Rihanna Dishes On Gun Tattoo, Wanting Kids & Fresh Start With Chris Brown In Elle UK

Although Rihanna is pretty much an open book, she’s showing off her mysterious side in a black mask for one of her four Elle UK Magazine covers this month. Inside, she’s showing off clothing from her collaboration with River Island, while speaking candidly about her new single “Stay”,  her desire to have kids and wanting to build a great friendship with her current boyfriend, Chris.  She also reveals her mother’s reaction after her best friend Melissa posted a few semi-nude photos of her on Instagram. plius more picture when you continue.

Catch the highlights:

On ‘Stay’ being very personal to her:
Stay [new single] is a story about having love that close and wanting it to last forever. You don’t have that feeling with everybody so when you have it you don’t want to let go of it. I would definitely say that he [Chris Brown] is the one I have that kind of relationship with.
On what made her forgive Chris:
I have my own reasons, very very private reasons. Very personal. A lot of things. Bottom line is, I know him. I had a lot to think about and I had a lot of time to think about it.
On having a fresh start with Chris:
Right now that’s just what we want, a great friendship that’s unbreakable. Now that we’re adults we can do this right. We got a fresh start and I’m thankful for that.
On her gun tattoo:
Everybody wanted to know what was happening in my life. Is she a drug addict? No. Is she an alcoholic? No. Is she a victim? No. That’s when I got the gun. It was a symbol of strength. I’ll never be a victim.
On wanting fans to know her truth:
That’s why I’m posting pictures of myself smoking pot, to tell the truth about myself. I’ve got so much to think about, why bring all this extra sh-t by being dishonest?’
On where she’d like to be in five years:
I will probably have a kid. And I’m praying I can go on vacation for a good month. And I’ll have set some things up so I don’t have to tour for the rest of my life, even though I love touring. I want health and happiness in five years. I want to be healthy and happy.
On Instagram
Well I instagram everything about my life, whether it’s smoking pot, in a strip club, reading a Bible verse – how crazy, I know! – or hanging out with my best friend, who happens to be Chris.
On her mom’s reaction to her naked pics on Instagram
I’m not afraid of any person in this world but her. I’m terrified of her! She called me two days ago and reeled me in about two naked pictures Melissa [her best friend] put up on Instagram – a sneak-peek from a photo book she’s making about me. My mom, she went crazy on me. I was like embarrassed. I felt like I got my ass whupped in front of my class in school! She said, ‘This was like a private moment and you’re just parading this around. She humbled the f*** out of me.

In five years, Rihanna is going to surprise everyone. Like Angelina Jolie and Nicole Richie, she’s going to do a total 180 after she has kids. Just watch.

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