Why does Rihanna keep going back to Chris Brown? That's the classic tainted love question, right? Why doesn't she just leave? It's a valid query, one I've asked about Rihanna (and countless other women) myself. But the bigger question, really, is this: Why did Chris Brown ever beat up Rihanna in the first place?
Well, just as the first logical place to begin analyzing Rihanna is her "Chris Brown is a nice guy and my daughter is fat" dad, the obvious starting point with Chris Brown is his mom, Joyce Hawkins. Not just because he's a boy and she's his mama and we all know that's where men get their "women issues," but because Hawkins clearly thinks her son is the next Messiah. And I'm not talking about the standard-level maternal tendency to underplay flaws and overemphasize accomplishments. I'm talking about -- for example -- the tweet (now deleted) Hawkins posted after The King of Pop passed away:
"MICHAEL JACKSON DIED SO CHRIS BROWN COULD LIVE!!!!!!"
I wasn't aware MJ and Chris Brown had a Voldemort/Harry Potter dynamic going on, but, um, you see my point about the Messiah thing.
Hawkins' entire Twitter account basically alternates between lavishing delusional amounts of praise on her son and defending him from those pesky haters who bristle at the idea of lavishing praise on a guy who has yet to accept any real responsibility for pounding in his girlfriend's face. Look, I'm not saying it's her duty to publicly apologize for her son's behavior, but going out of her way to refer to him as an "angel from God" (repeatedly) whose divine status somehow redeems him of any wrongdoing seems ... like a less-than-wise choice. This is a man with a history of violent behavior (remember when he smashed the glass window at GMA in a post-interview temper tantrum?). The constant excuses for his actions are irresponsible, to say the least. (A habit Hawkins and Rihanna have in common!) But at least now we know why Chris Brown seems to think he's blameless -- as far as the women in his life are concerned, he IS blameless.
Do you think the way Chris Brown's mother raised him has anything to do with his treatment of Rihanna?
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Chris is his own person as well as a grown man...therefore he is responsible for his OWN actions. Granted, there may have been some instances in his life where he was affected by negativity that came with his parents marriage (domestic violence) but that does not excuse him of his actions. My point is that he clearly knew right from wrong. Please don't try to put the blame on his mom.
He watched his mother be abused by his step-father. My thing is, didn't he see how unhappy his mother was? How hurt she was? He has anger issues. He throws temper tantrums (I.e. GMA w/ Robin) and has his Twitter beefs with his fans and other artists. What he needs is anger management, not media attention!
I think the way he was raised has a lot do with his actions. He thinks he walks on water because he is treated like he does and has been treated that way apparently his whole life. His mom needs to get her head out of the clouds and come down to reality... But he is a grown ass adult who needs to start taking blame. He can't point the finger at his mom and say it's because of the way she raised him.. but then again.. he could give her partial credit! Either way, they both have a lot of responsibility to accept for the way he behaves..
Like others have stated, I believe his aggression and anger problems stem from growing up in an environment seeing that kind of behavior. It does not excuse what he did to Rihanna, no. But, we've all made mistakes, we've all done things out of anger, and in the heat of the moment. We're all human, and so is he.
And to your statement "... a guy who has yet to accept any real responsibility", really? And how has he yet to accept any responsibility for his actions? Because he didn't personally apologize to YOU for what he did to RIHANNA? He has apologized to HER, he did apologize to the media and public following the incident, he has remained on provation since the incident, and is still taking the steps to complete all court-ordered community service that was apointed in his case. He is involved in several charities, and gives back millions of dollars to children in need. So, tell me again how he has yet to accept responsibility?
Give the guy a break. HE is the one living with this mistake, one I'm sure he wishes everday he could take back. HE and RIHANNA are past it. Why are we still holding onto it?
Good job, 'mom'-