Chris Brown grew up in abusive home

In the aftermath of Chris Brown’s arrest on an assault complaint, Access Hollywood uncovered an interview where Brown talks about growing up with an abusive stepfather in an interview with Giant Magazine.

Also during the interview, he said “He used to hit my mom.  He made me terrified all the time, terrified like I had to pee on myself.  I remember one night he made her nose bleed. I was crying and thinking, ‘I’m just gonna go crazy on him one day,’ I hate him to this day.”

Brown was arrested early morning Feb. 9 accused of assaulting a young woman.  Although the victim’s name hasn’t been released, multiple news organizations are speculating that the victim was his girlfriend singer Rihanna.

I hope Brown is able to overcome his demons, and it’s sad that he had to witness that type of behavior as a child.  But if the allegations against him are true, that’s still no excuse for assaulting someone else.

He has to learn to break the cycle.  Otherwise, he’s going to end up like his stepfather.

Also, about those Wrigley Doublemint gum commercials that Brown appears in.  You won’t see those commercials for a while because the company is suspending those commercials as a result of the assault allegations.