Rihanna defends Chris Brown over domestic abuse: ‘I don’t hate him’

Despite suffering domestic abuse in 2009 from her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, Rihanna insists she still has a soft spot for the singer. In a recent magazine interview, the Bajan beauty revealed that she continues to care for Brown.

Rihanna opens up about her highly publicised relationship with Brown in her cover interview for the November issue of Vanity Fair. The 27-year old candidly talks about her present feelings for the singer after their tumultuous romance. Rihanna says she and Brown are not in a great relationship now but insists that she does not hold any ill feelings towards him.

“I don’t hate him. I will care about him until the day I die. We’re not friends, but it’s not like we’re enemies,” she says.

She also talks about her decision to lift the actor’s restraining order and getting back with him the second time in 2012 after his arrest in 2009. Rihanna admits in her Vanity Fair interview that she had initially thought of herself as Brown’s “guardian angel” who can help change him for the better.

“I was that girl who felt that as much pain as this relationship is, maybe some people are built stronger than others. Maybe I’m the person who’s almost the guardian angel to this person, to be there when they’re not strong enough, when they’re not understanding the world, when they just need someone to encourage them in a positive way and say the right thing,” Rihanna told the publication.

The “Diamonds” singer claims she had high hopes then that she could change Brown “a hundred percent.” Rihanna adds she was very protective of her ex-boyfriend since she felt that people didn’t really understand him. But in the end she realized that she was only becoming the enemy by being Brown’s constant reminder of his past. So she had decided to walk away.

Rihanna has been linked with several guys lately, including Travis Scott, following her split from Brown. However, she tells Vanity Fair that she is not in any serious relationship as of the moment and that Breezy was her last serious boyfriend.

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