Beyond Bad Taste
Women tweet that they'd "love" to be beaten by Chris Brown: The big Grammys fail
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It looks like Chris Brown has returned to the good graces of the music industry, with his first Grammy award (F.A.M.E. was named R&B Album of the Year) and two performance slots during Sunday's broadcast.
"I was kind of rooting for him. I know how controversial he is, was, and still is and if anyone has reason to be questionable about Chris, it was on our show three years ago all that happened," Ken Ehrlich, executive producer of the Grammys, told CBS.
"I just believe people deserve a second chance. The year he had this year, really brought him back into the public. He really deserved a second chance."
What "happened" three years ago was the highly publicized, vicious assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna, just hours before their scheduled performances at the 2009 Grammys. Both artists has to cancel, and Brown's burgeoning career was negatively impacted for years.
"I just believe people deserve a second chance. The year he had this year, really brought him back into the public. He really deserved a second chance."
But now, the hip hop artist seems neither remorseful nor appreciative of this chance for redemption, making no mention of his felony charges or even a changed mindset during his acceptance speech.
Some fans don't seem to care: A list compiled by BuzzFeed highlights "25 Extremely Upsetting Reactions to Chris Brown At The Grammys" — tweets by females proclaiming willingness to be beaten in exchange for Chris Brown's love and attention.
Really? Surely they remember seeing photos of Rihanna's bruised and bloodied face after the incident. Surely they recognize that domestic abuse is a serious issue.
But that was only a fraction of the public feedback that followed Brown's Grammy appearance. #WomanBeater became a trending topic on Twitter, and while some agree Brown to be deserving of this second chance at stardom, many others protested his return.
What do you think? Was Brown's video apology in 2009 enough to make you forgive and forget? Or did the Grammy producers do wrong by giving Brown a free pass and so much screen time?
