DWTS 2011 – Chris Brown Performing Or Not, Dancing With The Stars Would Have Received Top Ratings
Some of the cast of Danicng With The Stars were ‘less than thrilled’ about Chris Brown’s visit to the show this past week. Robin Quivers’ (filling in for Joy Behar on her show) interviewed Cheryl yesterday. In the interview Cheryl talked of how wrong she thought it was. Many of you have expressed the same. Watch below and see if she has a point.
According to All Headlines News, Cheryl wasn’t the only cast member with the same feelings about Chris Brown being on the show.
Contestants Wendy Williams and Kirstie Alley, as well as professional dancer Cheryl Burke, are also less than thrilled that Brown visited the set.
Cheryl told Popeater after the singer’s performance, “As a victim of domestic violence, I don’t agree with him coming on the show, but it’s out of my control.”
A source added, “Usually when a big star comes in to sing, the entire cast is excited to meet them and spend the day together at rehearsals. With Chris, no one wanted to be around when he rehearsed.”
“Kirstie wanted to spend as little time as possible around him. It was hard enough for her to be in the same building as him.”
And while everything went without a hitch on stage, with Brown even helping bring ratings to the show, it wasn’t as smooth backstage.
The insider said, “No one wanted anything to do with him. Most of the cast thinks it’s a disgraceful that ABC invited him on in the first place, but after he smashed a window backstage at ‘Good Morning America,’ almost everyone participating in the competition thought he should have been canceled.”
By the way, the press (one example of many) keeps mentioning how Chris Brown gave the show top ratings Tuesday night as if it was all his doing? In my opinion, Chris Brown performing or not, the show would have received top ratings since it was the first results show and it can hold it’s own. They need to stop raving on Chris Brown and give the dancers, hosts, judges, the new Dance Troupe, the crew, etc., props instead!!








I totally agree with Vogue. DWTS didn’t need Chris Brown to help them get top ratings for the first results show. It’s all water under the bridge at this point, and hopefully the whole thing will be old news by next week.
Chris put on a great show, and he did bring in a lot of viewers who don’t normally watch the show. ABC had been hyping up his appearance all last week, and I think in the end they got what they wanted, which was high ratings. This is all about business folks. Chris is a very talented young man, who has made mistakes like all humans…No one is perfect, and that’s why I don’t stand in judgment. I wish Chris the best and hope he continues get the help he needs. Life and learning is working process.
And while I empathize with Cheryl, I have to question the timing of her sudden concern about Chris performing on the show. It seems like she is trying to attach herself to him, in order to sell a few copies of her book…which is disappointing, because I would think she’d be above that. Also…people who like to say DWTS is a “family show” also need to look back, and see what kinds of celebrities have been on past shows. Playboy models, Amateur Porn Stars, Convicted Felons, Alcohol/ Drug Junkies, and yes even Women Beaters. In fact there is one now that is currently dancing on the show. Sugar Ray Leonard’s ex-wife, in the early 90s said that he use to physically abuse her, and even spit in her face. This is all public record and in court documents. Just do a Google search. But I’m sure it won’t stop some of you from voting for him. You would be hard pressed to find anyone in Hollywood who hasn’t came out a little dirty. So I think it would be best if folks stop and think before pointing fingers and condemning people.
“came out a little dirty”
A little dirty? You call what CB did a little dirty?
How the hell does being a Playboy model, a porn star or a junkie compare to beating the crap out of a woman? I agree with Cheryl on everything. After he beat up Rihanna he should at the very least be prepared to answer questions about it in a calm and remorseful manner. It’s not something that just goes away.
“sudden concern about Chris performing on the show”
When was she supposed to show concern about him performing? A year before or after the actual event?
He’s an unsympathetic character due more to his GMA violence, I think. He needs to get through a few months without breaking the law. Yeah, he broke the law on GMA but they didn’t press charges. If you or I broke a window on their property we’d a been cuffed in a second. As for your comments that everyone is dirty, you got that right. We watched, didn’t we?
No, we didn’t. (I can’t watch anyway because I’m not in the US but BELIEVE ME I would not be watching even if I was). Chris Brown has officially moved to my “don’t endorse: don’t click, don’t watch, don’t listen, don’t read” list. It’s getting a bit crowded in there.
I don’t agree with what Chris did, but there is also three sides to every story…the two people involved sides, and the truth. No one knows the truth except them. We are only spectators, and I choose to forgive him and move on. He is currently paying for what he did, and I don’t agree with people still bringing up the past. Rihanna forgave him, and is living her life…now let him live his. But I know the media won’t do that, because they are very ruthless, and love building people up, only to tear them down, when they make a mistake.
And I still believe Cheryl only brought up Chris to draw attention to her book. I wonder did she show the same concern for Sugar Ray Leonard dancing this season?? This interview makes her look very opportunistic.
The thing is, Gina, I believe that if Chris had not had his meltdown after his GMA appearance, this would all be a moot point. Obviously the young man still has anger management problems, and while I give him positive acknowledgement for not hitting a person, instead throwing a chair, well, he still has a long way to go. A lot of folks, myself included, think that he has more work to do and if we were seeing more positive sides of him working on his anger problems, we’d probably feel better. But the GMA incident was just the week prior, not years and years ago. That’s a big difference between him and Ray. And yes, I get to have an opinion, because I am a survivor of domestic violence.
“No one knows the truth except them”
The truth is what you saw in that photo of Rihanna. It becomes pointless to discuss who started it, who provoked who and so forth when you see the degree of what HE did.
“He is currently paying for what he did”
How is he paying? His career is blooming, he goes around trashing property and gets away with it, he’s jolly and smiley and practically giddy in photos.
“Rihanna forgave him, and is living her life”
Is that a quote- she said she forgave him?
Regardless, it’s not just about Rihanna, it’s about young boys and girls who have CB for a role model.
I won’t go into this Sugar Ray business because I know nothing about it, this is a first for me.
Gina, I have a hard time seeing Cheryl seeing dollar signs and just wanting to capitalize from her book. She is not a calculating, cold, and greedy person like that. Like Evaine, I see your point about forgiving him. At the same time, he showed anger and voilence issues and tore up a dressing room at GMA. Yes, he might have been angry after some of the questions they asked him on Rihanna and rightfully so. But, that doesn’t give him the right to tear up a room and destroy someone elses property.
Sasa: “Is that a quote- she said she forgave him?
Regardless, it’s not just about Rihanna, it’s about young boys and girls who have CB for a role model.”
I agree Sasa!
I hoped DWTS/ABC would can him, but didn’t hold out much hope, since the show is a business. We DVR’d the results show, and fast forwarded through both performances. But I have to say Tom’s smirk as he introduced him/went to commercial after he sang totally cracked me up. His lip must’ve been bleeding terribly after he bit it hard enough to keep from making a snarky comment
I think what he did to Rhianna was horrible, but I think his lack of a real apology, or any appearance of any remorse afterward was what sealed the deal for me.
sasa, I, too have a list–Charlie Sheen is the latest to make mine
Oh yeah, Charlie’s on mine too.
Some others: Lohans, Kardashians, Brangelina VS J. Aniston stories, LeAnn Rimes and her stupid Twitter.. Not everybody is obviously on for the same reasons but what they all have in common is overexposure.
Sorry for going off topic.
Sasa: I’ve heard it all now (you won’t go into this Sugar Ray business because you know nothing about it, this is a first for you). Honey you don’t know what happen with Chris and Rihanna except what you’ve read. I have a question for you. What would you do if while you were driving someone started hitting you, scracthing you and grabbing the steering wheel causing you to almost lose control of the car? Do you do nothing or would you trying to get this person off you anyway you can, hitting back if needed? Yea, I thought so. Llike I said #JudgeNotLessUbeJudged
Then on the other hand when it’s over you end up going to court because you’re a boy and she’s a girl and boys just don’t hit girls. So your lawyer whom you are trusting with your life says you don’t want to fight this, it could get real ugly after all you’re a boy and she’s a gril and no one is going to want to hear your side. So just give in and this will all go away in no time, two years tops.
Now years have gone by and you’ve moved on with your life, at least you thought you had until you realized you’ve been put in a room in a box and they just want let you out. At first you say please let me out I just want to go home and go on with my life. but as time goes by you realize they’re never going to let you out so you start to kicking and screeming PLEASE JUST LET ME OUT AND LEAVE ME ALONE I JUST WANT MY LIFE BACK.
Then you see the onlookers that are walking by. They hear your cry for help but instead of helping, all they do is point and say, isn’t that the boy who hit that girl a few years back.
#JudgeNotLessUbeJudged
I didn’t like this article as much as the first one you did on Chris Brown. This one was onesided and brought out the worse in people. I saw the BET video were Chris Brown Apologizes for ‘GMA’ Outburst http://t.co/1gdRPDi .Chris said he was sorry for what he did at ABC and was mad at himself. If you haven’t seen it maybe you should. Also here is the video from Access saying he was not snubbed backstage http://bit.ly/gbKuG4
yes chris brown did help that show what the deal he was a kid when that happened don’t agree with it but he deserved a chance just like charlie sheen i see that white media tries to rip him apart if rhianna has moved on why can’t everybody else! the more you diss the more successful he becomes so live with it and cheryl burke like you really got room to talk you know all the dirt on you! sorry you been through that but how do you know some of your dance partner’s past and backgroud do you screen them yourself be you dance with them! really cheryl burke think before you talk because you don’t want your fan’s you say you love kknow the real truth! cheryl burke fans you have no idea!
OMG Cheryl Burke a role model! Yea she is a role model to sell her book’s and to get votes! Omg y’all don’t have a clue! LMAO!!! Omg! The truth will come out one day and we will all no the truth! Role model my ass! I ave seen it with my own eyes! So keep praising Miss Burke! LOL!
Ihopalong – that’s the most disturbing excuse-making for a guy beating the hell out of his girlfriend that I’ve seen in a long time. You obviously forget that there were pictures of her face – I guess it’s all just a big conspiracy? First of all, get some professional help. Second of all, state your case without the personal attacks and with the expectation that people will disagree, particularly when you are defending the indefensible. If you can’t do that, then you don’t need to be posting here.
Terika, you best chill out right now. I’ve already deleted one offensive comment from you and you are walking the line here. This is not the abc board and we have limits to what we will tolerate. Cool it or else.
Interesting how you insist on siding with an abuser against the abused. Is it all in the name of a cute boy? I feel sorry for you.
Terika, let’s assume for a second Cheryl is just being greedy with her book like you say. If that were the case (which it is NOT! At this point, I gather you don’t follow her or the show, lol), I’d still take her side and word over an abuser (or reformed abuser who still has violence issues who just a week or so ago ripped up a piece of property that wasn’t even his at the mere mention of his former girlfriend). Who exactly has Cheryl ever physically hurt? No one! Has she ever destroyed property with her temper. lol I don’t think so.
whatever we all know what’s the true story! so on that point i said what i said and sticking to it! now i’m done because he’s still number one! winning!
“Winning” is so last month…..
Bwahaha, evaine. So is chris brown, when you get right down to it.