After telling the booing crowd to "chill out" while accepting the award for Favorite Male R&B Artist on Chris Brown's behalf at the American Music Awards (AMAs), Kelly Rowland has doubled down on her support for the disgraced singer.
The former Destiny's Child member was approached by TMZ in West Hollywood yesterday (November 21) and clarified her comments in praise of Brown — who pleaded guilty to the felony assault of former girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 and has been accused of multiple additional assaults since — at the awards show, voicing her belief that he deserves "grace" and "forgiveness."
"I believe that grace is very real, and we all need a dose of it," Rowland told TMZ's videographer. "And before we point fingers at anybody, we should realize how grateful we are for every moment that we get... I just think it's important to remember to be human. We are humans.
"We all need to be forgiven for anything that we could be doing. Anything that we're thinking," she continued. "We all come up short in some sort of way. And grace is real. And we are humans and everybody deserves grace. Period."
Feminists have boycotted Brown and his music since photos of the injuries he inflicted on Rihanna went viral, but apparently, in Rowland's eyes, he's still worth defending — and naming America's favourite R&B singer! Cases such as this one have the power to perpetuate an incredibly harmful precedent that allows even the most highly publicized abusers in positions of power to still be rewarded by the music industry.
Back in 2019, Chvrches roasted Marshmello for working with Brown, and he charmingly responded by saying he wished they would walk "in front of a speeding bus." Justin Bieber went under fire for defending Brown on social media that same year.
The former Destiny's Child member was approached by TMZ in West Hollywood yesterday (November 21) and clarified her comments in praise of Brown — who pleaded guilty to the felony assault of former girlfriend Rihanna in 2009 and has been accused of multiple additional assaults since — at the awards show, voicing her belief that he deserves "grace" and "forgiveness."
"I believe that grace is very real, and we all need a dose of it," Rowland told TMZ's videographer. "And before we point fingers at anybody, we should realize how grateful we are for every moment that we get... I just think it's important to remember to be human. We are humans.
"We all need to be forgiven for anything that we could be doing. Anything that we're thinking," she continued. "We all come up short in some sort of way. And grace is real. And we are humans and everybody deserves grace. Period."
Feminists have boycotted Brown and his music since photos of the injuries he inflicted on Rihanna went viral, but apparently, in Rowland's eyes, he's still worth defending — and naming America's favourite R&B singer! Cases such as this one have the power to perpetuate an incredibly harmful precedent that allows even the most highly publicized abusers in positions of power to still be rewarded by the music industry.
Back in 2019, Chvrches roasted Marshmello for working with Brown, and he charmingly responded by saying he wished they would walk "in front of a speeding bus." Justin Bieber went under fire for defending Brown on social media that same year.
