New York - Rihanna described the horror she felt as her
ex-boyfriend Chris Brown was biting and punching her during a
violent argument in February, saying she saw "no soul in his
eyes."
"There was no person when I looked at him," the
21-year-old singer recalled during the second instalment of an
interview airing on ABC's Good Morning America.
"He had no soul in his eyes. Just blank."
Brown was arrested February 8, hours after he was accused of
beating Rihanna after the two argued over a text message he had
gotten from another woman. He later pleaded guilty to felony
assault.
In the interview, Rihanna, who is no longer with Brown, described
him as "definitely my first big love." She said their
relationship was intense.
Dangerous for each other
"The more in love we became, the more dangerous we became for
each other - equally as dangerous," she said. "It was a
bit of an obsession almost."
The attack occurred in Los Angeles' Hancock Park neighbourhood
as Brown drove a rented sports car. A search warrant affidavit
filed in the case stated that Brown hit, choked and bit Rihanna and
tried at one point to push her from the car.
During the beating, the singer said she had no idea how it would
end: "That's all I kept thinking the whole time, 'When
is it going to stop? When is it going to stop?'"
In portions of the interview aired on Thursday, Rihanna warned
other women facing domestic violence to not let themselves become
blinded by love.
Brown, 20, has apologised to fans and has said he has repeatedly
apologised to Rihanna for the attack.
Despite the beating, Rihanna said she still cares about
Brown.
"I don't hate him at all," she said. "I actually
love and care about him and I'm concerned about him doing well.
I want him to do well - have a great career, have a great life, and
grow up. Just take this as something that you had to go through to
grow up and learn."
Rihanna's interview coincides with the debut of her new single,
Russian Roulette, from her upcoming album, Rated R More of the
interview will be included in Friday evening's news magazine
20/20.
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