Anyone who follows celebrity news these days has witnessed wall-to-wall coverage of the Chris Brown-Rihanna situation. This week Brown, 19, has been charged with assault and making criminal threats against a woman identified as “Robyn F.” Rihanna’s real name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty. Enter fellow pop singer Usher, who decided, apparently of his own volition, to express the view that Brown was dumb to be photographed frolicking on his jet-ski near Miami while the controversial case was being sorted out. “I'm a little disappointed in this photo ... C’mon, Chris. Have a little bit of remorse, man. The man’s on jet-skis? Like, just relaxing in Miami?” Ahem, lesson to all communicators, if you weigh in on a controversy, you jump right in where the water is warm. Usher may not be selling albums and concert tours like he once was, but did he think this would enhance his “brand” with female buyers? Perhaps. So why (oh, why) did he suddenly then issue an apology to Brown, no less. “The comments… were taken out of context and blown out of proportion. I apologize on behalf of myself and my friends if anyone was offended. The intentions were not to pass judgment and we meant no harm. I respect and wish the best for all parties involved.” That left many women – by any objective measure of blog reaction – extremely angry with Mr. Usher. Folks, be careful with highly charged issues and situations. Do you need to be in them? Are you ready to stand by your comments if you do venture in? Usher made an absolute mess of this.
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