Ex-lovers Rihanna and Chris Brown partied next to each other at Manhattan hot spot SL on Saturday — sparking further rumors of a reconciliation.
Despite the best efforts of her record label to keep them apart, Rihanna and Brown partied with their respective entourages — and exchanged many glances but few words — at the Meatpacking club until yesterday’s early hours.
A spy said, “After Chris made his way into SL with a group of friends, Rihanna pulled up with her own group of friends. The infamous exes sat far enough from each other to not be able to talk, but close enough to keep an eye on one another. Chris sent Rihanna two bottles of Ace of Spades Champagne. DJ Sinatra had both Rihanna and Chris dancing at their tables. Their meeting comes after a tense standoff of glares at West Hollywood club Greystone Manor just over a week ago, where spies tell us Rihanna and Brown, with his girlfriend Karrueche Tran, “shot dirty looks” at each other during the night.
Rihanna was escorted to the bathroom multiple times, and sultrily walked by Chris’ table each time, not even batting an eyelash.
Rihanna and Brown, who assaulted her in 2009, have become friends again and have worked on two tracks together.
She recently told UK’s Esquire about the negative reaction to the collaborations: “I thought people were gonna be surprised that we finally did a record together, but I didn’t see how people could think it was a bad thing. In my mind, it was just music.” She added that the recording was done “in a completely professional environment. And on a complete professional note. I mean, if I went back to him [as a girlfriend], then that’s a whole different discussion.” She went on, “And if I ever do, then that’s something that y’all have to talk to me about when — if — that ever happens. Until then, look at it for what it is.” Reps for both stars didn’t get back to us last night.