Rihanna shed tears while speaking about former boyfriend Chris Brown with Oprah Winfrey.

The pop singer said she lost her best friend on the eve of the 2009 Grammy Awards ceremony when he beat her. But despite the anger, she said she was concerned and worried about Brown.

"it was a weird, confusing space to be in ... because as angry as I was, as angry and hurt and betrayed, I just felt like he made that mistake because he needed help ... and who's going to help him?"

"Nobody's going to say he needs help," she told Oprah. "Everybody's going to say he's a monster without looking at the source ... and I was more concerned about him."

Last year, a judge lifted the restraining order against Brown and allowed him to have contact with Rihanna again. Although it remains unknown whether they are currently friends, there have been rumors that they are dating and people claim they have spent vacations together in the last couple of weeks.

Rihanna's interview is going to air next Sunday on OWN.

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