In a 5 minute clip on Thursday morning, pop star Rihanna broke her silence about the night her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown attacked her. The singer spoke candidly with reporter Diane Sawyer and said she was “embarrassed and ashamed” that’s why she didn’t speak out until now.

On being embarrased and ashamed:
“That’s embarrassing that that’s the type of person that I fell in love with,” Rihanna told “Good Morning America’s” Diane Sawyer in her first television interview discussing the assault. “So far in love. So unconditional that I went back. It’s humiliating to say this happened. To accept that? It’s a traumatizing experience.”

On going back to Brown after the incident:
“I stayed. I even went back after he beat me, which was wrong,” she said. “But again … I’m a human being and people put me on a very unrealistic pedestal. And all these expectations, I’m not perfect.

It’s completely normal to go back. It’s not right. I learned the hard way, but again, this is what I want people to know,” she said. “When I realized that my selfish decision for love could result in some young girl getting killed, I could not be easy with that part. I couldn’t be held responsible for going back.

The full interview will air on 20/20 on Friday night (November 6th).

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Known mostly for her iconic style and original sound, Rihanna got the title of the Women of The Year. Now Rihanna opens up for the fashion magazine Glamour US for the month of December 2009. Rihanna is clearly a superstar for her music and style alone but in breaking her silence about what she calls the ‘big secret’ of domestic violence.

Rihanna turned to a higher power to help her recover from her attack by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, because she felt so alone in the aftermath of the incident.

The R&B star was thrust into the spotlight when the February assault hit the headlines. Brown was handed a five year probation sentence and ordered to stay away from the Umbrella singer after pleading guilty to losing his temper and hitting her during a fight.

She relied on her friends and family for support, but admits it was her faith in God that really pulled her through the horrific ordeal.

Rihanna tells Glamour magazine, “My friends and family have been extremely supportive, and everyone has been there for me. But at some point you are there alone. It’s a lonely place to be – no one can understand. That’s when you get close to God.”

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Rihanna will break her silence and tell all about her beating at the hands of ex-boyfriend Chris Brown during two U.S. TV interviews this week.

Rihanna was left battered and bruised after a fight with Brown in February, which resulted in the Kiss Kiss singer being ordered to stay away as part of his sentence.

Brown told his side of the story when he was grilled by CNN newsman Larry King in September – and now Rihanna is expected to open up about the incident for the first time when she appears on Good Morning America on Thursday  and again in TV special 20/20 on Friday night.

A TV commercial promoting the shows on the ABC network boasts, “Now, for the very first time, Rihanna tells her story.”
It will be the first interviews Rihanna has granted since the shocking attack.

The Bajan beauty made her live comeback in September – seven months after the assault – and is currently preparing to return to the charts with the release of her fourth studio album, Rated R, later this month.

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Listen to Rihanna’s Long-Awaited Comeback Single “Russian Roulette”

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The wait is ova – for one of the most hotly anticipated new albums in recent history, as multi-platinum, award-winning Def Jam recording artist Rihanna announces the completion of her fourth original studio album, Rated R, scheduled to arrive in the physical and digital marketplace on Monday, November 23rd.

Rated R’s first single pick, “Russian Roulette” will be launched at 11:23am EST on October 20th worldwide on http://rihannanow.com. The “Russian Roulette” video, directed by Anthony Mandler, will premiere in prime-time on ABC.

“Russian Roulette” was written and produced by fellow Def Jam artist Ne-Yo, whose long track record with Rihanna includes the #1 hit “Unfaithful” (2006, from A Girl Like Me), their Top 10 duet “Hate That I Love You” (2007, from Good Girl Gone Bad), and #1 pop/ #1 R&B “Take A Bow” (2008, from Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded). In addition to Ne-Yo, other producers and writers on Rihanna’s new album include the team of The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, Chase & Status, Stargate, Justin Timberlake and more.

Rated R is the long-awaited follow-up to Good Girl Gone Bad (May 2007), which contained the non-stop string of hit singles that began with the MTV VMA and Grammy Award-winning global #1 hit “Umbrella” (featuring Jay-Z), then “Shut Up and Drive,” “Hate That I Love You” (featur­ing Ne-Yo), and “Don’t Stop the Music.” Good Girl Gone Bad spent 98 total weeks on the Soundscan chart, earned cumulative sales of more than 36-times platinum in at least 20 territories around the world, and spun off the CD+DVD package Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (January 2009) – which continued the string of hits with the #1 “Take A Bow,” and the #1 “Disturbia.”

Good Girl Gone Bad was the third album release in less than two years by the 21-year old Barbados native Rihanna. It followed-up 2006’s RIAA platinum A Girl Like Me, which contained the back-to-back hits, “S.O.S.” and “Unfaithful”; and her RIAA gold debut from 2005, Music Of the Sun, featuring the world-wide smash, “Pon De Replay.”

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