GQ: Now that you're talking about everything, is it hard, or is it liberating?
Rihanna: Very liberating. It's relieving. 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.
GQ: Is it therapeutic to talk about it?
Rihanna: Um, I don't like talking about it a lot. But every time I do, it's better; it's easier each time.
GQ: Because you said something about wanting to give some insight to young women.
Rihanna: Mm-hmm.
GQ: And that's a brave thing. You could have said nothing.
Rihanna: Mm-hmm.
GQ: What made you decide that this was the right thing to do?
Rihanna: Because I wanted to move on. And I knew that was the only way I could have done it. And I wanted people to move on with me. '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.
GQ: Who helped you through it?
Rihanna: Nobody.
GQ: You were saying, before you had to walk away, that nobody helped you through it. Really?
Rihanna: Nobody. Really just music. And working. 'Cause I didn't really want to be around anybody, for them to stare at me and stuff, and feel sorry for me. So I just—I stayed in the house a lot. Then I started to get cabin fever. I was like, I'm going crazy in here.
GQ: But you still felt alone?
Rihanna: Me and Jay-Z, we have a very close relationship, so he was there helping me through it and giving me advice and guidance, and just words of support. Like, strength.
GQ: Were you in shock?
Rihanna: Initially. I would say the first…the first seventy-two hours after I realized, it hit. The entire thing was kind of a daze. I was confused. It was a little weird, but…but then, after, I was getting bored of being in the house and sittin' around. I called Jay Brown—he's my A&R—and I was like, "I want to get back to the studio. I want to get back."
GQ: In one of the tracks on the album, you sing about thinking you might die…did you think you would die that night?
Rihanna: No…no. [long silence]
Quick question though, why is she trying to FAKE cover up? NOTHING we haven't saw before Rih :-P.
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