Rihanna Covers US Elle

Rihanna, the most sexualized pop princess, never strays too far from the headlines. From her ever changing hair color to the very public physical fight with Chris Brown, the 24-year old singer is accustomed to having every document of her life captured. But who can help but be obsessed with Rihanna when the Barbadian beauty teases us with photos like these? Elle also teases some Chris Brown quotes, where Rihanna admits it's a waste of time for anyone to give her backlash over her decision to reconsile with her former boyfriend. And could Rihanna have kids one day? She says, when the right man comes around.

On her breakup with Chris Brown: “It gave me guns. I was like, well, fuck. They know more about me than I want them to know. It’s embarrassing. But that was my opening. That was my liberation, my moment of bring it. […] Now you know that, so you can say what you want about it. I don’t have anything to hide.” On the backlash over their reconciliation: “The bottom line is that everyone thinks differently. It’s very hard for me to accept, but I get it. People end up wasting their time on the blogs or whatever, ranting away, and that’s all right. Because tomorrow I’m still going to be the same person. I’m still going to do what I want to do.”

On finding that man: “I feel like it’s hard foreverybody! I don’t think it has anything to do with being famous. There’s just a major drought out there. […] But I just need to find the person who balances me out, because then things like my schedule won’t matter. I’ve done it before, so I know I can do it again.”

On having kids: “It could be tomorrow. It could be 20 years from now. I just feel like when the time is right, God will send me a little angel. But first, of course, I have to find a man. I mean, there’s a very important missing piece to the puzzle here!"

The Elle May issue hits newsstands on April 17th.