Chris Brown Crying - Fake or Real?

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Source: http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/2010/06/28/chris_brown_meltdown/index.html



Chris Brown had a meltdown during his Michael Jackson tribute on the BET Awards. He flawlessly performed a medley of his idol's songs, until he got to Man in the Mirror. The singer, whose image hasn't recovered since he assaulted pop star Rihanna nearly a year and a half ago, broke down onstage -- his voice cracked and he appeared to weep, unable to continue singing. He let the background vocals play as he dropped to a knee, pounded the air and gasped for breath. The audience looked on in shock.



Given the potent, and seemingly relevant, lyrics -- looking in the mirror, making a change, yada yada -- it's hard not to see it as an act of contrition for brutally beating up his girlfriend. The question on folks' minds, though, seems to be whether it was a genuine display of emotion.



Another article and the Video of his performance: http://www.rnbmusicblog.com/chris-brown-crying-at-2010-bet-awards-was-it-fake-a-pr-stunt/13917/



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So what are your thoughts? Was he faking it or was it genuine?

 

[ThaBawse]

Well, unless he does this every day in private, I don't think this is real. I mean, doing it in a big performance? That's just trying to make people feel sorry for him and forgive him for what he did to Rihanna.



In somewhat similar news, Rihanna got caught smoking weed in her hotel room.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I think it was staged as well. He probably rehearsed the tribute he was going to perform a hundred times but the raw emotion suddenly hits him while he was on stage? I would think it would have hit him during rehearsals and he would have been over it by the time he got up on stage.

 

[Raven]

^ How do you know it didnt?

 

[Kasynlie]

I think he's just trying to get some of his fans back through [faking] tears.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

^ How do you know it didnt?

Im providing my opinion on the matter.

 

[Jazzy]

I can't comment on how he was or wasn't feeling at the time of his meltdown. Only Chris Brown knows for sure

 

[The Dragon Master]

Ummm.. If he showed no remorse whilst beating Rhianna up then why did he cry whilst singing a song?

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I can't comment

Sure you can. Everyone has opinions / can make speculations.

 

[DrLeftover]

It has since come out that he was advised prior to his performance to cry during his song.