident with Chris Brown in February, Rihanna is sharing her story.

In an exclusive interview with Diane Sawyer on “Good Morning America” and “20/20,” Rihanna tells Diane why she decided to finally speak out and what it was like to realize how her situation effects other young girls who are victims of abuse.

Watch a clip from Rihanna’s interview at abcnews.com.

Find out Wendy’s thoughts on Rihanna’s interview and Chris Brown.

Tell Us: What do you think about Rihanna’s interview?

If you are in an abusive relationship, you don’t have to be alone. Here are a few resources where you can get help.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or visit, ndvh.org. For the hearing impaired call, 1-800-787-3224.

Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-548-2722

The National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
1-866-331-9474 or log on to, loveisrespect.org

Loveisnotabuse.com

122 Comments

  1. We don’t want to accept Chris’ behavior however in today’s interview, Rhianna said their relationship was equally dangerous. When my husband were 19 and 20, we went through that where I could not control my emotions and now with aging and growing its completely peaceful. When Rhianna said things were EQUALLY DANGEROUS i fell instead of “fast-forwarding” to the incident Diane Sawyer should have asked well what does that mean? Isn’t that what good reporting is all about. Wendy I KNOW FOR A FACT, if Rhianna was on your show and she would have said that, you would’ve done what a good reporter does and exposed the unexpected. HOW YOU DOIN!

  2. To all the people that are convinced that the Rhianna and Chris Brown situation was from years of abuse like yours. It was not!! It happen one time and she went back to sleep with him again at P-Diddy’s mansion. Chris never heard from her again. I think anytime a women has to check a mans cell phone it shows that she is a NEEDY person. Rhianna should not have insecurely went through his phone checking text messages because he had a right to his privacy. She demanded answers and wouldn’t let the subject go. So he ignored as best as he could therefore causing her to use physical force in attempts to get answers to her question about the text. Chris tried to kick her out of his car then she hit him more then he hit her back. QUESTION If Rhianna was so afraid of him Why didn’t she just get out of the car when he pulled over? ANSWER Because she wanted to argue about the text and she had been drinking. She wanted full control of the conversation by any means necessary. This is not the role of a VICTIM this is the role of a DRAMA QUEEN. Bottom line it takes two to fight.

  3. I am tired of people making Rihanna out to be this poor girl. She needs to stop putting her hands on men, they have the right to defend themselves too.She should have been charged for hitting him first.Now she is telling this story just to promote the new cd, I wouldn`t support her to save my life. I am a women whom had to have her identity changed( new last name and ss number) Just because she is a women doesn`t mean women have to stand by her. I have never hit a man and if I did he has the right to hit me back, wheather he does or not. We need to stop being the judge, that`s not our job. There are people in high positions doing alot worst( mayor,governors etc) we are willing to forgive them, but want to riun Chris. Please check yourself. GET OFF OF THE BASHING CHRIS BAN WAGON!

  4. Dear Wendy,
    I’m a big fan of your show. However I do not agree with you that people should forgive chris brown and move on, at least not right now. I was married to a man that abused me for 4 yrs in front of our 2 children. I tried to leave countless times and just when i was financially ready to leave he would find the money I saved and spend it, on drugs, his friends, girlfriends whatever and I would have to start all over again. I finally left with our 2 children,garbage bags of stuff for the kids and nothing else. He gave away all my stuff to his girlfriends. We finally divorced in 2004, with a perminent restraining order on him. I’ve gotten remarried to a wonderful guy who has been my rock. But my kids and i still have nightmares from all the stuff my ex did to us. Even though we have moved on there is a piece of me that is still afraid he will find us. i can’t forgive the fear that he has instilled in me and my children. Chris brown has changed her life forever. how can we forgive that?

  5. Wendy I love the show, and your hair last night fierce. I did want to make a comment on what an audience member said last night. one of the members said that we shouldn’t kill Chris brown’s career. we didn’t kill his career he did when he hit Rhianna. My mother was beaten for ten years before killed by a boyfriend. your show, by allowing her to say this, is endorsing acceptance of Chris’s behavior. now i love you Wendy and i think that you are better than that. HOW U DOIN

  6. how you doing wendy

  7. I want to break this into two parts. I watched you show on thursday november the 4th. You said that you are proud that she finally spoke out. I too thought the same thing..however being that I am a survior of being molested as a child. You can not speak out on something until you can attest to the fact that it did happen to you. Its called stages. I was molested for 4 years and it did not come out way until my adult life. Because thats when I was ready to accpet the fact that it did happen to me. So this is rihanna time to accept. It will take a while its not something that happens over night. It might take years for her to figure out who she really is. All props to her for speaking out.

    Chris Brown -There was a woman in the audience who said that we are being to hard on him because he is a talented man. Would she feel any different if he was joe blow neighbor beating up on her daughter. He bit her…where in the world is that coming from. Violence begets violence. Men should not hit a woman period nor should women hit men. If he was Joe blow he would be serving time not a lot but he would. Chris does not get anytime he gets some help. A person who beats a person did not just start this yesterday. This is how he has been handling his stressful relationships for a long time. Biting brings it to another level. He is now at the point where instead of doing a FAN APPRECIATION TOUR..he needs to put the attention to his problem. whoever is leading him is steering him wrong. We as fans would appreciate him working on himself. This is not something that will be done in 2 months. I will take a lifetime to fix. good luck to Chris and Rihanna

  8. you know wendy, mental abuse is as bad as physical abuse….i am so glad she has opened up and got out of the relationship, thats what i did after 5 yrs of mental abuse, it still takes alot of gettin over to go on……….i wish Rihanna well and may god help her in her healing time as he has mine………

  9. Hi Wendy you look so lovely today I love the dark hair on you. The whole thing about DV abuse it take most women that are in an abusive relationship 8 to 9 time before they get out. I work at a battered women shelter been there for almost 5 years and I found that, that is the hardest thing for the women that we serve at the shelter to do is leave.It’s not that they don’t want to it’s just alot of barriers in there way.I’m glad she got out but let me say that their is chris can change cause he is young. We offer programes for him to get him back on the right track.We have programes for the women to help them get out when there ready we help them to stand on there on two feet and become who they were or who they want to be and most important to be free from abuse.Thank you Wendy

  10. Wendy,

    Luv the dark hair on you, looks great!

    I also commend your words of positivity towards this young man because after this interivew, I don’t know how well he will fair in bouncing back. I hope he does and I wish him well. Both are just too young to be intertwined in the chaos of media drama and mess.

  11. just as you [Wendy] were disappointed that Whitney Houston didn’t take ownership/responsibility for her drug problem. I feel the same way about Rihanna. She didn’t mention her role in that altercation. Overall, it seems as though because she was the (female) victim in that situation it doesn’t matter the she hit and verbally abused Chris as well. But since he’s a man that doesn’t matter – a common misconception. I tire of hearing Chris get all the blame and making numerous apologies and attempts to correct his wrong doing, and Rihanna being coddled this whole time. I’m thinking she should be going to anger management classes as well. Like most, I was taught a man should never hit a women, at the same time, that doesn’t give me the right to hit a man either.

  12. Hi Wendy!
    I think that most girls think they can smack a guy and the guy won’t smack them back. But it doesn’t work that way. Don’t put all the blame on him. I don’t agree with what Chris B. did but everyone deserves a second chance…..
    LOVE YOU WENDY!!

  13. Yes!!!! Poor Ri Ri! But I blame her as well. His butt should have went to jail. It’s a new day now we dont put up with such foolishness! Get Out or I bet if that police would have knocked on door Chris Brown wouldnt hit another female! UGH!

    Cozie Harris

    Detriot City!!!!

  14. HEY WENDY!!!

    I RECORD AND WATCH YOUR SHOW EVERYDAY, FAITHFULLY! I MUST SAY, I LOVE THE DARK HAIR, IT MAKES YOU LOOK YOUNGER, NOT THAT YOU LOOKED BAD BEFORE, BUT YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR BACK IN YOUR EARLY 30S. LOVE YOU! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! I’LL BE WATCHING & RUBBING MY TEETH TOO!

  15. Wendy you said on the show that Rihanna stated that she went back 9 times and that’s not true. She said people usually go back 8-9 times but she only went back once

  16. ONE MORE THING WENDY, I AGREE WITH YOU GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE HE’S YOUNG AND HE CAN BE HELPED IF HE WANTS IT. HE HAS TIME TO CHANGE. SOME OF THESE WOMAN WRITTING THESE THINGS WITH PRUE HATRED AGAINST CHRIS NEED TO THINK WHAT IF THIS WAS YOUR SON. I WAS ABUSED AND I HAVE A SON. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT WAS SAID IN THAT CAR. YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT SHE MIGHT HAVE SAID TO SET HIM OFF INTO A RAGE. AFTER BEING WITH HIM FOR A WHILE SHE SHOULD’VE KNOWN HIS TRIGGERS. THEY WERE IN A HEATED ARGRUEMENT SO I KNOW FOR A FACT SHE PROBABLY PRESSED A FEW OF THOSE TRIGGERS. ABUSE IS NEVER RIGHT BUT LETS BE HONEST AS A BLACK WOMAN SOMTIMES WE JUST DON’T KNOW WHEN TO SHUT UP! JUST BECAUSE SHE’S FAMOUS DOESN’T MEAN SHE’S EXEMPT.

  17. Wendy,
    I love & admire you. I am beyond angry. I had to comment on the woman who
    defended Chris Brown. He hit Rihanna continuously, he choked her, & when she tried to get his hands off her neck, he bit her fingers & continued choking her until she was unconscious. He’s OJ waiting to happen. She is lucky to get out with her life. So sugar coating & downplaying the horrific beating, choking and verbal abuse that Rihanna endured is condoning his behavior. I saw Chris on Larry King & he had the audacity to say the picture of her was doctored. If he was truly sorry and wanted to change, his actions not words needs to prove it. Like talking & listening to abused women and how it impacts their lives. Or going to prisons & talking to men who have beat & killed women. He could have a positive effect, but his actions show he wants to sell records & get past this. Picking up garbage is no punishment, nor will it help him learn & grow. Thanks for your time, I had to vent. Love U, Kym

  18. Hot!

  19. HI WENDY, JUST WANTED TI LET YOU KNOW LOVE YOUR SHOW. AS FAR AS THE CHRIS BROWN AND RIHANNA SITUATION, I THINK THAT THERE IS MORE TO THE STORE THAT BOTH OF THEM ARE TELLING. I’VE BEEN ON HER IN HER SITUATION SO I KNOW WHERE SHE’S COMING FROM BUT ITS SOMETHING THAT COUNSELING HAS HELPED ME WITH. THE FACT IS WOMAN HAVE THE BAD HABBIT OF ESCALATING A SITUATION IN A RELATIONSHIP. AFTER BEING WITH YOUR MATE FOR A WHILE YOU LEARN WHAT BUTTONS TO PUSH TO PISS THE OTHER OFF. IN RELATIONSHIPS WE GET INTO ARGRUEMENTS AND WE PUSH EACH OTHER BUTTONS. BEING THAT SHE WAS YOUNG I CAN SEE HOW THAT FIGHT WENT. I’M SAYING THAT CHRIS SHOULDN’T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS ACTIONS BUT AS WOMEN WE NEED TO OWN UP TO OUR RESPONSIBLITIES IN THESE FIGHTS. SOME MEN ARE VERY PASSIVE AGRESSIVE AND ONE BAD ARGRUEMENT WITH HIS GIRL PUSHING EVERY BUTTON SHE CAN JUST TO GET HIM WHERE SHE IS COULD VERY MUCH REACT OUT OF CHARACTER. WE ARE TAUGHT A LOT OF THINGS AS WE GROW UP, SOMTHINGS WE PROBABLY NEVER USE AGAIN BUT WE ARE NOT TAUGHT HOW TO MAINTAIN A RELATIONSHIP. I REALLY DON’T THINK THEY SHOULD’VE JUMPED ALL OVER CHRIS WHEN THE FACT REMAINS THAT THEY BOTH ARE RESPONSIBLE.

  20. HEY WENDY. HOW UUUUUUUUUUU DOIN???????? I REALLY ENJOYED YOUR SHOW TODAY,AS ALWAYS. THANKS FOR THE FASHION SHOW. I AM HERE WATCHING CHELSEY LATELY. I AM FEELING MORE AND MORE THAT CHLOE AND LAMAR SO CALLED WEDDING WAS FAKE. I AM WATCHING THEM AND THERE IS NO CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THEM,AT LEAST FROM HER. LAMAR HAD HIS HAND ON HER LEG, AND HOME GIRL HAD HER HANDS CROSSED. LATER SHE WAS TRYING TO ACT AFFECTIONATE. WHEN I WAS A NEWLY WED, I COULDNT KEEP MY HANDS OFF MY HUSBAND. THATS MY OPONION,U BEE THE JUDGE. BY THE WAY,I AM STILL WAITING FOR U TO WRITE ME BACK, AND TELL ME THE NAME OF THE BRA THAT EVA HAD ON THAT MADE HER BOOBS LOOK BIG(LOL).TODAY IS MY 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY,BUT MY HUSBAND IS IN AFHANGANISTAN. LUV U WENDY. LOVE LOVE LOVE YOUR MESSY SHOW.

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