Sure, he’s handsome and successful, but that doesn’t mean Drake is always a hit with the ladies.

In an interview with the November issue of Elle magazine, the 24-year-old Canadian singer talks about dating in the spotlight, how Rihanna hurt him and what his mom wants him to find in a girl.

“I’ve probably been hurt more than I’ve hurt someone else,” Drake told the magazine. And one lady who did plenty of damage? Rihanna.

“At the time it hurt, but she didn’t mean to,” Drake said of their brief relationship. “I’ll never put that on her. I was hurt because I started to slowly realize what it was. I guess I thought it was more.”

It’s tough to date when you’re famous, he said, especially when rumors about your life can spiral out of control.

“When you have a woman in your life and you’re telling her, ‘I’m in New York working on my album,’ and you’re actually in New York working on your album, but they’re saying you’re in the Bahamas with so-and-so, it’s hard for her to believe,” he said.

“I’ve had women lash out based off the fact that they think I’m lying when I’m not.”

There’s one woman who Drake has been linked with, though, who he thinks could withstand the glare of the spotlight.

“I’d marry Nicki [Minaj],” he said. “I think Nicki would be one of the only people that would understand me at the end of all this and be able to love me.”

And, of course, the most important lady in his life is his mom. But she has her own set of rules about who her son can bring home.

Although he conceded that his mother is “in love with” Minaj, Drake said, “she just wants me to be happy. But I’m sure she’d love it if I married a Jewish girl.”