Is Robin Givens latedotnet with this? I thought that we have all moved on from the Rihanna/Chris Brown domestic violence situation and here she is, bringing up old news. Not that it should be ignored, don’t want to give you that impression, but we already know Robin Givens and what she went through with Mike Tyson.

“It is so difficult to balance celebrity, being young and having this huge responsibility,” Givens, 44, told PEOPLE Thursday at Marshall’s “Shop Til It Stops” event in New York City’s Union Square to kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Month. “I was a baby. So I understand the pressure that Rihanna feels to speak out, especially when that camera is on you.”

“You do need time to figure your life out,” Givens says. “I do feel that if she speaks out about it people will listen to her. But she is young and I can imagine the pain and the confusion she is going through.”

“She has every right to take all the time she needs. It is very confusing because of what we do [perform], you feel that your life belongs to a lot of people but your life belongs to you.” (source)

Weird how all of  a sudden People Magazine calls Robin Givens an “abuse victim” when we have labelled her a golddigger back then (and now). I guess she feels like she’s an expert on this, therefore encouraging Rihanna to speak out. But why pressure Rihanna to talk about it? If she’s not ready, she’s not ready.

Let’s not forget that interview on 20/20 with Barbara Walters when Robin Givens put Mike Tyson on blast. Surely there wasn’t any pressure when she was in front of the cameras, was there? Hmmm…..

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