Rihanna To Sit Down With Oprah On 'Next Chapter'

Singer will appear on the show in August, Winfrey announces on Twitter.
By Jocelyn Vena

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Oprah Winfrey is following up her sit-down with the Kardashians and 50 Cent with another pop-culture superstar interview. The talk show maven took to her Twitter on Monday (June 18) to confirm that Rihanna would appear on an upcoming episode of her OWN talk show, "Oprah's Next Chapter."

Oprah didn't have an exact date for the interview, but did note that it would all go down in August. A rep for OWN hadn't responded to MTV News' request for further information at press time.

Rihanna appeared on Winfrey's talk show back in January 2010, where she performed Bob Marley's classic "Redemption Song" to benefit the victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Oprah also dedicated an entire episode of her talk show to the issue of domestic violence one year before in March 2009. The episode was in part inspired by the 2009 assault of Rihanna by then-boyfriend Chris Brown.

While Ri didn't appear on the episode, Winfrey did have a message for young women who find themselves in abusive relationships. "If you go back with a man who hits you, it's because you don't think you're worthy of being with a man who won't," Winfrey said during the episode. "I've said before, 'Love doesn't hurt, and if a man hits you once, he will hit you again.' "

Given all the headlines that Rihanna has found herself in recently, including reconnecting with Brown on several tracks earlier this year and having her name tossed around as one of the reasons why Drake and Breezy got into a fight last week in New York City, the singer and the talk-show host should have some interesting talking points.

In addition to her newly announced interview with Winfrey, Rihanna also made headlines on Monday thanks to her brand-new tattoo. Over the weekend, she tweeted out a photo of her new ankle tattoo. The tat is that of a falcon shaped somewhat like a handgun. "Falcon: a light that shines in the darkness! Never close their eyes during sleep," she tweeted on Saturday. It joins her many, many tattoos, several of which are actually gun images.

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