In her much-anticipated sit-down with Oprah , Rihanna was asked some tough questions about Chris Brown, and answered them all with tearful honesty. Chris brutally assaulted his then-girlfriend in February 2009 after a huge argument, an altercation that injured her deeply in ways both physical and mental. Still, she said what she felt most was sympathy towards him. “It was a weird, confusing space to be in,” Rihanna recalled.
