I have to give Karrueche Tran some begrudging credit. I figured her “brave single woman” act would last a few days, then she would slink back to Chris Brown, just because that’s their dynamic. That’s what she’s always done. And while I’m sure she will eventually go back to Breezy, she hasn’t yet. She’s still getting mileage out of their breakup following the revelation that Brown fathered a nine-month-old baby girl, Royalty Brown. And here’s how Karrueche is getting mileage out of it: she agreed to do a sit-down interview with OWN’s Iyanla Vanzant. Iyanla does “fix my life” interviews with damaged people, where it’s half interview and half pep talk/advice. Advice which Karrueche really needs. Unfortunately, Karrueche kicked the cameras out after she felt “judged.”
Karrueche Tran kicked the OWN Network out of her home … because she felt the interviewer was passing judgment on her for her relationship with Chris Brown. We’re told Tran sat down at her house with Iyanla Vanzant for the interview. Tran says producers promised it would be “positive.”
Things went south when Tran was asked about her relationship with Brown. Vanzant asked if she slept with Chris from the get-go because he was a superstar. When she explained they didn’t sleep together until months after they met, she claims the interviewer didn’t believe her and kept pressing.
Vanzant also grilled Karrueche about her decision to date Chris in the wake of beating Rihanna. She responded that everyone deserved a second chance. The interviewer then challenged Karrueche, saying Chris had cheated on her but she still took him back.
At that point … Karrueche’s manager kicked Vanzant and the OWN crew out of her house. A couple of hours passed, everyone calmed down and the OWN people were invited back in to complete the chitchat. The special will air on OWN later this month.
LMAO!!! I mean, I know it’s not really funny, but OMG, I think it’s hilarious that Iyanla was like “I know the history of your relationship, girl. I’m going to call you out on ALL OF THIS.” And seriously, was Iyanla wrong? Nope. Karrueche was the side piece, then the main piece, and she did whatever she could to stay with Chris, even if it meant turning a blind eye to his full-on harem, and sticking with him while he was still dealing with Rihanna. You can see the commercial for the special here.
Meanwhile, Karrueche posted a bikini photo of her booty and Chris Brown commented on it, writing: “Thirst trap 101. Continue to be a lady beautiful… U are perfect. Don’t let the Thot form from anger.” “Thot” meaning “that ho over there.” UGH. Stop trying to make “thot” happen. It’s like “fleek”. Stupid kids and their stupid, offensive slang.
Photos courtesy of Karrueche’s IG, WENN.
She’s really pretty but has zero self esteem.Every woman who respects herself should stay away from toxic people like him.
Karrueche should face her issues and work on them, but she prefers to hide them and feel “judged” when someone calls her out.
I don’t like the photo of her butt ( although her body is banging) but Chris brown giving behavior lessons?Because he’a gentleman…Please!
Abusive douchepimp 101: try to control your woman from a distance after she leaves; the man can be a hoe all he wants throughout their relationship, but the minute she’s his sexy ex, she’s a whore.
He is so disgusting.
There are no innocent ppl here.
“They say” the baby mama was part of a 3some w them and was pregnant off of that. Course idk how true that is, but gross huh.
F-ck Breezy. As if he has any right to dictate how anyone should act.
I have never understood why people bend over backwards to excuse Rihannas own shenanigans with Chris but bash Kerreuche for the same. If we accept that Chris Brown is an abusive controlling dbag and that he created a dynamic where Rihanna kept returning then why doesnt that same compassion extend to Kerreuche? Because she isnt famous? Because she isnt wealthy? Seriously why?
I’m also very confused by the new timeline I keep reading. My understanding was that Chris and Rihanna were a thing, a violent abusive thing. They broke up because Jay and the rest of Rihannas management put a stop to it. They both went their own way. Chris had a bunch of jump offs then stuck with Kerreuche. Rihanna decided she wanted back in. So for about a year they have barely hiding an affair and ofcourse theres the infamous “rice cake” song because I mean Rihanna be so edgy. Chris leaves Kerreuche and starts up formally with Rihanna, except he just opened up a position for a mistress and that mistress is Kerreuche. Rihanna sticks around for afew months then leaves. Chris stays with Kerreuche. Chris is the big villain here for sure. But Rihanna is no angel for a whole lot of reasons. Kerreuche to my mind is the bigger victim in this silliness. I think the fact that she isnt on the same strata as these other two superstars is used to villainaise her.
*APPLAUSE*
Interesting question. I Karrueche gets a lot more flak because there’s a mercenary feel to her relationship with Brown, starting with the fact they got together after the Rihanna ‘incident’ and amidst all the break-up/makeup Karrueche has held on to Chris for dear life like he’s a pair of $50 Louboutins at the Barney’s sale. I’m not saying its right or wrong, but it has the same feel as the ladies that willingly get together with Charlie Sheen.
Personally, I thought that Rihanna’s continued relationship with Brown really highlighted her worst qualities (ugh, the rice cake incident) though I think that ultimately her returning to Brown ended up being rather humiliating when the man who beat the crap out of her ended up choosing the other woman. What isit about that a$$hat that keeps bringing women back to him.
@leona +10000
I agree. Kerreuche is seen as a hanger on/ groupie etc etc when I’m sure she knew him for a while, probably out clubbing or in music videos before they officially slept together. So why is it so hard to believe she didn’t sleep with him the night she met him? I would be so offended if a OWN producer pressed me on that.
Plus I’m sure he initially came off as sweet, endearing, victimized and she fell for the whole shtick. His true colors probably came alight after she was invested. Chris can easily ruin Kerreuche’s life and leave her with nothing–he coulnd’t do that to Rihanna.
Though I will say this: I may side eye Karrueche’s choices with regards to her relationship with Brown, but that still doesn’t mean that she would deserve to be abused and it would NEVER excuse his behavior.
Leona- I agree! When a woman is with a wealthier man or pegged a “gold digger” then they get less sympathy for being the victim of abuse & often even skewered for it. It’s not ok for anyone. People are not just victims & have many sides so I don’t think KT is likely a great person but I don’t like all the bs, judging & laughing she gets for being in a (put on my chips in Vegas on it) abusive relationship & now getting out. Maybe this time will stick. Our focus & ire should be to Chris Brown who will go on to f$&% with his next woman unless he gets help (wouldn’t bet one Vegas chip on that).
I actually have much more sympathy for KT than I do Rihanna. Rihanna is established and independent in her own right. She has body guards, managers, PR people, and hello! JayZ! KT has herself and whomever her family and friends are. She isn’t successful career-wise and she doesn’t have a fan club that backs her every move up. She is young, naiave and has nowhere near the resources that RiRi has. All of this makes KT such an easier target to control and manipulate which is why I beleive Chris Brown chose her over RiRi. He can’t control Rihanna and he is terrified of JayZ. Also, Rihanna can seem to do no wrong even when she doesn really irresponsible or questionable things. When she went back to Brown, everybody was worried about her. When KT went back to Brown, the public criticized her. She hasn’t done anything Rihanna hasn’t done and frankly, Chris Brown didn’t beat the living crap out of KT like he did Rihanna, so…. Rihanna going back to him is even worse in that way. I have a soft spot for KT. She is so tiny. If he did physically abuse her, she wouldnt’ fight back like Rihanna. I doubt she puts up much of a fight about anything and that’s why he wants her – she’s completely subserviant.
“CB didn’t beat beat the living crap out of KT like he did Rihanna *that we know of*”
There, fixed it for ya.
None of them are “victims”. There’s an old saying which I think applies: “Water seeks it’s own level”. All of the people in this situation are messed up. Why do people think that just because someone is a singer or on tv that they are decent people? These people are very damaged and dysfunctional. They should not be role models. We should not be trying to sort out their “timelines” and discussing who is the victim and who is the bad person, we should look away and shake our heads and try to live better lives and be better people ourselves!
Girls like her make me sad – she clearly has her own narrative going on in her head, and will not be challenged. I guess it’s the only way to stay with an abusive cheating douche.
Yes. And her narrative is “I gon getz minz”
So he implied that her posting her butt was slutty and just a tactic to get at him because she’s mad? *cue ‘You’re So Vain’ * boy you think her pic is about you?! LOL
Also, she posted pics like this when she was dating him do what’s the difference?
This mentality is what I hate about men. They like ‘thot’ behavior when it suits their purposes, when they want to ogle women’s bodies in pics or strip clubs, when they want easy sex, but yet they judge women for baring it or being sexually free. So annoying.
THANK YOU!
I would say “men” but not all men. Unfortunately most. My ex pulled some of this too “you’re a whore” but I wasn’t when I was with you right? And yeah they like to troll your social media after it’s over. Mine does. But you’re over me right? Swerve.
It is one thing for the social media kids to come up with the offensive slang but the adults who use it and try to make happen should be more ashamed.
Noone is TRYING to make “thot” and “fleek”happen, they’re already widely used, y’all are just late.
Besides, fleek isn’t an offensive word and thot is used by girls too like the terms b-tch and slut.
+1
Amen.
Just because women also use misogynist words doesn’t make them less misogynist. There are no similar words to shame male sexuality that carry such social opprobrium.
I don’t think anyone said fleek was offensive though, just annoying.
On the one hand, I understand ‘all the meat’ is in asking questions about Brown. On the other, I can see her kicking them out because it’s not about helping her address her issues or problems, it’s about self-serving ratings. This is a thing I can’t stand about Dr. Shill; same motives.
Devil’s advocate here: what else was the interview going to be about? With a life coach no less. It’s perfectly fine if she wants to avoid these kind of questions, but a televised interview isn’t really the best way to go about it.
I’m pretty sure she didn’t think it through. She just got excited that she was going to be on television and get more exposure. She didn’t realize that she was gonna have to “get help” for her self-esteem “problems”. In her mind, her only problem is how to get more fame and more money.
Ava7, when I was in my mid twenties a friend of mine got together with a wealthy guy. As he was not as good looking as she was (she was and still is gorgeous) lots of people, even amongst her friends assumed she was in it for the money. She wasn’t, and based on her partners in the following decade and a half the looks disparity is down to the fact that’s she’s better looking than pretty much everyone and she’s not overly visually stimulated. Anyhoo, about a year into her relationship with the rich dude, after months of subtle undermining of her self worth and independence he started hitting her. She didn’t tell ANYONE she was so terrified of yet more judgement, that people would say she probably put up with it for the jewellery. It wasn’t until he put her in hospital that those close to her had a clue what was going on. Sadly even then there was a lot of judging because she didn’t immediately leave him what with having her entire agency systematically stripped away.
If you ever wonder why women don’t get out of abusive relationships it might be worth pondering how your throw away judgements might not be helping.
If there is anyone reading this who is in an abusive relationship please know that not everyone is judgemental, there are people who support you, you are as worthy of happiness and safety as any person that ever lived.
Ah… has she ever seen one of Iyanla’s shows? If she expected someone to handle her with kid gloves this is NOT the woman. Iyanla was going to make her acknowledge all of her stuff and if she wasn’t ready, she shouldn’t have gone there.
On her TV show to exploit her while she is still reeling in it. That is a bit much.
I don’t agree with any of her antics but I’m glad she kicked them out. She’s dealing with a lot and should be allowed to do so in privacy. Not on tv show for ratings.
A wise choice would have been not to give an interview if you’re not in the right head space. She’s not the first person to walk away from/kick Iyanla out of an interview. Maybe if she was aware of that, she would have reconsidered doing it. She’s a smart girl and she has choices~she should consider all of them.
Kerreuche shouldn’t have to explain to Ilyana or anyone else why she choose to stay and then made to feel bad about it. She fell in love with someone, that someone turned out to be abusive and controlling, she wanted to leave but he manipulated her so many times into staying, he took away all her self esteem and she was left with nothing but him. (that’s just the basics of abusive relationships which Ilyana knows). Ilyana’s job is to help her understand what she went through, reload on the self esteem and make her see she’s worth more. not make her feel bad.
Why agree to do the interview in the first place? It’s not like it’s a mystery what she would ask about
it’s okay to ask about it. But the producers pressed her repeatedly doubting her intentions and motives.
Lol @ Chris Brown’s comment. That guy is a raging misogynist and i’m always surprised that there are GIRLS who still defend him.
Yeah I’m still surprised as well.
Hate to break it to you, Kaiser, but “thot” and “fleek” ARE happening. I hear those stupid words almost all day every day. They’re all over social media as well.
I had some douchebag (who I have NO IDEA who he is) tweet me that all women were thots, UNLESS they were virgins. Like wtf?
Ugh. That guy sounds like such an idiot. Sometimes I hate people 😑
Haven’t seen thot or fleek on my newsfeed yet thank goodness but I’d be really happy not to see bae or ratchet ever again.
What else would she think they were there to talk to her about? She is so lame
Seriously! What has she done to merit an interview besides sleeping with a loser??? Just some lame chick. Her 15 should be done now surely?
LMAO.
Kawasaki is the potato of jump-offs.
She can be the side or the main.
Just sayin.
Kawasaki (your use of) not on fleek.
And Chris should never call anybody a thot after all he is know for sleeping around like it’s going out of style and apparently without protection. Ewww.
I don’t know what is more ridiculous….someone naming a baby “Royalty” or Chris Brown trying to opine on anyone else’s behavior.
Then why do the interview?
The interview could’ve gone in a positive way and OWN messed that up. Don’t basically slut shame a girl and not believe her when she says she didn’t sleep with someone the first night they met. Then don’t question her motives for entering a relationship and then staying in an abusive relationship.
How about building up her self esteem, how about acknowledging the cheating she had to endure, how about telling her she’s worth more than she settled for, how about recognizing that she has lost all her self worth and helping her pin point why she fell into this trap and how to not let it happen again?
^ this
This interview did not go wrong. Popular theory and some leaks from Vanzant’s team said it was scripted.
She’s a life coach of sorts. Tough love no coddling style. And these questions were approved. Chris was not off limits.
So, now this interview is getting big coverage because Karruache “walked out” in a fit of screams and tears, but shortly later invited the crew back in to finish.
She has great eyebrows.