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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&B singer Rihanna broke her silence on Friday about the night her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown attacked her, saying he had bitten her, put her in a headlock and left her bleeding and swollen.
"It wasn't the same person that says 'I love you.' It was not those...eyes," Rihanna, 21, told Diane Sawyer in an interview on ABC television's "Good Morning America" show.
"He had...no soul in his eyes. Just blank...He was clearly blacked out. There was no person when I looked at him," she said.
Brown, 20, singer of hits like "Kiss, Kiss," was sentenced to five years probation and 180 hours of community service for the assault in February on the eve of the Grammy Awards.
He has apologized publicly and although the pair briefly reunited, Rihanna said she now has "no desire at all to be with him."
Rihanna said the attacks started with an argument over a text message Brown received while they were driving home from an industry party.
"I couldn't take it that he kept lying to me. And he couldn't take it that I wouldn't drop it. And...it was ugly," she told Sawyer.
She acknowledged police reports that Brown bit her, put her in a head lock until she had trouble breathing, and punched her several times in the eye.
"I fended him off with my feet...but it was not like, it was not like a fight with each other. I just...I really just wanted it to stop," she said.
Her screams prompted a bypasser to call the police.
"I was bleeding, I was swollen in the face," she said. "So there was no way of me getting home, except for, my next option was to get out of the car and walk. Start walking in a gown, in a bloody face. So I really don't know what my plan was."
Rihanna said although her wounds had long healed, she had flashbacks and scars inside.
"The thing that men don't realize when they hit a woman, it's...the face, the broken arm, the black eye, it's going to heal. That's not the problem. It's the scar inside.
"You flashback...you...you remember all the time. It comes back to you whether you like it or not. And it's painful. So I don't think he understood that," she said.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
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Shaunachris should be in jail, he still is not remorseful of what he did to rihanna i an no longer a fan i leave that to silly little ignorant girl. BYE CHRISreport abuseposted November 9, 2009 4:12 AM PST
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Shaunachris should be in jail, he still is not remorseful of what he did to rihanna i an no longer a fan i leave that to silly little ignorant girl. BYE CHRISreport abuseposted November 9, 2009 4:12 AM PST
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MaryRecently,I found a very interesting place______W e a l t h yD a t e r . C o m_____. It is the best dating club for seeking the rich singles, beautiful girls and even hot celebs.. what's the most important is that you dont have to be a M illionaire,but you can meet one. I think everyone need to meet some miracle after all the terrible stuff in the news and the economy .report abuseposted November 8, 2009 7:11 PM PST
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MaryRecently,I found a very interesting place______W e a l t h yD a t e r . C o m_____. It is the best dating club for seeking the rich singles, beautiful girls and even hot celebs.. what's the most important is that you dont have to be a M illionaire,but you can meet one. I think everyone need to meet some miracle after all the terrible stuff in the news and the economy .report abuseposted November 8, 2009 7:11 PM PST
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SidChris is a jerkreport abuseposted November 7, 2009 1:38 PM PST
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SidChris is a jerkreport abuseposted November 7, 2009 1:38 PM PST
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TrevaughnThis is ridiculous shame on Ur selves Rhianna and Chris brown you guys should just grow upreport abuseposted November 7, 2009 1:01 PM PST
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Candice..............some of you are getting beaten yourselves or someone close to you like a sister,mother or daughter then you'll understand, but at that point it would be ironic to see that when these women claim that it was their faults, how quickly it would be for you to tell them that they did not cause this and if you don't you would be no worst than Hitler......the endreport abuseposted November 7, 2009 12:38 PM PST
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CandiceWhat is wrong with some of you people Who pick a celebrity to idolize like a God but don't read the bible and pray because if you did you would not condone atrocities and inhumane acts of violence , if she had died I think some of you knuckleheads would still say it was her fault....ridiculous.......Chris was wrong just like Ike turner was wrong ten years from now when ..................report abuseposted November 7, 2009 12:31 PM PST
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Latreceno i dont think its right 2 hurt sum1 for no reason or 4 a man to hit a women but %@!*# happends n she's not the 1st 2 get hit if u smart when it happens the 1st time or even if u c sings u get up n leave she didnt have no ties with this man like marriage,kids or joint bank accounts, u talkin bout u luv him thats why u stayed after that yeah right u stayed 4 what like 3 days after thatreport abuseposted November 7, 2009 5:46 AM PST
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