Newly arisen Rihanna says she returned to abusive "love" Chris Brown after he beat her but then did a quick 180 when she realized she was sending the wrong message.
"It’s completely normal to go back. You start lying to yourself," the 21-year-old singer said on Good Morning America.
"I’ll say that to any young girl who is going through domestic violence: ‘Don’t react off of love.’"
But as THE ENQUIRER previously reported she hooked up with Brown at a secret rendezvous after the beating. Despite what her heart told her the remembrance of her pain causes a quick turnaround for the sultry thrush.
She realized she’d be sending the "wrong message" to the girls and women of America by returning to a partner who savagely beat her.
"When I realized that my selfish decision for love could result in some young girl getting killed, I could not be easy with that part. I couldn’t be held responsible for telling them, ‘Go back,’" she said.
"I didn’t realize how much of an impact I had on these girls’ lives until that happened.
"It was a wake-up call for me, big time, especially when I took myself out of the situation."