Oh baby I'm so sorry!

So... I've said before (one some blog of mine or another) that I'm tired of hearing Oprah on the subject of weight loss--I think she's got too much of an eating disorder to be telling other people what to do.

But I still have a lot of respect for her, and I love it when she does a show on something I think is important, because of the influence she has. For example, she's done some shows on puppy mills. Of course, I didn't watch them (I couldn't have), but I'm so glad she did them; and her latest dog is from a shelter, whereas her previous ones probably weren't.

These days she's doing lots of shows about saving money, cooking more meals, etc.

Tomorrow she's going to talk about the Chris Brown - Rihanna abuse story (see below for short summary of the charges). She's calling it a "teachable moment", and I agree that it is. Rihanna is one of the most popular entertainers right now, so you know there are some abused chicks out there who are fans of her, and are keeping an eye on this story. But apparently she and Brown are back together--which is not necessarily the wrong thing... but I would love it if they got some help, and went public with that. It's not their responsibility to do so, but it would be a cool thing. Especially since some Chris Brown fans have been blaming Rihanna, or people are saying Well she hit him too, or whatever. What-ev-ah.

I get the impression Oprah feels the same way, and that's why she's doing the show. I'm glad someone popular is taking this story and using it to talk about abuse.

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From: Chicago Tribune

According to a detective's affidavit, Brown and Rihanna got into a fight early Feb. 8 after the "Umbrella" singer checked her boyfriend's cell phone and found a text message from another woman.

Brown pulled his car over and tried to push Rihanna out, but she was still wearing her seatbelt, Los Angeles police Detective De Shon Andrews wrote. He said Brown pushed Rihanna's head against the window, punched her with his right hand, and then continued driving while hitting her, the affidavit states. He also bit his girlfriend on the ear, the affidavit states.

The affidavit was filed as part of a search warrant request for the phone records of Brown, Rihanna and her assistant.

Brown allegedly threatened to kill Rihanna after she pretended to leave a phone message with her assistant, telling her to have the police waiting at her house.

Andrews described Brown's blows as causing Rihanna's mouth to fill with blood. He also writes that Brown tried to choke Rihanna after she took the keys to his car away. Andrews wrote that Rihanna nearly lost consciousness but also tried to fight back while in the car, at one point trying to gouge at Brown's eyes.