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The Harold Sun reported today that Rihanna has opened up about her relationship with Chris Brown. Here is what they said:

The 21-year-old singer was assaulted by her now ex-boyfriend Chris on the way to a pre-Grammys party last February.

He punched, bit and choked her in his car, and was eventually sentenced to five years probation and six months’ community service, and banned from contacting her.

Brown has since apologised for the incident, and insisted he was never violent before. However, in a new interview Rihanna has admitted there were problems in the relationship.

“There were control issues, insecurity. When people are insecure they become very controlling and they can get very aggressive and in turn abusive. It doesn’t have to be physical. Like they would say bad stuff to you to make you feel lesser than them just so they would have control in the relationship. It takes a big toll on your emotions and on your everyday life. It changes you,” she told W magazine.

After the incident, Rihanna shut herself away to recover. She did not talk about it until much later in the year, and took months away from the limelight to deal with what had happened.

She has said she sought refuge in her music, finding it helped to write about the attack.

“I started to go crazy after about a month in the house, so I went back to work, and the mic was my therapist,” she explained.

“With the mic, there were no negative comments, no negative energy. At first I completely shut down. But now I feel like this happened to me so I could be a voice for young girls who are going through what I went through and don’t know how to talk about it. It’s not about Chris, about hurting him or sabotaging his career. I don’t care about that part of it.”

The star added she is pleased she made the decision not to immediately discuss what had happened. Taking time away helped her understand what had happened, and come to terms with it.

Part of the reason she decided to keep to herself was she didn’t want her friends and family to pity her. She was scared talking about the attack might make them upset, when she was struggling not to break down herself.

“It’s like they are too close to you. When you have to talk about something so painful, they are going to get too emotional. And that wasn’t helping me, because I already felt the same way and I’m looking to not feel like this. I felt like, If I’m going to tell you something and you’re going to have pity for me, then I’m not going to talk to you,” she said.

Does Rihanna shares the blame then if she saw signs early on?