Rihanna Dishes on Romance Rumors with Robert Pattinson and Chris Brown

As photographed by Annie Leibovitz, singer Rihanna is the lady in red on the November cover of Vogue, wearing a macramé strapless red Valentino dress and discussing all those pesky rumors about her love life, including a flirtation with “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson.

Recent tabloid reports speculated RiRi and RPatz were getting cozy over text messages at the MTV VMAs, but when Vogue asked about this, Rihanna apparently “expressed horror and pronounced it ‘the most bullsh*t ever,’ but she also seemed amused.”

Rihanna explained that she is indeed single and hasn’t been on a date in two years, but when it came to her ex, Chris Brown, she said they are good friends.


“To the world, I feel like there’s no closure,” she said of the once turbulent relationship. “There’s some obsession that’s continued even throughout when we weren’t friends or couldn’t be friends at all. Hated each other. The world hasn’t let go. They haven’t seen any progress in our friendship…”

To read Rihanna’s interview and see more photos, click over to Vogue.com or pick up the November issue, on newsstands October 23.