{"id":1263,"date":"2010-06-28T11:48:41","date_gmt":"2010-06-28T11:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2010\/06\/chris-brown-on-the-2010-bet-aw.html"},"modified":"2010-06-28T11:48:41","modified_gmt":"2010-06-28T11:48:41","slug":"chris-brown-on-the-2010-bet-aw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2010\/06\/chris-brown-on-the-2010-bet-aw.html","title":{"rendered":"Chris Brown on the 2010 BET Awards &#8211; were the tears real?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"550\" height=\"346\" id=\"AOLVP_us_104399403001\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/videoplayer\/AOL_PlayerLoader.swf\"><\/param><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"\/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"publisherid=1612833736&#038;videoid=104399403001&#038;playerid=10032373001&#038;stillurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpdl%2Estream%2Eaol%2Ecom%2Fpdlext%2Faol%2Fbrightcove%2Faolmaster%2F1612833736%2F1612833736%5F104417345001%5Fari%2Dorigin08%2Darc%2D155%2D1277700461907%2Ejpg%3FpubId%3D1612833736&#038;codever=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/videoplayer\/AOL_PlayerLoader.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" width=\"550\" height=\"346\" name=\"AOLVP_us_104399403001\" flashvars=\"publisherid=1612833736&#038;videoid=104399403001&#038;playerid=10032373001&#038;stillurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpdl%2Estream%2Eaol%2Ecom%2Fpdlext%2Faol%2Fbrightcove%2Faolmaster%2F1612833736%2F1612833736%5F104417345001%5Fari%2Dorigin08%2Darc%2D155%2D1277700461907%2Ejpg%3FpubId%3D1612833736&#038;codever=1\"><\/embed><\/object>The blogosphere is heating up today with one question: was Chris Brown&#8217;s emotional breakdown during last night&#8217;s BET Awards was real or staged to elicit sympathy from fans?Brown performed a medley of Michael Jackson songs during a tribute, and when he got to &#8220;Man In The Mirror&#8221; apparently started sobbing and wasn&#8217;t able to continue, at one point falling to his knees.Some viewers thought he might be faking the emotion to garner sympathy from fans as he stages a comeback after a volatile 2009 that included criminal charges for assaulting girlfriend Rihanna and a break from the celebrity limelight.You can judge for yourself; clips of Brown&#8217;s performance starts at around :47 on this video.But one thing is for sure: there isn&#8217;t any need for him to sing with the backing tracks handling all of the vocals. Just further proof that those awards shows are just one big lip synch.<strong>What do you think? Was Brown faking or for real?<\/strong><strong>RELATED POSTS:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/02\/chris-brown-apologizes-over-ri.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Brown apologizes over Rihanna incident, seeks pastor&#8217;s counseling<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/03\/chris-brown-withdraws-from-con.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Brown Withdraws From Consideration For Kids&#8217; Choice Awards<\/a><em>Visit my personal blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/notesfromthefunnyfarm.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">Notes From The Funny Farm,<\/a> and don&#8217;t forget to <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/joannebrokaw\" target=\"_blank\">follow me on Twitter!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The blogosphere is heating up today with one question: was Chris Brown&#8217;s emotional breakdown during last night&#8217;s BET Awards was real or staged to elicit sympathy from fans?Brown performed a medley of Michael Jackson songs during a tribute, and when he got to &#8220;Man In The Mirror&#8221; apparently started sobbing and wasn&#8217;t able to continue,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mainstream-music-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chris Brown on the 2010 BET Awards - were the tears real? 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