American pop star Rihanna has posed completely nude for the upcoming Vanity Fair feature scheduled to hold on November 2015.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Rihanna showered high praise on American civil rights activist, 37-year-old Rachel Dolezal who claimed to be a black woman despite being born white.
Rihanna told Vanity Fair that Dolezal deserved to be praised rather than punished, for lying about her race.
“I think she was a bit of a hero, because she kind of flipped on society a little bit. Is it such a horrible thing that she pretended to be black? Black is a great thing, and I think she legit changed people’s perspective a bit and woke people up.”
She also spoke at length on her failed relationship with Chris Brown after he assaulted her in 2009.
Rihanna explained to the magazine why she thought she could change him, when taking him back three weeks after the attack.
She said: I was that girl…that girl who felt that as much pain as this relationship is, maybe some people are built stronger than others. Maybe I’m one of those people built to handle sh*t like this.
“Maybe I’m the person who’s almost the guardian angel to this person, to be there when they’re not strong enough, when they’re not understand the world, when they just need someone to encourage them in a positive way and say the right thing.
“I was very protective of him. I felt that people didn’t understand him. Even after … But you know, you realize after a while that in that situation you’re the enemy.
“You want the best for them, but if you remind them of their failures, or if you remind them of bad moments in their life, or even if you say I’m willing to put up with something, they think less of you – because they know you don’t deserve what they’re going to give.
“Sometimes you just have to walk away…I don’t hate him. I will care about him until the day I die. We are not friends, but it’s not like we’re enemies. We don’t have much of a relationship now.”
Rihanna poses nude for Vanity Fair. Photo Credit : Vanity Fair
The singer also refuted her “party-girl” image, while explaining the apparent clash between reality and her reputation in the media.
“I honestly think how much fun it would be to live my reputation. People have this image of how wild and crazy I am, and I’m not everything they think,” she said.
“The reality is that the fame, the rumors – this picture means this, another picture means that – it really freaks me out. It made me back away from even wanting to attempt to date. It’s become second nature for me to just close that door and just be O.K. with that.”
Rihanna called expectations of her, “too scary and unrealistic.”
