Limo driver apologises to Naomi Campbell over attack allegations

Boy, all we could do is laugh when we read this one.

Somehow, the limo driver who was allegedly attacked by Naomi Campbell earlier this week, has ended up apologising to her.


The driver, Miodrag Mejdina, issued a statement through his lawyer which said:

"I got angry and overreacted. It was a misunderstanding and I regret involving the police. This whole thing has been blown out of proportion and I apologize to Ms. Campbell for causing that to happen."

So, basically he is apologising for being an informer? Naomi is a real don... a Dudus yu name?

Most folks are taking this apology with a lump of salt, since the driver happens to work for Naomi's billionaire Russian boyfriend, Vladimir Doronin.

When asked if his client had been paid off to drop the case, his lawyer Earl Ward, said:

"The statement speaks for itself. We have no further comment."

So ... take that as you will.

However, it didn't stop Naomi from issuing a pretty haughty statement which said:

"I have worked very hard on correcting my previous wrongdoings and I will not be held hostage to my past.... "I am pleased the driver has apologized. I would like to put the last few days behind me and move on."

Oh Naomi ...

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'When is it going to stop?' Rihanna gives details on assault

Really graphic and honestly... just sad details are coming out today from Rihanna's extensive interview on ABC with Diane Sawyer, which has ABC has been leaking in bits and pieces over the last two days.

She told Sawyer:

"It wasn't the same person that says I love you. It was not those... eyes. He had ... no soul in his eyes. Just blank. ...He was clearly blacked out. There was no person when I looked at him."

"All I kept thinking all the time: When is it going to stop? When it is going to stop?"

She also shot down the loose talk that it was anything like a fight in the Lamborghini that night - it was a beatdown.


"I fended him off with my feet from one ... side of the car, but ... it was not like, it was not like a fight with each other. I just ... I really just wanted it to stop," she said.

What we find really compelling and tragic are her comments on how their relationship became and why she went back to him. It's that first love tabanca...

"To fall in love with your best friend it ... can be scary because the ... the emotions get really, they get the best of you. Like it takes over. The more in love we became, the more dangerous we became for each other, equally as dangerous."

She said that in the aftermath of the incident, her celebrity (notoriety?) meant that she was cut off and lonely and that was when thoughts started to creep in that she needed to 'protect' Brown.

"You start lying to yourself. ... This is a memory you don't want to have ever again. ... the physical wounds go away, you put it in the back of your head and you start lying to yourself subconsciously. "I felt very lonely. ...I couldn't even go back to my own house because there were 200 people outside with cameras, paparazzi, journalists, fans, neighbors."

"This is why I made my decision. ...I felt really lonely. ...There were times when I cried. There were times when I just sat there all day and watched TV.

If I feel this depressed, then what is he going through? I had to protect him. I thought that I had to let him know, don't do anything crazy. Like just hang in there...The whole world hates him now. His fans, his career. He just, he lost me, I just need to let him know; don't do anything stupid ...I'm not saying that's an excuse for me to go back, but this is what I was thinking about."

She also revealed that even when they got back together, she tried to spare his feelings.

"I just said to him, 'I can't do this.' I resented him. I resented him so much. And I always put the tough face on and try to, I can do anything face, and just try to play it off. But he knew. He knew it. He kept asking me, 'You hate me, don't you? You hate me. And I would lie and I would say, 'No, no. And ... I did hate him. ... Everything about him annoyed me. So finally ... I just said, we can't ... we can't do this. I cannot continue to do this."

Which makes perfect sense ... in the dysfunctional world of abusive relationships and is what we said the other day when we commented on her Glamour mag interview. As upside down and backward as it seems, often the abuser ends up seeming like the vulnerable one because they are often so torn up with remorse and self-loathing after the incident, that they seem like the weaker one, the one who needs to be comforted and held up.

Shoot, even we feel sorry for Chris reading the excerpts from his interview with MTV's Sway.

'Why did it happen?' Like, 'What was I thinking? What is wrong with you?' That's what I'm thinking with myself," he told Sway.

It gets you even more when you read about how panic-stricken he was leading up to his highly anticipated and then widely panned interview with Larry King.

"I was so nervous. I was super nervous. I didn't know what to think [going in].  'Man, I'm going to get on here, and they're going to chew me up and everybody is just going to go in on me.' So I was more scared than anything.

"[There's] really not too much preparing you can do. I did a lot of media training and a lot of stuff like that, and it kind of wasn't genuine to me. Everything I was saying was from my heart, but it was kind of controlled. 'Well, don't say it like this, because it will look like that.' "

Poor kids. This is just not a straightforward situation, though many stans on both sides would like it to be. I will never condone what Chris did and I will always defend my islandistas but I do feel bad for both of them.

First love... it ent nothing easy. I don't know anyone that let go of their first love easily. Because you have never loved like that before, you think you are never going to love like that again. So you hold on even when you shouldn't.

Moreover, to go through your first love and the breakdown of your first love in public has to be incredibly difficult, particularly (and we think this is key) when neither of them came from particularly stable family backgrounds. Chris' mother was abused and Rihanna's father was on drugs. You put together the children of two such dysfunctional upbringings together with little adult supervision, in front of the whole world and with lots of money... and it's their first love and they ent really know how this true love thing does work?

Sigh...

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Rihanna speaks out

Rihanna has finally spoken out about her feelings about what went down earlier this year after she was beaten by her ex(?) boyfriend Chris Brown on the morning of the Grammy Awards.

She did an interview with Glamour magazine, which is set to come in their December issue - they dropped a preview of it today (no doubt to beat out ABC).

A few of the snippets:

On the photo of her being leaked.

It was humiliating; that is not a photo you would show to anybody. I felt completely taken advantage of. I felt like people were making it into a fun topic on the Internet, and it’s my life. I was disappointed, especially when I found out the photo was [supposedly leaked by] two women.

On the chaos immediately afterwards:

It has taught me so much. I felt like I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears. That was the level of media chaos that happened the next day. It was like, What, there are helicopters circling my house? There are 100 people in my cul-de-sac? What do you mean, I can’t go back home?

On what she wants her message to other young women suffering from domestic violence to be:

Domestic violence is a big secret. No kid goes around and lets people know their parents fight. Teenage girls can’t tell their parents that their boyfriend beat them up. You don’t dare let your neighbor know that you fight. It’s one of the things we [women] will hide, because it’s embarrassing. My story was broadcast all over the world for people to see, and they have followed every step of my recovery.

Our take on this?

We're glad she spoke. We really hope against hope that she is not being pressured to do so just to pub her album. That would be the rankest exploitation.

We know a lot of the ignorant commenters out there would like domestic violence to be a black or white issue, so they can justify their hatred/jealousy of Rihanna.


But the truth is domestic violence is not nearly as straightforward, black and white or by the rules as is portrayed on tv.

It is not simply a matter of an evil, evil man beating the crap out of his woman because he is evil through and through.

It is not always a case where the woman does not fight back and is just helplessly beaten to a pulp. A relationship where domestic violence has intervened is dysfunctional - on both sides. There can be violence from both sides. That does not make it any better when a man uses the advantage of his size to beat up on a woman. To quote Uncle Ben from Spiderman "with great power cames great responsibility" - that refers to physical power as well super-spidey powers. :)

It is the whole thing of the hammer and the fly. If a fly lights on you and is buzzing around you, do you respond by smashing it with a hammer?

Same thing with Chris Brown and Rihanna. It was reported in court that she had slapped him before. Does a slap from a woman equate to or merit being punched, kicked, slammed and bitten by a man who is about 60 to 80 pounds heavier and 4 or 5 inches taller and that much stronger?

And a lot of others will say well why did she wait so long to speak out? In this, I think her comments about the embarassment and humiliation are pretty telling - for surely it is a confusing, humiliating experience to go through - especially in front of the whole world.

A victim of domestic violence (which Rihanna is, no matter what you say) does not automatically snap out of it right away and realise she must leave her abuser. It is dysfunctional and this dysfunctionality often plays out by the woman staying with the man.

A victim of domestic violence does not automatically stop loving the man just because he hit her, kicked her, shot her, stomped on her. The love is still there.

And most importantly, because of all these conflicting feelings and dysfunctionality, it is not always easy for DV victim to speak out right away. It is embarrassing and humiliating to feel these things, to still be in love with someone who hurts you, to fear someone and yet love them.

Frankly, nine months is hardly any time at all. Tina Turner left Ike in 1976 and it took TEN YEARS before she told her story in I, Tina.

So Rihanna can take all the time she wants, IMO.

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Even more political relationship commess

Wow... and here we thought all the political relationship commess was in Turks and Caicos and Guyana.

Turns out it ent done - Barbados has gotten in on the act too!

It's not quite as spicy because unlike TCI and GT, it does not involve the head of the country, just an Opposition senator and his estranged wife, but...! He was a Government Minister in the last administration and the details that have come out thus far are pretty damn spicy.

Apparently, Kerrie Symmonds, who used to be the Minister of State within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade when his party was in power in Barbados, is taking out his anger with his estranged wife on her car.

According to the Barbados Nation, he is supposed to appear in court today for allegedly slashing his wife's Toyota Prado last week and allegedly assaulting her back in June.

This was all laid out as his wife took out a protection order against him.

From the Nation:

Symmonds, of Wilcox House, Christ Church, is scheduled to go before the District "A" Magistrates Court in connection with two incidents. On June 13, 2009, he allegedly assaulted his estranged wife Andrea Symmonds, of Rock Hall, St Thomas.

Last week Thursday he is alleged to have used a spare key to enter her Toyota Prado and slash the car seats.



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Wuhloss.... pepper sauce!

Of course, it is one thing for politicos to do wrong t'ings to their partners in private - we have all heard of the various scandals of politicians and their partners all up and down this island chain.

It is another thing when it leaks out in public and Symmonds promptly resigned from his post as Opposition Senator.

Opposition Leader Mia Mottley said in a statement:

"Earlier today, I received a request from Senator Kerrie Symmonds, who is out of the country, to be relieved of his Senate appointment with immediate effect, citing personal reasons."

Of course, Prime Minister David Thompson could not resist getting a dig in, since Symmonds actually used to run with his side but skipped out on the DLP to join the party in power in the late 90s. He said to reporters yesterday:

"I once thought that Kerrie Symmonds was a rising political star.

He even did his in-service [training] with me and I thought I had imparted [some knowledge and advice]. (But) look at what has happened today . . . . "I wish him all the very best and God's blessings. That's all I can do, truthfully."

Ouch. He has a point, though. Symmonds is a smart guy that had been seen as a rising star, both with the Dees and the Bees and it is kind of surprising that he let things get to this point. I mean... damn man! Scratching up the car? What the hell is this... Waiting to Exhale?

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Chris Brown says what he did was 'inexcusable'

Chris Brown is sorry. Five months after he assaulted Rihanna, the teenyboppers former (?) king has come out and publicly apologised to Rihanna and his fans. In the video which was posted to his website, Brown took full responsibility for what happened that night, saying:

"I'm not going to sit here and make any excuses… What I did was inexcusable."
He also confirmed that he and Rihanna have been in contact since the assault, saying he has told her "countless times" how sorry he is. First up, we'd like to say - at least he was man enough to apologise. Shoot, Ike always maintained he did nothing wrong. So for the young boy to man up and admit his wrong, we will give him credit for that. Of course, there are still a whole lot of questions. Was that the first time he ever beat her? Usually abusers start with a shove or a slap before moving up the full on beat-down that he clearly gave her the night of February 8th. What and more importantly, who started the fight? Because despite the fact that Chris has apologised and taken responsibility, there are still tons of ugly comments out there about how she deserved it because she hit him first - something which has never, ever been even close to proven but which some crazy chicks out there have taken as GOSPEL and have run with it. Still, hopefully this will go some way to bringing this whole ugly and tragic affair to a close.

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Saucy text caused Chrihanna bust-up?

And the news just keeps on coming and coming in this Rihanna-Chris Brown assault mess.

Word from tmz.com is that law enforcement sources have said that the fight (well, really beating because I don't know how many licks Ri-ri got in but Chris seems to have gotten in more) between the couple was caused by a text message that Chris received from a woman while he and Rihanna were driving home from Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party.

From tmz:

Law enforcement sources confirm to TMZ Chris Brown received a text message from a woman while he was driving with Rihanna and that's what started the confrontation that left Rihanna battered and bruised.

We're told the text message was from a woman who wrote about hooking up with Brown later.


Tsk. I guess that was almost inevitable, wasn't it? Not the beating obviously, but the signs of straying. Two such hot young people only just getting the opportunity to explore their youth and hotness is a combustible enough combination for regular folk. When you add the factor of their being basically on their own with no parental supervision that is an even more volatile situation, leading to premature domesticity and kids trying to act like old married couples when they're really young and hormonal - trust me we've seen it - UWI anyone?

Worse, when they are besieged by sexual offers all the time because of their fame and their teen idol/sex symbol status - it could only end in tears.

Ending in blows, however is something else altogether...

In other Chrihanna bust up related news, the Los Angeles District Attorney's office has sent back the evidence which the LAPD sent to them today. Apparently, they want the LAPD to work on it more as they feel there is not enough evidence to charge Chris with at this point in time. Eh? you may say. Apparently they are trying to get him on a whole set of charges including domestic violence, battery etc so they need the evidence to be strong. I thought a buss face was strong evidence but I ent no legal eagle...

In other islandista news (yes, there is actually other news), we have some pics of islandistas and islandistos on the red carpet at various Grammy weekend events. Had them for a while but this Chrihanna bust up has been taking up a lot of time - every time you turn your head, there's a new 'development'.

Soooooooo...

Up and coming Bajan singers Shontelle and Hal Linton both hit the New Era party with Akon.



Love Shon's hot pink skirt, not fond of the black camisole. And you're still too thin hon - please put on a leeeetle more weight.

Actually like Hal's look, even the extra-pointy faux-hawk which is shocking since I DESPISE the trend of faux-hawks - it has generally gotten out of control but Hal rocks it well here - looks funky and like he's doing 'him'. Good church boy that he actually is, he's probably  really doing what the label advises him to do but at least it has the appearance of being individualistic.

Estelle hit up the gifting suite before the Grammys. Again in an outfit that you will either love or hate. I've decided to just embrace Estelle's choices - she's a London chick after all so she's always going to be a bit edgy and off.



And before the madness ensued, Rihanna rocked a very cute blue dress on the red carpet at the Verizon/Blackberry pre-party.

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Chrihanna bust up update and islandista Grammy winners

As if we needed any confirmation, Rihanna has been reportedly confirmed as the victim in the Chris Brown assault case... sorry felonious criminal threats. (eh?)

According to theybf.com, the crime report lists Robyn Fenty as the victim.

Of course, in the wake of this, all kinds of things are coming out. An alleged 'friend' of Chris Brown's has been posting on a popular gossip blog, 'explaining' his side of the story. His (or her?) story below:




THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED,CHRIS AND RI WERE HEADING BACK TO THE HOTEL,RI WASEN’T SUPPOSED TO BE GOING BACK TO THE HOTEL WITH CHRIS BECAUSE THEY ARE BROKEN UP.RI HAS A TEMPER,SHE’S EXTREMLY JEALOUS.THIS ISEN’T THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE FOUGHT,CHRIS NEVER HITS HER ONLY PUSHES HER AWAY WHEN SHE’S TRYING TO BEAT UP ON HIM ,HE’S HAD MARKS ON HIS FACE AND BODY BUT HE FORGAVE HER AND MOVED PASSED IT.LAST NIGHT IN THE LIMO WAS NO DIFFERENCE,SHE CONFRONTED CHRIS ABOUT ANOTHER WOMAN HER BEST FRIEND TOLD HER ABOUT AND WHEN CHRIS BRUSHED HER OFF SHE GOT MAD AND STARTED PUSHING HIM AND SLAPPED HIM,HE GRABBED HER ARM AND TOLD HER TO “CHILL THE FUCK OUT”,SHE GOT MORE UPSET AND JUST STARTED WHALING ON HIM HE PUSHED HER,THATS WHEN SHE STARTED TO SCREAM FOR THE LIMO DRIVER TO STOP AND LET HER OUT THATS WHEN SHE CALLED THE POLICE,WE ALL GOT OUT HE LIMO AND CHRIS AND HIS BODYGUARD LEFT.RI IS FINE SHE WAS JUST REALLY UPSET,MEL AND RI WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND SHE’S BACK AT HE HOTEL,CHRIS NEVER HIT HER,IT’S ALL A MISUNDERSTANDING.CHRIS WOULD NEVER HURT HER,WATCH WHEN SHE CALMS DOWN,THIS STORY WILL DISAPPEAR AND THEY’LL BE A STATEMENT CLEARING ALL THIS CRAP UP .

I WON’T COMMENT ON IT ANYMORE BAST THIS SO I HOPE THIS ANSWERS ANYONES QUSTIONS,BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO BELIVE ME BUT WHAT I JUST STATED WAS TO COMPLETE TRUTH I’VE BEEN FRIENDS WITH CHRIS FOR 4 YEARS AND IT WAS 5 OF US IN THE LIMO,IF ANYMORE DETAILS GET OUT YOU’LLSEE THAT EVERYTHING I WROTE WAS TRUE,RI PEOPLE WILL BE MAKING ANOTHER STATEMENT SOON SAYING SHE WAS NO WAY INVOLVED WITH THIS INCIDENT AND IT JUST A MISUNDERSTANDING,AS WE SPEAK CHRIS IS TALKING TO THE LAPD SO JUST WAIT AND SEE,BTW RI HAS BEEN TRYING TO CALL CHRIS SINCE IT ALL HAPPENED BUT HE DOSEN’T WANT TO DEAL WITH HER,SHE’S TOO MUCH,LOVE THE GIRL LIKE A LIL SISTER BUT SHE IS NOT SECURE ENOUGH TO BE IN ANY RELATIONSHIP RIGHT KNOW SO THEY’LL PROBLEY BE FRIENDS BUT I DON’T THINK HE WANTS TO DEAL WITH THE DRAMA JUST WAIT.PLEASE STOP CALLING CHRIS A ABUSER,YAH DON’T KNOW THERE RELATIONSHIP AND UNTIL YOU’VE BEEN IN THE MIDDLE OF ONE OF THERE ARGUMENTS NOBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO ASSUME ANYTHING,HE DOES NOT ABUSE HER.THEY ARE BOTH YOUNG AND THIS IS JUST A JUVENAL LOVER SPAT.





Hmm... we shall wait to see more details of this story come out ... if the full is ever told (paraphrasing Buju there). Like we said, rumours have been going around Barbados since Chrihanna's trip here last summer when allegedly they tore up the Hilton where they were staying. Rumour has it that they have a 'mash up and buy back' relationship - as in they damage each other's stuff - she tosses his playstation out a window, he throws a rock through the windshield of her Range... and they make up and buy back for each other.

Being tempestuous young lovers who throw things is one thing... especially if you can afford to buy stuff back but getting into a fight ... well beat down because as big as the Fenty children are, Chris is still bigger than Ri-ri... is another.

Especially before the biggest night in the music industry. This drama has overshadowed the Grammys and is totally unprofessional. They need more people, like right away.

Moreover, there are reports that they were seen together yesterday going for gas... after the alleged incident.




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 Some sites are saying it was before however. Sigh... for some reason, we think it was after... we also think these kids are crazy in love with emphasis on the crazy. And they have put themselves in potta now because for the sake of their images and careers, it will be difficult for them to stay together publicly after this. And they seem to find it extremely difficult to be covert about their relationship - into that impassioned, can't-live-without-you, must-be-with-you, can't-hide-it  kind of stuff that tends to befall youngins.

What a mess. Mamas Brown and Fenty - come fuh yuh pickney.

In other news, Alicia Keys and Estelle both won Grammys last night  - Alicia for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for Superwoman and Estelle for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for American Boy, which she did with Kanye. Estelle also performed last night, looking a wee bit nervous in yet another crazy-angled dress that we're not sure about. She sure pushes the fashion envelope though.



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