In Rihanna's most revealing interview about the infamous fight between herself and Chris Brown, Rihanna explains why she felt protective of Chris in the aftermath...
Rihanna tells Oprah,
"I lost my best friend and everything I knew switched in a night. And I couldn't control that. So I had to deal with that, and that's not easy for me to understand or interpret and it's not easy to interpret on camera, not with the world watching. So it was hard for me to even pay attention to my mind and figuring things out because now it became a circus and I felt protective. I felt like the only person they hate right now is him."
'It was a weird, confusing space to be in.’
'Because as angry as I was - as angry and hurt and betrayed - I just felt like he made that mistake because he needed help. And who's going to help him? Nobody's going to say he needs help, everybody's going to say he's a monster, without looking at the source. And I was more concerned about him.'
Rihanna's interview on Oprah's Next Chapter airs this Sunday, Aug. 19., at 9 p.m. on OWN.
