Rihanna Opens up on the Chris Brown Beat Down today on Good Morning America

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This morning in an interview with Diane Sawyer , pop star and fashion icon Rhianna opened up about her experiences after her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown beat her up unmercilessly.

“That’s embarrassing that that’s the type of person that I fell in love with,” Rihanna said on Good Morning America. “So far in love. So unconditional that I went back. It’s humiliating to say this happened…” warning other women facing domestic violence to not let themselves become blinded by love.

ABC will air more chunks of the interview on Friday’s “Good Morning America” and then Friday evening on the news magazine “20/20.” Brown also will recount his perspective in an interview to air Friday on MTV.

Rhianna is speaking out in an effort to help other young women who may be trapped in a violent relationship.Many women are victims of domestic violence.

In the interview Diane Sawyer pointed out that , on an average, a woman will take a beating seven times before leaving. The 21-year-old star’s chilling response: “Eight or nine, actually.”

Hmmmm, sounds like she is speaking from experience, which would be chilling, given that Chris Brown  has gone on record to say that he did not have any conscience recollection of what transpired while beating Rhianna that evening.

Is is possible that he ”blacked-out” so often, as to not realize that he is a serial abuser?

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If that is the case,and with the severity on the injuries he inflicted on Rhianna, I think that he may need to be screened for a brain tumor, or something.It sounds like he is not in control of his actions,…or he is a liar.

The bruises on Rhianna were real, and his actions were deplorable.I don’t think his celebrity will make him impregnable to any form retaliation from the men in her family,and I frankly do not think that they or any of us should care if he happens to be famous or not. Sounds like to me,he needs an extreme wake up call of some sort.

Speaking out was difficult for Rihanna, however, “There are a lot of women who’ve experienced what I did, but not in the public. So it made it really difficult. I just felt like, ‘Oh my God, here it goes, my little bit of privacy.”

In Thursday’s interview, Rihanna said, “I am strong. This happened to me. I didn’t cause this. I didn’t do it. This can happen to me and it can happen to anybody.”

Rihanna’s interview coincides with the debut of her new single, “Russian Roulette,” from her upcoming album, “Rated R.” It’s her first CD since 2007’s multiplatinum “Good Girl Gone Bad.” The timing is perfect for her to come out and to speak about all of this. With the release of her new album, the media’s attention will be focused on several aspects of her life,as it should.

Those that follow my blog already understand that I support Rhianna, and for full disclosure, I am a fan.If she were my daughter,my reactions would not have been very positive, so I commend her for her professionalism,and I have no problem with the way she has handled such an extreme circumstance.

This is a lot for any woman of any age to have to deal with in such a public way.

It does not mean I am hating on Chris Brown, but I just have no respect for any of his actions. I hope there is a possibility for him to redeem himself, and I would like that to happen for him, but the…”I was in shock and do not remember what happened”… excuse is cowardly, and his friends and family need to be the one’s to tell him so. At this point, he is pretty much a failure as a man, and is an embarrassment to his family.

Maybe all that fame went to his head.

Here is a clip of the interview, and I encourage all the young women of the world to share this clip with each other, and most of all, love yourself.No one should ever put their hands on you,period.

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