Rihanna regrets staying with Brown after assault

LONDON - Singer Rihanna is annoyed as she can’t believe she stayed with Chris Brown even after he assaulted her.

The Rude Boy singer was assaulted by then-boyfriend Brown in February 2009, and though they split following the attack, they briefly reconciled. But now Rihanna admits she can’t believe she didn’t end the relationship sooner, reports contactmusic.com.

It was a situation I always told myself I would never allow myself to be in. It’s something I would force girlfriends to get out of. But there I was, sitting in it, she said.

“I witnessed physical abuse happening to my mum and I always said I would never let that happen to me, and then it was happening to me. Now, when I look back at it, it just bugs me out that I couldn’t see it for what it was, she added.