Rihanna: 'I'm the Only One Who Needed Saving'

Rihanna shields her eyes from photographers as she leaves one of her favorite restaurants, Il Ristorante di Giorgio Baldi, on Thursday night (August 23) in Santa Monica, Calif.

This is the second night in a row the 24-year-old entertainer dined out alone at the Italian restaurant.

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“Funny you’re the broken one but I’m the only one who needed saving,” Ri wrote on her Twitter account.

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10+ pictures inside of Rihanna leaving Giorgio Baldi after dinner…