She ain't no role model, she's just an ass with no self-respect. Chris Brown beat her like a man, a man that he is not, but the next time he does it, she'll be getting what she asked for! They are both low class in my book!

also- and this goes for any celebrity: while they are role models to a degree, they should not be significant role models, especially for young kids. if your child starts drinking or smoking pot because Miley does it or Rihanna does it, blaming that on Miley/Rihanna is a parental cop-out. If your child has no one to look up to for guidance on good behaviour except for a stranger like Rihanna, that's your fault as the parent. It's not Rihanna's job to raise your child. If you don't want your kid acting crazy, get off the internet and into their life. That, to me, is like blaming video games for massacres. It's scapegoating something totally irrelevant because you don't want to take the blame for your crappy child.

I think it's really common for the public/fans to become WAY too involved and emotionally invested in the personal lives and relationships of celebrities. Girls send death threats to Taylor Swift or Selena Gomez for dating singers like Justin or Harry that they have "claimed" for themselves in their own minds. I do agree with Rihanna that at the end of the day, if her getting back with Chris means her getting back into that cycle of abuse, that's her mistake because she knows what he's capable of doing. I think her fans should try to be supportive of her decisions, even if they don't personally agree with them. Rihanna, I think, has a brand geared more toward older girls, not young children, so her actions probably won't influence children as much as someone like Miley Cyrus did 2 or 3 years ago.