"Whatever road she chooses, I'm behind her. We are a family who stick together even though we are apart," Fenty told ‘People’ magazine on phone from Barbados.

But he did not seem to have forgiven Brown as he refused to comment on him.

As for Rihanna, Fenty would only say, "She's a smart girl." When asked what he would tell Brown as a father, he replied, "I have no comment on Chris Brown."

He told the magazine that he hasn't spoken to his 21-year-old daughter since earlier this month, for her 21st birthday, and only found out about the reconciliation through the media.

Rihanna and Brown were spotted in Miami Beach together, almost three weeks after 19-year-old Brown allegedly battered Rihanna, after an argument over a text message received by him from another woman, spiralled in to a fist fight.