Lil’ Kim can understand why her “little sister” Rihanna reunited with her allegedly abusive boyfriend, Chris Brown, because she has also stuck by a violent ex.

Lil Kim explains, “In the beginning, yes I did go back… (but) I learned that if it’s continued abusive, you just can’t stay there. “When guys are young, they make mistakes.”

“Nobody’s perfect, but, if they do it more than once, then it’s definitely a habit,” she adds.

“I don’t condone it, but we weren’t there…”