Did The Chris Brown Apology Get To You?

Are you still choked up from Chris Brown‘s video mea culpa that emerged a couple of days ago? I hope that’s why you’re choked up and not because some thug is at your throat.

I thought his performance was fine, and I even liked the Star Trek outfit and hoop earrings. But I thought Chris spoke way too quickly, as if the producer was saying, “Hurry. We only have two minutes of tape.”

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Also, the references to his “minister and mother” were clearly designed to manipulate us into thinking he’s a down-home good boy who slipped up just a tiny bit. And the lack of specifics in favor of general talk about “what happened” was a bit uncomfortable.

But this is definitely a start. Let’s give the guy a hand for groveling–and not around his neck.