Chris Brown 'Deserves Respect,' Says Chris Brown
Singer posts online rant following latest media backlash
Just to recap: In 2009, Chris Brown beat Rihanna's face to a bloody pulp. Though for that crime, he was sentenced to community service, which, it has now come to light he fraudulently bailed on, he commemorated the incident b tattooing it to his neck. Shortly thereafter he threw a bare-chested temper tantrum o Good Morning America. Over the summer, he got in scuffle with Drake, reportedly concerning Rihanna, in a New York City night club. Meanwhile he failed a drug test, violating the terms of his probation. On Halloween 2012, he and his poss dressed as Arab terrorists. In November, he started sexist Twitter war ith a female comedian. Last week, h assaulted Frank Ocean in a parking lot, and someone in his camp used a homophobic slur and threatened to kill the singer. Then, h compared himself to Jesus. And, at least lately, he's been able to find solace from all thi in the arms of Rihanna, the woman who started this ugly news cycle by getting her face in the way of his fists. But this man still deserves your respect, because this man says so.
In a rant posted to his now-private Instagram account, Brown says enough is enough with the media backlash MTV News as the screen shot, which we've transcribed (in its creatively punctuated glory) below.
"I love ya'll but ya'll getting repetitive telling me to go relax no im not gonna relax im makin an album right now... and yall tell me not to pay attention to it how can I not when its on my radio,tv and everything else...Even if I did relax I wouldn't stop hearing about it.. yall are everything to me yall know this but telling me to ignore it is like telling me to walk around with a blindfold and stick ear plugs in my ear... Im wise I can handle the hate but enough is enough you!! Yes it bothers me but its not my main focus! My music is... and when I speak on it .. its because I want people to know how I feel.. Yes they talked about Jesus... but "him" I am not him, not even close!!! Im a human being and I honestly think I deserve respect im sick of being accused... Im Tired yall just don't understand I've been going through this shit since I was 19 years old.. you cant sit here and tell me to calm down, when am I gonna get a positive outcome out of anything I do? when can I get that feed back? Im TIRED do you read me im tired!!!!!! Im not gonna sit here and play victim, Im just tired of this shit... I pray every day and night for a new outcome... and just when everything seems to be going good some new shit happens.. A day in my shoes is a day in hell, believe it or not! Y'all don't wanna be in my predicament ... Before yall say im weak remember what ive been through.. My soul cries for positivity Im not broken I am STRONG...."
I retorted, "What about Ike and Tina? Bet you know about them. And do you know what Fassbender did to his girl just a few months back?" My teacher had to break it up, but he sided with me. If a black male celebrity uses physical violence in any way, it stays in the media for much longer, as it fulfills mainstream notions in regards to race and behavior (the "black brute").
but i did see a mention of being colorblind up there so i shouldn't be too shocked i guess, lol.
Mel Gibson eventually got blacklisted due to enough shit leaking out.
Srsly, he is an asshole. People like Kstew get equal amounts of hate for much less.
Edited at 2013-02-06 07:38 pm (UTC)
So no it's not about race, because he still has a career and fans that love him just like other abusers that are white. Just because we are here on ONTD hating him doesn't mean everyone else is, just go to twitter and read how his crazy fans idolize this asshole.