Oprah warns Rihanna: 'He will hit you again.'
Oprah Winfrey has five words for Rihanna, who was allegedly beaten by boyfriend Chris Brown.
And those words are: "He will hit you again."
"Love doesn't hurt," Winfrey said on her show Friday, while announcing she will dedicate a program this week to discussing domestic violence and lamenting the fact that Rihanna has reportedly reconciled with Brown.
"If a man hits you once, he will hit you again. He will hit you again."
According to the New York Daily News, Manhattan's former sex-crimes prosecutor Linda Fairstein compares the smiling boyish-faced singer to O.J. Simpson, who repeatedly had beaten his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, before she was slain in 1994.
Fairstein warns Rihanna that she risks not only more bruises. She's risking her life.
"Many of the circumstances in her case were like the early warning signs in the O.J. Simpson case," Fairstein told the Daily News.
She says Rihanna could be in the same situation as Nicole was, getting beaten repeatedly and getting back together with her abuser.
The police report that Chris Brown choked Rihanna while saying "Now I'm really going to kill you" is a particularly bad sign, Fairstein said.
"Choking behavior is a very interesting factor. It's hands-on, face-to-face. It's a very intimate type of violence," she said.
Do you agree with Oprah? How about with Fairstein?
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This couple will be back in the news for sure. I hope the next time he doesn't kill her for real. She'd better wake up or the damage he does to her career, her reputation and her body could end up being permanent.
for a young woman with a strong back ground, rihanna has proved herself to be undoubtedly immature. The moment that Chris Brown is free of his court case you (rihanna) will be history.
YOU'RE BEING USED BY A DANGEROUS AND VERY CUNNING, NOT TO MENTIONED CRAFTY PERSONAILITY, ARE YOU SURE YOUR FAMILY AGREES WITH THIS? WHY HAVEN'T YOU SPOKEN TO YOU FATHER, HE IS THAT MALE FIGURE THAT YOU SHOULD LISTEN NOW!
MONEY OR NO MONEY.
SERIOUSLY THINK ABOUT YOUR ACTIONS AND YOUR FUTURE
As a victim of an abusive ex-boyfriend (over 20 years ago) I have to agree with Oprah. He will hit her again. He's in the honeymoon phase right now (gifts, "I'm sorry's", I'll do anything, etc., etc.). Unless he addresses his issues and until she either leaves or they are in some serious counseling, it will happen again.
Oprah is quite right. This will get increasingly ugly
It is almost as if people are wishing it to happen again by the comments and negative predictions. Not all physical altercations between lovers continue to reoccur. There are many individuals that actually hate themselves for being weak and out of control and refuse to go there again. It happens to many very decent people and people do and can change. You don't hear about them because it is not news. But to condemn someone, a very young man for this very bad mistake in actions and judgement is very wrong. If she feels deeply about this person, then who are we to judge them for continuing to care for each other. Believe me, if every married person did that we wouldn't have any lasting marriages.
I find the comment that compares Rihanna's situation with Nicole Simpson's is ridiculous. Nicole Simpson was a discarded divorcee of questionable background with even more questionable associates that was living off the income from her former husband to finance her style of living and activities. A big difference with Rihanna and Chris Brown, neither depend on the other for income and it appears that both are in love with each other.
Domestic abuse is not a discrete act, but a spectrum of violent behavior. Left unchecked, the ultimate end of that spectrum is homicide. On average, women are at their most vulnerable not walking down a dark alley, but in their own homes. Rihanna is sadly far from alone in returning to her abuser, and she needs all the support she can get.
rihanna can do so much better than him, she is gentle and beautiful and talented and kind and she deserves a mature kind gentleman.
instead chris brown is an ugly ignorant jerk who knows nothing about being a man. and his idiot friend pdiddy that is supporting him is just as stupid.
i am really disappointed in rihanna.i think she likes to be beaten.i've noticed that with alot of african american women. oprah is right,he will heat her again.ihope this time,the scars, are permanent so she can learn her lesson.i feel so irritatedwith her.she is a disappointment to womanhood.she cant stand up for herself and take a bow.
I agree with Oprah and every other sane person that Rihanna should not go back to Chris Brown and that it is likely he will hurt again. However, Oprah always speaks in catchphrases and cliches instead of intelligently, so I don't agree with how she words this.
As a general rule I don't think anyone should go back to someone that hit them, however, Oprah has had men on her show that were loving husbands for 20 years and one day, totally out of character, hit their wives. They were very remorseful and getting help for it and the couples were trying to repair their families.
I don't think that sort of case should be emphasised at the moment - I'm sure Rihanna is justifying to herself this was out of character and I doubt it was. My point is simply that Oprah always makes weak points by speaking in such absolutes. And there is no need to bring in one of her stupid new age beliefs 'love doesn't hurt' into this. Love does hurt. But that has nothing to do with physical violence.
Oprah's statement would be much more powerful if she said something like: yes, I have interviewed men that once hit their partners and it never happened again, but they were nothing like your case. You are so young, he is so young, you are boyfriend/girlfriend not married, it was a very violent attack, he choked you and all of these are terrible, terrible signs that this will happen again.
It is also very alarming that she would go back to him so soon. She should not even talk to him for a long time, and she should actually wait till he gets help and she sees changes before she would even consider forgiving him, let alone taking him back. And she simply should not do the latter at all.