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    Rihanna reveals all on Chris Brown in Rolling Stone interview

    The songstress spoke out about relaxing her abusive ex's restraining order

    By Eleanor Young
    Published 31 March 2011 In News

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    The songstress spoke out about relaxing her abusive ex's restraining order

    Rihanna has spoken out about her abusive ex Chris Brown in a revealing Rolling Stone interview, opening up on relaxing the restraining order issued to the singer, after the 2009 attack

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    Earlier this year, the Barbadian songstress came under fire for relaxing the legal order, which said her abusive ex-beau could not come within 100 feet of her.

    'That's my decision,' she told the magazine. ‘It doesn't mean we're gonna make up or even talk again. It just means I didn't want to object to the judge.'

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    But Rhianna was quick to stress that relaxing the restraining order did in any way mean she had forgiven the star.

    ‘We don't have to talk ever again in my life,’ she explained. ‘I just didn't want to make it more difficult for him professionally.

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    ‘What he did was a personal thing — it had nothing to do with his career. Saying he has to be 100 feet away from me, he can't perform at awards shows — that definitely made it difficult for him ... But you can never please people.

    Hitting out at her critics, she said: ‘One minute, I'm being too hard, and the next minute, I'm a fool because I'm not being hard enough.’

    Striking a pose for a sizzling cover shoot, the songstress also slammed recent romance rumours, revealing she is well and truly single.

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    'I'm not dating. I'm not even sexting. I'm on complete nil,’ she said.

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    Rhi was happy to spill the beans on her antics in the bedroom, revealing she is 'a bit masochistic' between the sheets.

    'I love feeling like I'm somebody's girl,’ she said. 'I love to be tied up and spanked.'

    Speaking of saucy lyrics ‘whips and chains excite me’ in her S&M song, she told how, in the bedroom, they’re not quite for her.

    'Using whips and chains is too planned... you have to stop and look for the whip. I prefer them to use their hands,’ she said.

    'I like to take the reins in my life, but I enjoy being submissive in the bedroom. In there I can be a little lady and have a male who has responsibility for the situation. That's sexy.’

    What are your thoughts on Rihanna’s decision to relax her restraining order against Chris Brown? Let us know in the comments box below.

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