The 'Yeah 3x' crooner, who was sentenced to five-year probation for assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna, gives advice to Ray, 'It's all about how you push forward and how you control yourself.'
- Sep 13, 2014
AceShowbiz - Chris Brown gave some words of advice to Ray Rice, who was recently involved in domestic violence issue, in an interview with MTV News on Thursday, September 11. Chris told Sway Calloway, "To Ray, or anybody else - because I'm not better than the next man - I can just say I've been down that road. I deal with situations and I've made my mistakes too, but it's all about how you push forward and how you control yourself."
The 25-year-old rapper, who was sentenced to five-year probation and 1,400 hours of community service for assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009, said, "I think it's all about the choices you make. With me, I deal with a lot of anger issues from my past - not knowing how to express myself verbally and at the same time not knowing how to cope with my emotions and deal with them and understand what they are."
"So I think help is great," the "Loyal" singer added, "I still talk to my therapist twice a week, and it helps me to... if I'm frustrated and I'm dealing with something, to vent and say what I'm going through so I can hear from an actual clinical person, 'this is how you should react,' or 'it's good to feel this way because feelings, emotions, and energy are supposed to come and go. It's not supposed to stay there, you're not supposed to keep it inside, because it'll bottle up and you'll become a monster.' "
Chris then went on saying of his own experience, "For me, dealing with my anger issues and understanding myself and the life I've been through, where I'm headed and where I want to be has helped me focus on what's really important and not F up. For anybody who's going through that situation or anybody who's dealing with it - it's all about the choices. Every situation is different but it's all about the choices you make and how you control your anger."
Ray got cut by The Baltimore Ravens and suspended by NFL after a video of him attacking his then-fiancee Janay Palmer emerged online. Both Ray and Janay have commented on the issue. Ray told ESPN in a statement that he and his now-wife would "support each other." Janay also supported his husband by slamming the media in an instagram post, saying, "THIS IS OUR LIFE!"
