Rihanna woke up as Britney Spears! Rihanna opens up to Glamour magazine December issue of how she coped with the February much-publicized assault by her then-boyfriend Chris Brown. Rihanna says she went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears right after the incident. No silly, she didn’t quite transform, she meant the amount of chaotic publicity she was getting…

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“I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears,” “That was the level of media chaos that happened the next day. 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?”

To worsen the situation was the leak of her photo taken by police after the altercation that showed her bruised face. 

Ri Ri said ”It was humiliating; that is not a photo you would show to anybody. I felt completely taken advantage of. I felt like people were making it into a fun topic on the Internet, and it’s my life. I was disappointed, especially when I found out the photo was [supposedly leaked by] two women.”

Rihanna, however, can draw silver lining from all the bad things that have happened to her and move on. “It has taught me so much … The positive thing that has come out of my situation is that people can learn from that. I want to give as much insight as I can to young women, because I feel like I represent a voice that really isn’t heard. Now I can help speak for those women,” she tells Glamour magazine. “I’m stronger, wiser and more aware. You don’t realize how much your decisions affect people you don’t even know, like fans.” via Ace Showbiz

So glad to see Ri Ri opening up, it have been a big relief for her, you think?

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