11:50 am - 12/04/2012
Following their high-profile reconciliation, pop princess Rihanna is to spend New Year with Chris Brown in Barbados.
The superstar singer has booked an exclusive villa on the Caribbean island's Gold Coast for the holidays, which the couple will spend with both of their mothers.
It is thought that the singer hopes to convince her family that Chris is a changed man, following his assault on her back in 2009, which saw him sentenced to 1,400 hours community work. He was also ordered to attend a domestic violence programme.
Heat magazine quoted a source close to the Diamonds singer as saying: “While no one else can understand it, she’s convinced that Chris is the love of her life and her soulmate and that they’re simply meant to be together.
“She’s booked him and his mum into a five-star villa in Barbados over New Year so they can all get some downtime with her family.”
According to the insider Rihanna is not listening to the opinion of others and determined to make it work this time.
“The more the public criticizes Rihanna for getting back with Chris, the more determined she is to do whatever she wants,” they added.
“But they’re unrepentant and they want to show the whole world that they’ve moved on from what happened in 2009.”
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Rihanna and Chris Brown to spend the holiday together in Barbados
Following their high-profile reconciliation, pop princess Rihanna is to spend New Year with Chris Brown in Barbados.
The superstar singer has booked an exclusive villa on the Caribbean island's Gold Coast for the holidays, which the couple will spend with both of their mothers.
It is thought that the singer hopes to convince her family that Chris is a changed man, following his assault on her back in 2009, which saw him sentenced to 1,400 hours community work. He was also ordered to attend a domestic violence programme.
Heat magazine quoted a source close to the Diamonds singer as saying: “While no one else can understand it, she’s convinced that Chris is the love of her life and her soulmate and that they’re simply meant to be together.
“She’s booked him and his mum into a five-star villa in Barbados over New Year so they can all get some downtime with her family.”
According to the insider Rihanna is not listening to the opinion of others and determined to make it work this time.
“The more the public criticizes Rihanna for getting back with Chris, the more determined she is to do whatever she wants,” they added.
“But they’re unrepentant and they want to show the whole world that they’ve moved on from what happened in 2009.”
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idk, I was there when my best friend struggled with a string of abusive relationships over the course of 8 years. I dropped everything to help her move her stuff out of their place in an hour when her bf went to run an errand after strangling her against a wall, and then that night when I said she was welcome to stay with me if she needs someone there while she adjusts to the breakup, she was like "oh, we aren't breaking up." I think at a point, what is meant to be support just becomes enabling, and it's better to step away from that than to continue. That is not saying like "oh you deserve this so I'm gone," it's more like "i want to support you, but I can't stick around for this, but I am here if you need help if you decide you want out"
Obviously it's different when you're talking about someone famous, but I think the better thing would be for everyone to step back and ignore them when they are together, instead having the press cover every aspect of their relationship because they know it will be $$$$ when he fucks up again.
Edited at 2012-12-04 06:15 pm (UTC)
I totally agree with that, I just think that it would be nice if people could be more responsible about the way they cover the relationship but also make it clear that they support Rihanna and Chris is the one in the wrong.
I think you're right, it's hard to watch those kind of relationships and sometimes you need to say to your friend/sister/cousin/etc that you are there for them when they are ready to leave but you can't stand by and watch.
With Rihanna, the best thing for the general public to do is realise that her being annoying is not the same as what Chris Brown did to her and stop equating the two.
But lol that's a fantasy...