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UsherRihanna’s Violent Past Revealed + Chris Brown’s Statement About Her 20/20 Interview
According to our homie BlogXilla, ABC got a whopping 8.1 million people to tune in last Friday night (Nov 6) for that big Rihanna 20/20 interview with Diane Sawyer. He also posted an excerpt from a Complex Magazine interview where Rihanna talked about how she made her mom “pretty upset” when she smashed a glass bottle in her younger brother’s face.
Complex: Did you see 300?
Rihanna: [Deadly serious.] 300 is one of the best movies I have ever seen. The choreography, the fighting, the costumes, the production—phenomenal. I make everybody watch it.Complex: So you didn’t think it was too violent.
Rihanna: Oh, not at all. That was the good part. I’m the oldest child with two brothers. We talk all the time now, but we used to fight—and when I say “fight,” I don’t mean arguments, I mean physically fight.Complex: Who won?
Rihanna: I hit the older one in his face with a glass bottle.Complex: Bokkle dem! Whoa. Remind me not to piss you off.
Rihanna: Yeah, my mom was pretty upset.
We’re just going to leave it at that and let you draw your own conclusions…
Also, Chris Brown released a statement following the 20/20 interview, maintaining his stance on keeping the details of the incident private. Too bad Rihanna didn’t get the memo beforehand.
“While I respect Rihanna’s right to discuss the specific events of February 8th, I maintain my position that all of the details should remain a private matter between us. I do appreciate her support and wish her the best.
“I am extremely sorry for what I did and I accept accountability for my actions. At this point I am taking the proper steps to learn about me and grow from my mistakes. I only hope that others in similar situations can learn from our experience as well.
“Abuse of any kind is always wrong. The rest, I leave it to God.”
Kaitlan
November 11, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Could this article be any more Bias
go listen to a chris brown record and get on with your life
Stephanie
November 11, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Chris Brown sucks, he should be flipping hung, hey I’ve got a few tree in my back yard that would be perfect for him. Pig bastard.
carol
November 11, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Chris,
You did what you did now move on with your life. Quit talking so much it is just getting you deeper trouble
MamaMia
November 11, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Both Rihanna and chris need to be quiet, and have already just gone over the line of saying too much. Chris set himself back from the little progress he’d made with getting back into the public’s good graces, while Rihanna let it be known that she’s kinda into violence. The two statments taken together make one think (if they didn’t before) Rihanna was probably getting her licks in with Chris too. He just happens to be stronger. And Chris is probably mad because he knows it wouldn’t be well received if he was to say that about Rihanna now.
WOWRih
November 11, 2009 at 12:48 PM
I cant believe the comments on here. i know that now the story is overrated and they should stop talking but to really attack chris now at this point is childish and ignorant. what he did was wrong and i do stand by that. abuse no matter who started is wrong. but dont you think he deserves a little respect for the fact that he is always continously apologizing. this girl is defintely going on emphasizing on the abuse she recieved and publicizing it further with a song, now this 20/20 interview and then the magazine interview. Honestly someone who wants to speak out against domestic violence should not be talking about how she used to physically break bottles on her brothers face. and it isnt a secret that people close to both rihanna and chris brown say she is abusive. Her father has denied allegations of abuse and people around the star have claimed she is rude, obnoxious and very physical. Dont just judge from what is printed on the paper. You have to be there to know whats going on. and since no of you do. there is no room for negative comments on chris brown or rihanna. and especially chris brown because he has done his part and respectively kept his silence. apologized and is currently doing his community service probation. to me it really seems there is a bigger attention whore. but like i said we cannot judge. so try to not have negative comments on here.
Danielle Williams
November 11, 2009 at 1:04 PM
Well we all grow and change. When i was younger that’s all i did was fight but now that i am older i don’t fight at all. I say let the past be the past and let them both move on and stop talking about it!
Dani
November 11, 2009 at 1:25 PM
This is a very old interview. She may have hit her brother with a glass bottle, but Chris will always be known as the boy who beat up his girlfriend and left her in the car almost passed out. Hopefully he gets the help he needs, and the public can move on, but the hate against Rihanna needs to stop. It makes me like her even more, you all aren’t doing Chris any favors.
lady t
November 11, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Ok…enough is enough!!! Chris apologized and admitted his wrong doing. If he could go back to that day and that exact moment he would’ve walked away. Rhianna, you just like millions of other women, need to go on with your lives!!! No one is perfect. Stop talking about it! It’s over and done!!! Just learn from your mistakes…talking about smashing a glass in your brother’s face does NOT make you look good at all!!! Makes people kinda wonder what really happened in that car!!! HMMMMM!!!
PeaceLover
November 11, 2009 at 2:27 PM
Everytime I see Chris now, I just start to tear up. All this backlash, and trouble he had to go through, and he’s still standing. I wish him much more success, and I hope he takes advantage of this situation in the right way. Not to promote an album(I’m not calling any names), but to go to different programs, amd organizations, and talk about how wrong domestic violence is, and tell people how they can become better human being. Keep walking with your head up high, and helping other people, and put God first, and you’ll be just fine. XOXO
Love Ya,
PeaceLover*******
ApolloniaBliss
November 11, 2009 at 2:28 PM
I think this situation needs to go away. i feel that whatever happened shouldnt have happened but it did. Rhinna is not this good girl and Chris Brown is still immature. I believe that Rhinna hit Chris Brown first and i believe that caused Chris Brown’s reflexes actually hit her back.
Abuse of any kind is unacceptable but lets put the blame where the blame is due and it is on Rhinna she had ABSOULTLY HAD NO RIGHT PUTTING HER HANDS ON ANYBODY.
i will also put it to you like this if you are bold enough to hit me for whatever reason i believe that you have enter into terrority at your own risk and you should be prepared to suffer the conseqences.
i kid you not if anybody puts their hands on me period you will get a beat down and dont go calling the police because you got your ass whipped.
Nobodys above an ass whipping. i know that she knocked the shit out of Chris Brown when that phone call came through because that is what you did at twenty years old and Jayz old ass should concern himself with Beyonce and stop trying to control Rhinna’s life and get a life of his own. Talking about Chris Brown is a deadman. If jayz kills that is the end of Jayz-everything. all i want to say to jayz is shut the explict up! Run your own life and not someonen elses.
And another thing don’t no woman or man should be hitting one another because if your spouse have to put their hands on you, what are you doing to receive negative responses.
Let me be honest about another thing if i can whip my man’s ass than he is not the soul defender of everything i fear and i need a man that can stand up for me.
Nobody owns anybody, and so what if another girl called him. get over it. Rhinna is obviously very insecure with herself. And after all that she wanted him back. He didnt want her back so not only did she cause domestic abuse she also was dumped too. Any guy that decides to be with Rhinna enter into that shit at your own risk she is not go for a man’s career ask Chris Brown.
i am not a Chris Brown fan nor did i ever like that young man. i always said, when i see him (there is something about this kid i dont like.) Right is right and wrong can be corrected Rhinna get a life. And to all you men out there that want to go there with her becareful of your career. Society shouldnt let her get away with starting a fight. Rhinna, why are you so angry? I know you want him back. it will be hard for you to get a man. To all men beware of Rhinna, she may cost you your career.
Angel
November 11, 2009 at 4:38 PM
@ApolloniaBliss: apparently you didn’t actually hear what really happened on the interview. Whether shes a violent person or not, and a lot of people should say they shoulda stayed quiet when the media was up on this the moment it got out anyway, and you don’t know how many young girls who like and listen to her music are probably gonna see her and make the same mistake. As a role model, of course Rihanna is gonna tell, and don’t say you won’t make the same mistake because many girls might anyway considering on their situation or the person they’re dealing with. It happens alot and if you don’t understand the situation itself [not the 'oh this is just another celebrity fight/feud that they're gonna get their money off of'] don’t hate on it. You people won’t even probably say this out to the real world, some of you, but you guys don’t know what happens out there if you guys think this shouldn’t be reported or they shouldn’t be talking about it in the first place. Personally i think Chris Brown shouldn’t make a public apology concerning the fact that it just makes people feel sorry for him, and makes him able to feel more sorry for himself and could lead it to him taking advantage of that. .
secretgarden
November 11, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Violence is violence, regardless of who started it. For a man to fight a woman, the woman is almost always going to bear the brunt of it since they have less muscle mass and are usually smaller than the male. His apology is too little too late. He truly needs to shut his pie hole. Actions speak louder than words, so let’s see how he goes about life without using violence toward women in the future.
PS-ApolloniaBliss, learn how to spell the young lady’s name.
Elvira
November 11, 2009 at 7:55 PM
@Stephanie: Ms. Stephanie – you cannot be a Black person in America and make that statement about a “tree” and hanging a brotha. If you are Black and make that statement then you are truly an ignorant person. Actually, the fact that he knocked the crap out of her was exactly what she was asking for. Listen to her interview again. She grew up seeing her mother getting beat by her dad and thought this was what’s supposed to happen. It’s true that Chris Brown has to find another way to release his anger – he can do that by staying away from women like Rhianna. His punishment is more than Caucasians receive after killing a Black person. What point does this prove? Wake up.
...Umm...
November 11, 2009 at 8:02 PM
@carol: Seriously? He didn’t say anything. And BTW, He is Just moving on with his life. But when you’re a celebrity, everytime you get in fornt of the media they are gonna stick a mic in your face and ask “So, what’s your take on Rhianna’s interview(s)?” What’s he supposed to say? He already stated he will not speak on it. So whenever somebody asks, he will repeat that. Yet you say he talks too much? Funny how people can be so biased. I don’t care for either one of them as entertainers so I have an objective opinion. People like Chris Brown and Mike Vick will be castigated (shunned) for eternity when others who have committed much worse acts will be embraced with little or no apology.
@Angel: Why should he not publicly apologize? You know that if he didn’t, people would say he didn’t even care about her or what he did to her. He did apologize, he is serving his time that was sentenced, and attending anger management. I would say he did learn from what he did. If neither of them would ever say anything about this ever again, both of their careers would be over. They have to stir this controversy to generate publicity so the public will “see how they bounce back” from all of this. I know before she starting interviewing, I thought I would never see or hear from either one of them again. Lo and Behold, they both have albums coming out and videos to boot. (they both stink too)
JC
November 11, 2009 at 9:59 PM
@secretgarden: I do not agree with you completely why because everyone is forgetting about the incidents involving these two prior to this Feb. 8, 2009 episode and she again struck him first. I do not promote violence against women in any way but I would never recommend that a woman hit a man. What this situation actually perpetuates is women as victims and men as perpertrators. When Rihanna aslo needs to own up to the part that she played in this whole situation. Heaping all of the blame on Chris is unfair and will continue a vicious cycle. That women can do whatever they like and should expect no consequences which is a falsehood. Or turning out to be a fact. I have seen plenty of women antagonize men that have walked away then want to press charges and actually succeed in pressing those charges and as an added bonus securing housing. As a matter of fact DV in NYC is a great way to get an apartment if you do not want to work hard to pay your own rent as a woman and it also helps to get even with a no good baby daddy. Just scream DV get an order of protection and take it to the family shelter and you are good to go. So all of you women out there continue starting your shit and reaping the benefits. It is one thing if your spouse comes home from work and socks you in the eye because he had a bad day at the office. This is definitely abuse and dead wrong. However if you punch your mate in the face and he hits you back thats just a fight and Both of you need to seek counseling. I do not know about your mom or dad but mines told me that if you hit me then I am supposed to hit you back and vise versa. I will never hit a person with expecting reciprocity. For every action there is a reaction.
KAT
November 11, 2009 at 10:59 PM
The public need to stop being casting stones. We are talking about a young couple that apparently fell in love. They both were introduced to violence at very young ages. If the public really stop and listen to both of their interviews. Rihanna told you the truth in so many words. She admitted to being very controlling to a dangerous level. I do not condone violence at all but I do believe men are victims of domestic violence. I have worked in a trauma ER for over twenty years. believe me i have seen and heard it all. This young women have a violent history. I recently read, how she hit her younger brother in the head with a glass bottle. She stated it proudly, as if it was ok. If you think about it this young man have never committed a violent act. Trust me in a few years the truth will come out. Chris Brown it trying to get his van’s back. He can not tell the public that this woman attacked him because he received a text message from another woman. She is just as big as he is. Rihanna is a very violent woman. they both should have been ordered to attend anger management class. She is a very dangerous women the was protect. but Chris Brown have to learn how to deal with dangerous women and walk away. But when your in a confine space and trying to protect your self you don’t think smart. He now have some positive men in his life that are educating him on life. Peoples need to live him alone. WE ALL HAVE MADE MISTAKES!!! Including OPRAH, JAY-Z and all those other peoples that is denying their past.
Linda
November 11, 2009 at 11:53 PM
Once an abuser; always an abuser. Apology? Not even close to appropriate. He is sorry he got caught. It will make it harder to conceal next time he finds another victim. Wake up people…this is a behaviour that has proven to be repetitive. Chris Brown will not break that pattern.
Patience
November 12, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Why are ppl so hell bent on condeming Chris Brown, saying things like “he should be hung”, “once an abuser, always an abuser”, “his alpology too little too late” “he shouldn’t apologize publicly bcause it makes ppl sympathize with him”. This is ridiculous, Chris Brown did not invent violence domestic or otherwise and what makes him so incouragable that change is not an option for him? What else is he supposed to do to move on from his mistake, he has admitted that what he did to her was wrong and wishes he could take it back, he gladly accepts his punishment and speaks openly about the therapy he is receiving and the insights he gaining about the issues that led to his reaction.
Is that not what is needed to break the cycle of abuse? Do we not want the abuser to be rehabilitated so that lives can be saved? I for one have to give Chris Brown credit, he has done what many abusers will never do…admit their wrong. Just my opinion don’t care if you like it or disagree.
Michaela
November 13, 2009 at 10:53 AM
I hope this will help others in the same situation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ujgzwEuIg