Rihanna on Good Morning America: Crying, Giving Advice

Rihanna says that she's strong, but that she was weak to reconcile with Chris Brown after he beat her. Rihanna says that she was so "embarrassed" that the world knows that she was in love with an abuser. RiRi also says that most women return to their attacker because they don't want violence to be the last memory that they have of their partner. She then begins to tear up when she thinks of the dangerous message that she sent to her female fans when she took Chris Brown back.

Regardless of Rihanna's motives, I'm glad she is speaking out. Rihanna has fans who may actually listen to her. If she's able to get even one woman to leave an abuser, than that's all that matters.