Grammy-winning singer Rihanna has cleared up rumors that she has herpes of the mouth an that her affliction allegedly kicked off the domestic dispute with former boyfriend Chris Brown. Rihanna she said the alleged "herpes" is nothing more than a simple scar. Early rumors said Rihanna gave Brown herpes from Jay-Z. Various gossip sites initially reported the fight was caused over the herpes rumor.

"It's a f*cking scar," she revealed in an interview. "On my lip. That's there every day of my life. 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 head."