Chris Brown would like the Rihanna beatdown details to be kept “private.” Rihanna appeared on Good Morning America and was interviewed by Diane Sawyer about that fateful night last February when Chris Brown left her bloody and bruised. Rihanna talks openly about still loving Chris Brown after the incident partially as a public service announcement to other women who suffer domestic abuse.

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Chris Brown sat down with MTV and said:

Chris Brown and Rihanna face off. Rihanna got to air her side of the story with Diane Sawyer this week, so now Chris gets a turn. Chris has an interview with MTV and both interviews will air on Friday night. Will anybody feel sorry for him though?

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Chris says he doesn’t know what he was thinking. Well, duh! Let’s help him out – he was beating the tar out of Rihanna. Here’s a snippet of what he says via Radar Online:

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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Rihanna opens up about what really happened with her then-boyfriend Chris Brown during their February altercation with ABC’s Diane Sawyer. Rihanna sits down with Sawyer in an exclusive interview as Rihanna reveals publicly for the first time what really happened since the incident.

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Rihanna tells Swayer: “He was definitely my first big love,”
“…This happened to me…it can happen to anyone,”

Oprah seems to have double standards when it comes to domestic abuse. Remember Oprah told Chris Brown he needed help after the Rihanna beat down and wouldn’t let him on the show to explain his side of the story? Well, Oprah did another song and dance for a different star this week…

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Oprah had singer BeBe Winans on her show to promote a new CD. BeBe is awaiting trail for the beating of his wife. From TMZ:

Rihanna’s ‘Rated R’ album cover debut. Rihanna draped in hand jewelry covering one eye on the grainy black-and-white cover. Pretty cool! Rihanna’s “Rated R” is scheduled to hit stores on November 23rd. It is Rihanna’s first album since assaulted by then-boyfriend Chris Brown in back in February.

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As reports by Pop Eater the slick cover is shot by photographer Ellen von Unwerth, who says

Rihanna dons barbed wired for “Russian Roulette”, the first single off Rihanna’s new album “Rated R”. Rihanna featured almost topless covered by what seems to be barbed wire on the artwork for her new single “Russian Roulette“. (Video and Lyrics below)

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