Rihanna is featured in the upcoming January issue of GQ magazine.   The publication – which has Rihanna topless on the cover, using her arms to cover her breasts – says of the article: "You've never heard or seen Rihanna quite like this." Ms. Fenty, meanwhile, feels these interviews are helping her to heal.

Below is an excerpt from the GQ interview:

GQ: What exactly do you think people think about you that's wrong?

R: It's not really anything that's wrong. It's just weird when I read about myself. Like how one simple thing can be turned into something different.

GQ: Like when people were talking about communicable diseases?

R: Hmm?

GQ: When people were bringing up herpes, for instance.  Saying that's why Chris Brown hurt you—

R: Right. And it's not true. It's a f**king scar. On my lip. That's there every day of my life.

GQ: It must be hard reading that kind of stuff.

R: It's not like it's hard. It's more ignorant. At first I was like, Are you serious? First I thought people were gonna definitely know that that's not…But when I read it, and I see that people just buy into that…Like, the minute they see it, it forms something in their heal.

Read the full interview HERE