--- ---  # Rihanna Shares a Candid Message for Exes: She Wasn't the 'Problem'  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 10, 2016 5:25 PM UTC  Rihanna poses before the Christian Dior 2017 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show, on September 30, 2016 in Paris. / AFP / PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images) Rihanna poses before the Christian Dior 2017 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show, on September 30, 2016 in Paris. / AFP / PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images)PATRICK KOVARIK—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 10, 2016 5:25 PM UTC Even though [Rihanna](http://time.com/4347726/rihanna-dior-sunglasses-star-trek/) appears to have the [undying love and devotion of Aubrey Drake Graham](http://time.com/4465225/drake-rihanna-relationship/), there have been other suitors [and romances.](http://time.com/4340106/mariah-carey-jennifer-lopez-nicki-minaj/) The [_Anti_](http://time.com/4198509/rihanna-anti-review/) singer (who has been linked to [Chris Brown](http://time.com/4298397/chris-brown-rihanna-assault-trailer/) in the past) took to Instagram on Sunday, where she addressed her ex-flames with a frank message. 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. See the full post below. Rihanna Tells Her Exes She Wasn't the 'Problem' on Instagram ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4524892/rihanna-exes-instagram/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4524892/rihanna-exes-instagram/"},"headline":"Rihanna Shares a Candid Message for Exes: She Wasn't the 'Problem'","datePublished":"2016-10-10T17:25:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:28.316Z","description":"The singer told us how she really feels in an Instagram post","url":"https://time.com/4524892/rihanna-exes-instagram/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Rihanna","celebrity","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf49690d77d95bf27/6988a95b196cf4762703d828/rihanna-exes-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf49690d77d95bf27/6988a95b196cf4762703d828/rihanna-exes-instagram.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FASHION-FRANCE-DIOR-CELEBS","caption":"FASHION-FRANCE-DIOR-CELEBS","creditText":"PATRICK KOVARIK—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4524892/rihanna-exes-instagram/","name":"Rihanna Shares a Candid Message for Exes: She Wasn't the 'Problem'"}}]}] ```