*Chris Brown’s appearance on “Dancing With the Stars” was drama free, despite a lead up in which the show’s host and one of its professional dancers expressed negative feelings about his invitation to perform.
During Tuesday’s results show, Brown’s high-octane performances of “Yeah 3X” from his new album “F.A.M.E.” and the song “Forever” were well received by the audience.
In an interview Monday on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show, Bergeron said that if he were asked by producers of “Dancing” to interview Brown he wouldn’t agree to avoid any issues — an apparent reference to Brown’s visit last week to ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
The singer threw a destructive tantrum in his dressing room after he was asked on-air by the morning show’s Robin Roberts about his beating of then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. He later apologized, saying he got upset and needed to “let out steam.”
Bergeron got his wish. Not only did he avoid an interview with Brown, but he was never even in the same camera shot.
Burke, who’s paired this season with Chris Jericho, told “Extra” she disagreed with the decision to invite Brown but the matter was out of her hands.
Meanwhile, struggling contestants Wendy Williams and Sugar Ray Leonard escaped elimination. Radio host Mike Catherwood was the first celebrity to be voted off of season 12. He earned the lowest score when the audience vote was combined with the judges’ tally.
“It puts me on the Mount Rushmore of terrible dancers,” responded a good-natured Catherwood, who was paired with dancer Lacey Schwimmer. He said being on the show was “nothing but a pleasurable experience.”
Watch Chris Brown’s first performance below.
I just think it’s a little bandwagon-hating, to borrow another’s term for it, for everybody and they mama to gang up on Chris Brown. I’m just saying, what if it turns out that Cheryl Burke is partnered with someone whose past is uncovered at some later point? Will she disavow them as well? Everybody has a past, everybody’s made transgressions. I thought it was about hating the sin, not the sinner. On the other hand, Chris Brown REALLY needs to revisit those anger management classes he had to take as part of his restitution.
I agree with you Cassius, Chris needs a refresher course to harness that anger of his.
Oh for heaven’s sake stop with the nonsense already! Chris behaved badly a week ago but he was not going to throw a tantrum on live TV!! after all of the ying yang about the GMA incident. He has a new CD he wants to sell he is going to be on his best behavior( one can only hope) from now on. He was good last night even though he was lip synching but he was dancing, flipping etc at the same time so he gets a pass. LOL
“He has a new CD he wants to sell he is going to be on his best behavior…” You’d think, right? But let some of the backwards thinkers at EUR tell it, the opposite is true, ie “misbehaving increases his sales.” *Rolling eyes*
entertainers exhibiting bad behavior at or near the time their album is about to be released is nothing new.
“Bad behavior” and having people paint you as a monster that repulses little kids are two vastly different things.
You are CRAZY if you think he would intentionally prolong his 2009 ordeal–the same one that got him BANNED from radio stations across the nation. You are making NO sense.
Gimme a break.
@tgen chris brown parted ways with his publicist, why don’t you go and apply for the job so you can stop trolling EUR’s website for stories about him so you can keep recanting about people saying it was a publicity stunt because this obsession is getting ridiculous…..SMH & LOL at the same time!
lol I’M “trolling?” You’ve posted on all the stories I have (or more), so does that make you trolling too? And does it make those few others who’ve posted on the same stories “trolling” as well?
The only difference between the two is that you and others are posting ridiculous nonsense that someone would CHOOSE to exploit somethng that got him shunned from society and banned from the airwaves…and I’m posting the opposite.
Btw, weren’t you the one who told me to bypass your comments? Hmmm
He did fine. At least he didn’t queen out again
Hmmmm … I see back problems and pain killers in the future.
I miss Michael Jackson.
Like I said before, CB will be the poster boy for DV and will never live it down. That’s why he needs to get his anger in check with some longterm therapy. There was a time when bad behavior was not tolerated and singers were shunned because of domestic violence/abuse or drug usage (I’m talking about the 60s & 70s). Entertainers who were tainted were treated like leprosy. In a way, CB should be lucky that he can even be on tv shows & still get promotion for his CDs. He just needs to be contrite and harness all that rage.
“There was a time when bad behavior was not tolerated and singers were shunned” Really? Hmmm
I think James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Jim Brown–all considered “icons” and “heroes”–would disagree. (And the list goes on btw)
TGen: The revelations about abusing women by Gaye & Brown didn’t happen DURING the prime of their career. Those incidents happened after the fact. James Brown’s was well-known BUT unlike today where we have the internet and intense media converage, folks protected Brown’s behavior and again, his abuse of women wasn’t known until after JB wasn’t as popular.
No one knew about Marvin’s abuse until David Ritz’s book (I know I didn’t!). Also, in Gaye’s case, Marvin was protected by the Motown machinery. Do you actually think BG would have promoted or supported Marvin (for what it’s worth) PUBLICALLY for going upside his sister’s head??? By the time Gaye got with Janis Hunter, his career was on the wane and he did not promote his relationship with her because of her age.
Black folks covered up bad behavior back then because of the social and political climate. Black people were extremely consciousness in not promoting bad behavior back in the day. Mainstream america definitely would not support or promote a Black entertainer with violence issues. So alot of this stuff was covered up. They’re icons or ‘heroes’ now because we solely were more concerned with their professional contributions to lifting up the race than their personal issues. Nowadays, everybody is up in every celebrity personal business. That’s why CB is getting all of this intense scrutiny.
Wow, I’m too old to be a Chris Brown fan or to dislike him and I have never paid attention to him performing….That being said I was really impressed with this performance. I hope the young man get’s his act together because it would be a shame for that talent to go to waste.
Wow, no matter HOW blatant the REALITY is, yall man-haters can ALways find a way to blame the…”man”, huh! C\”He neeeds aother dose of classes n shyt”!!? GTFOH!Even when the facts are that HE was and STILL is a victim, too! And?, he’s YO lil brotha, too!!! unfknbeleeeeeeeeevable! Yall?, cain’t say SHYT about WTF a brotha dates from now ‘onnnnnn, yo! Weak as-s “Strong Queens”! Arge! And I don’t need no hook (positive rating) fuh dis sheeeeeeit! (said like Jigga!) Dueces haterrrrrrrs! (yah beeeeeeech!)