"I've been Caifornia wishing on these stars for your heart..for me my california king"

Chris Brown and Rihanna were the it couple of 2009. Anyone who's into following these huge celebrity productions remembers that day. It was the Grammy's and both Rihanna and Chris were set to perform. It was a big year as far as music goes for them. Just a couple hits like Umbrella and With you...No big deal. Anyways, I continue to follow their dramatic saga, and this month was filled with events. Oprah interviewed RiRi from her home town in Barbados. I was shocked at how beautiful the city was. For some reason, I always considered it kind of third world in my mind. It wasn't like that at all. The people were very alive, and the palm trees were definitely worth the long plane ride it would take to get over there. Rihanna spoke of a lot of emotional topics including how she got started, loosing her Gran Gran Dolly, getting used to fame, and...the incident.

As far as the incident goes, I was really surprised to hear Rihanna say that the whole time she was worrying about him. In my opinion, this does not make Rihanna a weak woman or anti-feminist. The man she loved was obviously going through something terrible if he was going to lash out in such a monsterous, unresponsible way. She wanted him to get help and get to the bottom of his problems. Or as some would put it, sort out all his demons. She also confessed that she still loved him, and that he would always be in her heart. She talked about why it didn't work out with some of those guys she dated. She talked about working past anger and realizing that no matter how much she lashed out in her music or sense of fashion; she can't change what happened. The revelations she made on the show were really eye opening about the whole situation of domestic abuse.

Rihanna got a lot of negative back lash from people for still being in love with Chris. A lot of people told her they thought she needed help and blah blah blah. Here's my view. Domestic abuse is never okay. Rihanna absolutely did the right (extremely brave thing considering how big of a celebrity she is)by turning Chris in to the cops and making him suffer the consequences of his actions. If you believe in the American system, after suffering the consequences Chris should be considered a changed man. He should get a fresh start, because after the anger managment, therapy, and volunteer work he should realize that what he did was wrong. Do we have a way of knowing that he really did? No. But I like to give people the benefit of the doubt. Rihanna is not the same little girl he hit three years ago. She's tougher now and would never let something like that happen again. That being said, if she wants to give him another chance and follow her heart you won't hear me saying negative things about it. Maybe he really has changed.

The only evidence I have that he didn't is his new sorry excuse for a tattoo. I like many other people saw the similarities between his tattoo and the picture that was released to the public of Rihanna's abused face. He claims that it's a mexican day of the dead skull. It's all up for your judgment.

Will she go through with the second chance? Chris is currently in an open relationship with Karrueche Tran according to sources. That didn't stop him from kissing Rihanna a couple weeks ago at the VMAs. A picture says a thousand words.