Aside from a handful of berserk, illiterate nutbags, nobody has really been defending Chris Brown since he allegedly attacked Rihanna.
That’s probably fair, though. After all, it’s a brave celebrity who’ll choose to say “Hey, I know that I’ve certainly got angry before and allegedly punched a woman in the face before choking her into unconsciousness, right kids?”
Nevertheless, an intrepid handful of people are rushing to Chris Brown’s side – particularly those who rely on Chris Brown for employment. Like Mike B, Chris Brown’s stylist who says that Chris “feels very bad” about what’s happened. So that’s good.
When a celebrity does something particularly boneheaded, there’s usually a pattern of exile, defence by proxy and then gradual re-acceptance.
People were quick to defend Christian Bale after his sweary tantrum, people were even quick to defend Mel Gibson after he told everyone how much he hated the Jews. And when Miley Cyrus pulled that ridiculous slanty-eyed pose? Well, OK, actually nobody tried to defend Miley Cyrus for that. They’re not idiots.
But, by and large, the pattern remains for Chris Brown. After he was arrested for allegedly attacking Rihanna this weekend, Chris Brown has become public enemy number one. You don’t hit women. You just don’t. Not even if the women look a little bit like foetuses and sing annoying songs about protective rain accessories a lot. You just don’t hit women. Unless you’re Sean Connery, obviously. But even then it’s still a bit wrong.
And the backlash against Chris Brown has been as violent as it has been instant. Companies are ditching their ties with Chris Brown, radio stations are banning Chris Brown from their playlists, and we got one particularly amusing PR email yesterday inviting us to a giant Chris Brown CD-shredding party in New York tomorrow.
So Chris Brown must feel like he hasn’t got a friend in the world to leap to his defence at the moment. But he has – Mike B, the man responsible for all the silly clothes that Chris Brown wears. People reports:
“Chris is all right. He’s a good kid. He feels very bad that something like this has happened,” his longtime wardrobe stylist Mike B told PEOPLE.? Another friend echoes that sentiment, telling PEOPLE, “You can tell everybody that Chris really feels bad about the whole situation, about it coming out the way that it happened, the way he went about it, the way she went about it … it’s just a wack situation.”
So there we have it – rather than the monstrous, publicly-vilified woman-beater that he’s being made out to be, Chris Brown is actually a good kid who feels a teensy bit sheepish about possibly choking Rihanna into unconsciousness during an argument about text messages.
And that’s Chris Brown’s stylist talking – a man who, judging by the trousers that he picks for his client – appears to be under the impression that Chris Brown is eight feet tall and morbidly obese. You can’t fault the man’s judgement.
Incidentally, after giving his pro-Chris statement, Mike B didn’t hang up the phone properly and could be heard in the background saying “Was that OK, Mr Brown? No? What did I do wrong? No… no… please! Not the face! NOT MY BEAUTIFUL FACE!” before the line went dead.
No, he didn’t really. That’s a lie.
Or is it?
Yes. It’s a lie.
Or is it?
Yes. It is.
HT says
I absolutely love the photo you of Brown you’ve decided to use.
mary boston says
we do not what happening that day but chris and rihanna. i will not pass judgement on that issue at all. i will still like chris and rihanna song. what if rihanna did inform chris that she have herpes what will you have done if someone inform u.? she claim that she got this from jay z so of course beyonce have it also. so please do not damage this man rep. for something we don’t know what happen
Joke Police says
Yes, Mary, we don’t know what happen. Definitely nothing about herpes.
ray says
yea ur ryte fuk da hell wit it..she shut a bitch..
dee says
what is goin on with chris?!!!!?????!?!?!?
teacher says
Although hitting a woman is wrong, women can’t go around hitting men either. I’ve read on websites like Mediatakeout.com that Rihanna has a temper and likes to hit men too. I’m not a big fan of either artist, but I think judgement should not be passed on Chris until the facts are out. Who’s to say, she may have started the fight because she was angry about the woman who texted him. Maybe that’s why she didn’t want to cooperate with the police.
chuch says
If ur gettin ur facts from mediafakeout or bossip etc, Good gosh u need to be checking elsewhere. They print so much BS always retracting stuff its unreal. Its about as reliable as the National Enquirer or The News of The World
sabrina says
i wanna call out the writer of this article for talikng down about rhianna. her songs are not stupid and you need to learn how to write the english language. especially if you are going to be bashing on someone :) JUST AN FYI!!!
Ashley says
The truth shall come out eventually..if at all. Until than folks need to mind their own business and stop passing judgements just because they are wealthier and in the spotlight more than the normal individual does not mean anything different. People make mistakes and yes hitting a woman is wrong but who’s to say that is how it went down. Provoking someone is wrong as well but I wasn’t there neither were any of you so let’s just take care of our own household.
gracegirl says
The media is trying to make this boy out to be a monster and ruin his life and career in the process. It’s really heartbreaking that people will past judgement on a story and not even know the full facts. Sure, he should have never put his hand on her but we don’t know what part she played in all of this either. It’s possible she could have hitten him. It’s only so much a person can take b4 they snap. I don’t believe chris brown is the abusive type person to just hit a woman for no reason. He had to be extremely driven to do. However, I’m not taking his side either but ppl should really ease up off of them becoz they’re not helping the situation. Chris and Rihanna r very young and have alot to learn. Hopefully, they’ll get on with their lives and learn from da mistakes they’ve made…but for the media to try and ruin this boy’s career and completely debase his character when they don’t even have the full story deeply saddens me.
Julian Mentat says
>> “what if rihanna did inform chris that she have
>> herpes what will you have done if someone inform
>> u.?”
Mary, this is what I would do:
[1] Purchase “Spelling for Dummies” and learn to spell difficult words like y-o-u.
[2] If I graduate from that book, move on to “English Punctuation for Dummies” and study advanced topics such as Capital Letters.
[3] But first I would say to that person:
“Why, you irresponsible and deceitful person, you have done something quite bad. I shall take legal advice and perhaps I shall sue you. Also, please do not expect any further social interactions.”
[4] You will notice, Mary, that nowhere in my list are the phrases “criminal assault”, “strangulation” or “broken nose”.
This is because I chose to exclude them, using an organ called the “brain”.
HT says
@gracegirl – what the fuck does the media have to do with this story other than reporting it? “Famous guy beats famous chick to a pulp”. That’s it. The fucking media isn’t trying to portray Brown as a monster, CHRIS BROWN is portraying Chris Brown as a monster. Seriously. Oh, and assuming you’re female, nice one on the solidarity with your own sex.
HT says
And as for the televisions over ther (mary, Ray, teacher, Ashley), you’re all fucked.
I’m in a foul mood today, can you tell?