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Chris Brown Melts Down At Good Morning America, Breaks Window Then Tweets
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Jen Chung
Published Mar 22, 2011
Modified Mar 22, 2011
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Chris Brown's new album F.A.M.E. is out today, and the troubled singer was on Good Morning America to promote his new work. But he did not like it when host Robin Roberts wanted to ask about the 2009 incident where he beat his then-girlfriend Rihanna. TMZ reports, "After the interview, Brown freaked out, storming into his dressing room and screaming so loud, the people in hair and makeup became alarmed and called security... one source present tells us he smashed a window in his dressing room, and the glass shattered and some shards fell onto 43rd and Broadway. ABC security tells TMZ ... the window was shattered with a chair."
Brown, 21, who pleaded guilty to felony assault, was sentenced to five years of probation, one year of domestic violence counseling, and six months of community service—and in a December 2009 interview, he told Roberts, "I never ever had problems with anger. No, no domestic violence with any of my past girlfriends. I never was that kind of person. ... I look at it, and it's really, like really difficult. It's like, 'How could I be that person?'" He also said, "I was wrong for what I did. And I would definitely say that it's not something that I look past or look over. Something that's really, really touchy. And, and like I said, I'm -- I'm really sorry for -- for what went down. And what happened."
After storming out of the ABC studios, Brown Tweeted, "I'm so over people bringing this past s--t up!!! Yet we praise Charlie Sheen and other celebs for there bulls--t" but he deleted it (screencap). For future interviewers' information, Brown will talk about his nude pictures—and how he didn't leak them, he swears!
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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