She’s covering the latest issue of Rolling Stone Magazine, which uses the caption “Crazy In Love” to describe her current relationship which has taken us for a roller coaster ride since 2009.  Inside, she spends a good portion of the interview defending Chris from his critics and their current relationship.  We learn that she doesn’t want to be mistaken for being “weak”,  she believes he’s at a place where he knows he can’t f-ck up again when it comes to their relationship and it was easier to run back to him because he’s really the only person she feels that understands her.

Catch a few highlights below:

On being mad at Chris and her decision to give the relationship another try 
I wanted him to know what it felt like to lose me. To feel the consequences of that. But I got real with myself, and I just couldn’t bury the way I felt.

I decided it was more important for me to be happy, and I wasn’t going to let anybody’s opinion get in the way of that. Even if it’s a mistake, it’s my mistake. After being tormented for so many years, being angry and dark, I’d rather just live my truth and take the backlash. I can handle it.

On not being able to talk to anyone about Chris, not even her best friend
I just felt like, why bother? Nobody else is going through it. Nobody would understand.

On how they’ve grown to value each other more
When you add up the pieces from the outside, it’s not the cutest puzzle in the world. You see us walking somewhere, driving somewhere, in the studio, in the club, and you think you know. But it’s different now. We don’t have those types of arguments anymore. We talk about (stuff). We value each other. We know exactly what we have now, and we don’t want to lose that.

On what she loves about him
For a long time he was really angry, and he felt like he couldn’t get away from it, no matter what he did. But there’s so many reasons why I ever reconsidered having him in my life. He’s not the monster everybody thinks. He’s a good person. He has a fantastic heart. He’s giving and loving. And he’s fun to be around. That’s what I love about him – he always makes me laugh. All I want to do is laugh, really – and I do that with him.

On if he’s changed

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