Chris Brown Finally Apologizes...But is He For Real?

With all the questions, debates, and anger surrounding the Chris Brown and Rihanna fiasco, Chris Brown finally came out with a long awaited apology to the people. But with his calm mannerism and perfect speech, he has a lot of people wondering if he’s truly sorry. In the video, Chris Brown apologizes for the incident to his fans, explains that he is getting help, and wants to continue to be a “role model”. Surprisingly, he also says that he has apologized to Rihanna as well countless times.



This video does seem very well rehearsed, but I feel that that shouldn’t take away from the fact that he is truthful in his words. I do believe that Chris is sorry for what he did and actually wants to overcome all of this. No young man wants to be known to the world as a woman beater, especially one with the career and fame like Chris Brown. Chris is well aware that besides his music career being greatly affected by this incident, he really has let a lot of people down. Not just the fans, but the people in his life whom he sees and talks to everyday. He’s well aware that he’s lost many people’s respect around him. I’m also sure that at one point, and hopefully now still, he cared for Rihanna and now has completely traumatized her. I’m sure he’s aware that he has ruined a part of her life, because any woman that has gone through abuse suffers psychological problems years after the abuse has ended.

But of course this apology is a little tainted. Critics are upset because Chris decided to wait until after his court case to apologize because it would hurt his case and the ruling. Chris also has an album coming up, causing people to feel that this video is just meant to butter up his fans before the CD drops. People also feel that this apology came way too late. And when he actually did apologize the first time, back in February, he was very vague and wouldn’t even name Rihanna as the victim. According to some sources, Rihanna and her camp were appalled by his statements back in February because of the reasons stated previously.

Chris Brown’s apology in February:

"Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired, I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones, and I am committed, with God's help, to emerging a better person.”

For the beating of Rihanna, Chris is currently facing five years probation, 180 days of community service, and anger management counseling. This too has people angry as well, because many feel that Chris should have gotten jail time. Although Chris is a very young man, I do feel that there is no reason why he shouldn’t have gone to jail. Like plenty of other domestic violence abuse cases, the perpetrator usually always faces jail time. There is no excuse whatsoever for any man to put his hands on a female and beat her the way that he did. That type of animalistic behavior deserves a punishment to spend some time with some other animals, behind bars.­­­­­­­­­

For those of you who did not get a chance to see the damage done to Rihanna, this is a picture taken by the police department after the incident.



I think what we can all agree on as a whole is that Chris definitely needs some help. Most men who do abuse the women in their life continue with abuse all throughout their life. For a young man like Chris, with all the pressures of fame and now all of this, there is a huge possibility that he will find himself in this exact situation again. And although Chris is an entertainer and loves his music career ,that should really be one of the last things on his mind right now. He should focus on getting help, working out the problems that caused him to act this way and fix all the ties he has broken with everyone in his life.

Read this interesting quote from a comment someone posted on Ew.com.

Reader says : “I wish people would leave him alone. And for everybody that is saying it is too late to say sorry. is wrong it is never too late as long as you own up to what you did and that is what he is doing owning up im proud of him it takes heart and a real man to say sorry. they both are young and dumb real dumb they rushed into the relationship and we see where that led to .all i am saying is give him another chance gosh. i mean if people gave R-Kelly (we all noe what he did ) another chance and Jay-z (who hit a female backstage at his concert which was caught on tape by the way and stabbed somebody at a CD release party ) another chance and any rapper who has claimed that they killed somebody and degrade woman(if you buy the CDs and listen to their music than you are supporting what they did to ) another chance than really we should be able to give Chris another chance.HE IS HUMAN GIVE HIM A BREAK.”

This is such a difficult topic and mostly everyone shares a unique opinion about the case. Please tell me if you think Chris is genuine in his apology, and whether his actions should be forgiven by the public.