Rihanna has warned domestic violence can "happen to anyone" in her first interview since she was beaten at the hands of ex-boyfriend Chris Brown in February.
The Umbrella hitmaker has finally broken her silence over the vicious bust-up, which left her bloodied and bruised and her former lover serving five years probation for assault.
In the first of two interviews, Rihanna explains to broadcaster Diane Sawyer that all women run the risk of becoming victims to domestic abuse.
She explains, "This happened to me... It can happen to anyone."
And Rihanna admits the attack was particularly hard to accept, because of her feelings for Brown.
She adds, "He was definitely my first big love."
Rihanna also admits she wasn't expecting to be the subject of so much international press attention.
She tells Glamour magazine, "It has taught me so much. I felt like I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears. That was the level of media chaos that happened the next day. It was like, What, there are helicopters circling my house? There are 100 people in my cul-de-sac? What do you mean, I can't go back home?"
And she found it difficult to keep quiet after a photo of her injured face, taken after the incident, was allegedly leaked online by police sources.
She adds, "It was humiliating; that is not a photo you would show to anybody. I felt completely taken advantage of. I felt like people were making it into a fun topic on the Internet, and it’s my life. I was disappointed, especially when I found out the photo was (supposedly leaked by) two women."
Two female cops were suspended in September after the photo was published on celebrity Web site TMZ.com shortly after the bust-up.
The candid interview will air on Good Morning America on Thursday, with another interview scheduled with 20/20 for Friday.
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