"I won't pick no sides. I'm just saying it was wrong [that] it had to happen like that, and I'm praying for the both of them," Ne-Yo says of Rihanna and Chris Brown's alleged altercation.
- Feb 24, 2009
AceShowbiz - R 'n' B singer Ne-Yo claimed he has spoken to Rihanna following her much reported alleged altercation with Chris Brown and said the songstress is okay. "I spoke to Rihanna. She says she's fine. She didn't go into detail about what happened. I understand it's a painful situation; I didn't push," so he told MTV News on Monday afternoon, February 23.
Furthermore admitting that he has seen the picture of Rihanna's bruised face post Chris' attack, which was made public by TMZ last week, Ne-Yo commented, "That just really - that hurt me to my heart, man." Though so, Ne-Yo insisted he wanted to talk to both Rihanna and Chris first before offering further comment on the issue.
"Again, I still don't know what happened, 'cause I haven't had the opportunity to talk to Chris yet. But to take it to that level really hurt my heart," he told MTV News. "I'm not going to crucify him. I'm not going to do that. That's still my homeboy at the end of the day. For it to go to that level was wrong. I won't say who was responsible. I won't pick no sides. I'm just saying it was wrong [that] it had to happen like that, and I'm praying for the both of them."
And for the time being, "all I can say is, I'm praying for both of them. They're both in my prayers. I haven't had a chance to talk to Chris yet," Ne-Yo continued. "I just wanna sit down and talk to that dude and just explain if he doesn't understand: 'That's not something that's excusable, bruh. You have to get a little smarter about whatever it is going on in your relationship. You have to get a little smarter about how you handle certain situations.'"
