Nov 4 2009Rihanna: 'I felt like Britney Spears'
Rihanna opens up to Glamour about the days after the night Chris Brown brutally beat her after a Pre-Grammys party in February:
It has taught me so much. I felt like I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears. That was the level of media chaos that happened the next day. It was like, What, there are helicopters circling my house? There are 100 people in my cul-de-sac? What do you mean, I can't go back home?
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Look, I understand that an abusive experience like this does a number on a woman's self-esteem. You start to think "Did I deserve this? Is this my fault?" which is a completely normal reaction even though the answer to both is an emphatic "no." But equating yourself to Britney Spears? I can't even fahtom going to a place that dark. Damn you, Chris Brown! Damn you to hell!
Photos: Splash News
Reader Comments
1. Nick - November 4, 2009 11:49 AM
She will never be as infamous as Britney Spears
2. McBiff - November 4, 2009 11:50 AM
Nah you were never as popular
3. mean person - November 4, 2009 11:53 AM
I am going to put it out there...she is odd looking from haircut to her webbed feet.
4. Natalie - November 4, 2009 12:08 PM
What the hell is she wearing? I've never understood why it is acceptable to wear a bustier as a shirt. Especially one that so obviously just looks like a plain bra.
5. FACE - November 4, 2009 12:14 PM
This beech is famous foe getting her ass whipped - nothing else. I am sick of it.
6. Jon - November 4, 2009 12:16 PM
Nice boobage.
7. kitty - November 4, 2009 12:21 PM
that outfit is not attractive in the least
8. Jon - November 4, 2009 12:24 PM
Anything that showcases the tata's will appeal to at least 50% of the population. So it can't be that bad.
9. TopTwitsBlog - November 4, 2009 1:02 PM
Worst dream ever.
10. Sportsdvl - November 4, 2009 1:12 PM
Without the "incident" most of us would have absolutely zero idea who she was. She knows that beating was the best thing to ever happen to her career.
11. Dave - November 4, 2009 1:13 PM
In the interest of science, I would voluntarily feel her to verify if her perception of Ms. Spears is correct.
12. Stef - November 4, 2009 1:37 PM
It could be worse...she could have woken up looking like Britney Spears.
13. IKE - November 4, 2009 2:09 PM
Is this at Mardi Gras??
I got some beads for ya Rihanna!!
14. Randal(l) - November 4, 2009 2:39 PM
I get that same feeling. Why, just this morning I woke up naked in a haze with cheetos dust all over my face, and an empty bucket of KFC placed over my junk.
Randal(l)
15. mamamiasweetpeaches - November 4, 2009 3:27 PM
"It has taught me so much......"
Yeah. like, DONT HIT A MAN. HE MAY JUST HIT YOU BACK.
16. richard - November 4, 2009 3:36 PM
fugly, terrible music, next!
17. Christina - November 4, 2009 3:58 PM
#10- Are you fucking kidding me? Rihanna has had TONS of hits in only a few years and since the Chris Brown incident I don't think she's done much as far as her career goes. I mean, she has a new album coming out but she hasn't been releasing tons of singles. She was already a huge success. Not saying I particularly like her music, but you can't deny her success as a musician prior to this shit. Just because she appeals to a specific audience (young) doesn't mean no one has heard of her. Maybe you only heard of her with this shit but she's been damn successful for several years. And to act like her being fucking beaten has any positives is fucking disgusting.
I'm glad that, despite the constant objectification and sexualization on this site, the writer at least sometimes makes serious statements about serious issues, like that abused women are NOT at fault for what happens to them.
18. blue hosting - November 4, 2009 5:04 PM
Let the music do the talking. please.
19. All Women Stalker - November 4, 2009 5:27 PM
Necklaces are blouses now? Huh.
-meream
20. um - November 4, 2009 6:14 PM
@17
This writer is actually a good guy. He loves women. HE doesn't verbally abuse them. But don't go to Drunken Stepfather, whatever you do.
21. dude - November 4, 2009 7:39 PM
Rihanna, release your sex tape or stfu
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23. bmose - November 4, 2009 9:31 PM
Looks like Mr T had a yard sale.
24. Laura - November 4, 2009 9:47 PM
fahtom.... you mean fathom?
25. Camera Bags - November 4, 2009 9:54 PM
"people can learn from that"? She was holed up at Diddy's with her attacker in the days following her beating! How is that an example to follow?
26. Black Girls Adult Video Chat - November 4, 2009 10:12 PM
shes looking pretty hot, but i think she needs a couple more necklaces!!
27. danny - November 4, 2009 11:10 PM
@3 : does she really have webbed feet? Cuz I've often wondered why she's always wearing klunky footwear: I assumed she had ugly feets. Too bad, she's very attractive otherwise.
28. danny - November 4, 2009 11:10 PM
@3 : does she really have webbed feet? Cuz I've often wondered why she's always wearing clunky footwear: I assumed she had ugly feets. Too bad, she's very attractive otherwise.
29. danny - November 4, 2009 11:10 PM
@3 : does she really have webbed feet? Cuz I've often wondered why she's always wearing clunky footwear: I assumed she had ugly feets. Too bad, she's very attractive otherwise.
30. Christina - November 5, 2009 12:43 AM
@#20- Yeah, I know, Drunken Stepfather fucking sucks. I went there once and it was so fucked up. It's just some bitter pathetic guy verbally abusing women for doing nothing terrible things like grabbing a coffee or going for a walk. It isn't funny, it serves no purpose, and it just fucking sucks. I wish this site would stop linking to it.
31. Kangaroo - November 5, 2009 10:40 AM
She's not hot at all. Looks like half the women i see at Walmart.
32. Ricard - November 5, 2009 11:27 AM
"Look, I understand that an abusive experience like this does a number on a woman's self-esteem. You start to think "Did I deserve this? Is this my fault?" which is a completely normal reaction even though the answer to both is an emphatic "YES". "
There, corrected it for you.
33. MattCollins - November 5, 2009 3:38 PM
It's actually spelled "fathom"
34. Tee - November 5, 2009 7:55 PM
If Ray Charles and Mr. T had a baby, it would like this piece of trash.
35. majeeda - November 17, 2009 1:44 PM
I just wish she would go away! why she wait so late to go on 20/20
I don`t like her anymore