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Chris brown apologises for Good Morning America outburst

By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 25 March 2011

Chris Brown has spoken about his previously reported outburst backstage at ‘Good Morning America’ on Tuesday, during which he smashed a window and tore off his shirt. As previously reported, Brown became angry after he was quizzed by the show’s host Robin Roberts about the 2009 incident in which he attacked his then girlfriend Rihanna.

Appearing on BET show ‘106 & Park’, Brown said that he was sorry about the incident, but that he became angry because he felt he was being exploited by ‘GMA’, whose team he felt had tricked him onto the show by promising to talk about his new album but then focusing on the Rihanna attack instead. This despite Roberts insisting she’d cleared discussing Rihanna with Brown’s people before the interview

Brown told BET: “First of all, I want to apologise to anybody who was startled in the office, or anybody who was offended or really looked and [was] disappointed at my actions. Because I’m disappointed in the way I acted”.

And on the pre-interview briefing, Brown insisted that all the questions he’d been shown in advance related to his new album ‘FAME’. He continued: “I felt like they told us this just so they could get us on the show so they can exploit me. So I took it very, very hard, and I really kinda kept my composure throughout the whole interview … And when I got back, I just let off steam. I didn’t physically hurt anyone, I didn’t try to hurt anyone, I just wanted to release the anger that I had inside me because I felt that I worked so hard for this music, and I felt like people kept just trying to take it away from me”.

You can watch Brown’s full ‘106 & Park’ interview here.