CHRIS BROWN TALKS TO LARRY KING
by thatsfunny

CNN has released a clip of Chris Brown’s interview with Larry King, along with a few excerpts. And boy is it unimpressive. Now Larry King is one of the worst interviewers out there. There must have been a time when he was at least decent or I don’t know how he would have lasted so long. But that was certainly eons ago, because Larry doesn’t toss out anything other than soft balls. I’m actually embarrassed for him. So not surprisingly, in the clip released – which I would assume is one of the best clips so CNN can generate some good buzz – Larry doesn’t ask anything insightful, nor does he apparently push Chris Brown on his answers.

Chris, naturally, claims not to remember a single thing about beating the crap out of Rihanna. How very convenient. He’s also obviously lying, since he’s looking down the whole time, never once at Larry or the camera. And he’s searching for words… though the kid obviously has a really hard time coming up with more than about six of them. “Wow” being the best one.

If you think Chris Brown’s fans were floored when they heard about his assault of Rihanna, well, their shock had nothing on the R&B star’s. That is, if his first interview about the incident—set to air on Larry King Live’s hallowed, softball-lined halls Wednesday—is to be believed.

A short (and we mean short) portion of Brown’s interview with the suspender king, recorded at CNN’s Hollywood HQ last Wednesday, was released online this morning in which Brown, flanked by his contrite and supportive mother, Joyce Hawkins, and attorney Mark Geragos, revealed that he had no recollection of the bloody altercation earlier this year.

“No, I don’t,” he said, when asked whether he remembers beating up his superstar ex-girlfriend. “It’s like, it’s crazy to me. I’m like, wow.”

Equally wow-worthy? Brown’s revelation to People that he’s still in love with Rihanna. “I never fell out of love with her,” he said. “That just wouldn’t go away.” Brown, who told the magazine he was “distraught” over his behavior and “broke down” in front of his mother, said that he did not feel he was part of the cycle of abuse he witnessed as a child, claiming to be different from his stepfather, who regularly abused his mom. “I feel like he enjoyed it. He was an abuser. It was continuous.”

And while Brown’s indefensible behavior was not a one-time deal, he is still apparently having a hard time coming to grips with himself. “I just look at it like, wow, I’m in shock, ’cause first of all, that’s not who I am as a person,” Brown told King, when asked what he thinks after he hears the gory details of the police report taken on the scene last February. “And that’s not who I pride myself on being. “When I look at the police reports or I hear about the police reports, I don’t know what to think. I just don’t know what to think. It’s just like, wow.” Wow, indeed. Clearly, he’s a man of few words. Here’s hoping one of them is “sorry.” The rest of Brown’s conciliatory musings can be seen in full on Wednesday night.

[From E! News]

What struck me most about this teeny, tiny, short clip was how inarticulate and generally dumb Chris Brown comes across. “It’s like, it’s crazy to me. I’m like, wow,” is not a normal reaction nor a normal thing to say when told you’ve beaten your girlfriend black and blue. “Wow.” Wow. Over and over again. “Wow.” I’m actually not surprised by this, because I think a smarter man would have been able to make a smarter decision. He wouldn’t have joked about it and blown $300,000 on customized bling mocking the vicious beating.

Strictly from my own observations, it seems to me that people with Chris’ sort of rage are too stupid to use words to convey their anger. So – feeling impotent – they resort to physical violence. That’s just my theory, but so far the kid is coming off as a numskull. At no point has he done the right thing. He waited way too long to say he was sorry. And he only says he’s remorseful in very vague terms in public, then immediately goes out and parties or records videos blaming everyone else for his problems. Chris really did need a much more severe punishment for his crime. There’s no way you can convince me he won’t do this again.

Here’s Chris Brown arriving at Guys and Dolls nightclub on August 11th. Images thanks to WENN.com .