R&B star Chris Brown brutally assaulted his ex-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. Graphic photos of the attack were circulated online, painting a gruesome picture of domestic violence and proving no one — regardless of status — is exempt from a toxic relationship.
Thirteen years later, Rihanna has moved on with A$AP Rocky, and the couple is expecting their first child any time now. But Rocky hasn’t forgotten about the brutality Rihanna experienced at the hands of her ex-boyfriend. In his latest single “D.M.B. (Das Mah Bitch),” he makes a subtle reference to Brown, rapping, “I don’t beat my bitch, I need my bitch.”
Chris Brown went into graphic detail about the night he beat Rihanna in 2017 as part of a documentary documentary titled Chris Brown: Welcome To My Life. After meeting Rihanna when he was just 15 years old backstage at a New York concert, he said their relationship soon blossomed into a “fairytale.”
But the fairytale ended when Brown confessed he’d had sex with a particular woman before they were together, losing Rihanna’s trust. Brown said, “From there it went downhill.” On February 8, 2009, he says a fight between the couple broke out in his Lamborghini after she went through his text messages and found a message from someone he was involved with in the past. Brown claimed the Barbados-born singer said she hated him and began to hit him.
“I remember she tried to kick me, but then I really hit her, with a closed fist, like I punched her,” Brown said. “I busted her lip. When I saw it, I was in shock. I was like, ‘Fuck, why the hell did I hit her?’ From there, she just spit in my face … like spit blood in my face and it enraged me even more. It was a real on fight in the car.”
Rihanna has long forgiven Brown for the assault. In 2020, Oprah Winfrey decided to re-release a 2012 interview with Rihanna for an episode of Oprah Winfrey’s Supersoul Coversations podcast in which Rihanna opened up about their special bond.
“We’ve been working on our friendship again,” she said. “Now we’re very very close friends. We’ve built up a trust again, and that’s — we love each other and we probably always will. And that’s not something we’re ever going to change. That’s not something you can shut off, if you’ve ever been in love.”
Rihanna Says She 'Truly Loves' Chris Brown -- Even After 2009's Brutal Assault
She added, “I think he was the love of my life. He was the first love. And I see that he loved me the same way… it’s not even about us being together. I truly love him. So the main thing for me is that he’s at peace. I’m not at peace if he’s a little unhappy, or he’s still lonely.”
you would think a couple could get over that so much easier.
Wow! After reading Chris’s explanation, it’s truly sad.. But to hit, scratch and then spit blood in someone’s face, she’s lucky he didn’t kill her @$$!!! When she could have easily called it quits and just walked away!!
He caused that blood nd i would’ve spit n his face 2…hes that wrsk of a man that he cant take a girl slapping him? If anything HE should’ve got put the car nd called 4 help so he dont catch a case…dont b harder b smarter
Females want to be equal. Would you let a man slap you in the face and not do anything?
Your a sad individual. A man shouldn’t have to accept a woman abusing him because she’s weaker. It’s called respect and they both overstepped their boundaries?
Wow,,, your opinion shows how F**LISH you’re if you’re a man or how incredibly F**LISH you’re if you’re a lady. Real men don’t raise their hands on a woman no matter what. Break stuffs, slam the car door, kill yourself but don’t punch a woman like she was a man. Johnny Depp is a perfect reference of a gentleman you can look into. Besides was there a bruise to show that she hits him first? No. Cuz you don’t feel anything when a lady hits you and Chris would’ve easily left the car till she’s calm. And I’ll love to see you hit a woman this 2023 lol. Better opinion would be to acknowledge the fact that he was a teenager and acted upon a teenagers instinct rather than publicly exhibiting your level of F**LISHNESS.
woman beater
old mess not Happy Asap.keep your head up Chris
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Someone in Barbados should really REALLY do something to brown
For everyone saying that Chris defended himself, no he didn’t. They were both in a car and having a verbal argument when it escalated, and it was moving. How would either of them leave? A slap to the face is not comparable when Chris beat her to a pulp.
If you actually read the case file for this incident, you will see how much he beat her, it’s truly horrific. The images are worse.
Sad how gullible people in the comments are to believe Chris’s words and not the police files, and make excuses for famous people.
I’m glad she was able to forgive him though.
You were in the back seat the whole time?
Don’t forget it’s that they were kids Not saying that that makes everything better it doesn’t he was wrong she was wrong but they were kids. Celebrities are people but I want to talk about it’s all the young boys and girls involved in domestic violence in high schoolWhy are we not talking about that happens all the time everyday boyfriend is beaten and yankin old girlfriends young girls slapping boys kicking and spitting this is the conversation we should be having teaching our youth what’s exceptable behavior and how to deal with their emotions.