Rihanna tells Diane Sawyer on '20/20' that the fight between she and then-boyfriend Chris Brown last February was ignited by a text message he received on the night the violence between the two took place.Rihanna alleges the text message came from a former girlfriend of Brown's. "I caught him in a lie and he wouldn't tell the truth, so I wouldn't drop it," she said. "It escalated into him being violent toward me."
To Brown's fans who argue Rihanna must have done something to provoke him, she had this to say: "It's ignorance ... because even if i hit him first, that makes it okay for him to do that to me?" She calls such attempts to defend him an "excuse for what he did."
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Reader Comments (3)
Jackie at 11:44PM on Nov 9th 2009
Rihanna needs to see herself differently. I suggest she speak with Tina Turner for one, that she visit more than one domestic violence shelter to hear what women have to say about their personal experiences and lastly that Rihanna talk with men in prison who are imprisoned for domestic violence.
Perhaps that will be the catalyst for positive change.
bhadamber109 at 9:30PM on Nov 11th 2009
she needs to move on with her life and forget chris brown.
Michaela at 11:21AM on Nov 13th 2009
i hope this will help others in the same situation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ujgzwEuIg