Thu 3 Sep 2009
Chris Brown talks to Larry King about his Rihanna incident (full interview)
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Larry King: Do you love her?
Chris Brown: Definitely.
Larry King: In love with her?
Chris Brown: Definitely.
CNN aired their big Larry King Live sit-down with Chris Brown, his mom Joyce Hawkins, and lawyer Mark Geragos…and of course the twitter-peanut-gallery was on high-alert. But for the most part, the nervous singer struggled to put his feelings into concise words. He said wanted to avoid detailing the night for Rihanna’s sake…because it would mean replaying painful details or embarrassing details? But even the discussion of the events/emotions after the altercation was not too illuminating. Either way, I don’t doubt that Chris understands how far he has to climb, and in many ways, this interview was a losing proposition. I wonder if Rihanna will have to do a similar reveal when she needs to press for her next project… (thanks to RapRadar for the speedy upload!)
Watch the rest of the interview after the jump….
“I can’t believe that actually happened?”
Here, Chris dances around Larry’s probing into what happened that night, which was frustrating to both interviewer and viewers.

Chris’ mom, Joyce says that she spoke to Rihanna after the incident and there was no animosity. Joyce apologized for her son, Rihanna said, “Mom, I’m ok.” (That must have been a heartbreaking convo for both) Meanwhile Chris says that he thinks about how he screwed up his career daily.

Needless to say, the response about the post-incident get-together and jetski photos was lame…didn’t make sense. Interview prep is very necessary.


September 3rd, 2009 at 12:02 am
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By the way….I didnt like the interview….It really didnt go into the whole incident
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September 3rd, 2009 at 12:06 am
#chrisbrownsbowtie — smh.
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mertz Reply:
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:18 am
this bowtie is making waves around the world. i swear. i’ve been on so many blogs and all the kids are talking about it. you have got to see this pic.
http://twitpic.com/g9ypt
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nellz Reply:
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:22 am
hilarity.
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mertz Reply:
September 3rd, 2009 at 3:50 am
http://twitter.com/chrsbrwnsbowtie
how does chris brown bow tie have 875 followers right now? nothings sacred nowadays.
look at this one
http://twitter.com/MYBLUEBOWTIE
lol at this comment
bbb1962: This interview is pissin me off so bad, I just called my son who’s stationed in germany, & cussed him out cuz he looks like Chris Brown!
half a minute ago from UberTwitter
http://twitter.com/search?q=%22Chris+Brown%22#search?q=%22Chris%20Brown%22
chris brown and his bowtie trending twitter topics.
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mertz Reply:
September 3rd, 2009 at 4:16 am
lol another chrisbrownbowtie write up.
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/09/chris-browns-bowtie-creates-a-stir-on-larry-king-twitter.html
itmightbeover is also trending highly.
the twitter is alive. twitter=crazy. some girl wrote: i’m sorry but that chris brown interview was #fail, and my question to her would be why is she sorry…
studiobpr: RT @y_billyjohnson: Chris Brown Stop Frontin’! What Happened? http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/hiphopmediatraining/168440/
), he’s reading off a teleprompter, someone is holding cue cards, why didn’t he just apologize off the top of his head.
18 minutes ago from UberTwitter
i clicked the link and another one. lol. media training. really. isn’t that normal. i thought it was geragos training. this all remindes me of the youtube video…to which most of the people on the blog i frequent the most (full of 12 yrs-25yrs females) were all: i love chris brown he’s my baby daddy, to: i hate chris brown die die die, but the most important comments were: that sounds rehearsed…that sounds like it was written down (notice how when larry asked him about this he said it was all his own feelings…his own words but he had some help with some of the words
i guess this is gonna make the news rounds tomorrow/today.
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brooklyn Reply:
September 3rd, 2009 at 5:33 pm
i heard his bowtie signed to young money
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September 3rd, 2009 at 12:10 am
Larry King took it to the streets with the youtube video! He did not see that coming! He also went in on his mom. Let me find out the producers did their research. Questions I wish Larry had asked:
1. Where were your bodyguards when all this went down?
2. How did you get back to your hotel when you left the car?
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Miss Info Reply:
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:38 am
thats what I wanted to know too
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September 3rd, 2009 at 1:10 am
I think that Chris did what he had to do to shed light on the fact that he is sorry. That he is human and not above error or even doing things that you regret. He has stood up and owned up to his mistakes and is paying for them. Why can’t we forgive and let him live his life happy and prosperously. His mother said something that I love and agree with you stand behind your children, even when they are wrong you don’t support the wrong, but you don’t abandon them when they need you. I have been in a home of violence so I understand both sides. However only God can and should judge. We have all done things we with we could hide from or forget, why is he so different? Why can’t we forgive and let go?
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September 3rd, 2009 at 1:32 am
….I’ma just drop a prayer for these kids. It’s pointless to question why everyone would be interested and overly critiquing this.
With the the public’s multimedia all access hunger for this stuff, I see these “celebs” in a lot of “no win” situations.
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September 3rd, 2009 at 2:08 am
it’s funny to see your tweets about the same things me and my mom were saying while watching this. i thought his mom and his lawyer were more of the interview than chris brown. i knew they would get mark geragos and same him from doing all those mj shows on cnn
. i have to give this some time to set in, although my original thoughts aren’t dissimilar to what your tweeted, but i was actually taking notes from this (which i do all the time)…and i will mention them tomorrow if i don’t do any work. oh and eagle everyone has been on about this whole blue sweater and the tie. i mentioned that he looks nice for a day in court and my mom laughed (it’s hard to make her laugh).
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mertz Reply:
September 3rd, 2009 at 3:45 am
same=save.
i was trying to post the jean grae comments because she was just too funny. i guess i will do that now and post what i thought about the non interview.
Larry-has this happened before (later on he goes on to read directly from the police report filed and also what was sworn to in court. i love documents. did you see mark geragos try to spin some of those questions? it was simply amazing. lol @ his some of these outlets be lying all over the place and we would tell them the truth and they would still continue with their lies…uhm mark geragos, you a lawyer. you know all about lying, but in your line of career they call it doing what you need to and abiding with the word of the law (although we must ammend the law if it isn’t correct)and not deviating from the word of the law. you just smarter in the way you conduct, but doesn’t mean people can’t tell when you bsing. bullshitters can smell you.)
chris-i respect her privacy…
Chris-i thought the picture was altered
mom-i didn’t know if the picture was altered
chris-i don’t want to be specific
larry-don’t you think sometimes you’ve screwed your career
…that’s all i wrote on the teeny scrap of paper (my mom wouldn’t let me write because i’m wasting ink. old people. pishaw!)
i learned it’s hard on his moms. i learned that yet still those youtube clips still look dumb. i learned that this interiew wasn’t an ace move. i learned that mark geragos despite briefing his adoptive son should have maybe enrolled him in some sort of class instead. i learned that chris brown is a hard worker who thinks picking up garbage is not a big deal and is not punishment. i learned that rekindle can be used to mean one thing and then another entirely. i learned yadda yadda yadda. geez it’s about time larry king left cnn. he has some of the best and worst interviews i’ve seen but i can’t keep defending him anymore. i don’t care how much i love the dude but cnn needs to overhaul it’s ass. please god. even their commericals are suck. get new staff!!!! that blue powder look was not cute at all. neither was saying like and uhm and bowing your head and all this other stuff. the most important thing i learned is that i don’t care and that apparently from rihanna’s own mouth she forgives him so who am i to judge the kid
. everything is passa passa and swept under the rug
. apprently on twitter people going around saying this isn’t as bad as rkelly’s problems, and people accepted rkelly and gave him a pass. so therefore chris brown needs to be forgiven. who’s crucifying chris brown? his fans? those 13 year old girls and old cougar ladies? no they aren’t. they love chris brown. chris brown fans still love chris brown. they just glad that he doesn’t speak all in ebonics and that he managed to stay on message with this interview. it wasn’t so much as a lose for chris brown as it was a loss for larry king
, a win for joyce
and a win for mark geragos
. that interview could have been done without chris brown and i still would have heard the same shit. i should have watched serena win her tennis game instead. why did i think this interview would help me understand the dude or change my mind. this interview did nothing for me really. i learned that chris brown knows how to say out of respect for her and for myself and our relationship i can’t discuss xxx…and then larry would read something ask question and chris would say something very slim. it is a total bafflement, total shock…this came out of left field…he doesn’t know why…he doesn’t think he needs counselling but he wants to be able to learn how to control his emotions (which he said no one teaches you these things) and know his own self better. the dude is smart. he’s not smart enough but if i said in the rick ross thread that the game and officer ricky are smart, i can’t say chris brown is dumb because at the end he said, yeah i’m still recording and working on my career
. so chris brown is a smart young man. in his own words he made a mistake
…and who am i to go f all on this dude’s a$$. maybe i will feel different come morning but i higly doubt it. i wonder what else each of them have coming up. is someone going to go on oprah and tyra? are they going to talk talk talk about this?
my original comment about her tweets didn’t go through but she was loltastic. there’s also a chrisrownbowtie twitter account reminiscent of drakesknee. you people on twitter are too funny.
http://twitter.com/jeangrae
@chrsbrwnsbowtie I had you on like, 2 hours ago. Switched to neckerchiefs now. Get with it.
about 3 hours ago from web in reply to chrsbrwnsbowtie
you guys are still on #chrisbrownsbowtie ? OMG. SO OLD.
about 3 hours ago from web
#chrisbrownsbowtiejustgotmemorefollowers
about 6 hours ago from web
FTW #chrisbrownsbowtienarrowlyescapedtheclutchesofgargamelearlier
about 6 hours ago from web
I’m not making fun of Chris Brown. I’m poking fun at his delicious candy outfit. Don’t get it twisted.
about 6 hours ago from web
Aaaand #chisbrownsbowtieismadeoutofthelitebritesinlarrykingsset
about 6 hours ago from web
And on THAT note And on THAT note #chrisbrownsbowtietastesjustlik
ok.. wait.. lol.. #chrisbrownsbowtieismadeoutofteletubbieskin
about 6 hours ago from web
#chrisbrownsbowtieandsweateraremadefrommylittleponyhair
about 6 hours ago from web
#chrisbrownsbowtieisnowavailableinskymall
about 6 hours ago from web
#chrisbrownsbowtieuseddtobelongtoisaacfromtheloveboat
about 6 hours ago from web
#chrisbrownbowtieistheonlyremainingitemfromfantasyisland
about 6 hours ago from web
chris browns bowtie was brought to you by the letter CRAP
about 6 hours ago from web
jean grae for the win. she’s the best. if you have twitter and you ain’t following her you have to get on that ASAP.
now maybe i can go to sleep…doubt it.
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September 3rd, 2009 at 2:10 am
dude i luv cnn, them and the bbc world news broadcast are the best hands down and chris i forgive you, ur young and dumb and screwed up bigtime w/ a super cute girl, man rhianna is really really cute for a barbadoes chick. But miss info shes straight up cuteness also, i seen her on that beef episode today w/ the roca fella break-up on fuse man shes too cute her skin looks super soft dang man Lucy Liu dont got shit on miss info!!! i would give my left nut to take her out no lie…
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September 3rd, 2009 at 2:27 am
you got to love his “im innocent” outfit
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September 3rd, 2009 at 2:34 am
he look more gay than pee wee herman
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mertz Reply:
September 3rd, 2009 at 3:47 am
lol!
you are so mean
. i bet someone’s about to call you hater
. i hope i’m wrong and no one comments after me.
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September 3rd, 2009 at 2:57 am
I think chris brown neither hurt or helped himself. He really didn’t shed any light on what really happened. I feel that if he would have been more honest about what happened at that moment that the incident he would’ve scored more brownie points… Also saying out of respect for rihanna is so ironic because he didn’t have any respect for her in the 1st place… If he would have said more than I’m sorry, it would have been a step in the right direction
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September 3rd, 2009 at 3:55 am
FUCK CHRIS BROWN
HOW YOUR GONNA PUT YOUR HANDS ON HER SLIM ASS
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September 3rd, 2009 at 7:12 am
Honestly i could have lived without ever hearing him speak about this incident ever again…Larry let him get away with a lot…like someone has already mentioned, how did he get 2 his hotel when he left rihanna and the car behind, it took him flippin 8 hours to confess to his mom??? WTF Chris??? i hope the both of them seek the help they need, and they are able to resume their lives…and please stay the f*#$k away from each other 4 God’s sakes
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Michelle Reply:
September 3rd, 2009 at 10:15 am
it took him 8 hours to turn himself in not to confess to his mom…but the truth is it took his people 8 hours to get him lawyered up before he turned himself cause Geragos was there when he did it..
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September 3rd, 2009 at 8:24 am
I dont understand why people think Chris would have shed more light onto what happened that night “IF RIHANNA HASNT MADE HER PUBLIC INTERVIEW”.
My hypothesis is this – Rihanna’s and Chris’ lawyers made the plea bargain deal to include Chris not fully exposing what happened that night.
We may never know what really happened!!!! Especially when Rihanna is out partying like nothing ever happened.
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September 3rd, 2009 at 8:25 am
THANK GOD I’M NOT A CELEBRITY….YOU CAN’T MAKE NO MISTAKES!!! PICTURE PERFECT OR WE HATE YOU TILL YOU GONE…THEN WE LOVE YOU AGAIN…MICHAEL JACKSON GOT LOTS OF LOVE AFTER HE DIED
DAMN SHAME…
RIHANNA NOT PLAYING THE VICTIM CARD…SHE’S MOVING ON WITH HER LIFE. I’M NOT JUDGING CHRIS CAUSE NUMBER #1…I’M NOT NEAR PERFECT AND NUMBER #2…I DON’T KNOW DUDE
HOPEFULLY EVERYONE INVOLVED CAN GO ON WITH THEIR LIVES ONCE THE MEDIA HAS SOMEONE ELSE TO BEAT UP ON…
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September 3rd, 2009 at 9:42 am
I think chris is ashamed of what he did, still doesn’t make it ok. Stay away Rihanna
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September 3rd, 2009 at 10:48 am
WTF is up with that bowtie? Dude looks like a sweet member of the FOI. LOL I know his stylist wanted him to come off as “non-threatening” to middle AmeriKKKa, but daaaaamn. I think he’s moving on with his life. He’s a young dude that got a lot of fame and hot chick at a time in his life when he was still immature and hadn’t dealt with unresolved childhood trauma. Like a lot of us. The only difference is he spazzed out for the world to see. I don’t excuse what he did, but I know there were two people in that car and they had a history of dysfunction between. Every Ahab needs a Jezebel.
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September 3rd, 2009 at 11:44 am
If R Kelly can pee on babies, Chris Brown should be OK.
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DARKAQUA Reply:
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I KNOW THAT’S RIGHT!!! PEOPLE WERE JAMMING TO THE KELLZ MUSIC BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER THE TRIAL!!
PEOPLE WERE ACTING LIKE THAT WASN’T ROBERT ON THAT DAMN TAPE…SMH
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September 3rd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
GOD BLESS THEM BOTH!!
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September 3rd, 2009 at 6:30 pm
I spent most of last night arguing that Chris Brown was wrong for doing this interview and going upside Rhianna’s head….arguing with women that said give him a chance, he’s young, he doesn’t deserve all that work release….
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September 6th, 2009 at 8:44 am
you love her…so you still beat her up…dam…hate to see what he does to his enemies..must be brutal…
But he has to have an interview with him mom and lawyer in tow…he should just sit down away from a camera somewhere.
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