I like to be spanked and being tied up is fun, says Rihanna

Singer Rihanna has revealed that she has a “masochistic” side and likes to be tied up, spanked and whipped in the bedroom.

"Being submissive in the bedroom is really fun," the New York Daily News quoted the beauty as saying in a new, eyebrow-raising interview in Rolling Stone magazine.

The singer also says that as a take-charge entertainer, she likes it when a man takes charge in bed.

"In there I can be a little lady and have a male who has responsibility for the situation," she insists. "That's fun to me."

Rihanna may claim to be a freak between the sheets, but she has some standards - no whips and chains for her.

"Sometimes whips and chains can be overly planned," she says. "You've got to stop and get the whip from the drawer downstairs,” she added.