This week's perspective from Joe Chidley: Goodness! Those hip-hop stars! Chris Brown, the singer who is arguably more famous for abusing his once-girlfriend than for his talent – and who has produced precisely zero songs that we here at Touchdowns & Fumbles have heard – appeared on Good Morning America this week to talk about his new album F.A.M.E. (And no, we don’t know why there are periods in there….) Unfortunately, interviewer Robin Roberts wanted to talk about what Brown would like to put in the past – namely, his beating-up Rihanna. So Roberts asked questions accordingly, and Brown responded with terse replies about not wanting to talk about things that happened two years ago. General discomfort ensued. Brown reportedly returned to his dressing room and proceeded to trash it, then stormed out of the GMA studio in a rage (and out of his shirt – again, don’t ask us why he felt the need to disrobe). The conversation among gossip-site followers centred on whether or not Roberts staged a media ambush of Brown. In response, GMA and Roberts were adamant that they had vetted the interview questions with Brown’s staff beforehand. Our take: it doesn’t matter. When you’re the subject of an interview, especially a live one, whatever deals you’ve pre-arranged can quickly be thrown out the window – either by the reporter or by events. Interviewees need to be prepared for not only the questions that are on the script, but the ones that might come out of left field too. Surely, it couldn’t have surprised Brown that Roberts would ask tough questions about Rihanna – he should have been ready to do more to answer them than mumble about ancient history and trash a dressing room. That is just so cliché.
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