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No one has so much as blinked in mild surprise at the news that Rihanna and Chris Brown have rekindled their romance, least of all Oprah Winfrey.

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Rihanna had spent the last year ducking and dodging rumors that she and her ex-flame were reconciling, even as their public shows of affection increased. It wasn’t until the “Diamonds” singer appeared on “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” that she revealed that she didn’t blame him for assaulting her in 2009 and was more concerned about him than herself:

“I felt protective,” she admits. “I felt like, ‘The only person they hate right now is him.’ 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. Everybody’s going to say he’s a monster without looking at the source, and I was more concerned about him.”

“”I lost my best friend. Everything I knew switched … switched in a night and I couldn’t control that,” she says about that Grammy weekend. “So I had to deal with that, and that’s not easy for me to understand or interpret. It’s not easy to interpret on camera — not with the world watching. So it was hard for me to even pay attention to my mind and figuring things out because now it became a circus.”

See “Oprah” clip below:

Well, it looks like she has it figured out now.  Brown dumped girlfriend, Karrueche Tran, to continue his “friendship” with Rihanna and released a video saying that he was in love with two women. Rihanna gleefully confirmed the news on Twitter, stating:

“Ain’t nobody bidness…but mine & my baby.”

See video below:

Oprah’s response to the madness?

“I don’t know that that’s true, but no I’m not surprised,”  said Lady O to “Extra.”  “[She] came [to the interview] with a big, wide-open heart and was in the space of forgiveness.

“She learned a lesson that she was repeating with Chris Brown — exactly what she needed to learn from her father.

“I think that if she is prepared to deal with that,” Oprah continued, “and is prepared to help him help himself then so be it.

“I have no judgment about it. That’s why I can sit there and have such a great time with her because I do all my interviews with no judgment whatsoever. If that’s how you choose to lead your life, that’s really okay.”

As previously reported by NewsOne, the couple has been spotted kissing, hugging and hotel-hopping all over New York City. Hopefully, once the thrill of being out in the open wears off, they can focus on building a healthy relationship, free from physical abuse. At this point, that’s all anyone can hope.

“We love each other and we probably always will, and that’s not anything that we’re going to try to change,” said Rihanna to Oprah during the interview.

And we wouldn’t want you to, Rihanna. You two be good to each other and good luck!

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