Indeed, maybe these childhood memories are what helped her become so unshakeable today.

“I felt like maybe I had disappointed god so much that we weren’t as close.

That was a really hard time, but, thank god, I got through it.

Rihanna posing

She recounted a group of women, one of whom was her aunt, praying around a table.

“One of the girls got up, and she just started screaming.

I remember they locked us in the bedroom because they didn’t want kids to see that.

Young Rihanna posing in Barbados

Rihanna in an interview