--- title: Rihanna Tells Her Exes She Wasn't the 'Problem' on Instagram description: Rihanna revealed how she really felt about her exes in a frank Instagram post where she claims that she wasn't the "problem." canonical: https://time.com/4524892/rihanna-exes-instagram/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-10T17:25:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:28.316Z og:title: Rihanna Shares a Message for Exes: She Wasn't the 'Problem' og:description: The singer told us how she really feels in an Instagram post og:url: https://time.com/4524892/rihanna-exes-instagram/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf49690d77d95bf27/6988a95b196cf4762703d828/rihanna-exes-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: FASHION-FRANCE-DIOR-CELEBS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rihanna Shares a Message for Exes: She Wasn't the 'Problem' twitter:description: The singer told us how she really feels in an Instagram post twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf49690d77d95bf27/6988a95b196cf4762703d828/rihanna-exes-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rihanna Shares a Candid Message for Exes: She Wasn't the 'Problem' > Sponsored content. 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The black-and-white post pulled no punches, with the image text reading: “None of my exes are married or in happy relationships so it’s safe to say that I wasn’t da problem lol.” Ri Ri then captioned the picture with a single trophy emoji, because even though it’s obvious that [she’s winning at life](http://time.com/4431632/rihanna-wine-glasses/), it never hurts to reaffirm it. 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