Comments on: Rihanna Does ‘Glamour’ Magazine

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:38:44 +0000

@ krissy, yep, I’m judging her over one whole week. I ‘seriously’ am. way to have absolutely no argument or reasonable response to what I said beyond reducing it down to me ‘seriously’ judging her over ‘one whole week.’ rihanna is no shrinking violet, she’s been out and about in the spotlight regularly for several months now since the abuse. all I’m saying is that maybe you should open your mind to the fact that the timing is a teeeeeeeny bit suspect.

By: kitty50

kitty50 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:48:55 +0000

@Umbrella,Liz,&Lulita sorry about that, I meant applause for ya’ll

By: kitty50

kitty50 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:40:02 +0000

@Umbrella,Liz,&Lulita Krissy shut up. This is for publicity and publicity only. She doesn”t give a shit about “representing a voice that isn’t really heard” if she did it wouldn’t be in an interview promoting her new album. As a victim of domestic abouse myself I am constantly participating in rallys, having talks in our local highschools on the subject, and traveling to our state capital(Austin) to fight to have laws on domestic violence and stalking written up and passed. I’m just your average oridinary person trying to truly “represent a voice that isn’t really heard” in my own little way. She’s a celebrity she could be doing SO MUCH MORE than just trying to sell CDs.

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By: krissy

krissy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:03:04 +0000

Thanks for your respectful tone! :) I understand, I just don’t think that there is a “right” and “wrong” way to handle this situation. No matter when she talked about it, who she talked to,etc., she would be criticized for it. While others can degrade her for “how she chose to do it”, I just don’t think that giving or taking a month or two really reflects that much difference in a person’s sincerity. It seems like nitpicking when there really is a much bigger picture going on.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:57:25 +0000

@Krissy: I don’t think youre fully understanding what I believe a lot of people are trying to get a cross here. It’s not that I (and I believe many others) don’t sympathize with what she has gone through, and I would not think twice if Rihanna never felt comfortable enough to open up to the public about what happened. Its merely how she chose to do it, rather than how long it took. While it is definitely possible that this moment in time was exactly when she finally felt good about being a “voice that needs to be heard”, it just seems too coincidental. It might not be of course, so I’m not going to get all worked up over it, its not my business, but can you honestly say its not a little bit hard to believe the sincerity of the interview? Maybe its just poor timing and not her intention, but regardless, it takes a lot away from it to have this all come out at this time of promotion. Young girls in particular could easily misinterpret this as “its good to exploit other peoples sympathy to gain success”. Again, might not be her intention, but it seems a little strange.

By: Krissy

Krissy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:25:11 +0000

I am not attacking anyone nor am I being “rabid”. As Brit would say, you can’t handle my truth. ;) I am just sticking up for a victim of domestic violence, something that is a very real and horrible thing. Can you blame me when people suggest that because she is rich and has “position” that she should be treated differently as a victim? Liz, you are judging someone over 1 week??? Seriously? ***Some of you are judging a woman on how she gets up from literally being beaten down***. Take a moment to understand that. IMO, Crawl, take baby step, do whatever you have to do to get back up. That’s all you can ask of another human being. People will use this terrible experience as as entertainment. They want the juicy details, and for some of them it will be just to fill voids in their day. Have patience for a person who probably knows this. She also probably knows that this event will probably define her career no matter what she does. Pressure is going to be intense as people and companies exploit her story, there really is no way to avoid it. Ya’ll can be as cold and cruel to her as you want, but I just hope that if anyone in your lives has a near death experience at the hands of someone they trusted and loved, that you will be more sympathetic.

By: sarah

sarah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:12:41 +0000

@ Lulita: i totally agree with you, what gives her the right to be woman of the year, just because she was physically assaulted? thousands of woman are beaten daily and you dont see them being honoured. no. it just disgusts me to no end. if rihanna is gonna do an interview it should be solely on the abuse on quickly change into her new album. like, “Glamour: I think that’s a great message. What about your new album? What’s it like?” after she states a powerful message they ask about her album … doesnt make any sense to me. & for the record i dont hate rihanna and i could careless about chris brown. but even if rihanna did no promotion for the album people are still going to pick it up for the one fact what happened 9 months ago.

By: Ally

Ally — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:19:03 +0000

I get how people are saying that she is just talking now for the publicity. But you HAVE to promote your album and with something this huge hanging over your head, there is no way the reports aren’t going to ask about it. So at that point, you pretty much have to say what you feel. It would be the same with anyone else. As soon as their next big project was coming out and they were promoting it, they would be asked about something like this. And if she had dodged the questions now, you guys would still be upset. She is 21, give her a break.

By: DJWhoop

DJWhoop — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:42:01 +0000

Wow Trent, way to get ‘em talking!

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:24:24 +0000

@krissy, I would respond to you, but I think you’re far too rabid to be reasonable.

I will say that I love rihanna, have bought her previous albums, and will likely buy this next album. I destroyed my chris brown album when news of this abuse first came out, and I turn the channel whenever one of his songs comes on. I believe he got off far, far too easily. as I said before, I appreciate the fact that she is finally willing to talk about this, but, for me, it would’ve meant more if it was, oh, a week ago, when it was october and national domestic violence awareness month. if she wanted to ‘represent a voice that isn’t really heard,’ and ‘help speak for those women,’ I just feel like it wouldn’t be couched along with promotion for her new album, conveniently dropping in just a few weeks. interviews like this aren’t scheduled overnight, so it’s not like rihanna called 20/20 yesterday and said “hey, want to interview me this week? sweet!”

so, yes, I guess that makes me a mean, mean, superbitch who dares to dictate to a domestic violence victim when she should get over it. cause that’s sooooo totally what I’m doing here.

By: nicole

nicole — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:09:49 +0000

who was posting under different names?

By: Lilliah

Lilliah — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:37:07 +0000

Krissy was being compassionate and fair instead of acting like a moron and nitpicking – she didn’t “vehemently attack” anybody, you fool who posts repeatedly under different names. pffff

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:14:14 +0000

@Tracy – Well she can’t really help it if she felt embarassed… yeah, Chris Brown should totally be ashamed and he pretty much makes me sick at this point. But that was a horrible picture, and it would be hard to have millions of people see it.

@Amy – I totally agree.

By: p

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:05:39 +0000

Wow she does look very pretty when she smiles, more girly and less.. i dunno, futuristic looking lol.
Agreed, i think its a little TOO convenient that this is happening now just around the time her album is coming out. I like me some RiRi, BUT her new music is CRAP. Not a fan of it at all.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:12:32 +0000

I really don’t like the fact that she says “I was embarrassed” CHRIS BROWN is the one who should be embarrassed and NOT the victim. She needs to grow up and grow some cajones!

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:45:48 +0000

She has to talk about it. There’s no way she could promote the album and NOT talk about. That’s all anyone would be asking. I think that she hopes that if she talks about it a bit, people will stop asking.

By: ST

ST — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:45:43 +0000

Krissy, are you apart of the Rhianna Fanclub Legion? Why are you so vehemently attacking everyone that disagrees with your point of view? Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and just so happens that some people feel that her talking about her beating in time with her singles is just a bit strange. Jeez, learn to relax.
And for your information, I’m not laughing at Rhianna’s situation. In no way or shape is it funny. I am purely laughing at the fact that in the context of your agrument on this website, you, madame, severely got owned.

By: nicole

nicole — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:32:55 +0000

Krissy, no ones asking her to be a spokes person..ive said many times that thats a huge thing to put on her…BUT to go from acting like nothing happened to having 2 interviews around the time of an album releae – convenient.

By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:03:33 +0000

@ST LOL

By: krissy

krissy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:02:02 +0000

ST, you must be the type of person Rhianna was talking about when she said, “I felt like people were making it into a fun topic on the Internet, and it’s my life.” Not a game, sweetie.

By: krissy

krissy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:54 +0000

It doesn’t matter if she is rich or has “position”. She is a HUMAN BEING and deserves time to recover and heal from what happened to her. It is amazing that you judge her based not on what you know, but what you assume (“i’m afraid she never would have” pressed charges). It is not up for you to decide whether she would or wouldn’t have pressed charges if it were up to her. The facts are that she cooperated with the prosecution and showed up to testify if they needed her. Anything more than that is just pure speculation. Here is another “maybe” that you didn’t consider. Maybe she wasn’t ready to be a spokesperson for domestic abuse just months after it happened. Maybe she is ready now. I also find it incredibly amazing at how you degrade what she does have to say. These are pieces of her first interview, and already you think it is ok to judge her and say it isn’t enough? Or it isn’t strong enough? I think she is incredibly strong for being ready to talk about this less than a year after it happened. I think it is incredibly horrible to watch a person go through something so awful, and then judge the insight that they are sharing from that experience.

By: ST

ST — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:56:36 +0000

Lulz
Krissy got owned.

By: Umbrella

Umbrella — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:35:44 +0000

Krissy, this chick had a very PUBLIC beating. It played out daily. She is surrounded by advisors–Family, friends, career advisors, and legal advisors. And she is rich. And she has had months to focus on her thoughts and feelings. I’m not talking about you or some 16 year old who doesn’t have Rihanna’s position and is in an entirely different situation. Rihanna is not speaking out strongly enough. She doesn’t sound outraged about what happened to her. Maybe we will never know the full story of what went on but she is a public figure and the message she is sending to teenage girls is not a strong one. Right now her message is about how PUBLIC it was when she just wanted it to go away. We all can understand that—but it was on the NEWS–everyone became involved which means she has to deal with. We gave her time and she hid for months. And we supported her. Everyone was on her side. And were still talking about it. It’s never going to go away. So, it’s time for her to have an opinion about it. And it’s ok for the rest of us to have an opinion about it too–because she has had time to form an opinion and this seems to be it unfortunately–which gives everyone the right to say what they think about it. Unless, she has more insight to say to 20/20. And then people will comment about that. You’re right, maybe she like other women is confused, needs more time, and weary of her own judgement. But I guess as you say, that’s why the STATE jumps in and presses charges for the victim. Because I’m afraid she never would have. And that’s what’s sad. Maybe, she just doesn’t want to be the spokeswoman for domestic abuse. That’s understandable. But then maybe she should just say that—”I don’t want to be the spokeswoman, I don’t want to talk about it. I just want to do music”. But she isn’t, she’s being honored as woman of the year for basically surviving, and if she’s going to put herself in a position where the abuse is going to come into public focus again—she should have more of a message to say since she knows her decisions affect the people around her she doesn’t even know. Her fans, other women and victims of abuse. This is an opportunity for her to be strong and get a clear message out there about how wrong her abuser was–and instead she’s talking about how embarassing it was, and that maybe other people because of what happened to her will speak up about their abuse—–but clearly Rihanna herself won’t be speaking out about it, or her attacker, in any real sense anytime soon. I understand her position and that of other victims, but I wish as a very public victim she would try to talk and speak out about it more.