RIHANNA has reconnected with CHRIS BROWN on Twitter. The S&M star added her ex to the list of people she followed and he quickly returned the favour. But she flew off the handle when a fan expressed concern that she was back in touch with the R&B star who attacked her, leaving her with a bruised face and split lip, two years ago. After one follower asked if she was back with her former boyfriend Rihanna snapped: "its f***** twitter, not the altar!" She quickly back-tracked when the fan became upset and she posted:"babygirl I`m sorry, I didn`t mean to hurt or offend u! Just needed to make it clear to the Navy! I still Stan for u xoxo." Chris, 21, punched Rihanna during a row in February 2009 and was later sentenced to five years` probation and six months of community service for the assault. Rihanna recently said she didn`t expect to talk to her former boyfriend, even though she had the restraining order against him has now been relaxed. At the time she explained: "We don`t have to talk again ever in my life. I just didn`t want to make it more difficult for him professionally. "What he did to me was a personal thing. It had nothing to do with his career. "Saying he has to be a hundred feet away from me, he can`t perform at awards shows, that definitely made it difficult for him. "That was the only thing it was going to change, so I didn`t care."