Rihanna tells British talk show host Jonathan Ross that writing her latest album Rated R helped her to deal with the assault from Chris Brown:

“It can happen to anyone, that’s the reason I talked about it. Now I just sing about it, I re-live it,”

She doesn’t regret talking about it and hopes it helped people in abusive relationships:

“It needed to be said because young girls look up to me… people are scared to talk about it,”

She’s enjoying being single and doesn’t know if she will ever be friends with Chris Brown again:

“Maybe in like ten years, you know? But it’s not something that I’m depending on. I’m not depending on his friendship,”

I can’t imagine being ‘friends’ with someone who assaulted you.  Maybe it’s just me?

Here she is leaving Whisky Mist Club in London.

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