And now, an extremely disturbing update in music industry news: Chris Brown is reportedly set to perform at next week's Grammy Awards. Guess who else is performing? Rihanna! Isn't that sweet?! Chris and Rihanna will be just like peas and carrots again.
Um ... who are the ad wizards who came up with THAT one? Has everyone forgotten what happened the last time both Chris Brown and Rihanna were supposed to do the Grammys?
I'm pretty sure Rihanna remembers Brown beating her face in. Well, until the part where she blacked out, of course. Which tends to happen when somebody is beating your face in. And trying to choke you.
Good times! Now there's a stroll down memory lane nobody wants to take.
More to the point, there's a second chance Chris Brown doesn't deserve. The five-year probation sentence Brown got for his felony attack isn't even up yet. Convicted felons don't usually get to just show up at work like nothing ever happened. Especially when they're still on probation, come on!
As for Rihanna and all the horrifying gossip about the couple being back on again, well, I'm not even gonna go there. For now I'm just really, really hoping there's no truth to that story.
But the fact that Rihanna is also on the roster that night makes Brown's planned presence onstage even more ridiculously inappropriate. Not to mention disrespectful to Rihanna, and to every other woman involved or watching who's ever been a victim of domestic violence. What's the message here? Ah well, no visible scars ... bygones! Let's post on the red carpet together.
Are they kidding?
I can only pray that the audience at the Grammys will pull a Jay-Z at the VMAs and respond to Chris Brown with cold stares instead of applause.
Do you think Chris Brown should be allowed to perform at the Grammys?
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yes, he should be allowed to perform.
I am not a fan.
Just a believer in forgive and move on (always remember the lesson) at your discrestion (my exception would be sex offenders, serial killers...basically dangerous people who cannot control self).
Yes. I do think he should be allowed to perform. He is a performer and a music artist wether people like it or not. I don't think what happened between him and Rihanna is okay by any means, but banning him from the Grammy's is not going to happen. I'm sure he isn't the first person in the entertainment industry to have controversy like he did. I'm sure there are other people who will be attending/performing at the Grammy's who have had not so pleasant pasts. Also, he and Rihanna seem to have moved on from the incident. I think if they can move on and put it in the past, so should the public.
I don't really get what's the BFD about this. Yeah, so he made a huge mistake a few years ago, so what? And just so you know, yes, convicted felons ARE allowed to return to work when on probation. That's pretty much the point of probation, giving the felon a chance to re-integrate him/herself back into society. If Rihanna doesn't have a problem with this, and she was the victim, after all, then why do you have such a problem with this?
Neither of them are being forced to do this. If Rhianna is uncomfortable with Brown performing, then she can elect to not show. Likewise, if Brown does not wish to perform because Rhianna is there, he has the same option.
The fact that neither of them has a problem with it makes it a bit of a non-issue, eh?
Even the Grammys has turned into a reality show. It's sad that shock value and voyerism are more important than integrity.