A lot of people hate Chris Brown for what he did to Rihanna

Rihanna isn't one of them.  In fact, she loves her fellow singer.

“We’ve been working on our friendship again,” she on Oprah Winfrey’s Supersoul Coversations podcast. “Now we’re very very close friends. We’ve built up a trust again, and that’s — we love each other and we probably always will. And that’s not something we’re ever going to change. That’s not something you can shut off, if you’ve ever been in love.”

“I think he was the love of my life," she continued. "He was the first love. And I see that he loved me the same way… it’s not even about us being together. I truly love him. So the main thing for me is that he’s at peace. I’m not at peace if he’s a little unhappy, or he’s still lonely.”

Brown served five years probation for beating Rihanna bloody in 2009.

For his part, Chris Brown is known to show his continued love for Rihanna by upping her social media posts.