Rihanna wears a studded lambskin jacket and skirt from Versace, with an oval link necklace and cable bracelets from David Yurman on Elle magazine's May 2012 issue.
Rihanna , who is no longer a blonde , covers the May 2012 issue of Elle Magazine , which hits newsstands on April 17th. Looking as sexy as ever and dressed in a studded lambskin jacket and skirt from Versace , the pop star speaks on her breakup with Chris Brown and the backlash over their reconciliation, wanting kids, finding that perfect guy, and much more. Take a look at a few excerpts below, as well as the pictures from her Tom Munro -shot photo spread.
On her breakup with Chris Brown:
“I was going through the hardest time of my life. I was angry, sad, confused, torn. I was still in love. And I needed to talk about it. That was the only way I could get peace, because it was in my head, and I couldn’t leave it there.”
“It gave me guns. I was like, well, fuck. They know more about me than I want them to know. It’s embarrassing. But that was my opening. That was my liberation, my moment of bring it. […] Now you know that, so you can say what you want about it. I don’t have anything to hide.”
On the backlash from her reconciliation with Chris:
“The bottom line is that everyone thinks differently. It’s very hard for me to accept, but I get it. People end up wasting their time on the blogs or whatever, ranting away, and that’s all right. I don’t hate them for it. Because tomorrow I’m still going to be the same person. I’m still going to do what I want to do.”
“It’s like, one less skeleton in the closet, one less burden, one less secret; now you know that, so you can say what you want about it. I don’t have anything to hide.”
On finding the perfect man someday:
“I feel like it’s hard for everybody! I don’t think it has anything to do with being famous. There’s just a major drought out there. […] But I just need to find the person who balances me out, because then things like my schedule won’t matter. I’ve done it before, so I know I can do it again.”
On having kids in the future:
“It could be tomorrow. It could be 20 years from now. I just feel like when the time is right, God will send me a little angel. But first, of course, I have to find a man. I mean, there’s a very important missing piece to the puzzle here!”
