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"Rihanna has said that her gun tattoo is a symbol of strength. The popstar showed off the body art in a new photoshoot for Elle magazine.  &amp;quot;Everybody wanted to know what was happening in my life. Is she a drug addict? No. Is she an alcoholic? No. Is she a victim? No,&amp;quot; Rihanna said. &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s when I got the gun. It was a symbol of strength. I&amp;#039;ll never be a victim.  &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s why I&amp;#039;m posting pictures of myself smoking pot, to tell the truth about myself. I&amp;#039;ve got so much to think about, why bring all this extra s**t by being dishonest?&amp;quot; She continued: &amp;quot;Well I Instagram everything about my life, whether it&amp;#039;s smoking pot, in a strip club, reading a Bible verse - how crazy, I know! - or hanging out with my best friend, who happens to be Chris [Brown].&amp;quot; Rihanna admitted that her mother disapproves of her sharing naked photographs on the image sharing website, adding: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not afraid of any person in this world but her. I&amp;#039;m terrified of her!  &amp;quot;She called me two days ago and reeled me in about two naked pictures [my best friend] Melissa put up on Instagram - a sneak peek from a photo book she&amp;#039;s making about me.&amp;quot; She continued: &amp;quot;My mom, she went crazy on me. I was embarrassed. I felt like I got my ass whupped in front of my class in school! &amp;quot;She said, &amp;#039;This was, like, a private moment and you&amp;#039;re just parading this around&amp;#039;. She humbled the f**k out of me.&amp;quot;   Of her reconciliation with Chris Brown, Rihanna said: &amp;quot;[My new single] &amp;#039;Stay&amp;#039; is a story about having love that close and wanting it to last forever. &amp;quot;You don&amp;#039;t have that feeling with everybody so when you have it you don&amp;#039;t want to let go of it. I would definitely say that he is the one I have that kind of relationship with.&amp;quot; She added: &amp;quot;Right now that&amp;#039;s just what we want, a great friendship that&amp;#039;s unbreakable. Now that we&amp;#039;re adults we can do this right. We got a fresh start and I&amp;#039;m thankful for that.&amp;quot; The full interview appears in the April issue of Elle, on sale Wednesday, March 6. Also available as a digital edition. Exclusive behind-the-scenes video of the Rihanna shoot available to view at the Elle UK website. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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