In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Rihanna -- baring her backside in barely-there cutoffs on the cover -- opens up once again about her famous ex, who brutally beat her in a notorious February 2009 incident.
Recently, the 22-year-old "Only Girl" singer herself has caught some flack for a decision to relax her restraining order against Brown, 21.
"You can never please people," Rihanna complains, pointing at bloggers who blasted the move.
"That's my decision...I doesn't mean we're getting married tomorrow. It doesn't mean we're gonna be in a relationship, or make up, or even talk ever again. It just means I didn't want to object to the judge," she explains.
The modified order means that the former couple may co-mingle at industry events as long as Brown doesn't annoy, molest or harass her.
"What he did to me was a personal thing," Rihanna says of the attack. "It had nothing to do with his career. Saying [he can't perform at awards show] definitely made it difficult for him."
But, she takes pains to clarify: "We don't have to talk again ever in my life. I just didn't want to make it more difficult for him professionally."
On to breezier subjects, Rihanna plays coy about her love life these days -- poo-pooing rumors about Ryan Phillippe and Colin Farrell.
"I'm not dating. I'm not even sexting. I'm on complete nil," says the star, who split from baseball pro Matt Kemp last year.
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