Rita Ora has a new interview with the Sun to promote her upcoming collaboration with Chris Brown. Yeah, that’s happening. Rita expresses the desire to finally get her “American takeover” on, and then she talks up Breezy. Rita comes right out and says Chris experiences “discrimination” for his past behavior. She never acknowledges that Chris’ violent behavior is still occurring. Rita seems blind to Breezy’s very real issues.
I wonder how much of Rita’s stance has to do with her ambition and how much is due to her alleged feud with Rihanna. Chris violently abused Rihanna in 2009, and he’s continued to be a tantrumy mess. There’s no love lost between the two women either. Rihanna reportedly banned Rita from her Met gala party. Rita has pulled some SWF moves on Rihanna, including the Tom Ford exchange. Now Rita says it doesn’t matter what Chris did in the past because he makes awesome music:
“Chris Brown is strong, powerful and someone that is important to me personally and professionally. The discrimination and all what people think? If you have a great song then no one cares. It’s really nice that we finally got together because, regardless of what’s happened, the song is just amazing.”
[From The Sun]
Chris Brown’s violent tendencies are very much an ongoing problem in his on-off relationship with Karrueche Tran. He still can’t control himself, and his temper results in broken windows and disturbingly territorial behavior. But Rita thinks Brown’s issues are all in the past, and anyone who thinks otherwise is guilty of “discrimination.” Amazing.
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Dammit. I was just starting to like her.
She must be really desperate! Hard to go much lower than a psychopathic, repeat woman beater
I’m with you…juuuust starting to tolerate her.
And her saying Chris’ past doesn’t matter because his music is good, is like saying “Hitler’s atrocities don’t matter because his paintings were good.”
Climbers gotta climb.
While she may be a cool chic i do think her path of karma has been rather dark – she seems to be fully dedicated to making it in the LaLa land, whatever the cost. This ambition for any cost blinds one sense of rigth or wrong. I think that the Rita some once knew doe not exist anymore. In her place is this more harderned, fully dedicated & thirsty being. Make no mistake, she is not stupid. It is just that her compass of what is right or wrong is gone. I expect she will continue selling out who she is and it will not end well . She is simply giving it all, without protecting her essence/ who she is- she will fall hard if it does not work out. I guess be careful what you wish for? 🙁
I really liked her, but… No, not anymore. She is so stupid…
I am interested in people’s opinion on this. If he had lived quietly these past 6 years since the beating would people be over it by now? At one point and when does the public begin to “forgive” someone?
Same question about Josh Duggar if he didn’t act like such a hypocritical bigot would people be willing to say the stuff he did was a long time ago we need to move on?
I think they both suck so not trying to take up for either of them, just interested in other people’s opinions.
I think if he’d shown any remorse or attempt to better himself and take his charges seriously people would have been more understanding.
The thing about Chris is that one incident started it but the man has had a dozen different incidents since then. We’re not all just harping on his ‘one’ mistake. The thing I try to keep in mind is even celebrities have troubled pasts, they come from abuse and don’t get the proper therapy when they should. Chris and Rihanna both came from abuse and drugs, they were young and being set up as this ‘perfect couple’ that were expected to stay together and fulfill this image (this is also the vibe I got with Selena and Justin and look what happened there).
So yes I could almost have forgiven that one inexcusable action from him if he’d changed his life for the better. But he didn’t, from day 1 it’s been nothing but excuses, whining, complaining, tantrums, violent outbursts, slut shaming, peen pics…he’s like a young Charlie Sheen at this point.
This^. People forgive when someone is genuinely remorseful. That is not even remotely the case here.
Well, Bing Crosby beat the crap out of his boys and emotionally abused them as well. Do you think of him fondly though? Because I do (I’m only 35 though and didn’t know about the abuse until a few years ago)… Not that that makes it right as I’m rereading what I wrote just trying to say that time, sadly, typically lessens.
What a dummy. Stand in line for your beating, then. And who is this no-talent, anyway? Thank god I don’t listen to new music. I’m happily entrenched in 90’s grunge and Lilith Fair, when the best music was made by actual musicians who cared about their craft and the state of the world, and still do today. Let’s see these lip-synching auto-tuned nobodies have a career in 20 years like Sarah Mc., Jewel, the Indigo Girls, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam still do. I’m proud I’ve never listened to a single note from these mass-produced so-called “artists” make today.
Since you haven’t listened to a single note, you’d be surprised to know that Rita can actually sing. Stupid girl for sure, but it’s not fair for you to assume that just because a person is a current artist it means they have no talent. Especially when you haven’t even listened to their music and have no intentions of doing so.
None of the artists you mentioned have had a hit in ten years…
Or twenty…
Damn these kids today with their different taste in things. Get off my lawn.
Mama always said “stupid is as stupid does.”
Ha, you said it all
Exactly! She always says stupid stuff, was anyone expecting more from her?
I’m more surprised with people who were starting to like her than with her stupidity.
Yup. Never liked this girl. She sleeps around to get ahead in the industry and then cries victim when people drag her for it.
She never plays the victim. What makes you say that?
Rita, to paraphrase Marge Simpson, in a minute the entire world is going to explain to you how everything you just said was wrong. So very, very wrong.
Two beautiful stupid women fighting over a troll man. This one will run and run.
Chris won’t allow the public to forget that he is an impulsive child.
Discrimination? Against what? Batterers?
Yeah count me in on the very very happy with my ‘discrimination’ against abusers club. SMH what on earth is she talking about?
Yes. I’d like to become an honorary member of that club.
Isn’t discrimination about shunning people for things that they cannot control and don’t actually matter? Things like skin color and sexual orientation.
Being a violent man-child with a record of violent criminal behavior doesn’t really fall into that category. He is shunned, yes. But with damn good reason.
Yes! This!
We are not talking about his “past” poor fashion choices or his “past”incidences were he said the f-word.
This is about a pattern of criminal behaviour. Which is not OK, I don’t care how many stars shine out of your a$$.
I just wish that violent piece of garbage was shunned completely from the music industry. Why is he still allowed to make music? Why is it so hard for powerful people to take a stand and show this loser the door, permanently? IDGAF about ~talent~ when you’re an abusive SOB (see: Sean Penn, Woody Allen, Lena Dunham, etc.)
The list of people chris brown has collaborated with is longer than the list of people he hasn’t collaborated with since his attack on Rihanna.
Hell even his victim Rihanna collaborated with him, by their actions are aren’t they all condoning his behaviour. Its not fair to single out Rita Ora.
Rita verbalised it but thats what they all think. If they can get a hit song it doesn’t matter what he did.
it’s quite sad, isn’t it?
Really, REALLY sad.
It is absolutely fair to single out Rita Ora. And every other person who is promoting this batterer. Are we all supposed to shrug and let it go because “everyone is doing it”?
Maybe she’s too honest and needs to learn how to be more cunning.
People in the industry will overlook a lot for a hit single (or TV show or Movie) or even awards attention. She was honest about that.
Rita went the extra step in another part of this same interview though by talking about his character as a person and what a lovely human being Chris is and how much he loves everyone and what a good person he is, blah, blah, blah.
she’d probably be apologizing for Hitler if they collaborated on an art show. Somebody’s publicist is having a bad week.
I can’t stand her – in the UK it seems like she’s everywhere and I really don’t see the point of her. Now at least I have a good reason to dislike her. What an idiot.
Yeah, I agree. I don’t understand why she still gets work. She had little talent and an annoying personality.
She has a great voice. It’s strong and unique. Have you ever heard her sing live? She sings better than 80% of the other pop stars out today.
Conclusion: Rita Ora is a complete moron.
Yup.
Yeah, sure. But Chris Brown is also a shitty, autotuned singer.
I thought I was the only one who thought his music was crap..
He’s dull, mediocre and forgettable on his own. He’s not Michael Jackson, where it really is agonizing to struggle with the idea that a generation defining, transcendent genius also hurt a lot of people. Chris Brown is only good when he’s singing backup for better musicians.
Date him for a while, then let’s see what you have to say.
wow he made a deal with the devil. he is NOT all that in addition to his general beat down awfulness and yet satan himself must be his manager, label executive, producer, and pr what with all the collaborations. smh.
So it’s come to this, eh? Say something controversial, maybe then somebody will pay attention! She is trying so hard, it hurts. Have any nude photos leaked yet?
I don’t like people who try hard. She reminds me of that stupid kid in my class who asks too many questions and reminds the teacher about the homework. Ugh. I won’t eat for the rest of the day now.
I thought about and didn’t come with a conclusion: when an artist, a writer, a scientist (insert someone who did something notorious professionally) is someone who on a personal level isn’t a great human being, do you give him a pass and focus just on the creation, the “masterpiece” or you just refuse to accept anything that comes from that person. I ask this because it’s easy to dismiss people who are alive now and criticize them like their behaviour contaminates their work, but with figures of the past we tend to ignore it. Many times it was actually their troubled lives that fed their art in a way. I’m conflicted.
I’ve always been conflicted about that. I try to take it by the era. I love weird fiction and horror and therefore love HP Lovecraft. But his writings on people who were not White New Englanders is less than…flattering. Being black, it’s always a little cringe worthy but I’ve just had to accept that if something is written pre-1990, it’s probably going to have some dodgey bits.
I can easily dismiss a Polanski film or Brown’s music but that’s probably because they’re still alive, can still say things that remind me, “Oh yeah, this guy/gal is a jack off, cool.” Dead people rarely speak from beyond the grave; they’re frozen in time, an image and a character. We can make excuses for them easier than a living person.
My under thesis in college was actually on something similar–do we use the data gathered during the Holocaust on human body tolerance in medicine knowing full well how it was obtained or do we shun it and render that suffering pointless? It’s something that is still debated in medical ethics circles and I’m not going to pretend to know the answer.
But imagine a scientist who discovers the cure of something really big and then you find out he beats his wife and is mean to his kids. If I know that I can’t just dissociate. It really bothers me. I can totally understand your last paragraph because I’m Vegan and feel conflicted by the knowledge we gained from experimenting with animals and that we currently use, it’s the same principle. Using condemning methods to gain information and them use that info ignoring how we got it.
When talking about art I guess people romanticize the authors personal history. Like F. Scott Fitzgerald who apparently manipulated his wife emotionally and brought despair to her so he would have material to write. I do understand the context you mentioned, actually even when analysing history we have to understand what were the mainstream ideas at the time about what was acceptable. But sometimes it seems that we select the people we decide to give a pass. Nowadays if I like someone’s work I choose deliberately not to know much about the one who made it. I’m afraid to become disapointed:/ I know people are complicated and that influences what they create, so sometimes I question the origins or the reasons that led someone create something that feels so disturbing to me. Oh this is really difficult.
I really think you have to look at each case individually. A criminal is a criminal and unless he is truly reformed, to me, I don’t want anything to do with his art. It’s harder to make that decision when it comes to scientific discoveries that benefit a large number of people or even mankind as a whole.
The difference between Chris Brown and historical figures is that we know today, during his lifetime, that his behavior is a) criminal and b) goes against social norms. Often, when we make these judgments in retrospect based on our current value system, it doesn’t stick because that person was known as one of the greats during their time and back then, they simply did/said/thought what was the norm. Maybe our view becomes more balanced but essentially, we stick with the historical view.
I disagree. If someone who did something really bad creates art that helps me to reflect on his circumstances it may really help me to understand something. It doesn’t mean that I’ll give him a pass and forgive, but I will consider whatever that person has to share. It may tell me something I don’t know. People are complicated and those complexities are hardly in black & white. You may behave in ways that go against social norms but that doesn’t mean that your ability to create should be dismissed, I think that depends on what the person creates, if it is a process of self understading it can be beneficial for their recovery. (I don’t think Chris Brown is a good example, but it made me think about the idea behind it).
Social norms are one thing but criminal behavior? Someone who’s for example violent? No, I’m not interested in what they have to say. I can’t – off the top of my head – think of an artist I love and admire who has/had that problem but if you can give me an example of an important artist, I’ll try to understand where you’re coming from. There also isn’t one artist I love whose work I wouldn’t ban from my home if it came out that he/she was a horrible person.
Let’s assume – for the sake of argument – that one of the many many horrible dictators of the 20th century had been a phenomenal artist (Hitler did try to paint and failed miserably). Would you still consider his work important and something that you could learn from? I wouldn’t.
Let’s face it, most artists are quite happy to NOT be separated from their art. On the contrary. I’ve stopped listening to Chris Brown because I can’t forget Rihanna’s face after he beat her. I stopped listening to a lot of rap because of what sometimes comes our of these people’s mouths (not just in their lyrics). I just don’t care to support someone’s work if their a**holes.
It is possible to separate the art from the artist. Jack London and Flannery O’Connor were racists but that doesn’t negate their writing. Miles Davis was abusive to the women in his life but he his music was still brilliant. Dr. Dre pushed a woman down the steps but it hasn’t stopped people from buying Beats headphones. I focus on the work.
But again, CAN you do that and not think about the person behind the art you admire? That’s where I struggle. I can’t separate the artist from the art.
Chris refuses to take responsibility. It’s hard to compartmentalize his work and personal life when he hasn’t shown any remorse and continues to blame everyone for his woes. He had a chance to clean up his act but he continually listens to the parasites who surround him. People have unfairly treated Robin Thicke like a pariah for lesser offenses and he’s not even Bieber level in terms of douchiness yet they continually put Jack White in a pedestal because he’s such a misunderstood genius.
I wasn’t talking about Chris in particular (I’m not sure if I ever listened to a song from him), or just musicians even. My question is broader than that. It’s about artists in general, or people who make things, who find things, who produce something we admire or value but who are at the same time human beings who behave in less then commendable ways. Can we separate whatever those people do from who they are? This is the question.
I think sometimes it has to be weighed. Chris Brown – I personally think his music is garbage, but let’s say I didn’t- I still would not willingly contribute money to him by supporting his existence through buying his music. His work may have “value”, but only inasmuch as people are willing to pay for it.
Now, in the case of scientific discoveries that benefit the human existence…it’s a bit more difficult, isn’t it? If the person who discovers a cancer cure is a criminal, do their benefits to medicine outweigh their criminal actions?
Yeah, I also have a mixed opinion on whether or not someone doing something horrible means you shouldn’t participate in their art anymore. I think for me as long as their art doesn’t contain the same message as their actions, or as long as their art doesn’t contain a message that’s about defending their actions, then it may be okay.
His music isn’t that good, though. Very by-the-numbers.
Rita Ora doesn’t matter because her music sucks.
I don’t know. I looked up her video for her song Poison. And it’s not great, but it’s good. It kind of gets stuck in your head in a good way. I like her smile. She seems more like a cute girl than a sexy girl. I don’t think she should act sexy, she’s too cute. Nice rant over.
I think she’s trying to say that the industry is full of abusers ( Polanski, Sean Penn, Woody Allen) whose past is forgiven because they’re very talented, and that should be the case for Chris Brown as well.
It’s such a weird thing to advocate for?? They are all equally trash.
So, should this be filed under “even bad press is still press”? Because I’m not sure what other possible reason she would have to so publicly excuse someone with a violent, abusive past towards women and who continues to be violent, abusive and childish now.
“If you have a great song, then no one cares” This trick really went there, didn’t she?
So thirsty, so desperate.
No one cares? IDIOTS don’t care, that’s about it. There goes my last shred of respect for Rita.
Hustle is one thing but I can’t with that level of willful stupidity. She needs to have ALL the seats.
What a troll. He’s not talented, it does matter that he’s trash. Little story: i used to love how innocent he looked before he hit Rihanna. After that, i acquired a disgust only compared to the disgust i have for Ray Rice or Eminem. He’s so ridiculous and she’s so desperate that it almost makes me feel like make a charity foundation to help save her ‘career’. Sorry for my tantrum.
Rita Ora will do anything it takes to become popular. ‘Anything’ it takes.
Why does everyone say this about her and not so much others? At least Rita actually has talent.
I think the opposite is true. At most she has talent, for some people that’d be enough but she wants the fame and popularity to go with it so she’s desperate.
It’s like the saying, “If you stand for nothing you’ll fall for everything.” well…she’s fallen for quite a few things in her desperation to be popular. I also can’t forget her SWF Riha ba for a while.
Don’t care about talent but I do care about means to ends. I don’t see her support of him any different than those in the industry who support Woody Allen – it’s okay because he boosted my career attitude. Gross!
She really wants to be Rihanna. Good thing Rita isn’t influential enough. Her statements won’t have enough impact.
Anyway, the only good that came out of Chris Brown’s music =>
https://youtu.be/KlA3p_3oojU
She doesn’t want to be Rihanna. She just happens to look like her. It’s not like she got plastic surgery, she just looks like that.
She doesn’t look anything like Rihanna…?
Well, I’ve seen him 5 or 6 times on tv award shows and stuff like that, and I have yet to hear him sing a note live so its tough to say if he is any good or not. Wonder if that is even his voice on his records
She’s right. The music industry does not care as long as you make them $$$, but most specifically if you are a man. It’s much harder for a woman to overcome huge scandals like this, especially anything sex related, because it automatically makes them a whore. To be fair to Rihanna, i think she wanted to help Chris Brown because she bought into the cycle of abuse thing he used to condone his actions.
Rita is odd. She used to be best friends with Cara – they were ‘twins’ and now they don’t seem to have much to do with each other. I was reminded of this when Cara was on Graham Norton and he announced next weeks guests including Rita… it made me remember the friendship they pushed on everyone, Taylor Swift styles! Rita seems to be best friends with a lot of guys – Nick Grimshaw, Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles… maybe it’s women who have more trouble with her, and that may not be all her fault.
Yep she is an idiot. So what if his music is good, he still is a beater and there is nothing good about men who feel it is okay to beat women. Rita needs to take a hike to a woman’s shelter and speak to some of the women there. I am sure some of their husbands or partners were also good at something or another so do they have the right to beat? Shameful idiotic thing to say. Grow up Rita.
Wow… ok, now I just straight up am not a fan. She is really trying to hustle to make it. Girl, it’s not going to happen and you are now kinda defending Chris Brown, who yes, is very talented but at the end of the day is a mess and quite abusive. Rita Ora will never be a thing, not matter how much she tries…. she will blow over soon.
I hate that he gets excused for sh
8t like this, along with Sean Penn. I can overlook stars who have issues with alcohol, drugs, and infidelity but physical and sexual abuse is unforgivable. You are not only breaking the law, you are purposefully hurting the other person. If she likes his music, she likes his sh*tty music, but don’t try and excuse his f*cks ups as a person.
Oh no she didn’t!!!!!
This chick is so thirsty. It’s obvious. She probably already humped CB.
Someone please stop putting microphones in front of ignorant little kids?
She clearly doesn’t even understand what the word “discrimination” means, and it’s sad to see her make an ass of herself over this tool.
Past? I’m sorry, are we calling his most recent antics past because that was just this month he was bullying Karreuche…Pretty sure he hasn’t changed his behavior nor, as was mentioned before seemed even the slightest bit remorseful. Pass on them both.
Gonna be giving Rita the side eye from now on whether she can sing or not.
Total PR fail.
She’s an opportunist and a user. She will do and say anything with anyone if it helps her career.