“I turned and looked Rihanna in the eye and instantly came back down from the high I was on. I saw her run for her mother, ask her something and then they both started to cry. I had no idea she had been watching.
“It was the lowest point – life just stopped and I realised what a fool I had been.”

Ronald who was thrown out of the family home in Barbados and stopped from seeing his daughter has finally managed to kick the drugs and now plays a full part in her life .

“I spent 25 years doing drugs so I know the devastation they cause,” “Last year I sat her down and said, ‘Rihanna don’t make the mistakes I did. Don’t do drugs’.
“You see so many young people find fame then lose their heads. I begged her not to do a Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan. She looked me in the eyes and said, ‘Dad don’t be stupid’. She won’t go down the path I went down. She’s too smart.”

He added:

“I was out of control. I would let my wife and my children down time and time again. I was not a good dad or husband.”
“I was in the lounge and heard this angelic singing from the balcony,” he said. “I looked out and it was Rihanna. My heart jumped. I knew then she was special.”
“It was the turning point. Monica chucked me out and we never patched things up. I knew I could carrying on taking drugs and die or stop and see my children grow up. I still thank God every day I chose to stop – I live for my children now.”
“The only thing I want is to be a part of her life. I have had her forgiveness, which you can’t put a price on, and I would never dream of asking her for a dollar.”
“I would have loved to have gone to London but, unless Rihanna calls and says, ‘Hey dad, jump on a plane’, then I will be watching on TV with a bottle of beer,”