Can Chris Brown really 'move on to something better'?

Pop and R&B Artist Chris Brown’s recent appearance on Good Morning America suggests it won’t be easy for him to “chuck up the deuce” to his 2009 drama.

Brown, who was on the show on March 22, as reported by AceShowbiz, was there to promote his new album, FAME.

The host, Robin Roberts, as a journalist in her position would do, asked Brown about his alleged assault on the ‘S&M’ starlet Rihanna, as well as whether or not the now relaxed restraining order would affect his life.

Brown, uncomfortable with the interview’s impending direction, moved to steer the conversation to better, more productive topics, but Roberts would not let up.

After the show, Brown allegedly stormed off the set, went ‘ballistic’ and broke a window. He even tweeted (then deleted), “I’m so over people bringing this past shit up!! Yet we praise Charlie Sheen and others for their bullshit.”

While it’s understandable that Brown would not want to derail his new project by bringing up his questionable past, he can’t honestly expect any self-respecting journalist not to ‘go there’ during an interview.

In fact, as journalist myself, I don’t see why Roberts should’ve ever briefed him on what kinds of questions would be asked. Celebrities, while worshipped as gods in American culture, should not be above every other source.

Brown’s ‘people,’ or public relations officers, should’ve prepared him for that situation. After all, any good publicist can coach their star to talk their way out of questions meant to touch a nerve.

Either way, whether Brown likes it or not, most people today will always associate him with the assault of Rihanna. Such actions can taint a person’s career forever. See Charlie Sheen, as Brown’s tweet so keenly referenced. See Michael Jackson.

But it doesn’t have to be that way. And, for the most part, Brown is on the right track by with the promotion of his new album … with one exception.

What’s up with his song “Deuces?”



The song, which depicts a curvaceous black woman walking seductively towards Brown and his cohort, harkens back again to his relationship with the “S&M” starlet, and, while he insists in the song’s lyrics that he’s “movin’ on to something better,” I can’t help but believe that’s not true.

If he was moving on, why write a song about it? Furthermore, why release it as one of the first singles in 2011? Aren’t you just re-opening an old wound?

All I’m saying is … if he didn’t want people to bring up ‘this past shit,’ he shouldn’t have put that song on his latest album.

Also, Brown, if you do read this, just know that most of us aren’t ‘praising’ Sheen’s behavior, we’re laughing at him.

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In many ways, Hollywood is like high school. The tabloids, the magazines are all just a convenient way to spread gossip, lies and scandal.

While everyday folks use their Facebook profiles to both lament their woes worldwide and sit idly by to watch the glorious downfall of others, artists sometimes mimic this behavior.

They put other stars, most of whom they have serious beef with, on blast in their songs and music videos.

This causes both spectacle and speculation. It also, unfortunately, provides Americans with endless entertainment. Here’s a look at today’s best break-up, gotcha back songs:

1. “Cry Me A River” by Justin Timberlake

The NSYNC-star shed his nice guy persona and displayed his acting chops (a foreshadow I presume of his roles yet to come, ie. The Social Network) in 2002 with the debut of “Cry Me A River,” which was nominated for a Video Music Award, or VMA, in 2003.

But the video, although acclaimed for both its visual and dramatic prowess, was not without its own set of real-life drama.

In fact, many, to this day, believe that was its initial premise.

In 2002, Timberlake famously split with his Disney co-star girlfriend, pop princess Britney Spears. Tweens across the world mourned the duo’s split.

“Cry Me A River,” critics say, was a product of Timberlake’s heartache. Not only is her alleged infidelity outlined in the song’s lyrics, but other, more visual cues suggest Spears’ presence. For example, the fairy doorstep might refer to Spears’ tattoo.

At one point, an aloof Spears’ look-alike, a blonde girl clad in a newsboy cap and pink sunglasses, enters the scene to be followed by Timberlake, who enacts his revenge upon her.

Despite this evidence, Timberlake insists that his Spears saga did not inspire the bittersweet, break-up video. His director, Francis Lawrence, backed up his claims in the a 2003 article with MTV.

“Honestly, he and I never spoke of any specific names in the process,” Lawrence said. “We literally never talked about his real break-up.”

Spears herself also believes the supposed look-alike must’ve been a coincidence.

“The last time I looked in the mirror, I didn’t really think I looked like her,” Spears told Total Request Live, or TLR.

2. “Obsessed” by Mariah Carey
The alleged fling between pop musician Mariah Carey and rapper Eminem, or Marshall Mathers, has been described by fans as a meteor. It burned bright, then quickly fizzled.

But one can’t seem to let go or so Carey’s song “Obsessed,” which debuted in June of 2009, suggests.

The video, which features Carey dressed up in an “8-mile”-esque costume, critics believe, is a response to Eminem’s song, “Bagpipes from Baghdad,” which was on his most recent album, Relapse.

And, although Carey hasn’t formally admitted the song is about Mathers, she isn’t too quiet either.

At one point, she even cooes the following lines: “’It must be the weed, it must be the E/ ‘cause you be poppin’, you get it poppin’,” a stab at Eminem’s very public battle with substance abuse.

She also calls the person ‘obsessed’ with her ‘delusional’ through the entire 4-minute song.

3. “Play with Fire” by Hilary Duff

The Lizzie McGuire singer may have never been the best actress, but she certainly doesn’t hold back on her song “Play With Fire,” which many believe she utilized to come to terms with her break-up from Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden.

The song, which bouts lyrics like: “I can't believe it's really you/Been so long, you look good/I hear you're doing really well/Don't ask me, let me tell you/How I've been since when you left/Since you left me for dead,” is relatable to anyone who has been dumped. That’s why it’s probably one of Generation X’s best break up songs.

Madden may be with Nicole Richie now, but things ended well for Duff too. She’s married to hockey player Mike Cromie now. There’s no hard feelings. I think.

Can you think of any celebrity feuds I've missed?

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