Remember how Chris Brown beat up his girlfriend Rihanna? And remember how he kept dodging the blame for it and lashing out at the “haters”? Well, now he’s coming clean. Sort of.
TMZ now has a video of Brown apologizing. Here’s a transcript:
Hi, I’m Chris Brown. Since February, my attorney has advised me not to speak out, even though ever since the incident I wanted to publicly express my deepest regret and accept full responsibility. Although I will do some interviews and answer some questions in the future, I felt it was time that you heard directly from me that I am sorry.
I have tried to live my life in a way which can make those around me proud of me, and until recently, I think I was doing a pretty good job. I wish I had the chance to live those few moments again, but unfortunately I can’t. I cannot go into what happened, and most importantly, I’m not going to sit here and make any excuses. I take great pride in me being able to exercise self-control, and what I did was inexcusable. I am very sad and very ashamed of what I have done. My mother and my spiritual teachers have taught me way better than that.
I have told Rihanna countless times, and I’m telling you today, that I am truly, truly sorry, and that I wasn’t able to handle the situation both differently and better.
I recognize that I have truly been blessed. I’ve been blessed with a wonderful family, wonderful friends, and fans. God has been generous in giving me the ability which has brought me fame and fortune. I have done a lot of soul-searching, and over the past several months, I’ve talked with my minister and my mother. And I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand what happened and why. I have let a lot of people down, and I realize that. And no one is more disappointed in me than I am.
As many of you know, I grew up in a home where there was domestic violence, and I saw firsthand what uncontrolled rage could do. I have sought and am continuing to seek help to ensure that what occurred in February can never happen again. And as I sit here today, I can tell you that I will do everything in my power to make sure that it never happens again. And I promise that.
What I did was unacceptable, 100%. I can only ask and pray that you forgive me. Please. I hope that others learn from my mistakes. I intend to live my life so that I am truly worthy of the term “role model.”
Thank you.
Well, that’s certainly a change from his previous video a couple of months ago:
Yeah, I’m tellin’ you. We not, we not. And I don’t do all this talkin’ on the thing, this just some new stuff I’m doin’, I wanna say what up. ‘Cause I ain’t been out there in a minute. But. New album gonna be comin’ soon. We workin’ on that right now. It’s called Graffiti, got everything on it, know what I’m sayin’? So y’all be ready for that. I’m about to drop a single this summer for y’all, so. We ain’t goin’ nowhere. Everybody that hate us, they just been haters. All my real fans, I love y’all. I ain’t a monster.
Guess the defiant tone and casual disregard for standard English wasn’t working out for him. Maybe the president’s recent speech on personal responsibility hit home?
In any case, here’s one helpful hint, Chris: If you want to claim full responsibility for your actions and beg for forgiveness, it might be better if you didn’t lead off by saying you would have apologized sooner if not for your lawyers. If you want to salvage what’s left of your career, either accept full responsibility or don’t.
Sound good? Okay, now run along, you adorable scamp, you. Just remember, no hitting!
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Isn’t it amazing how much correct grammar PR money can buy. This guy couldn’t speak understandably if his life depended on it. I laughed my head off at “his” released statement.
I am SO glad my kids think this guy is a grade A loser and won’t listen to nor buy his supposed “music”.
Whoa! Yow! look out for all of those apostrophes!
I would love to give my opinion on this delightful young role model for African American boys everywhere, but I have been advised against doing so by my attorney.
i love you chris brown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
His first statement sounds like he ran it through an Internet translation site 10 times before reading it.
I was going to say, “Use your words, Chris”, but then I realized he didn’t have any. But hey! It’s okay, because he borrowed someone else’s. Awww. Extra jellybeans for you at snacktime, Chris!
I think Craig Ferguson said it best in his monologue on a night shortly after this happened: “Doon’t. Het. Wemmen!!!”
“Truly, truly sorry” for exactly what, Chris? What exactly did you tell Rihanna “countless times”?
He’s still hiding behind his attorney and making excuses (i.e., “I grew up in a home where there was domestic violence”). I should download all of his music from Pirate Bay and let it rot on my hard drive, just to be an asshole, but this would take up valuable space that could be used for bullshit porn.
in his new “i’m sowwy” video, you can tell he’s reading off a cue card and his cue card reading skills suck. he’s still a douche and you’re about 5 months late on the whole thing chris. thx anyway though!
So…I’m thinkin’ the new album’s not getting so much buzz. Hence the “apology”.
I read the transcript and thought, “well, a little late but at least he is owning up” and then I watched the video….ugh. Obviously written and video’d at the PR rep’s office. He looks like he is acting (watch his eyebrows go up when he is emphasizing a word)and listening to him you can tell these are not his words, he sounds akward.
I feel a sweet joy in my heart when I am reading this. Looks like Mr. Brown thought he would turn into a greasy piglet and wiggle out of his responsibilities regarding his assault on Rihanna. Now, the pig is stuck with the whole affair weighting on him. How beautiful it is to hear him squeal.
As my grandpa use to say ” A day late and a dollar short”
The funniest part is that his ‘career’ would have been much better if he had admitted it from day one, even if it meant jail time, infact if he had asked for jail time to show he accepted the consequences of his action he could have probably mitigated a lot of the bad PR. We all knew he had done it so the only thing denying it did was make him look like in addition to being abusive jerk, he is also a weasel that thought he could get away with beating the crap out of his girlfriend.
Anyone notice how people trying to speak “street” sound like they have a tumor in the speech center of their brain?
What drm31415 said, absolutely.
If I was the Rector of “Deceiver University” (DU), I would gladly give a “Doctor Emeritus” to Drm31415 for the last post. I can’t agree more.
Stop calling it “the incident,” you douchebag. You’re not accepting responsibility until you outright say “I, Chris Brown, beat my girlfriend who is for some reason still staying with me even though I am a giant, brainless waste of oxygen.”
“I told that bitch countless times…”
**UPDATE**
I was cruising the 110 this past week end and didn’t see any orange suits. Damn my bad luck!
I was ready too. I had a plastic bag full of rotten fruit ready to launch. Maybe this week end! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Awww, Swede. If my nose was a-runnin’ money, I’d blow it all on you.
Hee.
Swede, if you succeed in this endeavor, we deserve pics.