Rihanna bares all for GQ

Rihanna let go of her inhibitions and apparently her clothes, as she poses topless for the January cover of GQ magazine.

In one her most revealing interviews yet, the 21-year-old singer opens-up about ex-boyfriend Chris Brown and the aftermath of her domestic violence incident.

On why she’s speaking out now: “It’s relieving, because it was built up for so long, and all these thoughts and emotions have been running through my mind for the past eight months and now it’s like I finally get to let go and move on. I wanted to move on. And I knew that was the only way I could have done it and I wanted people to move on with me. ‘Cause the last big thing they know about me is That Night. And I don’t want that to be what people define me as.”

On who helped her through the ordeal: “Nobody. I didn’t really want to be around anybody, for them to stare at me and stuff, and feel sorry for me. So I just — I stayed in the house a lot. Then I started to get cabin fever. I was like, I’m going crazy in here.”

On the biggest lesson she learnt: “Love is blind. It took a lot of strength to pull out of that relationship, to finally just officially cut it off. It was like night and day. It was two different worlds. It was the world I lived for two years, and then having the strength to say, ‘I’m gonna step into my own world. Start over.'”

On her message to women in abusive relationships: “Stop blaming yourself for that outcome, there’s nothing you can do, ever, to excuse a man’s behavior like that.”

On a friendship with Chris Brown: “Maybe in like ten years, but it’s not something that I’m depending on. I’m not depending on his friendship.”

Hmm, the Russian Roulette singer doesn’t seem too fond of apparel these days…In the words of L.A. Reid: “Rihanna, put some f*cking clothes on!”

Click on the thumbnails to check out more pics (NSFW) from the shoot, after the jump….