Rihanna appears on the cover of Esquire magazine. Photo / Esquire
Rihanna says she resented Chris Brown for a time, but has put that behind her and is happy that her former boyfriend has found success in music again.
Rihanna appears nude and draped in seaweed on the cover of the latest Esquire magazine, and in the cover feature says that that disliking Brown "was taking up too much of my time" and that she has moved on from that.
"It was too much anger," the 23-year-old said. "I'm really excited to see the breakthrough he's had in his career."
Brown, 21, is serving five years of probation after pleading guilty to felony assault for the attack on Rihanna in the early morning hours before the 2009 Grammys.
Graffiti, the album he released 10 months after the attack, was a commercial disappointment. But his latest release, F.A.M.E. (Forgiving All My Enemies), debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in March; it reached gold status and has multiple pop and R&B hits with songs like Look at Me Now and Deuces, among other tracks.
"It's incredible to see how he pulled out the way he did. Even when the world seemed like it was against him, you know?" Rihanna said. "I really like the music he's putting out. I'm a fan of his stuff. I've always been a fan."
Rihanna has done well musically, too: Her albums following the attack - Rated R and Loud - have both gone platinum, and she's releasing a new album, Talk That Talk, next month.
Her latest single, We Found Love, is her 20th song to hit the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart since she debuted in 2005.
Overall, she says she wants to see Brown do well.
"I would never wish anything horrible for him. Never. I never have," she said.
Rihanna was also named Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive for 2011.
The S&M singer beat a host of famous beauties to take the title including Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Emma Stone, Beyonce, MMA Fighter Gina Carano and tennis player Victoria Azarenka.
Rihanna claims she doesn't even try hard to be sexy when she is performing live, despite playing a set which features her change into several flash-fleshing outfits, ride the turret of a pink tank and routinely pull male fans on stage to give a lap dance to.
"At the end of a concert, I don't feel like I've been this sexy thing. Really, I don't even think about it. I mean, unless it's a song that really calls for it, like Skin or S&M, or when I cover Darling Nikki. Although there's a section that's called Sex in the show, which is the obvious section for sexuality."
Rihanna inherits her Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive from last year's recipient, 30 Rock star Katrina Bowden.
Previous winners include Minka Kelly (2010), Kate Beckinsale (2009), Halle Berry (2008), Charlize Theron (2007), Scarlett Johansson (2006), Jessica Biel (2005) and Angelina Jolie (2004).
The November issue of Esquire magazine hits newsstands on October 16 in America.
- AP with BANG! Showbiz
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