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Brown during the preliminary assault hearing
A thousand apologies for our extended absence-- we have been so busy mourning the loss of Michael Jackson, it was nearly impossible to write. Ok, so that's only partially true, but forgive us?
Now, onto the business of Chris Brown's 'apology' for his assault of ex-girlfriend Rihanna in February. The bottom line is that we're not buying it one bit. In the apology, (which you can view here) he says:
Hi. I'm Chris Brown. Since February my attorney has advised me not to speak out, even though every 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 thought it would be best if you hear from me that I am sorry. I have tried to live my life in a way that would make those around me proud 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’m not gonna sit here and make any excuses! I take great pride in being able to exercise self-control and what I did was inexcusable. I’m very sad and very ashamed about what I’ve 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’m truly truly sorry and that I wasn’t able to handle the situation better. I’ve done alot time soul searching, and over the last several month’s I’ve talked to my minister and my mother..and I’ve spent alot of time trying to understand what happened and why. I’ve let a lot of people down and I realized that. 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 first-hand what uncontrolled rage can do. I’ve sought and I am continuing to seek help to insure that what occurred in February, can never happen again. And as I sit here today, I can tell you that I’ll do everything in my power to make sure that it never happens again. I promise that.
What I did is unacceptable, 100%. I can only ask and pray that you forgive me, please.
I hope that others learn from my mistake. I intend to live my life so I am truly worthy of the term role model. Thank you.
As you can see more clearly in the video, the entire apology was nothing short of an overly-scripted, insincere, and obligatory move Brown was advised (read: forced) by his lawyers to make. The only thing genuine about it is his genuine desperation to convince at least some members of the general public to start buying and listening to his music again. And from what we're hearing, his attempts have been futile.
Maybe it was Brown's forced and belligerent tone that threw us off; maybe it was the fact that he was obviously reading from cue cards or a teleprompeter. Whatever it is, we are completely unconvinced that Chris feels any remorse for anything but causing damage to his music career, and for that, we cannot forgive him.
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