Rihanna DMs breakup advice to heartbroken fan and, honestly, we're pretty jealous
Breakups are the absolute worst. But, sometimes all you need is a friend's shoulder to cry on. Or, you know, Rihanna's shoulder.
Rihanna fan @WaladShami posted a Twitter conversation between him and RiRi, in which she dished out some pretty timeless breakup wisdom.
"How did you get over your first heartbreak? I've been struggling," he asked via direct message.
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Several hours later, Rihanna came back to him with some words of wisdom. "Just believe that the heartbreak was a gift in itself!" she wrote.
"Cry if you have to, but it won't be forever!" she added.
Rihanna also reassured her fan that he'll find love again and it will be "even more beautiful".
"In the meantime enjoy all that YOU are!!!!" she continued.
Yet another reason to love her!
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.