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Chris Brown invited back to Good Morning America
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 24 March 2011
US TV show ‘Good Morning America’ has invited Chris Brown back for a second interview after he recently flew into a rage and smashed a window off camera following an appearance on the programme on Tuesday.
As previously reported, Brown became angry after he was quizzed about the 2009 incident in which he attacked his then girlfriend Rihanna, leaving her bruised and unconscious on an LA pavement following an argument on the way home from a pre-Grammy Awards party. Despite attempts by the singer to steer the conversation back to his new album, ‘FAME’, the ‘GMA’ presenter continued to ask questions relating to the incident.
Following the interview, Brown went backstage and refused to come back on for a planned performance of one of his new songs. Instead, he ripped off his shirt and allegedly smashed a window with a chair, which sent broken glass raining down on the busy pavement below the ABC TV network building. Security was called to eject him, but the shirtless Brown shortly afterwards appeared on the street of his own accord.
However, yesterday Robin Roberts, who conducted the interview, said that Brown had already been invited back on the show, telling ‘Good Morning America’ viewers: “We wish him the absolute best … We’ve extended the invitation to him and I sure hope that he takes us up on it, because we’d love to have another chat with him”.
Saying that she’d “thought he was joking” when he flew into a rage and that he was “seriously considering” the second interview, she also added that Brown had been aware that Rihanna would be a topic of conversation in their discussion, saying: “Any time we have a guest, we let them know ahead of time the subject matter and the topics. And even right before the interview I let him know. I was shocked like everyone else, because we’ve had a wonderful relationship. I’ve been to his home, he’s very gracious, and we’ve had easy conversation”.
A spokesperson for ABC also confirmed to Entertainment Weekly yesterday that Brown would still appear as a contestant on the new series of ‘Dancing With The Stars’, which is due to begin on Tuesday.
As part of his sentence after being convicted of assault likely to cause great bodily harm in August 2009, Brown was put on probation for five years. It’s not yet clear if the incident on Tuesday will affect this. ABC has said it will not press charges, but New York detectives are known to have attended the scene. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Probation Department, where Brown’s probation is managed, told MTV News yesterday that they “were unable to comment”.
