He's trying to stay out of jail, but I don't think he's going to win over a judge with that BS class. Judges have wives, daughters, sisters, or are female themselves. He needs to initiate a self- inflicted restraining order so it doesn't look like he's contacting her anymore. I'm scared she'll go back to him, but if everyone in her life does everything they can to keep him away from her it will help. SO sad.

I know I'm not supposed to post links, but domestic violence dot org has hotlines and information if anyone is in danger.

Oh goody! now we can sleep at night knowing he's getting help and he's trying to turn his life around and how he's going to try to so hard to be a gentleman...eh more like his PR team is working over time trying to salvage what's left of his "career".

I really hope that she seeks out some counseling as well. If she is thinking about going back to him, she needs someone to help her work through this trauma and make her realize that once an abusive relationship, always an abusive relationship. I also hope that he can stop thinking about his career for a second and realize that he has a major problem. If he really wanted to save his career, he needs to abandon it for now and fix himself. Then, his PR people can promote him as some former-abuser who sacrificed his career to heal himself and people will flock to buy his crap albums again after seeing him on all the talk shows.

We don't know the guy or his history. It might be a genuine effort. Whether it is or not, it may help. I doubt Woman Beater was a status he aspired for, and I doubt he's proud of his actions. I imagine this must be a scary situation from either end. Those close to him and Rihanna have suggested this incident was out of character for him. Maybe he's at a point that he's willing to take any advice he can get. Other than the public, he also may be doing this for himself, his mother, Rihanna, and other loved ones that he has disappointed.

Yeah, something tells me his career's not over yet either, and it should be! It's always the same old story with these things: oh look, I'm sorry. Look, I'm in rehab! Look, I'm taking an anger management class! Look, I've been talking to a priest! Look, I've found God! So suddenly I'm no longer a racist / a homophobe / an abusive boyfriend... whatever! Please can I have my career back?

Same old schtick every time I'm sure he is sorry... sorry he harpooned his own career, but the thought of this loser standing back up on a stage in front of twenty thousand screaming girls EVER AGAIN makes my skin crawl. But it'll happen.

BTW, we all wanted him to take responsibility for his actions, and maybe he has...what form did ya'll want it to come in: Anger Management classes or a personal letter to you detailing what exactly went down in the Lambo?

kaygoodie, I totally agree. I am in NO WAY saying what Chris Brown did was right. Not at all. Things like that are totally inexcusable. But maybe he is actually trying to take responsibility for his actions, not just trying to salvage his career. We don't know what is truly going on here. I hope that Rihanna continues to stay strong, she is such a beautiful, talented woman. I also hope that Chris Brown really is trying to take responsibility for what he did, not just trying to salvage what's left of his career.

Another article I read on the “Anger Management” story claims that the Daily News insider insist the couple attend the classes together because Rihanna is “tempermental” and “hot-headed”.

I don’t know…I don’t know Chris, don’t know Rihanna, and I don’t know Source and Insider who always have so much to say. I just wanted to mention what seemed to be left out

I don't buy that he's really doing this because he thinks he needs it. He's been quoted as saying "Rihanna should be here too" and also that "This will look good to the public.

Those statements do NOT make me think he realizes he's done anything wrong.

And don't mistake me, I'm not saying that Ri Ri may not have been volatile or said and behaved wrongly, but Chris isn't the one that came out covered in bruises.

I don't give a flying rats A** what a woman says to a man. He should walk away unless she's aiming a gun at his head.

THERE IS NEVER EVER EVER any reason to strike a woman, as much as sometimes you may want to.

damage controls working OT...send his fug, non singing, can't dance, no neck having @$$ to jail..I'm sure Rihanna's locked up male fans would love to get their hands on the punk that beat her up....oh, come to think of it, he'd be in his own little section so the "lifers" don't beat him to death

I agree, clara.

It sickens me that people are even bringing up the fact that she's temperamental. To me, it implies, even if unintentionally, that she is somehow to blame.

This just makes me sad.

lilkim, yes and it makes me sick.

It's comments like that that make battered and abused women afraid to step forward, for fear they won't be believed.

He's trying to say his career. I hope the anger management class works for him, regardless of what the reason he's doing it for.

Now for some of the women who are making excuses for him and saying Rihanna has a temper too, that's just sickening. No man should ever put his hands on a woman. I have a lot of mouth and I know I can have a temper but that doesn't give a man an excuse to smack or beat me.

Its typical celeb rush rush. He should take AT LEAST a year out to prove he has been dealing with his issues THEN approach Rhianna to see if they can reconsile. And she should do the same

I'm tempermental, hot-headed and impulsive, so does that mean any time I go off on my bf, he should smack me around? Give me a break with the BULLS*IT that because she has a temper she has some fault in this. If she has half the temper I do, HE would have been the one getting his face patched back together, not the other way around. My bf has ALWAYS walked away, slamming a few doors here and there, but has never come at me with any aggression. That said, I'm glad this abuser is taking classes, even if just to salvage his career - maybe he might learn a thing or two.

Whoopdeedoo I'm sure anger management classes will make things all better.

I hope he gets better but mostly l think this is just for show

I hope she does not go back to him.

I agree with clarabelle98 100%, and of COURSE he's going to go to anger management so that people think he's working on himself. The whole thing is disgusting...buying her gifts after beating the crap out of her? I just really hope she doesn't go back to him. As much as she may feel she wants to, I hope her friends and family do everything in their power to keep her away from him and get her help so she can move on from this and avoid this type of relationship in the future. Oh, and I also agree that being a "hot-headed" or temperamental type of girl is NOT an excuse for your bf/husband beating you!

I disagree with the poster who insinuates/implies (basing this on some unnamed sources) that it got to this point because Rihanna has a temper. What? So it's ok to beat me (a woman) up just because I got mad enough to raise my voice and perhaps even yell at my s/o for reasons that may be very much validated?

First off, he has admitted to inflicting the bruises, (as seen in the pictures of her) and those don't look like self-defense bruises as well.
She looked like someone was beaten up. Just because she had a temper, walk away, or if they're in his car or whatever, get her to call her driver or just drop her off (with the amount of people working for them celebs, pretty sure someone will pick her up). And she wasn't pointing a gun to his head to stay around (yes, there was no police report about her doing that).

Or even better, dump her if she's that volatile, why the need to beat her up?

I so hope they don't get back together.

He needs a lot more then anger managment! He needs a miracle!

They should remain seperate and move on with their lives. I recommend reading the bible and healing.

i just don't understand this one. i think that it's great that he's signed up for these classes and i hope that it helps, but it's just hard for me to fathom why she would go back to that. especially since there are so many reports that they actually broke up a week before the fight and wanted to put on a good show at the Grammys together....or something. i don't know. we'll all have to stay tuned i guess.

Rihanna is “tempermental” and “hot-headed
So what? Is that a reason to beat he sh*t out of her?

He doesn't need anger management. He needs to go to a batterer's intervention program. His problem isn't anger itself, it's the fact that he thinks it's ok to beat up on a woman. He needs to reflect on his relationship toward women generally.

I agree this is a probably career stunt, but I also agree with Bonnie -- Rihanna probably needs counseling, too, so she knows how to identify bad guys in the future.

hey KAYGOODIE....first of all there is a family history of domestic abuse and questionable past episodes with Chris/Rihanna. And when he says quote doing these anger management classes because "he believes it will make him look better to the public"...not that he NEEDS THEM. WTF.

anger management classes really? celebrities need to wake up and realize what real life is and that there are consequences for their actions. it's pretty basic, don't hit people.

Umm... ILONAM05, I really didn't know you were friends of Chris and Rihanna, and were a witness to all those past episodes (maybe you should have tried to help then). And if you feel like your quote provided strong support for whatever your point is, that is not a quote from Chris, his manager, his PR...you quoted a supposed Insider (who ever the hell that is) Go back, read the article, and try again.

CLARABELLE98- Hi, not an attack like some others on here, just a question. Where did you first read about the article because the original article from the Daily News does not include any quotes from Chris Brown or Rihanna. The only quotes I see from the supposed Snitch (insider/source) is his take on Chris' motivation for the classes as well as his attack on Rihanna's personality.

I don't know either Chris or Rihana but I prefer to look at the good in ppl. Maybe Chris is really sorry for what he's done. He is a human being just like us and we make mistakes. Some are small mistakes and some (like this) are big ones. The bottom line is, he is getting help so that is good.

However, I do hope that they don't get back togehter. Obviously that partnership is not a good one when this is the result of the union. They are better off with other ppl.

Ugh ! I really hope she doesnt go back to him.

He's so immature.

They're still kids!! and living in an impossible spotlight. I've never beaten anyone up, but I wouldn't be too proud if the whole world knew everything I did at 19 or 21. And I certainly wouldn't want unidentified "insiders" speaking about my intentions.

I'm not rushing out to buy any Chris Brown CDs, and maybe he IS just doing it for publicity, but at least he's doing it. Hopefully he will learn to take responsibility for his own anger and how to break the cycle of violence... and hopefully she will seek counseling to help her cope with what's happened and make sure she seeks healthy relationships in the future.

Being young is never an excuse for beating someone.

And, our society has become so into victim-blaming that it really disgusts me. (Although, most of the comments here made me happy.) Rihanna could probably use some counseling to deal with what happened to her, but to suggest that she needs to learn how not to pick abusive men is ridiculous. Abusers look and seem just like everyone else when you meet them!

I wasn't offering their youth as an excuse for his abuse, just as a suggestion that people keep that in mind as they try to deal with the aftermath of what has happened.

I agree with those who have condemned the incident of abuse, but it seems hypocritical to then turn around and disagree with his choice to enter anger management. Well-adjusted people do not abuse, so if we don't like to see abuse, we should support any attempt he makes to become a well-adjusted person.

Nor did I intend to suggest that Rihanna was to blame for dating someone who turned out to be abusive, but I was suggesting that counseling might help her to avoid returning to the relationship, as the posting suggested she might do.

You are not the only person on this board. If you took time to read my post, you would see that I was referring to our society.

And, telling us to mind his age is, in and of itself, a form of using his age as a reason for his actions, even if it's unintentional.

Additionally, your post stated that counseling would help her seek out healthy relationships, not that counseling would help not return to this relationship.