Rihanna: “Woman of the Year” or Selfish Promotional Queen?

Monday, November 9th 2009 | Leave a Comment

Rihanna: "Woman of the Year" or selfish promotional queen?

I will start this by saying this very clearly: I do NOT condone domestic violence. The views below are of mine and not of Gossip On This as a whole. Domestic violence is never okay under any circumstance and I do not believe it is right for a man to hit a woman, or in retrospect for a woman to hit a man. In addition, I am neither a Chris Brown nor a Rihanna fan. I do listen to their music and I enjoy some of it but I do not consider myself a fan of either artists. Now that that’s out of the way…

On the night of Friday November 6th, Rihanna’s very first post-assault interview aired on ABC’s 20/20 and naturally, the Internet was buzzing before the interview, through the interview, and even after the interview. Many finally saw Rihanna as a human as she told her story of what happened the night she and her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown got into an altercation. But on the other side, many others saw her as untruthful and selfish for using this as an opportunity to promote her upcoming album. Going into the interview, I expected Rihanna to tell her side of the story. I expected her to leave information out and to make Chris Brown seem like the bad guy. I expected her to throw him under the bus, run him over, reverse, and do it all over again. Unfortunately, after the interview, I realized that all my expectations came true.

I can honestly say that I was not moved or touched by Rihanna’s interview. If anything, it made me angry for many reasons. The first is simple: I believe she did this interview simply for promotional reasons. She has an album coming out and she wants to get sympathy sales. I would have been perfectly fine if this interview had aired and she did noft have an album release in two weeks. But let’s think about the timing of it all: three singles, becoming a “Woman of the Year” for Glamour Magazine (something I will comment on later), an interview, performances, music video, promotional album stills, etc. To tell me that this was not part of her marketing campaign would be like saying she is the best female singer of our generation.

Many will say: “Well, what about Chris? He has an album coming out too!” Chris Brown made public appearances before any new information on his album started being released. On the other hand, Rihanna spent months clubbing, hitting up every “Fashion Week” event, being in the midst of numerous dating rumors, and being a feature on the songs of other artists. Yet, when her album is about to drop, she puts on the “victim” act and now we’re supposed to feel bad for her? No. She is throwing Chris Brown under the bus for her own personal gain and it is disgusting. I’m appalled that she would do this to someone that she “loved.” I 100% acknowledge that what Chris Brown did was wrong – he took it too far and for that, I am glad he has a punishment to pay and that he is learning from it.

Secondly, I do not believe that Rihanna told the whole truth. I believe there are always three sides to a story: his side, her side, and the whole truth. Rihanna did not tell the whole truth. She gave the public what they wanted to hear and expected us to take it without asking questions. But anyone with an open mind who watched this interview can tell that something is missing. Rihanna claims she “caught him in a lie and [Chris Brown] wouldn’t tell the truth and [she] wouldn’t drop it.” She couldn’t take that he kept lying to her and next thing you know “it escalated to him being violent towards [her].”

So basically what Rihanna is saying is that she told him he was lying and kept on telling him that so he shoved her into her window, put her in a headlock, bit her finger, and punched her. Does this seem right to anyone? I refuse to believe that Rihanna did not egg this situation on. There is simply no way that someone that is driving will reach over, grab the passenger and put them in a headlock and cause them to have two black eyes simply because they caught them in a lie.

In addition, how did Chris Brown bite her fingers? If we are going by Rihanna’s story that she just “wanted it to the stop [and] was not interested in hurting him back,” that means she would be leaning towards her door trying to get out of reach. So tell me, how did he manage to bite her fingers? Unless they magically appeared in his mouth, they had to be somewhere near his face or even, hitting him in his face. Again, even if somehow magically all this did happen, I still can’t believe that she did not hit him once while he was biting her fingers and having her in a headlock, all while driving.

The police report also claims that she was loosing conciousness, something that Rihanna denies. In addition, in response to people like myself who do not believe what she is saying, Rihanna says “even if I hit him first, that makes it ok for him to do that to me? They kinda give an excuse for what he did.” This exact quote proves, to me, that she was and is also guilty. Something here does not seem to add up. I believe that Rihanna provoked Chris Brown and until I receive concrete evidence that she didn’t, that belief will not die.

And to add to this, after the interview aired, Chris’ friends took to Twitter in anger, confirming what many of us believed:

Chris’ dj: (djbabeydrew)

“MAD!!!! I need the real story to come out now!!! This is sum bullcrap!!!! Uncut Bullcrap!”

Scooter (singer-chris’ friend)

“new #TT is…..#hannarihanna”?“like hannamontana is 2 people hannarihanna is her 2nd person that we saw on tv today lying!!!!

Chris’ dancer- @Only1Zstarr :

I WISH DANCER’S CAN SPEAK ABOUT THINGS THAT REALLY GO ON!!!! I CAN NOT BELIEVE THIS.. LET ME JUST SAY CHRIS BROWN WAS PUSHED TO THE EXTREME!

IN CHRIS INTERVIEW THEY ASK HIM WHAT HAPPEN, HE SAID HE WANT TO KEEP THERE PRIVACY PRIVATE OUT OF RESPECT FOR HER!! (PAUSE)

BECAUSE IF HE REALLY SPOKE ON THE REAL OF THE TRUTH!!! I CANT SAY THE REST!

Need I say more?

Lastly, this is unrelated to the interview but something that irked me: Rihanna’s Woman of the Year cover for Glamour Magazine. I completely disagree with this title. What did Rihanna do in 2009? Was the award given to her for the many different outfits she donned this year? Or maybe for her new hairstyle? Oh, could it be because she is taking a stand for women who have been abused? If so, then this award does not belong to her. Rihanna has not done anything to help those who have been abused. She spoke up because she was ready to promote her album – it is pitiful that she is accepting that role when she has done nothing for it. What happened to giving this award to women who deserved it? What about Mo’Nique? Not only did she score a successful late night talk show, but she is starring in an Oscar-worthy movie in which she is already receiving buzz for an Oscar nod. Let’s face the facts. Rihanna graces the cover of the magazine as another promotional tool.

I am surprised at the lengths people will go to to be successful. I was hoping Rihanna would not sell out Chris Brown for her own gain. Yet, here I stand – disappointed. I can honestly say I will not be buying her album when it drops. If anything, I will be supporting Chris as he has had enough respect for both him and her during his public appearances. Chris’ actions, however wrong they were, do not define him. What defines him is the steps he is taking to ensure it never happens again, and unlike his ex-girlfriend, those steps do not include “screw over Rihanna to get more album sales.”

Feel free to leave your comments below, whether you agree or disagree…

(Or if you’d rather discuss this privately tweet me @ http://twitter.com/Kenni329)

By: Kenni Nwajagu
Contributing Editor for Gossip On This

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  • Yas

    Selfish Promo Peasant…

  • Eliza

    I completely agree! Amen!

  • MAGICKID

    This is a phonmenial article. I completely agree with this. It is amazing how celebs will do whatever it takes to stay on top. But can I blame them? When there is open opportunity y not? Sometimes I’m scared of Hollywood bc it seems like an Adult Highschool, and at the end of the year you recieve this crazy yearbook with all these outrageous moments and embarrassing stories. Well I hope they both learned a valuable lesson. All I can say is KARMA is a B#$%^ !!! And what you do will surely come back to bite you.

  • tb

    I agree. It was strickly for promotion. Maybe she didn’t feel like speaking sooner,but you could have organized events, gave money, volunteered, something for victims. Instead we see you everyday going from club to club walking around. Now you are so hurt. To me, it was obvious this was for revenge. Yes, she has every right to be mad and hurt but say that. Don’t try to sugarcoat your actions. At least, Chris admitted his actions. Everyone is speaking against his friends, but they know them personally. So, it is weird that they all would say the same thing. Plus, previous reports have shown her to be violent. I like her and Chris, but I am really hoping that she actually does something for victim. I have never purchased their music before, but I will be purchasing Chris album just because he actually admitted his guilt and is seeking help.

  • Mia

    I do not agree at all! Rubbish post.

  • LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE

    WHY IS IT PROMOTIONAL ON HER PART WHEN CHRIS BROWN JUST DID THE INTERVIEW 4 MTV and not only that,HE DID 2 PREVIOUS INTERVIEWS?

    WHY IS IT THAT 98% OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AGAINST RIHANNA ARE BLACK MEN AND WOMEN?
    it seems that the BLACK COMMUNITY IS OK WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND IF IT HAPPENS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY ITS ALWAYS THE WOMENS FAULT.

    HOW IS RIHANNA SCREWING HIM OVER WHEN ALL SHE DID WAS TELL WHAT HAPPENED?
    IF ANYTHING,HE SCREWED HIMSELF OVER.
    IF HE NEVER HIT HER ,HE WOULDNT BE IN THIS SITUATION.

    MEN who BEAT WOMEN DONT NEED ALOT 2 BE PROVOKED.
    IVE KNOWN A WOMAN WHO SAID 2 HER BF “im gonna call the cops if u dont leave” AND THAT RESULTED IN HER BEING IN A COMA,But i guess she deserved that cause she PROVOKED HIM. smh

    GUESS whats coming next BLACK WOMEN?
    being raped and I guess what you were wearing PROVOKED the rapist so its going 2 be YOUR FAULT YOU WERE RAPED.

    WOW,noobody cares about black women.
    sad.

  • Truth

    I couldn’t agree more. I said that she was trying to play the innocent role. I been thought that she provoked him. Especially, knowing that there was a fight that they previously had where it almost got physical. She stayed with him not because she “loved” him but because she knows she pushed him to the limit.

  • LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE

    THIS IS NOT ABOUT BEING A FAN OF RIHANNA BUT SOMETHING BIGGER.

    what is wrong with BLACK PEOPLE thinking this is OK?
    WE NEED 2 GET IT 2GETHER.

  • http://gossiponthis.com Kenni

    @LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE: If you read the first paragraph of this post, I make it clear that this is NOT ok. And I say it a few times through out the post. Also, I responded to one of your comments in the post. Chris did this before any release dates or single names, or any news for that matter, dropped about his album. So how is that promotion?

    In addition, I know a woman who always hit her boyfriend. Constantly. And he never hit her back. He always had a black eye, scratches on his face, etc., and still never hit her back. Till one day outside the movies he snapped and just hit her back. We warned her telling her to stop hitting him because one day she’s going to push him over the edge and he’ll snap. And it happened. And no one jumped him or b!tched at him because we all knew it was coming and we warned her. And after that, she never hit him again. They are still together now. So in that situation, who is right? The woman or the man?

    Never once in the article did I say it was “Rihanna’s fault” nor did I say domestic violence was ok. On the contrary, I opened by saying I do not condone it.

  • whitney

    i completely agree! that’s what i’ve been saying this whole time. i understand she needed time away from the public for healing. but 9 months is too long to wait to address the situation. chris has to prove himself to us all over again and so far he has earned my respect. his efforts to take responsibility are sincere, i can tell. i respect that he was keeping the details of that night between him and rihanna. that’s what a real man would do.

  • TMARINO

    this is the most articulate article i have EVER read on this matter. and I COMPLETELY 100000% AGREE WITH YOU! i don’t even have to reiterate the parts. EVERY WORD. BRAVO! shame on rihanna.

  • CB Luver says:

    OMG, I LOVE YOU!!!!! everything you said in this article expresses every one of my feelings toward this whole thing! great job!

  • LadyJ

    I so agree. That interview didnt move me at all and as I watched it was obvious that she didnt tell everything and skipped over stuff. Like when and why did he stop the car she made it seem like he did all that stuff while driving but how???? A Ferrari is a stick shift. Also the part when she said that neighbors heard her screaming and called the police but the LAPD told the LA Times that it was no witnesses and that they traced the call and it was made from her cell phone. Oh and we cant forget that she said her father abused her mother when he was the main one talking to the media pleading with her to leave Chris and saying he’s never hit a woman. A lot of things in that interview didnt add up but some people dont care because she’s the victim so they’ll look over that and they have the right to do that but I wont. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion and im entitled to mine so no need to bash and call the ones who dont agree with you names like some will do :-)

  • http://google.com kirsten

    @ lindsay lohan’s crack pipe
    it is promotional on her part because her album comes out on november 23rd & all of a sudden she “wants to be a voice for young girls” but yet she’s out partying,wearing see-through clothes,& has naked pictures out. & it’s not promotional for chris because he was doing interviews way before he even announced the release date for his album.so yes i also will be buying chris’s album.

  • http://www.bf3ars.blogspot.com bfears

    agree 1000%. thanks for this article.

  • Abbie

    I TOTALY AGREE WITH YOU I USED TO LIKE RIHANNA TILL ALL THIS PROMOTIONAL CRAP CAME OUT SERIOSLYY!!
    I AM NOW SUPPORTING CHRIS COZ HE WAS WRONG BUT NOW HE IS PAYING THE PRICE AND IS HELPING IN GOOD CAUSES LIKE BEST BUDDIES
    I HAVE LOST RESPECT FOR RIHANNA AND NOW IM BUYING CHRIS’S ALBUM BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE WAS WRONG AND HE DID THE INTERVIEWS WAY BEFORE HIS ALBUM RELEASE DATE WAS RELEASED
    THANKYOU FOR POSTING THIS IT IS SOO TRUE!!!

  • JJ

    This article makes me believe that they are some ppl out there still left with a bit of COMMON SENSE. This was written better than i could say it. No one ‘s condoning what chris did, but we always tend to look at women as victims, they’re alot of men out there that are physically abused by women. And as all human beings we have breaking points, which I think by her actions he reached his breaking point. There comes a time when u draw the line from being a fan to being a person and accessing the situation intelligently, and seeing through rihanna and her team’s game.

  • Lanette

    I find it amazing that people are on Chris Browns side. Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying Rihanna is a saint but as far as i am concerned i see nothing wrong w/the timing of her interview. She is not the 1st celebrity to use some drama in this manner and she won’t be the last. Women especially beautiful women do not garner support in general when things like this happened. Chris Brown is not saint and Rihanna does not need to check with him before she grants an interview. I am sure he never checked with Rihanna regarding the many interviews that he has given.

  • sunday mcmillan

    I agree 100%, the article was very well written.Ido not understand the woman of the year award, i will never purchase a glamour magazine again nor will i support rihanna.

  • Danielle Williams

    First of All I can say even if she did do it for publicity it worked, because she got all of us on here talking about her. Second I don’t think at all she threw him under the bus she told what happened, and who cares what Chris brown friends has to say. For all you know that is him talking because I have multiply MySpace pages and people don’t know it’s me. Rihanna deserves Woman of The Year, she got her ass beat and she is still standing strong and putting out Hits. So Go head Miss INDEPENDENT get your own even if you put out an interview to sell more albums because truth be told I most def will buy her album just so she will stay on top and for the record this will be my first Rihhian CD I buy. I will give her my money for now on. And yes I do believe that this happened all over a text message because my friend and her boy friend argue about his cell phone all the time because he keep it locked and when she pick it up he gets mad and take’s the phone, and yes I believe she might not have hit him back because I have gotten punched in my face by a dude and I did nothing because I was in shock that he punched me, So it’s believable. I hope they both do well in their profession and change to become better human beings.
    And for the record Lidsay Lohans Crack Pipe being black has nothing to do with the situation so let’s keep to the issue at hand and not bring race into it.

  • AMY

    YEP.HIT THE NAIL ON THE DAMN HEAD!

  • A person

    it’s pathetic the things ppl do these days just because they want more money. Rihanna was just as much at fault for this as chris was… im sure if someone was yellin at me and pissing me off i’d hit the bitch i don’t blame chris for beatin her… she acts like she’s so tough and so above everyone else that fame just got to her head…i can’t believe ppl actually idolize her. Chris isn’t using the whole situation as a promotion thing he actually can promote stuff him self….shows how much talent rihanna has. i suport Chris 20000% rihanna just needs to give up on her career ppl r realising how fake she is and soon no one will want anything to do with her. when i cn the interview on Myspace SHE NEEDS TO STOP PLAYING THE VICTIM!!!! and if she’s ganna speak out for the rest of the women who r abused then she needs to do something not party like crazy!!!!

  • Caribbean boy

    @LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE: Agreed completely… whether or not she did it now , earlier, or even later the point is she spoke out. You uneasy with the fact that she did the interview before her album came point but she had to do it then she could not have released an album and never discussed it besides she had to speak at a time when she was ready, she obviously wasn’t ready to speak out and people seem to forget that most women who have been victims of domestic violence never do and you also need to acknowledge that she is only 21 years old and not fully an adult. Rihanna owes it to no one to speak about it but she did and that right there shows how far she has come from that night and has never asked that anyone feel sorry for her, all she wants is for young girls to follow her lead and get out of these dangerous situations. Where as chris is going out there playing the victim card and pleading for people to feel sorry for him which amazes me.

  • RisingG

    Regardless of how anyone feels the situation, it is what it is. Agree or disagree. Furthermore I don’t appreciate Kenni using GossipOnThis for this BIASED article. It is opinionated and supported with SPECULATION and should be on Kenni’s personal blog on his own personal site rather than Gossip On This. Gossip On This has had its barbs (harmless) with some celebs but this ridiculous. I’ve can’t believe this was published!

  • Lesa

    I TOTALLY AGREE!!!!

  • Sadie

    Fantastic article. 1000% agree. Couldnt have said it any better, i think you covered everything very fairly & accurately. I am now Team Chris for the reason that he has admitted what he did, apologised numerous times for it & is working towards bettering himself. All his actions have not been about self promotion. I am disgusted @ Rihanna & will never buy anything of hers again.

  • NO ME GUSTA

    I AGREE 1000000%.

  • http://twitter.com/lewwbreezy #1CB STAN!

    WOW! THANK YOU!

    I’m a HUGEEEE Chris Brown fan & I was disappointed in what he did in Feb. I also am a Rihanna fan & I was disappointed in her interview. I know people in his camp who were pissed. We will never know the whole truth & we shouldn’t know. He respected her privacy to keeping that between them. I was glad she spoke out but she threw him under the bus like you said. It just sucks because he was moving with his life. Getting passed this and getting back to his music!

    After what she did, this might not go away for more months! ugh! I’m so tired of hearing bout this. Its almost a year ago this happened. I honestly hope people can get passed this & just judge them by their music!

  • Naudia

    Don’t forget that she been expose in the public with nipples showing through her clothes and her thong yeah some “role model” and her naked photo leak

  • Leonie

    I co-sign on this article 100%.
    No one is condoning what Chris did, but he’s been served his punishment and is now carrying it out and he has to live with the guilt of what he did, cut the kid (yes, kid) a break. Now I need Rihanna to own up to what she did.

    You can’t sit there and tell me a military cadet who smashed her brother across the face with a bottle, which lead to him having to get stitches, sat there and took a beating without getting in a single punch of her own back. You just can’t. Until you give me solid, irrefutable evidence that THAT is what happened, I won’t believe you.

    Chris, I will be copping that album and going to see Takers in February, even if you’re not the best actor ever. Rihanna… eh, better luck in 2011.

  • Shakera

    I COMPLETELY DISAGREE! WHATEVER CHRIS IS PROMOTING HIS ALBUM TOO.. RIHANNA WAS AT FASHIN WEEK LOOKING FOR CLOTHES FOR HER ALBUM SHOOT. SHE WAS ALSO OBLIGATED TO BE THERE BY CONTRACT. ALSO, THE LAST TIME I CHECKED THERE WERE ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THE CAR SO WHO THE FUCK CARES WHAT HIS FRIENDS HAVE TO SAY!

  • Tierra Shante

    I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS ARTICLE RIHANNA IS A SELFISH SLUT…I LOVE CHRIS BROWN AND NOTHIN WILL EVER CHANGE THAT EVEN THOUGH I DONT BEILIEVE DAT HITTING A WOMAN IS RITE I DO BEILEVE DAT HE IS TRUTLY LEARING FROM HIS MISTKAE

  • Kim

    I TOTALLY AGREE, CHRIS NEEDS ALL THE SUPPORT HE CAN GET RIGHT NOW.

  • layline

    now i see y i neva liked da bytch 2 start off wit …she can take her lying azz n burn n hell ..dumb azz bytch

  • http://www.myspace.com/dytphil Philster

    I completely AGREE[!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
    this article summed up all of my thoughts on what’s been happening to these two.
    Rihanna has disappointed me

  • Danielle Williams

    Readind the response this is why women continue to get abused, all you girls are supporting him because hes a cute man. i see now if one of you were to get beat by a man you would stay with him because hes cute.
    theses statements make me ashamed to call myself a woman!

  • caroline

    I just want all this Chrianna drama to be over. I am a fan of them both. I am just ready for some good music and right now based on the songs I have heard, Chris’s music is sounding better than Rih’s.

  • Maleiyah

    First of all, Rihanna cannot help it that the MEDIA keeps linking her with every guy in the entertainment industry, she has NO control over that whatsoever! So you can’t blame her for that or get mad at her, It’s the MEDIA!!!!! And just because Chris Brown spoke sooner than Rihanna, doesn’t mean that he’s not trying to use everything he has done so far for album sales. He knew he was in some shit now since the whole world found out about what he did to Rihanna, so he started working on his shit sooner than Rihanna…He wanted a head start. Chris Brown has been nothing, but FAKE this whole time, since after feb.8th, with his fake ass apology video, reading from a teleprompter, didn’t show ANY emotions in his apology, no sincerity whatsoever, and His fake ass statements that a SPOKESPERSON wrote for him, It didn’t come from Chris, And his fan appreciation tour, Pshh… He don’t appreciate his FANS, he only appreciates their MONEY! And he also did some charities that he has never worked with before, UNTIL NOW! looks like hes trying too hard. Everything he has done so far has been FAKE! EVERYTHING!

  • Aja

    AGREED. ROUND OF APPLAUSE. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE, LOL. :)

  • Alecia

    This has to be one of the best article I’ve read on this situation good job and I agree 100% and I will be buying cb album.

  • juhjs

    IDOTS! DIS IS ALL CHRIS BROWN DICK SUCKERS COMIN 2GETHER!
    HE WILL BE SOO MAD WEN SHE SELLS SO MANY MORE ALBUMS DEN HIM!
    FUCK U CHRIS BROWN! UR DUMB EMPLOYEES AND NO-LIFE FRIENDS ARE ONLY MAKIN U LOOK WORSE! WAS GONNA BUY UR ALBUM BUT NOW IM NOT!

  • hunnybeez

    umm..CHRIS! U BETTR TELL UR FRIENDS TO STFU CUZ THEY ARE MAKIN U LOOK MUCH WORSE! LEVE RIRI ALONE..I WAS TGONNA BUY UR ALBUM TOO.BUUT I GUESS IM NOT NOW!

  • Redcupcake

    Thank you someone with some common sense!!!!! *sigh* this is just so crazy!!! I’m not gonna go into a long drawn out thought like I did on some other sites but I will say that I don’t get how chris was doing it for publicity…when he did the interveiws before he had anything out!!!! Damn open your eyes ppl rihanna is fake if you didn’t think it before then you should think it now. How is she telling a story if she basically said that they were arguing and then she was hit…. Duh we ALL know that..she ain’t say nothing. At first I just thought it was for album sales but now I think it was for revenge too… Think it’s perfectly logical…I would want some too but she just went through him!!! I think he was standing next to the bus then she slid him right under and then ran him over repeatedly in this interveiw!!!! She knew exactly what she was doing she sat back and waited watching him slip time and time again then right when ppl started to like him and his new songs she went In for the kill!!!!

  • Janine

    As a black woman i am so disappointed in da black community. chris’s friends need a reality check..they will make him lose sales wid their pathetic tweets.

  • PLEASE

    All these people keep talking about Chris is also promoting. I’ll say yes BUT now this is a BUT. He has been talking since like August way before his album is coming up in December. He’s been doing what he’s suppose to be doing taking his responsibilities and not throwing people under the bus. Doing what he needed to do and get the help he needs. Rihanna on the other hand decided a two week before her album is coming to just all of sudden pop up stop cat-walking the streets of NYC like it was a fashion show and start talking about “I’m a Voice, I’m voice” PLEASE! I would believe her if she wasn’t for the past 9 months have been doing nothing but walking up and down the streets of NY, LA, Europe half naked like she was lost. She can go somewhere with her fake ass tears.

  • LeeLee

    I AGREE WIT DA PERSON WHO WROTE DIS STORY 100 % DERES ALWAYS 3 SIDES TO A STORY AND ANYONE WIT COMMON SENSE CUD SEE DAT RIHANNA IS TRYNA PLAY DA ROLE AS A INNOCENT VICTIM..DAT BXTCH PROVOKED HIM …FUCK RIHANNA
    AND TO LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE HOW DA FUCK YOU KNO DA PPL IS NOT WHITE ASSHOLE

  • http://twitter.com/shekara Kara

    This is complete TRASH! I seen the picture of CB after the incident going into the hotel that he was staying at and even though the photo wasn’t on his face like Rihanna’s photo it was NO signs of mark on him this guy is a high yellow dude didn’t see any marks.. It’s unfortunate for BOTH parties regardless of how Rih has came out.. I love music so I’ll support both artists every1 should do the same. I’m sure he’s sorry and wanna change for what he did.. Let’s move on

  • Truth.be.told

    Absolutely agree with this article.
    I hate that people continue condoning her actions as if they are irreprehensible, but every unholy and sinful adjective is thrown Chris’ way. Everyone knows and can identify with how wrong Chris’ actions were but what other 20 year old do you know who is willing to take FULL responsibility for his actions? It takes a level of faith, maturity, and intellect to withstand the obstacles thrown at this young man without breaking. Not once has he ‘thrown’ her under the bus or said anything out of disrespect towards her and I think that’s commendable, so for her to get on GMA and pretend like she really gives a damn about the welfare of young teenage girls is beyond ridiculous. Where was this thought process when she supposedly broke up with him? When she supposedly hated him? Why not speak out then? Why wait until the month of your album release to do some fake interview, trying to promote a sympathy card, that just expired. One would really have to choose to be blind if i wasn’t obvious to them that 1. she’s lying and 2. she’s guilty of something. No matter how much you claim you don’t care about his friends tweeting or how much you’d like to look over the situation, the truth lies in between the mix. Not one has he said ‘I didn’t do it’, yet she keeps pointing fingers. Ok, Robyn, let’s look in the mirror sweetheart. And you can call me ignorant, just like you tried to call his fans, but the truth is still there and you aren’t telling it.

  • http://twitter.com/shekara Kara

    BTW if yall think Rih put these interviews together at the time her album is dropping yall all really stupid PR does all of this not the artists. She deserve woman of the year b/c after such an embarassing display of her personal life she still came back with her head high to continue her career & he’s doing the same

  • Truth.be.told

    And what does this have to do with being black? Last time I checked, domestic violence didn’t have a color or gende on it. I’m so tired of hearing ‘As a black woman…’ AND?! I’m black too, but that doesn’t make me look over a wrong. Trying to condone a wrong, only makes the situation worse. Sorry that all black women, like myself, don’t gang up on Chris. Maybe someone should teach Rihanna to respect herself and others around her.

  • LeeLee

    Fuck Outta Here Chris Brown Accepted The Fact That Lies And Falsehoods Wont Lead Him Anywhere , We The People Has Heard Both Sides Of They Stories and My Honest Opinion Is That Rihanna Is Full Of Shit I Think She Jus Doing This To Promote Her Albulm,She Tryna Play The Innocent Victim role That Bitch Provoked Him… She Claim She Didnt Fight Back..What Bitch Wouldnt Try To Defend Herself In A Situation When her Backs Up Against The Wall, I Think She’s A Lying ass Bitch and If She Was Gonna Speak Upon It Openly Wit Da Ppl She Shud Have Told The Truth.

  • LYLY

    @Shakera: well it wasnt only his friends HER friends had some things to say about her and the interview to and when chris did his first interview no one knew about his album so how was he promoting?………i personally think she threw him under the bus well she TRIED to because a lot of people didn’t believe her and because she didn’t tell the whole truth people are choosing to support chris because even though he was wrong he owned up to it and is trying to make him self a better person unlike some people and to those of you who disagree with my PERSONAL OPINION i really dont care because im using facts and you cant deny that so this is my last comment on the whole CB/RIRI situation.

  • Adam

    And he still beat her. Sit your frumpy, dumpy asses there and try to villify her ’til your blue in your fat faces and your sausage fingers fall off, she’s still the victim in this case. I’m sure she’s done some things to him, BUT she has NEVER caused the damage to him that he has caused to her. Regardless, he CHOSE to stay in that situation and he let it get out of control. Everyone has a breaking point and he CHOSE to reach his. Think before you write another little article Mr(s). Staff, thank you.

  • NIYAH

    @Kara: im sorry but dat is a whole bunch of BS pr my ass she has say in when she would like to do her interviews and she dont deserve no women of the year because she didnt do anything

  • lawgirl

    CHRIS BROWN HAD OVER 4 INTERVIEWS…RIHANNA 1 YET YOU ALL HATING. RIHANNA WAS ENTITLED TO HER SIDE OF THE STORY AND SINCE THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING OUT TALKING ISH ABOUT RIHANNA WHERE WERE THEY TO TESTIFY ON CHRIS’S BEHALF. IF RIHANNA WAS AT FAULT WHY COP A DEAL. WHY NOT TAKE IT TO TRIAL AND FIGHT IT. HE PLEAD GUILTY BECAUSE THE DOUCH WAS GUILTY. SO ALL YOU DUMB, FULL OF CUM YOUNG SLUTS AND PUNKS NEED TO STFU. TOO BAD CHRIS IS STILL IN LOVE WITH RIHANNA AND DON’T WANT NONE OF YOU NAPPY STANK ASS MOFOS

  • sweetdtrinity

    THIS IS ALL A PROMOTTIONAL TO SELL HER ALBUM CHRIS NEVER SAID NOTHING BAD ABOUT HER AND THERE SHE IS SAYING MAD LYING ABOUT WHAT HAPPEN IT TAKES TWO TO MINGLE NOT ONE.

  • sweetdtrinity

    THIS IS ALL A PROMOTTIONAL TO SELL HER ALBUM CHRIS NEVER SAID NOTHING BAD ABOUT HER AND THERE SHE IS SAYING MAD LYING ABOUT WHAT HAPPEN IT TAKES TWO TO MINGLE NOT ONE.

  • Tell The Truth Even If It Hurt

    I understand where some of you are coming from because DV is a serious issue. To the root of the problem we all need to check out the statistics when it come to DV. Believe it or not but 38% of DV injuries are men. There is no way that I am protecting Chris Brown but he has taken responsibility for his actions and isn’t laying the blame on Rhianna even though his fans want him to but he has risen above mud slinging. Black women aren’t stupid and just because I am black I am not going to stand behind another black woman if she’s wrong. The reason why many women of all races not just black aren’t standing up for Rihanna after her interview is because she totally left out her role in the situation. The role she played is very important to resolving domestic violence especially in the black community. The reason why the young black women don’t have sympathy for Rihanna is because a lot of them hit their boyfriends/mate on regular bases. Lets be real, black women are looked at as angry and don’t take no crap and it’s true in most cases. Back in the day they use to say that a black woman would take a frying pan to their man’s head and they often did. We as black women have got to realize that we can be strong but not like the way we had to be when we guided our people through the underground railroad. If we want successful black marriages and relationships we as black women need to take a look at the way we handle a situation. To bring down the statistics of violence in the black household, if he cheats we should just leave. Statistics don’t lie; “Primary aggressor” laws usually result in arrest of the male and ignore research showing 50% of domestic assaults are mutual combat. The woman is thus encouraged to abuse her partner further until finally he will take no more. Such provocation of the human male is dangerous. Studies consistently find women use weapons more often in assaults than do men (~80% for women; ~25% for men). Women are significantly more likely to throw an object, slap, kick, bite, or hit with their fist or an object. Chris is getting the help that he need but Rihanna will hit her next boyfriend because she doesn’t think she is wrong. This isn’t just about that night, Chris and Rihanna’s whole relationship was toxic equally just like Rihanna said. It’s just as important for black women to control our anger as it is for men. A main reason why black men date white women is because of our so called “attitude” We need to stop making jokes and start speaking statistically about DV because statistics dont lie. When Rihanna was lashing out at Chris and we all know she was so, “Stop playing” if his mother and everyone around them recognized that slapping Chris was DV Rihanna and Chris could have been protected from this ordeal. Tyra sympathized with Rihanna but recognized the situation and did a show on women who are abusive to their men. http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=4319
    Black Women Stop The Cycle!

  • Alanna

    @LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE:
    well im white, not that it makes any difference in my opinion what race i am, and i still completley agree with this article!!

  • Siobhan

    OMG THANK YOU!! I completely agree!! It is so good to finally read this in the media!! Finally someone is speaking the truth!!
    Well done!!
    Thank you!!

  • Brytnie

    I agree with this article completely, i watched this interview and I was highly upset. I have to say I am a huge Chris Brown fan, I have his dvds, movies he’s been in, and i plan on getting his upcoming album and seeing his upcoming movie, however, I have never been a Rihanna fan even before this altercation occurred. I have liked some of her previous songs: such as: Take a bow., but I personally never liked anything about her. I feel as though she’s very demonic, and to me I feel that its nothing good in her. She vendictive.I feel as though yes she lied and yes this is album promotion. By her throwing Chris under the bus like that, and after thinking about his several interviews that he has done before and after her interview came out, not once has he mentioned what happened, even after he heard her version of the story. To me that shows who really cared about who the most. Its obvious that he loved her more, and that she will do anything just to have a rise in her career. Im upset because she lied and because everyones making Chris out to be this bad person, when hes not at all. But I support him 100%. and then im tired of everyone countinuously talking about the situation, this happened 9months ago. GeT a LIFE!!!Everyone has there own opinion about what happened. BuT im sick of eveyone saying”Hes a monster, hes a woman beater, Ill never feel the same about him again.” STOP DWELLING ON THE PAST.PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES AND PEOPLE CHANGE. EVERYONE DOES DUMB STUFF THAT THEY REGRET< AND YOU CANT TELL ME THAT YOU HAVENT. CUZ U WOULD BE LYING.

  • Brytnie

    @LINSEY LOHANS CRACK PIPE
    Okay..so i understand what your saying. im not justiying what he did because im a fan of his..I dont know if you are with her, but i know im not, because if youre wrong youre wrong and yes hes wrong, but yes he has had interviews before she has. Three or maybe even more. But your not getting the point. Not once in his interview has he said “She hit me and then ………..” He never told the story and he never said anything bad about her, but her on the other hand. She dogged him out. She basically said she was ashamed of him and etc…that not love..as she claims that she had for him. And yes i am black. Dont play the race card with me..thats like me saying why do all white people try to be mother theresa and save everyone. That would be racist. Or like me saying all white people are crack heads. I hate when people say dumb stuff. No one said it was okay..!!! Your misunderstanding& for you to say that the next thing to happen is black women getting raped, it shows that your ignorant. Very ignorant at that. & whoever said she will sell more albums then him maybe. it is what it is. she still has her fans that wont back down for no one& she does he aka me. So whateva happens happens if i have to buy all of his cds i will…..I wish luck to her, but i do not feel sorry for her…STOP WITH YOUR IGNORANT COMMENTS OR DONT SAY ANYTHING AT ALL PEOPLE .FACE IT THIS HAPPENED 9 MONTHS AGO AND YOU”RE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT…!!! GET REAL!!!

  • LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE

    LMAO I LOOOOOVE HOW I DIDNT SAY ANY NAMES OR MAKE MY COMMENT 2 ANYONE(IT WAS JUST GENERAL) AND EVERYONE WANTS 2 RESPOND 2 ME.

    DANG,SOMEONE MUST FEEL GUILTY ABOUT SOMETHING.
    DID I HIT A NERVE?

    ITS LIKE WHEN A 3 YR OLD DOES SOMETHING WRONG AND U SAY 2 THEM “WHATS GOING ON”?
    AND THEY RESPOND WITH “I DIDNT DO NOTHING” LMAO

    @KENNI,BRO I DIDNT SAY ONE WORD 2 YOU AND I READ THE DISGUSTING ARTICLE.
    I KNOW U DIDNT WRITE IT BUT SINCE U POSTED IT OBVIOUSLY U FEEL THE WAY THE WRITER DOES :)

    NOBODY CARES ABOUT BLACK WOMEN,NOT EVEN BLACK WOMEN :(
    YES DV IS IN ALL RACES BUT WHY IS IT THAT MOST BLACKS SEEM 2 BE OK WITH IT?
    DONT SNITCH,RIHANNA SHOULDNT HAVE SNITCHED,ETC…….

    YEAH BLACK WOMEN KEEP IT PRIVATE,WHEN HE BREAKS YOUR NOSE,DONT GO 2 THE HOSPITAL OR GET HELP BECAUSE “ITS A PRIVATE MATTER”,KEEP THAT BETWEEN YALL

  • http://innobound.com Devin

    Dustin or “staff”, you are wrong for posting this. Dead wrong. Thought you were smarter than that.

  • http://www.twitter.com/aprilaries91 Alexandria Brown

    I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS ARTICLE TO THE COMPLETE TEE OF IT. I AM A CHRIS BROWN FAN DIE HEART FAN, HOWEVER IT DOES NOT CHANGE MY FEELINGS ON WHAT I THINK ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION. i DONT NOT AGREE WITH dOMESTIC VIOLENCE, IN FACT I’VE BEEN AROUND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BEFORE AND ITS NOT AT ALL A NICE SIGHT. BUT IN THIS CASE CHRIS BROWN WAS WRONG FOR THE EXTENT BUT AFTER THE FACT HE APOLOGIZED WHETHER PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE HIM OR NOT, HE ALSO DID INTERVIEWS AND CARED ENOUGH ABOUT RIHANNA TO NOT DISCLOSE ANY MAJOR DETAILS OF THE WHOLE SITUATION. BUT NO, DOES RIHANNA APPRECIATE THAT NO SHE DOESNT, SHE LET EVERY THING OUT. I DONT BELIEVE SHE DIDNT HIT HIM, I DO BE LIEVE SHE DID HIT A COUPLE OF TIMES. AND NOTICE HOW THERE IS NO CHRIS BROWN MUGSHOT….THINK ABOUT THAT. EVERY CELEBRITY AND THEIR MAMA MUGSHOT IS OUT WHY HIS NOT BECAUSE THEY DIDNT WANNA SHOW HIS FACE CUZ HE PROBABLY HAD A BLACK EYE FROM THAT CHICK TOO!!!

  • LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE

    I WOULD LOVE 2 SEE HOW THIS TURNED OUT IF IT WERE RIHANNA AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE.

    I BET THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN MARCHES FROM HERE 2 THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.
    “HES A RACIST,HOW DARE HE HIT A SISTER”

    BUT SINCE ITS CHRIS “WE SUPPOSE 2 SUPPORT A BROTHA NOT MATTER WHAT” RIGHT?

    *eyeroll*
    god help us,i cant imagine the state of black relationships 15 to 20 yrs from now.

  • NIYAH

    @LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE: yo why does everything you say have to do with color?

  • Carol

    WTF !!!!!

    RIHANNA DID NOT LIE !!! SHE TOLD THE TRUTH AND SHE ONLY DID THIS BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO GET IT OFF HER CHEST !!! i Believe Rihanna was tellling the truth. During the interview , i saw all the sadness and pain that rihanna had. I mean come on now, if Rihanna really was about to bash Chris….she could have said some really mean things that will make people hate him 4ever. But she didnt and she looks like she was trying to protect him . Im glad she finally spoke out. i mean it probably would be better if you let it all out rather than keep it and bury it inside your heart forever. also, you know the media…they will always pry for the answers about that night and rihanna will ALWAYS have to dodge those questions, so i guess doing this is actually a good thing and clears up a lot of other false rumors about that night ! =)

  • Brittany662

    No one said it was OK!! but why did she have to wait 10 months to do this… But all of a sudden she just has to tell her story.. I am a African American… I do not condone domestic violence at all but like the article stated their is always 3 sides to a story and i feel like Rihanna is a victim true enough but she need to stop acting like she’s miss goody to shoes and tell what she did… Because I don’t believe he would just hit her because she kept saying he was a liar.. I believe she probably hit him or something first… And what do you expect?? If you hit anybody male or female you better be prepared for them to hit back!! But once again I’m not saying what Chris was right but at least tell the TRUTH about it!!

  • stanfan

    it’s definitely promo rihanna stop being selfish BY PROMOTING YOUR CD that’s out in two weeks how odd to be promoting now TWO WEEKS before release.

  • Jamie

    @LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE:

    When did you interview white men and women for their opinion. Domestic abuse on average involves white people more. Maybe you’re going to too many “black blogs”.

    Rihanna is not the posterchild for Domestic Violence. She is the face of reciprocal violence. If she was a small boy, and Chris was a bigger boy then she’d be wrong for “getting into a fight she couldn’t win” no matter how bruised or injured she got, but because she is a woman this is ignored.

    Honestly she had a busted lip and hit the dashboard. It’s horrible but it isn’t rape or murder. Her fighting in a car endangered both their lives.

    So yes “this does matter” until the conversation goes from “she was abused” to “THEY were foolishly violent”. The message she has sent to young girls is “Do what you have to but don’t let no man hit you”. She should be sending a message of “if you or he thinks violently then leave that relationship alone, because it’s irrational to think that you can want the same rights as men in 2009 but not be hit like one if YOU hit like one”

  • Jamie

    @Maleiyah:

    Chris isn’t being fake. Chris is an almost convicted criminal. What he says can and will be used against him. Understand the legal ramifications he , but not Rihanna has to go through.

  • unknown23

    Honestly this whole thing is so old… I respect the fact and give rihanna credit with speaking out be cause I know that was one of the hardest things to do, but I’m havin a hard time believing the whole story some things are jus not adding up. Certain parts felt untruthful and well thought out. I knew whe was gonna give an interview but not spill out every bean about the whole nite. I felt some things was better left unsaid because she didn’t owe us no explaination as chris doesn’t either.. each and evry detail was a bit much, even though it wasn’t everything because she left some things out to me to look more of a victim amd throw chris completely underneath the bus.. there’s always two sides to a story and even if she did hit him which I believe she did, why would she say it.. that wouldn’t make her look as innocent as she’s tryna sound.. it just doesn’t feel and sound rite. I don’t condone chris of his behavior because he should have never taken it that far, but we are all human and deserve second chances to prove that we changed.. so instead of everyone bashing him give him room to grow and learn from his mistakes.. and domestic violence goes both ways.. the same way he shouldn’t have but his hands of her, it goes the same for her as well.. that’s my thought of the whole situation. And wish them well only ones that kno the truth is him, her and god.. we still don’t know the half of it.

  • mrsd

    i agree with the twitter statements rihanna was wrong for telling chris and her privacy chris had enough respect to not talk about what happen that night but rihanna told every thing she is selfish she didnt respect their privacy.i was a big fan of rihanna and chris and i am a big big fan of them both big i didnt resect rihanna for what she did.she pissed me off.and by the way i hear three songs from the album not feeling it at all..she didnt get a hit yet u dont hear the radios playing her music this album isnt gonna be big.but chris hes doing alright he got a hit i can transform ya its hot and i love the songs on his album thats leakked right now his might be big idk.

  • L.A

    I 100000000% agree wit u. i culdnt say it better. u said it all!!!!

  • that girl.

    Rihanna says she needs to be a role model for younger girls, yet she has a song out right now that is about suicide. C’mon now, just be real about it. Chris made a mistake, and he’s being real about it. Time Rihanna does the same and stops playing a victim.

  • I LOVE CHRIS BROWN !!

    i Think You Have Wrote An Excellent Peice
    am not saying this just because am a fan of chris brown .. cos i used to be of rihannas .. but she changed her look her songs were not good and so did her attitude
    that is so true what you have said
    the minute i heard about what chris brown had done and when he did got arrested
    i knew within a split second that chris isnt like this he must have got provoked
    no one hits someone like that for NO reason
    and despite all the things rihanna is gaining is utterly stupidd !!
    what has she done ?
    shes hardly been in the industry for a time .. except run this town which was mainly good because of JAY-Z
    and she did go on that interview just for people to sympathise and buy her album
    shes stupid and a liar ..
    LOVE CHRIS BROWN <3

  • goons

    Standing ovation for this article…PREACH!!!!!!!!!!..I am glad you were not afraid to SPEAK OUT and tell the truth and share your views on the matter..A lot of people agree 10000000% with what you said..Rihanna has NO shame whatsover and those lies will catch up with her..she is a worthless human being does not deserve any success..SHAME ON HER!!!!!!!!!!! LIARRRRRRRRRR!!!!

  • Sharon from Princeton, NJ

    @Kenni: Kenny are you a woman hater? Black women surely have a hard way to go … if we listened to men like you. I completely agree that no one cares about beautiful black women. I would not buy a Chris Brown cd because I don’t believe he has learned his lesson so quickly. Perhaps after he gets involved in programs wherein he can meet battered women and their children and he’s able to see first hand how violence hurts our planet, maybe he won’t hit another woman ever again. For now, I’m purchasing Rihanna’s cds. I’m totally for Rihanna.

  • Jefferson

    Fully agree with the post… In the look of her eyes you can see that she was lying.. trying to push out some fake tears to make it real… domestic violence is always a sad story but it is indeed a story and has more sides 2 it… Chris was wrong for hitting her but everybody (not every man) everyBODY has his snapping point and i guess this was his… at least he’s trying to develop himself 2 a better person while she only tries 2 develop a bigger bankaccount.. Note 2 the side: i can transform ya is the BOMB y’ALL :p

  • suzannah

    i agree with every thing u just said!
    now that her albums comming out she wants to speak out for domestic violence when shes had all year to be a voice? smh THATS CONVIENT!
    n i just wanna say that there is NO WAY IN HELL i will be buying that album of hers. all the songs are CRAP! i havent heard 1 person driving down the street blasting russian rulette, hard, or wat ever the fuk the other on is called cause all she is giving us is BULL SHIT!
    wat happened to u rihanna?

  • http://swaggerareus.com Terrell Johnson

    This article is a great one for the simple fact that I am a fan of both, Chris Brown and Rihanna, and I will be supporting both of them this year. I will be attending Chris Brown’s show @ the HOB in Chicago on Nov. 26 and I also plan to purchase Rihanna’s album and Chris Brown’s as well.

    But this is not about my dedication to both of their musical careers. This is about TRUTH. I honestly to feel there were some unconnected dots when she went on the record to discuss “in detail” about what happened on that night in February. She didn’t say what triggered the altercation besides a text message. I know that a text message was a significant piece but it was not the reason behind heavy blows. Something unsaid happened that day and only CB and Rihanna knows…but that totally didn’t stop her from “throwing CB under the bus”. I agree with your article Kenni and it was very well written and I can tell you spent quite a minute on the post and it shows. I agree with a great deal of what you said and it had to be said regardless of the feelings people have towards this issue.

    To the commenters: Just because he’s acknowledging a fact does not mean that he hates women or Rihanna for that matter. Rihanna is a human being, but she has frequently been the “hot topic” on the blogs ever since this situation occurred and this did not stop her from festivities. She had a lot of time to prepare what questions would be asked and how she would answer and not to mention she does have an album coming. I’m not saying she’s wrong but I think it’ll would’ve been better if she came out at a more raw time. It’s her decision on when to speak but I do agree it was for the wrong reasons but on a positive note it may save a girl’s life…but we have to put ourselves in her shoes, she came out battered and a wound forever and an illegal love she can’t control…

  • Xiandra

    I agree with everything you are telling here, because that was what I always have been looking for. And that was justice. And in this intervieuw I have also seen that she is cleaning her way. I know there are a lot of things she didn’t tell. Because for sure we are missing a part of the story. I completly agree that CB needs to take responsability, but I have also been told, that when 2 persons are fitting the both are wrong and they both need to see help. Now everything is laying on CB back, this is completly wrong. Everybody is seeing him as he has done this he has done that. And there also some people, who use this moment to act. Because they forget something, there are a lot of entertainers who right now is famous, but if you looked into their past it’s a piece of junk, and nobody is talking about that. They are carrying guns, doing drugs and a lot of stuff who isn’t good. I think we must be honest with ourself. And I love to see the one who has never make a mistake. And last but not least I love this story it’s the reality. Good luck and Bless

  • kali

    wow this article is so disappointing. When your mother, sister, aunt, female cousins, OR YOURSELF gets punched in the face by some dude I wonder what you’re tune will be. disgusting. and everyone that agrees with what you said. absolutely disgusting. If Rihanna did hit Chris first he should have grabbed both of her hands and called the cops or her assistant and sat like that until they came, but because he’s probably on roids and isn’t emotionally mature enough he beat the crap out of her, and ya’ll up in here condoning that shit. deplorable.

  • abindc

    I am a fan of neither and I d o not condone any violence against people or animals for that matter. I totally agree with your analysis. The concern for other women is timed with her album release,. The y are not even trying to pretend it is not publicity. If we just look at the what Rhianna told the investigators , she hit him because of the messages on his phone. The one thing no one talks about is the bite marks on her feet. How does someone who is 6’3, driving a Lambo end up biting someone else’s feet? It is because she was kicking him while in that car. The real message here , is she is c so concerned about the young girls that can end up dead (epic fail) , is to teach them to keep their hands to themselves. There is no need to revert to some primal urge to use violence like some uncivilized animal. There i s however a natural and biological instinct to defend yourself. Rihanna spoke about smashing a glass on her brother face when she was younger , but ok she was younger. The disturbing thing is that with the benefit of age, reflection and hindsight she spoke glowingly of the moment and how she was a tough girl and would do it again. There is something clearly wrong with that .

  • Rindy

    Chris Brown is paying for his actions already. How can anyone say he hasn’t learned from his actions so quickly. Chris is having right now domestic violence counciling and is participating in a domestic abuse program for battered women. He sits in groups as we speak about what had happened. It still not good enough for people. One person said on the Steve Harvey radio show that Rihanna should remind him and others of this until the day he dies. Well if you do that( hold it against Chris Brown until the day he dies or leave this earth) you just hurting yourself and not him because, if you cannot forgive Chris Brown than you will not be forgiven in life yourself by no one. Im not saying this to be saying it :before we assume someone has not learned from their wrong doing in life check out what the person has done to correct the issues in their life. Chris Brown is doing the correct things to prove he is sorry. It is 9 to 10 months let it go. If you cannot forgive God will not forgive YOU. If you hate Rihanna or Chris Brown just dont let the sun go down on you without forgiveness. People are dieing everyday with hate and will not see the Kingdom of Heaven because of their hatedred of others. Stop taking sides and began to volunteer in your neighborhood. Do something positive instead of negative. Two wrongs dont make it right no matter how you cut it. My momma always told me: If you dont have nothing nice to say about a person than dont say it at all.Take responsibility for your actions.

  • Yas

    Like I said on comment numero uno, she is a selfish promo peasant. What has she done that requires the title “woman of the year”, I noticed Michelle Obama has been honored too, I can start a list of things that The First Lady has done that requires that title.

    I hate that DV is being used to promote an album that has nothing to shed any light on the situtation. Rihanna should be ashamed of herself for capitalizing on this, I really thought she was a better person than that. She seems like the type of ruthless person that will listen to whatever her “people” tell her in order to maintain her non-existent “empire”.

    Chris Brown and Rihanna had a FIGHT, this is not way in any shape or form DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, this wasn’t a pattern that existed, she said he never laid a hand on her before that night. What he did to her that night is beyond what anybody should go through, but she handled the outcome in a tasteless manner. She knows true and well he is of no danger to her, she isn’t scared of him, why should she be? She wanted the stay away order to be removed asap. She played him, he played himself and the rest is history.

    They BOTH need to seek professional help, she obviously hasn’t dealt with any of it and he needs to carry on doing what he is currently doing in order to grow from this.

  • Lara

    I LOVE YOU!
    THANK GOD! SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS!
    You just said wat everyone wanted to say :)

  • putrid

    This article is on point and ‘refreshing’ when compared with all the other drivel sites out there that are sucking up her nonsense. When you don’t have raw, God-given talent you will do whatever it takes to get what you want. And woe to anyone who gets in ‘my’ way. They’ll be left by the wayside. That’s exactly what’s going on here. She is a disgrace! After strutting around the street practically naked she gets an award because those in authority would love to see ALL young women degraded like her. You know what I’m talking about! No Talent and definitely No Class. This woman of the year award is an insult to WOMEN who hold it TOOgether. But I guess in certain circles, where it is always necessary to demonise the BLACK MAN, someone like her will be ‘idolised.’ She obviously is guilty as hell. While I DO NOT BELIEVE in VIOLENCE, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY PRACTISE JUSTICE so if someone put their hands on you, you deserve the right to return the ‘unmitigated’ favor.
    This is a warning to all MEN….Do not allow such tramps like this one to shame you into accepting abuse from women. If a woman bust your ass, bust her ass back. If you look at this society, its okay to go and drop bombs on people far away, but the same society is busy changing the gender roles by having men become weak, little sissified twats. Don’t fall for it.

    CHRIS BROWN you go in peace SUN! She thought that by putting you down it would raise her up, but just watch how she gets her COMEUPPANCE and very soon. Surround yourself with the light and be care with these females out here. Be very careful!
    Peace Sun!

  • zigg

    OKEY FIRST OF ALL HOW CAN YOU CLAIM TO NOT BE EITHER A CHRIS BROWN OR RIHANNA FAN IF YOU KNOW AAAALLL THE DETAILS OF INCIDENT? SOMEONE WHO JUST LISTENS A LITTLE BIT TO THEIR MUSIC WOULDNT BE SO INVOLVED IN THEIR PERSONAL LIFE.
    SECOND, IF SHE TRIED TO COVER HERSELF WITH HER HANDS OR PUSH HIM AWAY FROM HER THEN OFCOURSE HE COULD HAVE BIT HER FINGERS
    THIRD, HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT YOU WERENT TOUCHED BY HER INTERVIEW, WHAT KIND OF HUMAN BEEING ARE YOU THEN? YOU DONT KNOW HER AND STILL YOU JUDGE HER LIKE YOU’VE KNOWN HER FOR A LIFE TIME OR SOMETHING
    AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE WHO WASNT IN THAT CAR WITH THEM DOESNT KNOW THE TRUTH BUT THERE MIGHT BE THINGS THE PUBLIC DONT KNOW BUT SOOO WHAAT?! IS THEIR PERSONAL LIFE AND ALL WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IS THAT THEESE THINGS HAPPEN EVERYDAY AND WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT AND HELP PEOPLE AROUND US WHO ARE GOING THRU DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. CHRIS AND RIHANNA ARE BOUTH HUMAN BEEINGS AND SO ARE WE. LETS SHOW EACHOTHER LOVE AND STOP ACTING LIKE SELFISH ROBOTS.
    LOOVEE LOVE LOOVEE

  • yoll need to stop…

    @LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE..your are A-class racist , very ignorant and rude blondey!!!!

    i love Rihanna and feel that it doesnt matter if she chose 2 speak out nw..DV is a painfull experience and Chris dissapointed me by engaging in such a matter. we have all seen the bruised picture of Rihanna and i think it shows how serious the beating was. i feel Rihanna doesnt deserve 2 be treating this way by th public, this incident has left an emotional scar and it takes time 4 one to fully recover-(wl neva know if mayb her fashion parades were a way of hiding her emotions in th public)..so stop hating!!promotional or not….having said that…

    i believe Chris is really sorry and ashamed 4 wat he dd and that he is owning up 2 his mess. i love him so very much and feel that he deserves a second chance. his music is good and his a great performer-so lets separate his personal life 4rm his professional life…

    i also agree with some points in this article ..she doesnt deserve the tittle of woman of the year..she hasnt done anything that owns up 2 th tittle…all sh dd was tel th public about the incident between her and chris…it shud be given to a more deserving person…hu has done sumthin incredible and harmonious 4 the community……

    i think we all need to live a little..

  • Lyn

    I read the article, but who are we to judge or say what really went on in their relationship? There’s a lot of hear say out there but we don’t know what’s the truth. I like both Chris and Rhianna. Yes, they’re both really young and hopefully something was learned from this problematic event. Some of you are saying Rhianna pushed Chris to the extreme…so, if I were to push my husband to the extreme; if I found out he were cheating on me or had cheated in the past, and we got into an argument…I slapped him because he may have said something so demeaning that I know that I didn’t deserve it…should he then beat me to a pulp??

    If my daughter got on my nerves so bad and said something crazy to me that I didn’t like, should I beat her to a pulp?? I could go on…

    So what Rhianna came out now to say what she felt about that February night. Chris was coming out way before then, even, at one point, admitted he didn’t know what he did on Larry King. Of course he retracted later but still…

    Many couples argue and fight, and many are involved with domestic violence. WE do not know the true lives of Chris Brown and Robin Rhianna Fenty. WE should not judge…or be judged…

    WE all have our problems, why is everyone making this ex couple’s past event theirs? Abuse is abuse, whether or not it’s physical or mental..it’s still abuse. If these dancers and others surrounding them were so concerned or truly knew what was going on, then someone should have intervened. Maybe things wouldn’t have been escalated.

  • nanae

    lil mis rir is an attention hore.She only opened her mouth to make sales. I strongly dout that she truly loves him and wants the best for him when she trying to compete, as we all know she is light skin and marketable her being in the spotlight has nothing to do with talent lol her body and complexion sellls and when u add her so call fake vitimisation she get more attention, phony award oh yea and lets not forget how she was all over other guys instead of healing her black heart she is definately out for attention lolits funny how shes is so ashamed that she fell in love but not ashamed toalwaysbe naked orrunnig down some next chicks man

  • b_for_real

    STOP HATING!!!!!!!!!
    Rihanna put it down for her crown in the interview. The bottom line is, Chris Brown beat her badly, beyond “self defense”. I believe that they had a very passionate and immature relationship that probably crossed the lines on both sides. However, Chris Brown had NO right to beat her! Even if she was trying to provoke him, No one is worth you losing your head and going to jail! I watched his interview and I think he is sorry for what he did. I hope he gets the help he needs.

    I have a new appreciation for Rihanna now. So what if she is speaking out before her album!!!! She is a 21-year old woman who has had the intimate details of a horrific night uncovered for all of the world to comment and judge. I’m sure making music was therapy and we all know that she wouldn’t be able to promote her album until she addressed the situation with Chris.

    It’s all speculation because none of us were there but, to judge Rihanna for if/when she chooses to speak out about the details of HER life is ridiculous. Rihanna is fierce, stop hating!

  • Sarah

    Rihanna did not throw Chris under the bus. He threw her under the bus when he beat the crap out of her. She had to do this interview because there was no way to get around these questions. Her interview actually helped women where his 3 interviews have helped no one. Chris was insincere by saying he was sorry for what he did, whatever it was. Are you kidding me? Of course the abuser wants to keep the details of the ASSAULT not event, but ASSAULT quiet, because he can continue to deny and minimize what happened. Chris is continuing to victimize Rihanna, in front of the world no less by not letting her tell her story. He has to keeping talking and putting his two cents in as well. AND even if she did egg him on, hit him first, fight back, Chris beat her continually. Way beyond self defense. He could not argue that in court that why he took a plea deal. He had many opportunities to walk away and be a man. No matter what he says she did, his words will not erase the image of her picture in the public’s minds. Because at the end of the day, he pled guilty, police reports details what he did, he confirmed them at larry king, and he had no injuries. Her blood was in the car not his. Everyone on twitter is on his payroll. Of course they are going to stand up for him, they need a job. He needs to fire his PR team, do his classes and STOP TALKING!!!!

  • Xiandra

    I’m a fan of both of them. But I agree that we don’t have to know private details and all those stuff. It’s private between them, and it must be kept like that. Now to many people are using this oportunity to lose thier frustration and screeming a lot of things. I have gone true that, but I have kept it between me and the coounseler who we were talking to. They have also teach me what to do in such a situation. And for me it is also strange that they are only taking to CB. I have got to take everybody near me to go to this section, so they all could hear what was happening. Now everybody put the focus on CB, why? 2 people are fitting, both are wrong. They have also teach me that sometimes as a women just shut up and start the conversation on another moment so that the problem will not grown. And last but not least this article was the best that I have read and heard up till now. I’m not going into the fact of Women of the year, because I’m asking myself what is that, you must have done something very special to deserve that and for me this title belongs to somebody else. But let us just keep this like that. This article was good and right to the point. I think you have to take this also to all newspapers. And for everyone, I hope that you don’t ever make a mistake in your life God Bless you

  • Mariah

    Thank You I completely 100% agree with you!! And This article is not Hatin, its just catching rihanna in her lies!!

  • http://www.emergepeoria.blogspot.com EmergePeoria

    THANK YOU!

    This article is 100% accurate – I could not have said it better myself.

  • mofo

    whether u guys like it or not rihana is a big liar.i think her names are BIG LIAR RIHANA FENTY:SHE WILL SON FAINT EVEN WITH HER SUICIDAL ALBUM AND NO VOICE SINGER;WITH HER JAY Z VAGINA:I HAVE SO MUCH MERCY FOR BEYONCE:SHE HAS ONLY GOT THE RING ON THE FINGER

  • Truth.be.told

    I hate commenting twice, but some people just don’t get it.
    Fact: Rihanna stated in the interview that she witnessed her parents, more so, her father beating on her mother when she was younger and deemed that she would NEVER be that person or be put in that situation.
    Fact: Rihanna stated that she would start beating on her dads leg so he would stop.
    Fact: Rihanna admitted to smashing her brother upside the head with a glass bottle in a Blender magazine interview.
    So she’s witnessed or took part in violence 3 times that we know of.
    I guess my quesion is: If Chris Brown’s family history makes this isolated incident a cycle for him, why isn’t it a cycle for her? Better yet, why haven’t her people instructed her to seek help instead of parading up and down NYC in skimpy clothing?
    I’ll stick to my theory and say it was a mutual fight. Unfortunately Chris took it to an extreme. Do I sympathize with her? To a certain extent, yes. Do I think she’s the only victim in the situation? No. And if she isn’t receiving the proper help or the proper guidance, this incident will happen again and again. I can’t blame Chris for being human and if what many of the industry people are saying and that is, she went upside his head many times, then sorry Rih, you placed yourself in that predictament.

    And please don’t bring the race card into this because everyone knows that if this was JT and Rihanna, everyone would accept the fact that she played her part in the situation too. More than likely, JT would be labeled the victim and her career would cease.

  • Lyn

    I think that many of you, who have commented on this article, judging Rhianna, may have closed issues within yourself. Nothing that happened in February, between these two individuals, was ok or right. However, one lost control regardless. Another thing, people have their own ways with how they want to cope with a tragic event.

    Like I said in my previous post, we were not there. We don’t know what was going on in their lives. How do we know Rhianna is lying? Any of you here a human polygraph? Wow….any of you have kids? Daughters? Have any of you been in an abusive relationship?

    Maybe you will feel different if your daughter was in a similar incident, or if you were. Many of the posts on this site show anger and hatred for some reason.

  • http://chrisbrownbrazuca.blogspot.com Brown

    You know what.. i’m a chris brown fan..but i thihnk tha RiRI dont be wrong.. cuz she was the victm and her CD debut this month..so is jus business.. i know that CB its gonna and be going have a good year.. without Rihanna and his CD gonna Rock ;]

    By the way,very good post ;]..

  • Above the Influence

    I actually agree with this article.

    Note: Chris Brown did the MTV interview before Rihanna did the 20/20 interview.

    I don’t understand how Rihanna is Woman of the Year.For what? I do thank her for speaking on how domestic violence isn’t right,but did she actually do anything? No.Her words won’t always change the lives of those suffering who went through it more than once.So what is she the Woman of the Year for,wearing see through outfits,attending clubs and fashion events?

    I’m not going to say what she said wasn’t true because do I know that? No.

    Plus, she has an album dropping in 2 weeks and she decided to do this interview right before.She’s on the cover of a magazine and what not.

    People are now saying that Chris is this monster who constantly beats on women.He’s actually owning up to his actions and responsibilites.You guys forgot all about Bobby Brown…

  • Above the Influence

    @Lyn:

    I understand and I feel what you are saying.However,some of us have not been in the situation, so we most likely wouldn’t know how we would react to this post or the incident until it actually happened to us.

  • Deedee

    Regardless of the motives behind either of them doing interviews the following facts remain:

    1. Chris Brown physically assualted Rihanna.
    2. Chris Brown plead guilty to assaulting Rihanna.
    3. Chris Brown willingly accepted a guilty plea deal.
    4. The detailed police report of how Chris Brown assault Rihanna is public record.
    5. There is a photo showing Rihanna’s beaten face.
    6. Judge Schnegg sentenced Chris Brown to community service, domestic violence counseling for a year and 5 years probation because of his actions.

    Like it or not, Glamour magazine decided to award Rihanna, just like some of us are happy or unhappy when a candidate is elected president. We’re all entitled to our opinions and need to move on. Maybe in the future boys will consider what they stand to lose before they decide to abuse women.

  • Violet

    @LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE: How about you shut up, we don’t know what happened in that fucking car with RiRi and Chris! So who is to judge either one of them? It’s not the fact that people don’t think what Chris did wasn’t wrong because it definitely, definitely was! But the only thing I’m not buying whatsoever is that she didn’t hit him that night. I bet my life that is a total LIE! And even if the black community were mainly the only ones opposing Rihanna they still know it was a wrong thing to do, but it is called forgiveness and people can change if they are supported in the right way. And I’m pretty sure that Chris has learned a very big lesson… I doubt he would want to face bullshit like this ever again!

  • Vision

    @LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE:
    First of all, you racist ignoramus, the black community is not ok with domestic violence. We are, however, perfectly fine with self-defense and any woman who can bash her little brother in the head with a glass bottle because of something he said and admit it in an interview has serious anger issues.

    Secondly, in the police report, she admitted to hitting him twice in his face before he touched her so she lied on her interview. She’s not a woman, she’s a child for that. Your friend did not hit the man, did she? No, but Rihanna did. Did the retaliation need to be to that point? No, but regardless self-defense is a right for everybody no matter who the opponent is or the sex.

    Third, this is promotional because her album is coming out on the 23 of November and she is just now doing an interview? That’s not a coincidence, use that pitiful thing you call a brain. She does not give a damn about domestic violence victims, just about her money. Chris did several interviews before it was announced when his album would even come out, which proves who actually cares beyond their career.

    Do not type in all caps, it is an eyesore and proves ignorance.

  • STACEY

    I COMPLETELY AGREE I CUDNT HAVE SAID IT BETTR! THANX 4 POSIN ,GREAT ARTICLE!(and ur a really persuasive writer! lol)

  • Vision

    @Danielle Williams:
    No, this is not about his appearance and you cannot prove that everybody who does not support Rihanna supports Chris because he is attractive. This is about right and wrong, if you hit somebody when you could talk out a situation, you deserve to get hit back with just as much force. If she hit him first, especially with her stiletto heels while he was driving, then she got hit back. It shouldn’t have escalated as far as it did, but regardless its self-defense in that case if that did happen. Don’t assume, it makes you look ignorant.

  • Above the Influence

    @Vision:

    I completely agree.The one point I don’t agree with is when you said that she deosn’t give a damn about domestiv violence victims.You can’t exactly prove that and plus,she has been in their shoes,but only once.

  • http://http.//gossiponthis.com Haitia

    I dont see anything wrong with Rihanna speaking out, she had to get it off her chest. Now she looks like a more relax person, smiling etc. which it seems she could not do before. I do not feel that Rihanna threw Chris under the bus, because she di not say everything. What about the woman who sent the text?

  • Barbie

    I must start by saying, this sight needs to terminate this contributor. If you are going to post a story, the least you could have done was research the facts in this case. In Rihanna 20/20 interview she stated that “THEY WERE BOTH EQUALLY DANGEROUS IN THE RELATIONSHIP” therefore anything CB employees have to say would be things that accured before the incident. In the police report (check TMZ) it stated that when CB had her in a head lock,(If you don’t know what a headlock is look it up) she tried to get him to release her by pulling on his hand and tried to poke him in the eye, that was when he bit her.

    The glamour woman of the year were give for a number reason, her work with her foundation that helped Jasmina to receive a bone marrow doner, her fashion, her selling over 12 million albums etc.
    GET YOUR FACTS – VIOLENCE IS UNACCEPTABLE UNDER ANY LEVEL. YOU SAY YOU DON’T CODONE VIOLENCE, SPREADING LIES ON PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO US AS A PEOPLE IS ALSO A FORM OF VIOLENCE. HOW DO YOU THINK JASMINA WOULD FEEL IF SHE READ YOUR ARTICLE, I THINK SHE WOULD FEEL THAT YOU ARE SAYING HER LIFE IS NOT IMPORTANT THAT SOME CARING PERSON HELPED SAVE IT.

  • Jakiblue

    @LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE- You say the Black community is okay with Domestic Violence, well… I guess it’s the same with the white community saying it’s okay to father several children with your daughter why you keep her hidden in the basement and the mother claim not to know this, it’s okay in the white community to snatch little white girls off the bus stop and father babies with them, it’s okay to get pissed off with your father,mother and siblings and kill everyone because they wouldn’t give you drug money, should I go on wiith what is okay for the white community…. Abuse is wrong and it has no color or gender. Chris Brown yes accepted his punishment. But, I have one question for everyone, why haven’t we seen his mug shot, are they hidding something, I mean the fight started in the car and he was driving, I don’t know about anyone else but if a man is hitting me and driving with one hand well… I’m going to get me a hit or two before he stops the car and may even get my arm or finger biiten because I will be hitting too. Hey just saying, it’s something to think about!

  • Barbie

    Rihanna is a victim, you should remember that. The case was before courts, therefore, neither Rihanna Nor CB could have spoken out about it until it ended. When did the case end. Victims need time to heal. It doesn’t mean that Rihanna has fully healed from this experience as yet because she says the episode play back in her mind when ever she look at the photo from TMZ or when the incident is mentioned. The Domestic Abuse hotline and help line are recieving increased calls since her interview. Instead of trying to focus on the negative focus on the positive. What have you done to try to help someone less fortunate? Both CB and Rihanna are trying. You should focus your energy on tying to do that as well.

  • Deedee

    @BARBIE, thanks for your posts. I agree with you.

  • Pissed off

    @juhjs: As the agressor in this situartion, Chris had to speak out first because he is the one who owed his fans the explanation. But Rihanna admitted in the interview that he had never hit her before. Now you do the math, who just comes out one day and wilds out on someone that they love. Her own father said that Chris was nothing but a gentleman to her. And as for his friends, all of them have been on stage and close quarters with both of these people, of course they know what both of them are like. I don’t see any of her people coming out and saying anything different about him. Go back and listen to the interview again and have an open mind along with an open ear. And see don’t you get a better picture of what happened.

  • Pissed off

    @Deedee: Ever wonder why his mug shot has not appeared on the smoking gun or why his statement was never released and why TMZ was not around when all this was going on? They are so good an stalking their prey yet not one picture of the fight or Rihanna at the hospital. As for your list, I truely believe that he did all that because he 1. wanted to accept responsibility for losing his temper and beating her. 2. He pled quilty because he didn’t want to drag her through the process again. 3. And the judge did this to make an example out of him because so many other celebrities have gotten off easy.
    As for her being woman of the year: Really, Really. There are so many countless number of people who could have filled that bill. Trust, she go paid for that honor. Yall keep running around talking about she was victim. With her money and her fame, there was no reason for her to stay with someone who was beating her. No Reason, No Excuse. She isn’t a regular citizen who could say they had nowhere to go, but she did. No restraining orders, no other police reports. I just do buy it. PERIOD!

  • bri

    Oh Wow. I am a HUGE Chris Brown fan, and I still accept what he did was totally wrong. Seriously, stop making excuses for him and trying to put the blame on Rihanna. She was beat up by her boyfriend, a superior force, I kind of think she has the right to talk about it if she wants to! Especially since it is a well-known issue in this world, and she wants to help young girls in the same situation. No one cares if you think she provoked the situation, and Chris would never do that if she didn’t. You weren’t in the car that night! And most of you never even met Chris Brown, so stop acting like you know him. And so what she talked about it 2 weeks before her album comes out. She has to talk about it when she’s ready! Of course Chris Brown is going to talk about it earlier, he wasn’t the one who got beat up! This article makes me absolutely sick because it proves that some people are just so obsessed, they don’t even realize what is right and wrong. Mind your business, you weren’t there, don’t comment on “what you think” happened.

  • Deedee

    @ PISSED OFF, it doesn’t matter what either of their friends believe. The proof is in the picture, not the interviews or the magazines. Who “wilds out” on someone? Chris Brown did, and to make sure he doesn’t do it again he is going to court ordered domestic violence counseling that he agreed to in which he himself says is helping. He also said on Larry King he thinks his violent behavior was a result of his mother’s abusive past. He’s not a saint and that’s okay, but we don’t have to drag the victim through the mud cause she does one interview discussing the details of an ordeal that he confirmed by pleading guilty and that none of us witnessed.

  • Natasha

    Finally someone sees what I saw from the jump !!!!!!!! She should be a shame. Im with Chris he’s being respectful and learning his lesson !!!!!!!!!!!

  • cb fann :)

    WOW i 100% agree this is exactly what i thinkkk. your great!! best article ive read

  • nastajia

    interesting, semi related video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w354uDMsf_c

  • msheartless

    i dnt c y she cnt be lyke chris was in his interview…..
    he nver spoke of what hppened that night……
    she is doing publicity for her new album…….
    thats good and everyhing but nt at the expence of others feelings……

  • audicool

    @LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE:
    You are such a damn racist just shut up and stop talking cause apparently thats all you do.
    Im white but still think that wat u r saying is over the line keep this type of stuff to ur self

  • M. DAVIS

    @LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE: You are a caucasion woman speaking on a subject you know nothing about. Black women are some of the proudest women on this planet and we don’t take a lot of stuff off of our men. However, we don’t jump to conclusions all the time either. All women know how to push their men buttons – just like the majority of men know how to push their ladies buttons, especially if they are close. We are not saying that Chris Brown is not at fault for beating Rhianna – because a man should never beat up on a woman regardless of the circumstances. What we are saying is that more than words were slung that night by Rhianna – as a matter of fact it would not suprise me if she was not only mentally abusining Chris – but also physically abusive as well. I respect Chris for trying to correct what he knows is a problem and for not bad mouthing Rhianna no matter what. All I am saying is why is it she cannot do the same. Just as he needs help so does she. Do I believe every word she says. NO! Do I believe she was beaten – yes – the evidence proves it. Do I believe she deserved it – NO! Do I believe she could have prevented it – YES. And that is the end of my story.

  • Dani

    This is the first time I have ever felt compelled to comment on an article, but I am so disgusted by this whole situation. It is obvious that you do not like Rihanna and will see anything that she does in a negative light. It is even sicker that you basically try to excuse Chris’ behavior, by making up a scenario in your head to excuse Chris brutally beating his girlfriend. I have to say it is very disappointing that I see many in the urban community reacting to this very common problem by blaming the victim. It is shameful. None of us know what happened in that car, but let’s state some FACTS instead of imagining possibilities to justify Chris’ behavior.
    1. You cannot “provoke” someone to do what Chris did. Like Rihanna said, even if she did hit him, nothing would excuse what he did to her. He has a problem. Chris did not have one scratch except for his bruised knuckles from beating her face in. We all saw what a mangled mess Chris did to her face. CHRIS IS RESPONSIBLE. For the most part, men are much stronger than women, which is why, even if a woman slapped her man he will always be found guilty for her injuries because IT IS NOT SELF DEFENSE. If a child (a weaker individual) came and slapped me, I would not proceed to beat their face in. This is so ridiculous. Now if Chris had some injuries as well, I would see your point, but he didn’t and you better believe if he did, his lawyer would have worked that self defense angle in a heartbeat. Rihanna didn’t do shit to that boy and in most DV cases that is how it is. It’s not about the fight, it is about power and Rihanna had the nerve to question him about his cheating.
    2. Chris pled guilty to domestic violence. He didn’t make any excuses, so why are you making excuses for him.
    3. Rihanna said she didn’t hit him and it was a verbal argument. Chris has not said otherwise because he knows he will be laughed at by people with sense if he came out and said, “yeah my gf slapped me so I beat her up”.
    4. Most DV cases, the first instance of violence comes out of the blue just like Chris and Rihanna. I advise you to do our research before you spew this nonsense.
    5. She could not do her promo until she talked about the situation. Period. Rihanna didn’t mention her album once in the interview and yet Chris had had about 5 songs out since it happened and been on about 5 interviews. If anything, Chris is using this situation for promo.

  • Barbie

    All you so fans can stop spurting hate, because that is not what CB is about. He admited to the crime and is trying to make himself a better person. I think he should get rid of all the negative influences around him (eg those tweeters). If drug addict goes to rehab and returns to hang with the same drug addict friends his recovery wont last for long.

    WE SHOULD HAVE A PETITION FOR CB TO EMPLOY POSITIVE THING PEOPLE AROUND HIM.

    Some of those tweeters sounds to me like they were jealous of CB relationship. Why? maybe he wasn’t hanging with them as often as he used before he fell in love.

    I have friends who tell me when I am wrong and I appreciate them. He admitted that he was wrong yet still the people around him are still in denial. U are not helping CB. This goes for those dancers etc.

  • http://3624sealy PeaceLover

    Wow Kenni..just Wow. You seem like a very intelligent human being, and this is really the best article I’ve read in a long time. I agree with you 100%. I used to have tons a sympathy for this girl, but as time went by, I really started to see what kind a person she really is, and that interview just turned my assumption into a fact. If you have to throw Chris under the bus to put yourself in a better light, then your know better than he is. With that being said, I wish her the best of luck, because she is going to need it. And as for Chris, he has been really trying to prove he wants to change, so enough is enough. I support him, and will continue to do so until the end of time…..

  • http://3624sealy PeaceLover

    @Dani: Sweetheart, you say its obvious that Kenni doesn’t like Rihanna, and would do anything to put her in a negative light, you’re doing the same thing to Chris. None of us know THE TRUTH. All we know is what the media feeds us(98% of that being lies)Thats one of the problems people have today. If we treat people equally, instead of putting people in categories when the worst happens, then maybe the situation wouldn’t have turned into a media frenzy. Chris wasn’t the only one at fault, they both were wrong. They hit each other. Stop blaming him, and blame THEM. Keep your hands to yourself, then you won’t get hit. Period.

  • zigg

    OKEEY SERIOUSLY PEOPLE!
    STOP TALKING BLACK COMMUNITY WHITE COMMUNITY BULLSHIT! YALL ARE PUTTING ALL WHITE OR BLACK PEOPLE IN THE SAME CATEGORY WHICH IS WRONG.
    ALL OF YALL WHO ARE DEFENDING CHRIS ARE PROBABLY YOUNG GIRLS WHO HAS A CRUSH ON HIM AND HOPE THAT THEY ONE DAY WILL CATER TO HIM.
    ALL OF YALL WHO ARE SAYING THAT THIS IS ALL RIHANNAS FAULT, DON’T EVER GET KIDS BECAUSE YOU WONT BE ABLE DO RAISE THEM IN A GOOD WAY UNLESS YOU YOURSELF KNOW WHATS WRONG AND WHATS RIGHT. WHATAFUCK, A MAN IS PHYSICALY STRONGER THAN A WOMAN AND EVEN IF RIHANNA WOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING IRRITATING TO CHRIS WHOS TO SAY THAT SHE DESERVES TO END UP LIKE SHE DID

    AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST PEOPLE, IVE SAID IT BEFORE AND ALL SAY IT AGAIN, COMMON DONT SINK SOOO GOTDAMN LOW THAT YOU START DEFENDING WHATS WRONG. ITS ONE THING TO SUPPORT AND ANOTHER THING TO DEFENT OKAY!
    LOVE EACHOTHER, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU SAY AND LET WRONG BE WRONG AND RIGHT BE RIGHT,

  • http://gossiponthis.com Kenni

    @PeaceLover: Thank you lol. As I stated in the interview, I don’t consider myself “fans” of either but I like their some of their music. So I would think that constitutes to me liking both of them even if I don’t consider myself a “fan”. I think both artists have made good and bad music. I hate Rihanna’s voice but love some of her hits. I think Chris’ voice sounds whiny at times but that doesn’t stop me from listening to “Crawl”. So I definitely don’t NOT like Rihanna.

    And yes, can we stop the whole black/white thing? That has nothing to do with my thoughts on this nor will it ever!

  • Homegyrl

    Seriously? Chris took the high road and decided NOT to discuss what happened in the car that night. Up until her new album, Rhianna chose to not even talk about it. NOW all of a sudden she’s ready for an interview with Diane Sawyer? For those of you that say it’s not about her album, why didn’t she do the interview when CB did Larry King? or before? Because she has an album out. Now she’s a victim. As I said once it happened, what they do is their business. We are all flies on the wall speculating about their lives. Rhianna provoked him. I was a 20 year old woman with a man that got a a txt from another girl, I know how it goes. She’s fulla crap and she’s gonna be exposed for it. Too bad we didn’t get to see CB’s face that night. She probly hit him with a bottle too.

  • Frankie Shane

    thankyou for telling the truth! alot of ppl keep holding on to the names involved insted of looking at the situation for what it is. 20yr old girl who has been dating 19yr old boy for 2 years finds text in his phone from his ex! He lies about it , she knows he’s lying cause she saw it and wont drop it. NOW YOU KNOW…Im 22 with a 20 year old boyfriend im going ham if i see anything in his phone and we have been dating a year (I wouldnt even look in his phone!)..at that age love will makes you act a fool. Ive known girls to brake windows , bleach clothing, show up to a mans job rasing hell , Ive heard it all so ppl really need to stop living in a dream world . This is what kids do period..im not that far away in age from rihanna and ive also dated someone in the entertainment industry. It all good on the outside but inside as a female you are worried and you arent confident because women are throwing themselves at your man. All you have to go on is what your man says and she caught him lying . Rihanna is full of it !!!! She got in his face ..mushed him slapped him… something! She is lying!… There is no way she wasnt angry. It a natural reaction.. I got some friends from the islands who would say the same thing.. Island girls act a fool anyway! I was mad at the interview because she could have taken some of the blame.. what does I wouldnt let it go mean??? duhhhh.. Chris was wrong but hey he’s taking the high road and i respect him and I would date him! I wont be supporting rihanna at all..

  • TINA

    @LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE:

    RHIANNA WAS NOT IN A COMA, THAT LYING SKANK WAS JUST FINE..

  • Stephanie

    I’m happy that finally someone sees that her whole story is some bull… I don’t agree with what Chris Brown did, but I support him 100% because he’s human and he makes mistakes. The media made this thing out of control, so all they need to do is squash it.

  • Tigger10

    @LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE: It’s obvious your a racist because how in the world can u say most of the posters are black. No one ever said what Chris Brown did was right. He admitted his guilt unlike Rihanna. And for your information, whites commit more violent crimes than blacks do. How many black serial killers, rapists, disgruntled employees kills innocent victims for their own selfish reasons?. Admit your a racist & stop using blacks as your reason for why most people are agreeing with Chris Brown. Stay away from Lindsay Lohans crack pipe with your ignorant racist comments.

  • Tigger10

    This story says everything I feel is true from day one. i’m a victim of horrible domestic violennce by my ex-husband resulting in broken bones, loose teeth & injuries while pregnant & in no no way shape or form feel DV is ok. But if anyone looks at the real picture instead of trashing Chris Brown maybe they can come to the same conclusion that most people came too. Their are 3 sides to a story & so far we have only heard Rihanna’s which I think is bullshit. Who accuses their man of cheating & won’t let it go & doesn’t provoke or hit the other person? So I am a CB fan & he admitted his mistakes which is something my abuser never did at the age of 39 & given the chance would do it again. So kudos to CB for standing up. For Rihanna, hope she makes lots of record sales.Karma is a bitch & what goes around comes around.

  • BEYONCE88

    SORRY BUT I’M NOT AGREE WITH U I’M FRENCH GIRL AND RIHANNA IS MORE FAMOUS THAN CHRIS BROWN ON THE WORLD!!!!
    WHEN CHRIS BROWN WAS DATING WITH RIHANNA,HE IS MORE POPULAR !!! RIHANNA IS A BIGGEST STAR ON THE WORLD NOT CHRIS BROWN !!! IN EUROPE AND ASIA RIHANNA IS SO SO FAMOUS BUT NIT HIM !!! HER MUSIC IS REALLY FAMOUS ON THE WORLD NOT CHRIS BROWN !! SORRY BUT HE HAVE 2 GOOD SONG “FOREVER” AND “WITH U” OR “RUN IT” BUT JUST THIS WOW HE SOLD JUST 4 MILLIONS ALBUM ON THE WORLD HAHHAA SO SHIT UP!!!!
    RIHANNA PLEAZZZZZZZZ 15 MILLIONS ALBUMS ON THE WORLD AND ALL SONGS OF HER IS VERY FAMOUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO YOUR BREEZY STAY WITH HER MOTHER IN VIRGINIA OK!!!!! MAYBE HE IS FAMOUS IN USA OK BUT NOT ON THE WORLD AND NEW ALBUM OF RIHANNA WILL BE SOLD BETTER THAN GRAFITTI !!!!! I THINK HE IS NOT MATURE WHY RIHANNA LOVE HIM BEFORE OMG !! I FOUNF IT’S MORE A LITTLE BRO THAN HER BOY FRIENDS HAHAHA SO HATERSS SHUT UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://TaylerMade4U.blogspot.com Tima1

    @Tigger10: Thank you for sharing ur story. I too was a victim of DV & know Rihanna’s leaving a lot out & exaggerating a lot also. Her story about her only thinking when is it gonna be over may be true since she probably felt she was gonna be the only one throwing punches, so it wouldn’t take that long. Yes, this interview failed to cover the fact that she had bruised knuckles & when asked how she sustained them, she told the police she was defending herself. She told Diane she did not hit him at all . I wonder why since most people would have done that. Rather than calling 911 or HER BODYGUARD, she called her assistant? WTH FOR? Was she so traumatized she forgot 9-1-1? Im sure she has her security on speed dial also. Then there’s the biggest puzzle to this whole incident i.e why wasn’t assault charges pressed against Chris when he was arrested? We saw the picture of her but what NO ONE has seen is a picture of him. Its obvious he had some pretty intense wounds also, or yes, he would have been charged with assault immediately…Where Im fm, the police dont discriminate. They wil charge a female as they do a male depending on who initiated the altercation of who’s injured. THERE IS NO LAW THAT SAYS ITS ILLEGAL FOR A MAN TO HIT A WOMAN IN SELF DEFENSE. Maybe it took the LAPD fm the beginning of Feb to the end of April to charge Chris bcuz they were waiting til his wounds healed. Idk but if she’s such a “role model” for DV victims, the 1st thing she should’ve done is press charges & dont try & have a Order Of Protection, specifically for her benefit, removed. THATS JUST NONSENSE & MAKES HER STORY UNBELIEVABLE…

  • wakeup!

    I am so glad that someone wrote this and article, and I find it so sad that people really don’t care that Rihanna did it for publicity! WTF? This is why I hate the media and the manufactured part of the music industry. They feed you guys bs and y’all accept it. It is a “smart” move to try to get sympathy votes, and that’s a shame that y’all think it’s normal and are willing to accept it.

    Point blank, Rihanna shouldn’t went on the show and tried to act like she was such a victim and tore Chris apart. I don’t even like Chris, when he was big in 06 and 07 I wished that his career would be over, but lately I’ve been supporting him because we all make mistakes, some bigger than others, and I find it funny that rappers can get away with drug and gun charges from fans but Chris loosing it on someone who obviously provoked him, can’t?

    Rihanna didn’t want her business being put out, but when she doesn’t have any recent publicity surrounding her, she needs something to hype up her career again? Rihanna is no way shape or form a good role model for young girls. Her, like many other female musicians’, image is so nasty and inappropriate. I just seen a single cover of her with her ass and coochie hanging out! It’s crazy because people will ignore a female’s dirtiness when it comes to sympathy.

    Her music and lyrics are bubblegum, her image is disgusting, her voice is atrocious… how could anyone be a fan? Glamour just feed into the hype of the “domestic violence” abuse. Oh and for those who still think that she “helped young girls” why is it that she just recent released a statement saying that she was “not going to be a spokesperson for domestic abuse, because that’s not who she is.” WTF???? If you really had an abusive relationship, not just a crazy fight, you would’ve visited shelters for battered women, visited Girls Incs and schools and kept on talking about it! Alicia Keys is a home wrecker, but do you hear her announce, “oh yea, I just wanted to let everyone know about the homeless people in Africa, but I’m not going to donate anything, because I can’t relate, I’m rich????

    BTW, can people stop blaming the support for Chris on blacks??? I was on imagine site (a white magazine) and perezhilton and they said the same things!!!

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  • Tima1

    @Tell The Truth Even If It Hurt: I’m cosigning with you on this. I get so aggravated when a woman (prevalently AA,) have the audacity to say “it’s never ok for a man to hit a woman!” We are living in the 21st century where females are in combat positions in Afghanistan & Iraq & previously the Gulf war. We women fought for our rights to be equal with men. Younger or ignorant women are clueless to this struggle, which we as women triumphed over the injustices & inequalities that even kept us from voting!. This is not to say men have a right to hit us, nor does it say we have a right to hit them. Violence of any kind, esp in domestic situations (which includes; parents, siblings & relatives,) is not acceptable! With Rihanna being so angry & profuse about letting go of her accusations toward Chris about the significance of a text message, clearly signifies she used violence as she became more angry with him not admitting guilt. She just doesn’t feel that what she did was as bad as he did to her because he wasn’t suppose to ever hit her back in the first place. She slipped in her interview when she said “so what if I did slap him, that gives him a right to do this to me?” Hmmm, I was always taught, “what you send out, come back to you…” Now for the younger and/or more naive females that have never seen someone after they’ve been brutally beaten, may I suggest that you visit local shelters & see first hand the results of abusers whose intentions were to cause great physical harm. You may see Rihanna’s injuries weren’t nearly what others have experienced, esp coming from a trained martial artist & boxer. That’s not to lesson them, but to shed additional light on how they may have been more defensive than anything (esp the bites.) People were shocked that this woman of “beauty”, strength & celebrity could ever sustain such injuries. However, at the end of the day, that picture accomplished what it set out to do, destroy another AA man, Chris Brown. It’s intention was never to help Robyn Rihanna Fenty…

  • QUEEN

    I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THIS ARTICLE…RIHANNA WAS PROBABLY BEATING THE DUDE WHILE HE WAS DRIVING…WHAT IF HE HAD OF CRASH AND INJURED OR BETTER YET KILLED THE BOTH OF THEM…THEN WHAT WOULD EVERYONE SAY THEN…PROBABLY WOULD STILL BLAME CHRIS FOR THE WHOLE ORDEAL…THIS GIRL CLEARLY HAS A ANGER AND JEALOUSY PROBLEM…IF SHE FELT HE WAS DIS HONEST THEN SHE COULD HAVE EASILY ASKED HIM TO TAKE HER HOME…NO INSTEAD SHE PUSHED THE ISSUE AND CAUSED THIS MAN TO FLIP AND CAUSE PHYSICAL HARM…!!!

    I APPLAUD HIM FOR BEING THE BIGGER PERSON IN THE SITUATION AND NOT PUT THIS CHICK TRUE BUSINESS ON BLAST WHICH HE CLEARLY COULD HAVE…GOD IS GOING TO BLESS THIS BOY!!! HE IS TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY…RIHANNA I NEVER GOING TO HEAL UNLESS SHE COPE WITH THE TRUTH HERSELF AND ACCEPTS HER FAULTS AS WELL…NO ONE DESERVES TO GET HIT MAN OR WOMAN…
    I HAVE A SON AND I TEACH HIM TO RESPECT WOMAN BUT I WILL ALSO TEACH HIM HOW TO NOT LET A MAN OR A WOMAN STRIKE HIM…I DON’T WANT HIM TO FEEL JUST BECAUSE HE IS A MALE THAT ITS OKAY FOR A WOMAN TO HIT HIM BECAUSE SOCIETY THROWS THE MEN IN JAIL EVERY TIME A WOMAN CRY WOLF…I HOPE NEXT TIME CHRIS CAN LEARN FUTURE WISE THAT WHEN YOU SEE AN AGGRESSION IN A WOMAN MOST LIKELY SHE IS NOT GOOD FOR HIM AND GET OUT OF THE RELATIONSHIP EARLY SO HE WON’T END UP HURTING SOMEONE ELSE OR GETTING HURT…THIS GOES FOR ALL MEN AND WOMAN…WE ALL NEED TO LEARN HOW TO GET OUT OF A RELATIONSHIP OR FRIENDSHIP BEFORE IT ESCALATES!!

    I FEEL BAD FOR HER AND CHRIS…I FEEL BAD FOR HER BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SHE IS STILL LIVING FROM HER PAST…AND I FEEL SORRY FOR HIM BECAUSE I CAN SEE IN HIS EYES HE IS HURT FROM HIS ACTIONS…MEN NOR WOMAN SHOULDN’T HIT ONE ANOTHER BUT WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU START FIGHTS…EVENTUALLY THE OTHER PERSON WILL GET TIRED AND THIS IS THE RESULT AND SADLY FOR SOME IT IS DEATH…MY STATEMENT IS COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ALMOST WAS KILLED…I AM A VICTIM ALSO…BUT I RECOGNIZED MY FAULTS IN MY ACTIONS AS WELL!!! RIHANNA NEED TO DO THE SAME…OR ITS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH EVERYONE SHE DATES!!! 4RM THA QUEEN

  • Kirsten

    Wow! I read this and it brought tears to my eyes. Black women we are our worst enemy. It is truly sad to see that someone can be beaten to point of no recognition and yet she is at fault. Chris had to give interviews he was the batterer he had to make sure his image was not tarnished, if you really felt he was doing interviews to help others I doubt it. The other day I was listening to Steve Harvey and even he was amazed at all the callers telling Rihanna to shut her trap I was so disgusted I had to turn it off. Everyone knows that men are stronger than women, they have estrogen in them when a man turns violent he can kill a woman. Even if it is the case she had hit him before look what was done to her, she could’ve been killed. Yet everyone is attacking her. I guess if she was killed than people would find that he really did something wrong right? Chris could not tell the whole story because again he is the batterer they cannot go into details to cover themselves they say out of respect for the other person. What was done to her is done in black community every day and these girls walk around with their head down because they feel did must have done something to be beaten to that point and this is the main reason why. We still have that nigger mentality that we have no respect for ourselves and our women until we can think outside the box it will never change. EVERYONE GO OUT AND BUY CHRIS BROWN MUSIC BECAUSE HE SAID HE WAS SORRY ALTHOUGH THAT WAS NOT HIS FIRST LAYING HANDS ON RIHANNA. SHE HAD TO HAVE DONE SOMETHING FOR HIM TO SNAP AND KILL HER SO IT IS HER FAULT, LETS MAKE IT LOUD AND CLEAR IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY WHERE WOMEN CARE CONSTANTLY BEATEN THAT THEY HAVE NO WORTH. IT IS ONLY BELIEVED THAT IF THE WOMAN IS DEAD THAN THE MAN DID SOMETHING WRONG. IN THE MEAN TIME WOMEN SHOULD NEVER COME FORWARD BECAUSE THERE MUST BE HOLES IN THEIR STORY IT JUST DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE SO SHE HAD TO HAVE DONE SOMETHING. WAKE UP PEOPLE, PLEASE WAKE UP FROM THIS NIGGER ATTITUDE AND RISE TO SUN LIGHT. WITH THIS TYPE OF REACTION ANY YOUNG GIRLS OUT THERE GOING THROUGH THIS WILL KEEP THEIR MOUTH SHUT, BECAUSE IF THEY TOLD THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY THERE MUST BE HOLES IN IT, SHE HAD TO HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO GET HER FACE PUNCHED IN. IT IS A SAD, DAY FOR ALL OF US AND THIS IS HOW WE VIEW OUR WOMEN, AS WHORES AND LIERS. WHEN SOMETHING THAT TRAUMATIC HAPPENS PEOPLE HANDLE IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS, OTHERS DRINK, SOME ACT OUT IT COMES FROM THE ABUSE. ONLY FOR HER SHE IS IN THE SPOT LIGHT BUT BEST BET IF SOMEONE ALMOST KILLED YOU THAT TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE GOES WITH YOU AND IT STAYS WITH YOU AND IT IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO WORK THROUGH IT DOES NOT TAKE 9 MONTHS. IT IS SAME AS A PERSON RAPED, OR CHILD MOLESTED WHO STARTS SELLIING THEIR BODY. I WILL PRAY FOR US BECAUSE THIS IS JUST SAD. WHY MUST SHE BE LYING? IF PEOPLE CAN BELIEVE CHRIS APOLOGY WHY MUST THE VICTIM BE LYING? IS IT BECAUSE SHE IS WORTHLESS? TRULY SAD AS STEVE HARVEY WOULD SAY HIMSELF.

  • QUEEN

    @ KIRSTEN
    HERE WE GO AGAIN WIT THIS BLACK SKIT…THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH COLOR…IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE DEFENDING RACE THEN GO HANG OUT WITH REV. JESSE JACKSON AND OLD ASS REV. AL SHARPTON…THIS IS PEOPLE STATING THEIR OPINIONS…

    THE GIRL CLEARLY SAID WHETHER SHE HIT HIM OR NOT IT SHOULDN’T HAVE ESCALATED TO HIM BEATING HER…THEREFORE THIS IS NOT EVERY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE BECAUSE ALL CASES ARE DIFFERENT…THERE ARE SOME MEN WHO ARE CONTROLLING AND HIT WITH NO MEANING OR REASON…THEN YOU HAVE SOME CASES WHERE THE WOMAN IS THE COMPLETE AGGRESSOR AND ATTACKS A MAN FIRST…YES YOU CAN SAY THE MAN CAN WALK AWAY…BUT REALITY IS WHEN SOME MEN DO WALK AWAY THEY END UP SHOT, STABBED, CAR BUSTED, CLOTHES TORN OR THREATS FROM THE WOMANS FRIENDS OR FAMILY AND IN MOST CASES KILLED…

    YOU CAN’T MAKE ALL CASES THAT INVOLVES BATTERED OR ABUSED WOMEN AS THE SAME BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT…

    I DON’T THINK EVERYONE HATES RIHANNA…BECAUSE SOME WERE SADDENED BY THE SITUATION BEFORE BITS AND PIECES CAME OUT…I THINK PEOPLE ARE AGGRAVATED WITH THE FACT THAT SHE DID NOT EXCEPT PARTIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN HER ACTIONS WITH THE WHOLE SITUATION…SHE DIDN’T SAY WHAT SHE DID TO HIM AT ALL…SHE TOTALLY WENT AROUND THE TRUTH AND JUMP STRAIGHT TO THE ENDING…THAT WAS THE PROBLEM…

    I’M NOT CHEERING NEITHER OF THEM…BECAUSE FOR ONE SHE HAS AN ANGER PROBLEM ( IN HER OWN WORDS) AND HE NEEDS TO LEARN TO NOT LET HIS FRUSTRATIONS GET THE BEST OF HIM…HE HAS LEARNED HIS LESSON AND IS TRYING TO MOVE ON…BUT ON THE OTHER HAND THIS GIRL IS MAKING MUSIC ABOUT SUICIDE…NOW YOU TELL ME WHO NEEDS COUNSELING!!??? SHE NEEDS HELP TO COPE WITH HER AGGRESSION AS WELL OR ITS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN WITH THE NEXT GUY SHE DATES!!! YA DIG 4RM THA QUEEN

  • Alisa

    @LINDSAY LOHANS CRACK PIPE:
    You know I was trying my hardest not to reply to any of your ignorant comments but It’s rediculous how you think RACE (BLACK) people has anything to do with this. You keep your little opinions to yourself if you cant be an adult about it and just give what you think instead of going off subject! Black people are great people we protect our people and we may act up sometimes yes but I guarantee we will be standing at the end. NO it’s not right to hit a woman and honestly GOD knows I don’t believe til this day Chris Brown did all, well any of that to her and it will remain that way until GOD says different. Rihanna is so fake I see it all in her & I’ve been seen it. I hate Chris ever ran into such a THING…I have so much to say. Personally it just seems as a bribe to me a blackmail or just something like “CHRIS I promise I will ruin your carreer if you say anything” & it hurts me to my heart for Chris I LOVE YOU CHRISTOPHER BROWN!!

  • jazz

    omg. i never realized all these things. i just kept thinking that chris was wrong. but its actually rihanna. im not saying wat chris did was right. but what rihanna is isnt right either. shes already getting so much sympathy and what does chris get? “woman beater” “i hate you” … in the interview rihanna says “i love and care for him” so it seems like shes so good and nice. if she really “loves and cares” about chris then why is she not telling the truth and admitting it was somewhat her fault too. i was looking forward to buying her album but now im gonna support chris cuz atleast he told the truth and admitted that he was wrong.

  • KK

    I totally agree with this post

    Rihanna after the incident was out partying clubbing wearing provocative clothing and now all of a sudden she is Woman of the Year!! Striaght after the incident she went back to Chris
    She has never once said that she would help people who have been in her situtation, she has never once said that should would organise a charity or do speeches to create awareness for domestic abuse yet she goes and makes devil music with the likes of Jay Z.

    I am not saying that what Chris did was right and he has a long way to go until people trust let alone start to like him again but there are different ways to handling the situation not doing an interview nearly 9 months after the incident and 2 weeks from when your album is about to launch. Personally i also think rihanna should change the way she presents herself because she doesn’t give herself a good luck when she wears tops with her nipples on show, naked photos.

    I think it should be put behind them and they should concentrate on what they love their music and that is what people should judge them on

  • Kirsten

    @Queen-My question to you is why must Rihanna lie? She told her side of the story and the reason why she came forward. She admitted she did not hit him it was verbal yet she is not believed why? Oh I’m sorry Chris can never do anything like that unless she did something to him right? Now this was not Chris first time laying hands on her, in the police report she clearly states he shoved her before, did you miss that part too or she is lying. My point here is that a woman told her side of the story about what happened to her and everyone points the finger that she is not telling the truth. Why is that? If women tells on their abuser and they are told they are a whore and liers than who is willing to come out to share this this info? What message are we sending to others? What does she need to accept partial for, for arguing with him? You never had an arguement with boyfriend, or family or friends? I guess that means they should kill you huh, how dare you argue with them right? This conversation is not about women who beats on their men. This is about women who are physically abuse by their boyfriend, spouse friends or whatever.

    Have you ever been in a traumatic situation? I hope for your sake you never have to see that day. It mentally strews you. Rihanna writing about suicide or singing about it, that is normal for someone who has been abuse, and writing and singing about it helps to get that out their system. Many reacts differently, many becomes violence, many lose their minds you never can know what to expect when someone has been abuse in that manner. Chris does not have to sing about suicide as someone did not try to kill him. What if she has an anger problem? Should that too be a reason for somone trying to kill her? We all know men are stronger than women physically it is a known fact. So if a child says something bad to their parents should the parent kill the child? Or beat them until they have to seek help? What you are talking about have nothing to do with Rihanna issue, she told her story and the fact is you dont believe her and you felt she provoked him and so she got what she deserve. I would hope your daughter, niece or whom ever would not ever be in that situation and than be told by you that you dont believe her or she did something to deserve it and she needs to admit it. Rihanna can deal with how ever she chose to deal with what happened to her, as it happened to her not Chris. It is all a part of the healing process. I hope you never find yourself in this situation and after telling your story you have everyone telling you that you did something and you’re not innocent. I for one believe her and I have no reason not to. If this happened to Chris and he came out and told his story I would believe him as well, why doubt the victim? Oh because she is a whore. I guess this means that if a woman dress sexy and goes out she deserves to be raped and when she tells her story we would tell her well it is her fault because she dressed sexy she was looking for it, why else would a man do that to her right? Please stop the ignorance!

  • Slayer2

    Yeah I agree the black community seems to think it’s a-ok to beat up on woman, it’s sick and disgusting and exactly why Black Americans are still as low as they are on the totem pole in America, then you turn around and look down on people like Oprah {for being successful} and not talking like a uneducated simpleton and Rihanna who was beaten nearly to the point of death but SOMEHOW it’s her fault. Yeah just a heads up from the Canadian side, you are never going to get a leg up with that misogynistic attitude. You’ve been letting the black american men lead for well over a century now and look where it’s got you, what’d it get you- spousal abuse, what’d it get you -AIDS, what’d it get you- absentee fathers, what’d it get you-bitchwhoresluttramp jokes and rap songs! Please! Time to step back black men and let the black woman take the reins and their rightful place to lead you out of this travesty.

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