RIHANNA POSES TOPLESS ON GQ COVER: Singer also bares soul for interview in January issue.
The publication – which has Rihanna topless on the cover, using her arms to cover her breasts – says of the article: "You've never heard or seen Rihanna quite like this." Ms. Fenty, meanwhile, feels these interviews are helping her to heal.
"It's relieving," she told GQ, "because it was built up for so long, and all these thoughts and emotions have been running through my mind for the past eight months. And now it's like I finally get to let go and move on."
"I wanted people to move on with me," she continues, "'cause the last big thing they know about me is That Night. And I don't want that to be what people define me as."
While Rihanna was in seclusion following the attack, she soon returned to the studio to record her latest album "Rated R," which takes on a distinctly darker, edgier tone than her previous Top 20-friendly song "Umbrella."
"Nobody [helped me]. Really just music. And working," she explains, "'Cause I didn't really want to be around anybody, for them to stare at me and stuff, and feel sorry for me.
Below is an excerpt from the GQ interview:
GQ: What exactly do you think people think about you that's wrong?
R: It's not really anything that's wrong. It's just weird when I read about myself. Like how one simple thing can be turned into something different.
GQ: Like when people were talking about communicable diseases?
R: Hmm?
GQ: When people were bringing up herpes, for instance. Saying that's why Chris Brown hurt you—
R: Right. And it's not true. It's a f**king scar. On my lip. That's there every day of my life.
GQ: It must be hard reading that kind of stuff.
R: It's not like it's hard. It's more ignorant. At first I was like, Are you serious? First I thought people were gonna definitely know that that's not…But when I read it, and I see that people just buy into that…Like, the minute they see it, it forms something in their head.
Read GQ's entire Rihanna article here.
