Rihanna: ‘Media Chaos After Assault Made me Feel Like Britney Spears’
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RIHANNA says her brutal February beating at the hands of her then-boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, has taught her “so much”.
The Umbrella singer, 21, has revealed how the level of “media chaos” during the aftermath of the assault made her feel like Britney Spears.
“It has taught me so much,” Rihanna tells Glamour magazine in a new interview.
“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?”
The star says she was particularly humiliated by photos of her badly bruised face leaking onto the Internet.
“That is not a photo you would show to anybody,” she says. “I felt completely taken advantage of . . . like people were making it into a fun topic . . . and it’s my life. I was disappointed, especially when I found out the photo was [supposedly leaked by] two women.”
“Domestic violence is a big secret,” she adds. “My story was broadcast all over the world for people to see, and they have followed every step of my recovery. The positive thing that has come out of my situation is that people can learn from that.”
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