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Rihanna was the queen of Thursday night's Video Music Awards, taking a seat atop her literal throne and surveying the Staples Center crowd of wannabes who only wish they could be as badass as she is.

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In between performing "Cockiness/We Found Love" and forgetting to thank Calvin Harris during her acceptance speech for Video of the Year, RiRi had the opportunity to interact with a few friends, enemies and potential exes.

With Drake to her left, Chris Brown in the building and likely dozens of non-famous folk who’ve had NSFW dreams about her hovering nearby, what’s a girl to do? Cameras caught Rihanna head straight for her former beau after his Best Male Video win, capturing her stop, kiss him on the cheek, exchange a few words and end it all with an embrace.

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Call it confusing, shocking and unacceptable, but anyone who sat through her primetime chat with Oprah knows that none of this has been easy on Ri, particularly when it's all going down in the public eye. The restraining order has been dropped and they’re "friends" now, so any documented physical interaction is just an example of Rihanna being cordial, right? Same goes for allowing A$AP Rocky to grab a piece of her behind.