You have GOT to be kidding me.
Producer Polow Da Don said Rihanna and Chris Brown completed a duet earlier this week, but released no other details, said his publicist Laura Wright. “My heart goes out to both Chris and Rihanna for what has happened in the past,” he said. “They are both great artists to work with, and I wish them well.”
I hate that they’re going to get away with this. He’s gonna plead out easy on this court case, since Rihanna won’t testify. They’re gonna have these two release a duet about being so in love like he didn’t kick her ass a few weeks ago. And then everyone’s gonna get so wrapped up in this stupid song that they’re going to forget that he kicked her ass a few weeks ago. And then teenagers (and adults!) everywhere are going to be all like, “Well, I guess it’s occasionally okay when a man beats up his girlfriend. Depends on the circumstances, probably.” And then everything’s just going to be hunky dory until he kills her.
Awesome.
I know that this is going to sound very cruel and I will probably get heat for it, but the way that Rihanna’s handling the situation makes me kind of dislike her now along with Chris. She is definitely a victim in this, but she’s getting back with an abuser. What happens when you stay with an abuser? He abuses again. She probably knows that she needs to get away from him, but for whatever reason she’s staying. It’s stupid and she’s just setting herself up for a repeat of the horrible thing that just happened to her.
What if this happens again? Then what’s going to happen?
It WILL happen again and I agree completely with you. I dislike her now as well.
Me too. I feel a little guilty saying this, but she is starting to look really, really pathetic. Way to set a good example, Rihanna.
I been thinking about this and really you can’t say that what happened to Riahanna its all Chris’ fault, because the first time it happened she should walked away but you know what she did, find an excuse to make everything ok, now it went over the edge and every one found out now she is back with him, because she likes this life, she feels that what ever it happened wasn’t wrong.
I’m probably going to take a lot of heat for saying this, but it needs to be said. The African American community is largely helping to minimize this incident, even when they do speak out “against” the beatings. (Ha.)
Even on Oprah, stupid Gayle started her comment by saying “If they want to get back together, I’m ok with that, but…” and then went into the standard, politically correct nonsense about domestic violence. This was immediately following her reading the incident transcripts aloud, including the part about blood spattering. Outrageous. Then Oprah did her lukewarm “he will hit you again” speech but eventually said it was ok for them to get back together as well.
WTF people.
I’m sorry, but had this been a white celebrity couple I feel like so many African American celebrities would have no problem speaking out loud and clear about it, no backpedaling, no lukewarm indictments and no bullshit, period. Let’s go back to the Oprah and Gayle conversation and substitute, hmm, maybe Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee or something along those lines. Let’s imagine Gayle reading a transcript of Tommy Lee bashing Pam’s face in hard enough to cause blood to spatter all over the interior of their vehicle. Now picture Gayle looking up to the cameras and condoning them getting back together. Think so? I think not.
Come on! Enough’s enough. This is such bologna. Not even good veggie bologna. Like bad, really bad gristly nitrate-ridden bologna.
good point, never thought of it that way
BINGO. I said this a while ago and got slammed for it. When a white man beats his GF/Wife he is ostracized but a black man does it and the black community just does a big eye roll and makes excuses for it. Where is the outrage? Do you see any white people defending Drew Peterson?
ps: love your baby seal avi.
You know I wasn’t going to say anything but…
I was starting to wonder if domestic abuse was more accepted in the african american community….I mean I look at people like P.Diddy, and Kanye and some others, not speaking out about it like I thought they should…and I hear comments like ‘what did she do?’ Not to say that there aren’t white people saying stupid crap too…But so many young kids look up to these ‘stars’ …I feel like they didn’t use their voice to really shine light on the awfulness of the situation.
It was an honest thought…
All the racists come out of the woodwork. Waves at Jennifer and looks around at the new other new Klan members.
Oh you’re right DP, in fact I think we’re sitting in a racist way. My font appears racist too. I think I’m breathing in a racist way as well. I’m so filled with shame.
Wow, you’re a racist now when you point out something that you see in the media and in life…..wish I had gotten that memo. So much for open and honest conversation.
Fuck that. Racist, schmacist. If it would have been a white guy hitting a black girl, Al Sharpton would have stage the million man march pt. 2.. Where are all those fucktard activists now??? Where’s Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson or Kanye or Puff? Fuck all of those selfserving (black) activists that only want camera time when the ‘white man’ is keeping them down! What about when black guy beats a (black) girl until she “wakes up in the hospital”? There you go, I said. Bring on the hate mail, bitches
DUDE!!! I read your site for meaningless celebrity fodder. If you are so worried about right and wrong and ethics get a real fucking job and stop being a sleazeball yourself. You cover celebrities taking a shit or getting drunk and saying something stupid for a living! Domestic abuse is not right but get the fuck off your soapbox and do your job which is to post celebrity gossip not put your politics on display. Chris Brown beat her ass. She loves it. She has just as severe mental problems as him and they deserve each other. You think someone is holding a gun to her head when she is alone down in barbados saying you have to get back with him?????? fuck no, she is an idiot and so are you for not shutting the fuck up about month old news. Ill be on later so I hope you show something important to your site like Megan Fox flashing someone leaving the bar.
I disagree that it’s a black vs white thing, instead I think any “normal” person would catch so much shit if it came out in the public but that any celeb would get off easy or be excused because we are conditioned from bloody birth to adore these people and you defend all the actions of someone you adore.
here’s why this is a racist comment – yes, very nicely disguised as merely an “observation” of what’s been happening…
because you are taking the comments of a few black people (actually, your post only references the comment of ONE black person) and reflecting it onto the “black community.” a few others in this same thread have taken the actions of one black person and also reflected that onto the “black community.”
if a white person made a similar comment to gayle’s comment (which i can assure you one of them has, out there, somewhere), NO ONE would be saying that the white community is minimizing the incident. people would be placing the blame on the individual person that made the comment. but in this case, and in so, so many cases in our society that privileges whiteness so much, the comments and/or actions of select black folks are being reflected onto the entire black community. it doesn’t make any damn sense and it is a prime example of the covert racism in this country that us white folks (yes, i’m including myself) are so quick to ignore or justify.
And this is why my Fiance’s sister is ok with her boyfriend beating the shit out of her.
Because Celebs think its ok and normal.
What a fucking world we live in.
Well after reading the others comments that have been posted so far, I guess I feel like I’m not in as big of a minority on this one as I previously thought. Her PR people need to let her know about this. You know, that Roofie on Evil Beet thinks that she needs to leave him.
I think that’s exactly right. Everyone’s going to just end up being like “Oh, no big deal. Look how much they love each other!” Love SHOULDN’T hurt, and this is what happen when women live in a male-dominated society. The action gets excused.
Beet, this is one of the only sites I’ve visited since this incident that has the balls to say that Brown’s behavior is reprehensible, Thank You! I’m disgusted on a daily basis by the nonchalant attitude the media has taken to this story. I simply don’t get the “well, it’s her life, she can go back to him if she likes, and its’s no one’s business” shit either. Women in this situation have lost their ability to reason, they’ve been manipulated and twisted, and truly need someone to help them take a step back to get them out of the situation. But instead, the public is letting it slide, and leaving her in a dangerous relationship to fend for herself. WTF! Where’s the outrage!
Ugh I really hope you’re wrong. I know for sure that I won’t be eating up any of this bullshit. I can’t listen to either of their songs anymore because it makes me physically ill. Rihanna is pissing me off for going back to him almost as much as he’s pissing me off for doing that to her.
AARGH. WHY IS SHE DOING THIS TO HERSELF?
I am completely unsympathetic to her situation, I don’t really care about other people, and I don’t give a damn what people think of me for that. But I do believe in doing the right thing and this case is exactly why I can’t bring myself to care. Because no matter how wrong something looks, no matter how wrong it is- people still have this stupid idea about shifting blame and making excuses where there shouldn’t be any.
Even when the evidence is staggering and the logical route would be to seek JUSTICE, people are sitting around as if it’s not a big deal, as if they think that if they downplay it, it’ll all go away, that it’s not as bad as it is. What’s worse is that society has bred this fucked up idea that it’s okay to constantly forgive people for this kind of shit, to the point where even the victim herself is willing to let it slide.
He freaking battered her, she had to go to hospital for treatment and then hide out so no one would see how badly he fucked up her face, and then she refuses to testify against him so they can lock him up in prison. And now she’s recording a song with him so everything’ll all be fine and dandy? I don’t know what sort of problem she has, but she needs help.
Ugh, I’d like to believe he has some sort of blackmail on her or something, but unfortunately, some women are as stupid as she is.
Whatever, I don’t care, I’ve said it before- if he was beating her before, but not as badly as this, she’s got every blame in this situation as he does and if he ends up eventually killing her… Well, I’ve already said how I feel, haven’t I?
You’d think if a single word was going to flash in her neo-cortex when she saw him it would be ‘Run!’ not ‘Sing!’.
I find it mildly hilarious that everyone seems to be SO against them getting back together. SO against a man beating a woman.
First of all, no university course or Google search will ever give you the down lo on spousal abuse, or abuse in general. Experiencing it is worlds different than reading about it. Therefore I think it is a bit silly for everyone who has no idea what their talking about to make presumptuous statements about what will happen. “Rihanna will continue the cycle of violence” “Once an abuser always an abuser”. The fact is, no one knows what is going on. So you can sit on your moral high horse and criticize them all you want, it won’t change anything.
Second, the outrage over the”message” Rihanna and Chris brown’s case sends to the masses is implying that ‘abuse is alright’ is petty at best. Everyday the news covers stories about hundreds of people being slaughtered in Palestine, yet not even a fraction of the outrage this case brings up is expressed. Does this mean a highly televised abuse story is more important than death of, oh say, thousands of innocent bystanders?
And what ever happened to feminist values? Don’t men and women want to be equals? Then why is it that every time some sort of tragedy befalls a woman, the man involved deserves to be crucified and left rotting in jail. We handicap women all the time, yet we demand equality.
By no means am I supporting Chris Brown’s assault, or Rihanna’s decision to go back to him. I’m just hoping people will figure out the inconsistencies in their own judgment, and what they weigh as evil and wrong. And I’m also hoping people are forming their own beliefs on this matter, not just automatically absorbing the opinions of the writer. Because I think it’s a sad world when people care more about a celebrity love triangle than mass death
First, what sane person isn’t SO against a man beating a woman? Or any person beating any other person, for that matter.
Second, I’m certain that many of the people commenting on the issue have, in fact, experienced or witnessed domestic violence. It’s frighteningly commonplace. But still not necessary to know this was wrong.
Third, WTF does Palestine have to do with this? Though equally disturbing to a concientious person, are we only allowed one issue to fume about?
Fourth, I think you’re a bit confused about feminism. It’s ok, it’s complicated shit.
WORD.
oddbunny pwns ollie.
Shut up
I don’t think the concern over this “message” is as much about the masses as it is America’s youth.
I’m guessing teenagers are significantly more in tune to celebrity culture than Palestinian warfare.
I’m also guessing a majority of these kids are entering their first relationships. Something tells me “your favorite singer beats his girlfriend” hits a lot closer home than “mass death in foreign country”.
I’d also guess a lot of these kids couldn’t find Palestine on a map if their lives depended on it.
they probably couldn’t find Palestine on a map because…it’s not on a map. lol. Well, it’s actually not funny “haha” it is a very sad situation.
But back to Ike & Tina Part Deux: What in the HELL is Rihanna thinking!? Anyone who buys this song is condoning this ri-dic-cu-lous relationship and hence domestic violence. I sick of the comments claiming “she slapped him first” or “she provoked him.” Men are physically stronger than women and no one should ever hit anyone. Rihanna needs serious counseling – girl has PROBLEMSSS.
The reason that the terms “cycle of violence” and “once an abuser, always an abuser” are around in the first place is because someone must have experienced these things at one time or another. I have listened to women speak about their own situations and many of them involve these things. It gets worse and worse and worse. Don’t tell me I’m sitting on my moral “high horse” just because some girl is getting the shit beat out of her by her cheating boyfriend and I think some justice should be served. And if she had beat up Chris Brown, then I think that she should be put in jail too. Also, women abusing men doesn’t get put in the news as much because it isn’t usually PHYSICAL abuse. It is usually mental abuse, and people don’t often report that to the police, do they?
And this isn’t just “ZOMG RIHANNA AND CHRIS BROWN”. This is probably the story of a thousand other men and women all across our country. Just because it isn’t a genocide doesn’t mean it isn’t important.
Who the hell cares what Oprah and Gayle think-
I want to know what Tina Turner’s got to say.
She found the person who can beat her in the name of love.
This is exactly what she want, and that what she gets.
Chris Brown might have been pushed to the edge -and the crazy dude beat the hell out of her.
In her mind. the more it hurts – the more it gets fucking intense, the more it gets personalized and the more she gets into Cris Brown’s mind like a virus that control his every move, his every decision and his joy.
Chris at this point has to bite the bullet. He has no choice. But dude the earlier you exit the better.
Don’t hate me.
Is this a remake of Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown’s duet “No Air”?
LMAO SO WRONG.
Probably too soon for some… but I giggled like a 6th grader at her first dance over that one.
Kudos.
wow* i second that… so wrong.. hilarious but wrong*
as someone who experienced both physical and mentally abusive relationships, it is so hard to leave. it is like they have some jedi mind trick going. it is also especially difficult because the abuser makes sure to isolate you first; so you just keep going back until it gets so bad you either a) run or 2) die. you feel so ashamed for putting yourself in such a situation. you don’t wan to hear the “i told you so’s.” you do everything in your power to try to make it work.
i feel sad for her. not only is she dealing with a delicate and personal situation but the WHOLE WORLD knows about it and is making judgements. i definitely do not support abuse or violence and will not be buying this cd single. what a weak attempt to save their careers. they should be focusing all of that attention on getting help for themselves, because they BOTH need it.
@ Raina: A delicate and personal situation?? Full-blown physical assault is neither one, you dolt. Sorry about whatever you have suffered, but it’s obviously caused some issues upstairs.
This isn’t about the topic, but Beet you recently went vegetarian right?I happened to stumble upon this, it’d be interesting for everyone to see. There’s a lot of writing but even just looking at the pictures gets the point across:
http://www.mercyforanimals.org/VegKit08Web.pdf But gawd I love meat.
Oh, and I recently tried hemp milk by Living Harvest- DELICIOUS!!!!!!! Yummy good!! Original and chocolate are what I tried and chocolate tastes even better than reg. milk. I’d recommend anyone out there to try it. And it helps prevent cows from being never-endingly pregnant and having their teets painfully squeezed every day, so you feel good.
Man, you guys ar so judgmental!!! It is always so easy to say what you would do, when it hasn’t happened, isn’t it? I in no way agree with the beating or her returning to him, but I must say this most possibly the most ignorant website i’ve encountered. Why don’t you take the time to read up abuse and maybe you’d know that hating her is so ignorant!!! How is she saying it’s o.k.?!? She obviously is not thinking clearly like the thousands of women in very race(Nicole Simpson sound familar?), No none i know in the black community, which I am very proud to be part of, has said it is o.k.,. We just know that Rhiana has to make her own decision, and I will judge anybody, black or white or any race in between when it totally has nothing to do with race. I live in a majority hispanic town and I can tell you it happens a lot more here than in the pre-dominantly black community I’m from. So just to let you racist people know check your own backyard before you talk. But one thing I will give the white race is you do know who to pay to keep your business out of the limelight, that is until you get divorced!!
So you call other people racist then go right ahead and show how ignorant and racist you are towards whites? Yeh, ok, that makes sense. And that fact that you refuse to make moral judgements on anyone is exactly why this country is going down the tubes. No one has any sense of right and wrong anymore, no one wants to place judgement out of fear of being called “racist”, “bigoted” or “republican”. Wife beating, pre-teen sex, stealing, cheating, lying ect. must be accepted or someone might think I’m not progressive enough. Get some COURAGE people.
what the fuck? who’s talking about race here?
we’re talking about MEN and WOMEN, not black men and black women! this is about Rihanna’s duty to settle an exemple for thousands of young ladies that look up to her by speaking up and not letting that piece of shit back in her life!
you call everyone else racist, when the only racist here is you!
Ike and Tina Turner were known to duet too and look how that turned out.
Stupid boy. Stupid girl. Stupid all around.
ms. cleo’s prediction:
rihanna’s career is over.
c’all me now for fah-reeee readin.
i hate to break this to you, but women end up dead when they LEAVE the man too.
some women do everything exactly by the book, they leave the man, they change their name, go into hiding, get help from shelters and domestic violence programs and the man still hunts them down and kills them. If you feel so passionately about domestic violence, why don’t you do something productive about it instead of bitch about stupid celebrities and what goes on in their lives behind closed doors..which, bottom line: is none of our business. i am in no way condoning domestic violence, but it is possible to forgive it and it is possible for people with rage and violence issues to get help and stop the cycle. my fiance’s father used to beat his mother and when we first started dating i really didn’t want to like him. the fact is, he’s not a bad person. he made some really stupid choices, had some serious issues with anger and rage and didn’t deal with it the right way. he is a very kind and loving grandfather now and you know what? i love him.
Boycott the fucking thing.
I’m horrified she’s so blind (or she will be when he pokes her eye out the next time she ‘provokes’ him)
it’s going to be a HUGE HIT
yep
a HUGE HIT for sure
My prediction: Rihanna’s career is over. Idiot kids will continue to buy Chris’s crap though and will use the OJ Simpson/-he-wasn’t-convicted-of-anything-therefore-it-never-happened excuse to justify it. Young girls will now think it’s normal to get your ass beat by your bf.
Am I the only one that’s sick of this story? As soon as I heard she went back to him I lost any shred of sympathy I felt for her. I don’t care if it is something battered women do. She has a responsibility to her fans and the message she’s giving them is that it’s ok for a guy to beat on you. So, fuck both of them. They’re both idiots. Do I blame her for the incident? Of course not. She’s simply a fucking idiot after the fact.
I agree. I’m over this story now. As far as I’m concerned, there IS no story. She went back.
It’s her life, she can do whatever the hell she pleases, including stay with her man who occasionally knocks her around. If that’s okay with her, it’s okay with me.
I’m not going to feel bad for her if/when it happens again because she knew what she signed up for.
I hope he changes. I just don’t know if I believe it’s possible.
Good luck to them with their damn song.
I really don’t know what to make of this. I’m not sure little kids are actually eating this up as much as everyone else makes it seem, and are going to deam it “okay” to beat your girlfriend/boyfriend. It’s both of their faults, and like someone else a little ways up said, none of us really know what they personally are going through.
I may get yelled at for saying this, but I wish the best for both of them. Together or apart, I hope that they can find a way to fix the situation and that Chris Brown can overcome his angry/abuse tendencies…however rare that is. This is about so much more than their careers or reputations. These are real people and I hope they get the help they need.
re: “I’m not sure little kids are actually eating this up…”
actually, you’d be surprised “honestly.” When I was little and heard about Bill Clinton cheating on Hillary, I thought it was THE ABSOLUTE WORSE THING IN THE WORLD. I’m not kidding. I grew up in a very protected, uber Christian close knit family and my Dad was the most loving man you’d ever meet, wouldn’t cheat on my Mom if you paid him 5 million dollars, and I thought for sure Bill would get impeached and thrown into jail and just get horrific consequences for his actions after all of this. When I saw that everyone was OK with it and everyone was like “eh, that happens, no biggie” it completely shattered my sense of wrong and right. I know it sounds so naive and ignorantly innocent, but well, that’s what I was, and it’s true, it really disoriented me. Even to this day I feel like I’m not sure where I stand about infidelity and “slips of judgment,” it’s kind of sad but true.
why wasn’t my comment posted?
i am so upset over this. i seriously thought rihanna was so much stronger than that. she is setting such a horrible example for her fans
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On Anderson Cooper they were saying that LA prosecutes whether the victim wants to or not in domestic abuse cases. While this isn’t technically domestic abuse (because they don’t live together) it seems they will be following in the same vein. They also said that if Rihanna chooses not to testify against him they will subpoena her and she will be forced to. She can be charged in contempt if she does not.
Sooooo…perhaps justice will still be served, even if she is not the one to pursue it.
I GUARANTEE you that this will NOT go to trial. The two lawyers that are representing Chris and Rihanna will do everything in their power to make sure there is no trial. Chris Brown will plead guilty to something and go about his merry way.
They will be covering a tune by Tina and Ike Turner :D
lol!
Erin, I hope you’re right and the LA courts can nail him without her help. I don’t feel too much sympathy for her anymore either, but I don’t want her to get beaten again or killed either by that jackass coward thug.
I think although some people will forget, some others won’t. I will never. Luckily, I have never been a fan of any of their music, so it doesn’t affect me in that aspect.
Regardless of what others may think, and they are certainly entitled to their own opinions, I am not that upset with Rihanna. This happens so often. Abuse isn’t all about a guy beating her. It is usually wrapped up in a lot emotion distress as well. She may feel that she can’t leave him. And it’s hard to leave love, even when your companion is clearly a fucking asshole.
I have never been a victim of domestic violence, but I have watched others who have gone through similar situations (most importantly, my aunt). It’s hard for someone in the situation to understand WHY they don’t leave them right off the bat. I would like to say that the second someone laid a hand on me, I would BE GONE. But you don’t really know that, until you are in that situation.
I hope one day she gets the strength to part ways with him. And I hope he never hits her again.
This is fucking bullshit
What on earth is going on in the world. People should be egging him in the street! The studios should be shutting the doors in his face. You can’t beat a woman up and just carry on with life like it was a ‘mistake’ or a ‘stumble’.
What on earth is she thinking? She could have any man she likes, she doesn’t need his money. If a man ever did that to me he would spend the rest of his life wishing he hadn’t. I’d see to it.
Come on, it’s not like John Q Public likes to forget horrible abuse. Everyone remembers the poor student getting run over with a tank in Tiananmen Square and the whole massacre thing. That’s why we don’t trade with, oh, wait, we still do
It’s not about black, white, brown or yellow. It’s about the CHOICE! Everyone one of us has the capability to make what we think is best for us. Sometime we are blinded, sometime we are being pressured. But most of all sometime we are STUPID!.
I just took all the Rihanna music off of my iPod. I know it will be hard for her to leave this relationship, but I feel like she needs to make the right decision here. If not for herself, then for the millions of little girls that idolize her.
I also want to say that it seems like the media is making smaller deal out of this than they did about Christian Bale screaming for 5 minutes straight. I don’t get it.
i feal so sorry fa u and i pray u feel snd look better and youll beautiful baby when it comes and hope u make da right choices cause going back wit chris brown was a stupid choice im a just tell u some im not goin to be one of yo fans im just go n to listen to yo music how could you want to get beet up i dont care if we was have n a baby u just have one fan gone
i wonder way he did that !!! just not right you know what im say’n