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Chris Brown was "blank" and "blacked out," the night he brutally beat ex-girlfriend Rihanna, she recounts to Diane Sawyer in a new interview.
"It wasn't the same person that says I love you. It was not those ... eyes," the singer, 21, says. "He had no soul in his eyes. Just blank... He was clearly blacked out. There was no person when I looked at him."
Rihanna says Brown, 20, put her in a headlock twice and bit her on the ear and fingers on Feb. 8, the night before the Grammys, in L.A. Brown was sentenced to five years of probation, six months of community service and one year of domestic violence counseling for his actions.
Despite Brown's public apology to his ex-girlfriend -- via an Internet video -- last July, Rihanna tells Sawyer she never really forgave him.
"I just said to him, 'I can't do this.' I resented him," she says. "I always put the tough face on and try to, I can do anything face, and just try to play it off. But he knew."
She admits that she lied to him after the February incident, claiming she didn't hate him. "He kept asking me, 'You hate me, don't you?'" Rihanna says. "And I would lie and I would say, 'No, no.' And... I did hate him. Everything about him annoyed me."
Revisit Chris and Rihanna in happier times.
Of the pair's brief reunion in Miami nearly three weeks after the attack, the singer says she was blinded by love -- and admits she made a mistake.
"I went through a host of emotions," she tells Sawyer. "It was confusing for me. I was still attached by love. But I wasn't thinking about the reality of the situation."
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Why speak out publicly now, two weeks before the Nov. 23 release of her third album, Rated R?
"I knew I had to do this in order to move on for me and in order for my fans to move on with me because it would always be a question in their mind," Rihanna tells ABC. "I don't want that five years from now every time they see Rihanna, they think of Chris Brown beating me. That's not who I am. It's just one thing that happened to me."
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MargaretRI can't stand her, when you make fun at other people it comes back to bit you, she sat there and made fun of Britney Spears and now she wants to compare her self to her as well, I don't think she can sing and she looks like a man as well she needs to stop holding onto Jay Z if it was not for him she would not of got started she does not look good...report abuseposted November 18, 2009 10:03 PM PST
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KristiOH WILL SHE HIT CHRIS BROWN TOO, IT TAKE 2 PEOPLE 2 HIT A PERSON HE DIDT HIT HER FOR NONETHING. SHE SHOULD HAVE NEVER WENT IN PHONE. CHRIS BROWN COME OUT WAY B4 HER, AND SHE TRYING 2 TAKE THAT AWAY FROM HIM.report abuseposted November 11, 2009 7:53 AM PST
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KristiOH WILL SHE HIT CHRIS BROWN TOO, IT TAKE 2 PEOPLE 2 HIT A PERSON HE DIDT HIT HER FOR NONETHING. SHE SHOULD HAVE NEVER WENT IN PHONE. CHRIS BROWN COME OUT WAY B4 HER, AND SHE TRYING 2 TAKE THAT AWAY FROM HIM.report abuseposted November 11, 2009 7:52 AM PST
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KristiOH WILL SHE HIT CHRIS BROWN TOO, IT TAKE 2 PEOPLE 2 HIT A PERSON HE DIDT HIT HER FOR NONETHING. SHE SHOULD HAVE NEVER WENT IN PHONE. CHRIS BROWN COME OUT WAY B4 HER, AND SHE TRYING 2 TAKE THAT AWAY FROM HIM.report abuseposted November 11, 2009 7:52 AM PST
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rSOOOO WHAT!!!!! I'm so tired of hearing about them. When an average man beats on an average woman, people mind their business. Ruin your neighbors life, by putting him on blast the next time you hear him screaming at the kids and beating his wife. Whats current in the news?report abuseposted November 8, 2009 6:11 AM PST
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LoriI'm not a lesbian...but Rihanna could sure make me one quick...plus I don't hit or bite. Maybe a little spanking and a nibble from time to time...lolreport abuseposted November 7, 2009 4:52 AM PST
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Rebeccashe was beaten up...get over it rihanna! he's just a kid! n why did u even start dating him when you perfectly knew he's just an rookie! stupid %@!*#! use ur head! Hang on Chris! im praying for you man!report abuseposted November 7, 2009 4:40 AM PST
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Rebeccashe was beaten up...get over it rihanna! he's just a kid! n why did u even start dating him when you perfectly knew he's just an rookie! stupid %@!*#! use ur head! Hang on Chris! im praying for you man!report abuseposted November 7, 2009 4:40 AM PST
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Rebeccashe was beaten up...get over it rihanna! he's just a kid! n why did u even start dating him when you perfectly knew he's just an rookie! stupid %@!*#! use ur head! Hang on Chris! im praying for you man!report abuseposted November 7, 2009 4:40 AM PST
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LindsayI found a great dating site________S e e k i n g R i c h . C o m________. The best dating club for seeking the rich singles, sexy beauties and even hot celebs.. what's the most important is that you dont have to be a millionaire.but you can meet one. I think everyone need to meet some miracle after all the terrible stuff in the news and the economy .You should check it out!!! GGGGGGGreport abuseposted November 6, 2009 10:47 PM PST
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