(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s been a “cover girl” year for Rihanna. Literally. Over the past 10 months, the Bajan superstar snagged the covers of Rolling Stone, Vogue UK, Glamour, GQ, and most recently, Esquire magazine, which named her this year’s “Sexiest Woman Alive.”
The glamorous shots almost make it easy to forget the horrific police photo taken of her two and a half years ago — almost. But even after two hit albums, two world tours and countless chart-topping singles, she inevitably ends up 
answering a question about — him: Chris Brown.
In Esquire, she says:
“It’s incredible to see how he pulled out of it the way he did. Even when the world seemed like it was against him, you know? I really like the music he’s putting out. I’m a fan of his stuff. I’ve always been a fan. Obviously, I had some resentment toward him for a while, for obvious reasons. But I’ve put that behind me. It was taking up too much of my time. It was too much anger. I’m really excited to see the breakthrough he’s had in his career. I would never wish anything horrible for him. Never. I never have.”
‘Why is she still talking about him?’ fans and pop culture-watchers ask. ‘She’s her own star now. Why won’t she move on?’
But the problem isn’t that Rihanna can’t quit Chris Brown — it’s that we won’t let her.
In the Esquire interview, the reporter says asking the Chris Brown question is like scratching a needle “across a record,” though Rihanna, barely batting an eyelash, responds diplomatically. It’s also notable that Rihanna can respond in such a fashion, because while two years may seem like an eternity in the entertainment world, it’s barely enough time to recalibrate for many survivors of domestic violence.
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