Rihanna Speaks: 'Strong and Doing Well'

Following the leak of a graphic photo showing Rihanna allegedly beaten by boyfriend Chris Brown, the singer is speaking out.

Rihanna resurfaced in L.A. last night wearing a black leather jacket and dark glasses, and was snapped while sitting in the back of an SUV.

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A rep for Rihanna released a statement to "Extra" saying, "At the request of the authorities, Rihanna is not commenting about the incident involving Chris Brown. She wants to assure her fans that she remains strong, is doing well, and deeply appreciates the outpouring of support she has received during this difficult time."

Today is the Grammy award winner's 21st birthday.

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Chris Should go to prison

Rachael
February 27, 2009

Rihanna is doing a dis-service to all the young women who follow her career if she does not press charges. It is never OK for a man to do what Chris Brown did to her and if she doesn’t understand that at her age, she needs some counseling to get her head together. He was 100% wrong and I hope he pays for it and gets his head together.

Kathy
February 27, 2009

I think the court is going to come down hard.
For those who say “it was her fault”, the ONLY way it could legally be the victim’s “fault” in the US is if the victim ATTACKED the other person, whence they would turn out not to be the victim. In his apology Brown already relinquished that possibility, and it wouldn’t have mattered anyway because California’s violence laws are harsher.

St Hilaire
February 23, 2009

If she gave him herpes why is he buying her presents and why did he apologize…or better yet, if it was true,why not just walk away. You can yell and scream all you want but you don’t hit a person

Jess
February 23, 2009

How do ANY of you know either of them have herpes? No one was there…all that is known is the picture…nobody, male, female, black, white,rich, poor WHATEVER…nobody deserves to be beat. It is our human right to not be violated against. So because he’s got “fans” its ok? Shameful!

?
February 23, 2009

IF ANYONE GAVE ME HERPES, I WOULD HAVE BEAT THE LIFE OUT OF THEM TOO!

Christina
February 23, 2009

everyone has posted their opinion and enough has been said. Rhianna will go back to Chris. You don’t stop loving overnight and if she does, its no one business, but the two involved. One thing for sure, I GUARANTEE, whoever she decides to be romantic with IN THE FUTURE the public eyes will never see. THIS HAS BEEN A CIRCUS. SHE IS IN PAIN AND ITS NOT FROM THE ALLEGED ABUSE. HER HEART IS HURTING, SHE MISSES CHRIS BROWN. SHE is saddened. we should leave both of them alone. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

windibrown
February 23, 2009

i think everybody shood shut their mouths because rihannah did a lot of things too. if ya out there r true fans of chris brown then ya shood giv him another chance, i mean sure he was wrong 4 what he did but still.i mean if ya had a career and you did the same thing chris brown did then you would want another chance too. and the reason why chris brown hit her was because she gave him herpes. and i dont care what ya chris brown haters say but i love him and i hope ya will give him another chance

samie
February 23, 2009

Hitting is wrong period. My motto is you put your hands on me and I’ll put my hands on you. What would everyone be saying if Rhianna had straight beat the crap out of Chris. Would everyone be saying the same thing. Most men would be saying that she wouldn’t done that to them. We don’t know all the facts yet. No one deserves to get beat up. But in life things happen. They just need to be apart and to get therapy.

tonya757
February 22, 2009

chris ran away from the scene, if he was a decent person, who should have stayed with rihanna to help her. If he was not guilty, why did he run away and later turn himself in? That’s cold blooded, he has no love for Rihanna and he will continue to assault her, this is not the first time he has abused her. I bet there was ongoing abuse in their relationship and it came to a head when he became a vigilante and took the law into his own hands. someone needs to smack him with a hammer on his face and see how he likes it. Rihanna is losing money right now because of her injuries, she needs to sue the punk for lost wages and he needs to pay her medical bills as well. Chris quit crying like a baby, you are the abuser in this relationship. Beating up on women is a NO NO.

chris ran away from the scene,
February 22, 2009

Chris is a punk. The crap about being abused by his stepfather is just a cop out. He’s an immature punk and ignorant and doesn’t know how to deal wih the money he’s making. Apparently he thinks his money will allow him to do anything. As far as Rhianna, she’s a lovely girl with a great future. Hopefully she won’t go back to the punk and hopefully he’ll get put away if he doesn’t try to buy his way out. Rhianna needs a stable sensible young man. Not a punk who has yet to grow up!

Annette Samuelson
February 22, 2009

i agree with u educated

ninoca
February 22, 2009

No man created in this world has the right to hurt a woman…..bottom line.

Anonymous
February 22, 2009

I hope she stays away from Chris. Once a woman beater always a beater . Whether she slapped him or not no woman deserves that. Rihanna ,you can do better.

karen
February 21, 2009

WHAT’S REALLY BAD IS THAT HE BEAT HER AND THEN RAN LIKE A COWARD THAT HE IS. HE LEFT THE SCENE NOT KNOWING WHETHER HE HAD KILLED HER OR NOT. WHAT A COWARD!

cHRIS IS A COWARD
February 21, 2009

Rihanna’s face is her livelyhood. And if he choked her as well, that could damage her vocal chords, their goes her singing career. I sure hope not, according to the photo, it wasn’t merely a slap, Chris MEANT to hurt her, at this point, she is damaged goods and I hope that Rihanna gets the appropriate help that she needs to help her heal inside and out. I would love her to resume her career. Hell, she took a severe and brutal beating by Chris, very uncalled for.

Rihanna's face is her livelyhood
February 21, 2009

Chris Brown = attempted murder

Anonymous
February 21, 2009

For all of you women who have posted things like Rihanna deserved this or he could have been provoked you are as bad as they abuser Chris Brown. Now true we do not know the other side of the story, however look at the facts. If I were Chris Brown and I know that I did not assault or harm anyone my behind would still be in jail awaiting my trial. Yet look at the facts, he left the seen (which caused him to later turn himself in) he posted 50,000 dollars bail (for something he reportedly didn’t do) yet you still think he is innocent. Its sad to hear women defend his actions, that why so many women are abused and stay with abusers todays cause of their so called peers saying that they are somehow at fault for what happened. Women have been murder by men who started out abusing them. But for all you women who say Rihanna deserved it I guess those women deserved it too. THERE IS NO EXCUSE OR REASON THAT ABUSE WOULD BE OKAY. I DONT CARE WHO THE ABUSER IS. Just think about if that were you, getting beat up and seeing and hearing people blame you for it. How would you feel? My mom was abused my father and it wasnt her fault no matter what he tried to say. I have a brother who then in turn DID NOT BEAT WOMEN. So for you to excuse him cause of his past is ridiculous, he is old enough to know the difference. We give celebrities far to many passes, he needs to pay for what he did. NO MATTER WHAT RIHANNA SAID SHE DID NOT DESERVE TO BE BEAT. ALSO KEEP THIS IN MIND IF SHE DID HIT HIM WITH HIM FACING SERIOUS CHARGES YOU WOULD THINK HE WOULD HAVE PRESSED CHARGES ON HER, BUT HE DID NOT. THINK ABOUT IT. HE HASN’T BEEN CHARGED WITH ANYTHING. ABUSERS ALWAYS APOLOGIZE THEN THEY ABUSE AGAIN………GO RENT TYLER PERRYS FAMILY REUNION……THAT GIVES YOU AND IDEA OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON A LEVEL YOU MEDIA STARVED PEOPLE CAN RELATE OR UNDERSTAND. PUT YOURSELF IN HER SHOES AND SEE IF IT IS THEN OKAY.

GOOD BLESS BOTH RIHANNA AND CHRIS THEY BOTH NEED HELP. HE HOWEVER DESERVES SOME JAIL TIME.

Educated
February 21, 2009

Chris will probably be charged with a felony domestic battery charge. I have a feeling that this was not CB’s first go round, I think there was ongoing abuse in their relationship. Not blaming either one of them, I wish that Rihanna would have left him before the beating incident. Anyhow, I hope CB learns from this beating incident that abuse is totally wrong. Violence is wrong and not the solution to the problem.

marilyn
February 21, 2009

First of all in MY opinion, I feel that Chris Brown should be punished and punished hard for his crime.

How can he come on national tv and say how he felt when this “person” treated his mother like this and how he values women and then turn around and do this to Rihanna??!?!?!?!?!

There are rumors spreading that she gave him herpes, how could she when it was said on the radio here in Minnesota that he was cheating on her with Paris Hilton…If anybody spreaded a disease like that it was HIM!!!!


Still in all no woman and I mean no woman deserves to be beaten badly in the face, with a bloody nose, busted lip, bite marks on her arms and hands, what the hell was he trying to do to her? Then on top of that, he choked her til she was unconscious, and like all criminals he fled the scene. He left her on the side of the road to die as if he wanted her too.

90 minutes later he turns himself in… C’mon people so what if this is Chris Brown he wants to disobey the laws and treat women like this, then he, too, should suffer the consequences as well…The fame of his name shouldn’t mean anything but that he should be punished as the rest of them.

Minnesota Diva
February 21, 2009
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