“He was definitely my first big love. We were best friends we fell in love with each other. To fall in love with your best friend can be scary…we just fell really fast…it was bit of an obsession.”

“I caught him in a lie and he wouldn’t tell the truth. I wouldnt drop it. I couldn’t take he kept lying to me and he couldn’t take that I wouldnt drop it because obviously, his back was against the wall. The truth was right here in a text message. So it escalated into him being violent towards me. And it was ugly…”

[at one point your mouth is filled with blood?] “Yes…I kept thinking, when is it gonna stop. He had no soul in his eyes, just blank. He was clearly blacked out. There was no person when I looked at him. I was battered, I was bleeding, I was swollen in my face. There was no getting home, except my next option was for me to get out and start walking…so I really don’t know what was my plan. That whole night was not my plan.”

“Love doesn’t go away right away. He didn’t accept that very well. obviously he didn’t want us to be apart. But obviously I had to do whats best for me. [Do you hate him] No, I don’t hate im at all. I actually love and care about him. I want him to do well. Have a great career, have a great life. and grow up…”

The full Rihanna x Diane Sawyer sit down airs tonite on 20/20.

Again, very composed. Very careful. Totally in control of the dynamic and owning the story. Rihanna will have the last word here, because for Chris to come back with a rebuttal would be terrible for his “re-humanization”.

By the way, Chris is actually shooting a video with Juelz today. And MTV has released another snippet of Chris’ interview with Sway…this one talking about when he talked to Larry King….after the jump