What better way to add to the buzz around Chris Brown and Rihanna’s reunion, than with a television depiction of their off and on relationship. NBC’s Law & Order: SVU premiering a new episode, inspired by the headlining pre-Grammy domestic violence incident between the two pop-singing lovebirds back in 2009.
The “Funny Valentine” episode stars Tiffany Robinson, who plays the a Rihanna-inspired character named Micha Charles, and Eugene Jones as Micha’s Chris Brown-resembled boyfriend, Caleb Brown. Brown apparently regularly beats Charles, “which leads Detective Benson ( Mariska Hargitay) to wonder why she stays in the relationship. She also refuses to cooperate in prosecution despite the efforts of assistant district attorney Barba (Raul Esparza) to build a case.”
View the preview clip above. We couldn’t help but chuckle when Brown tells the press: “Y’all know me! I’m a lover, not a fighter.”
Sooo disrepectful. How is this chit even legal?
How is it disrespectful to use a NEWS story? This show uses lots of cases that were actual cases. Chris Brown is a FELON. Chris Brown beat Rihanna and was charged with a Felony Assault. How is this not legal? People need to wake up. Just because Rihanna has forgiven the man who beat her that does not change what he did. A show can use a current event as a story line and change things around for dramatic purposes.
Wow this is really ratchet!
Let this go already. Dead it! Like really? These two adults and yet everybody wants to parent them. Do you.
Rihanna and Chris will definitely have something to say about this. I w2onder how Ice cube feels knowingly being in that position.
I think everybody is telling rihanna that this is a bad choice only because she’s being so open and pushy about their relationship. If she really wanted to keep it private she wouldn’t be posting alluring pictures of both of them. not to mention SHE went on the record calling him a monster and heartless. its a total contradiction, so how do you expect people to act? rihanna and chris know what they’re doing.
Maybe Rihanna is being pushy about HER life because all these hypocrites that judge her are trying to TELL her how to live her life.
This is a mess!WHY?JUST WHY?
They are doing this show purely for ratings and they are also continuing with the agenda of trying to make “Chris Brown” the face of this age old issue. The White Media has NEVER focused on any WHITE abuser as much as they focus on a kid that did it once.
Whites are upset because they thought they controlled Rihanna so now they are trying to make her re-live the event along with Chris Brown.I’m convinced they are trying to put so much pressure on chris until he harms himself as well as trying to convince some lone person to harm Chris in the worse way….The sad thing are the ignorant Blacks that refuse to see this because they are so brainwashed to feel Blacks that do something bad are worse than anyone else that do the same thing which is exactly what whites have instilled in them.
Tasteless and classless. Let this dead situation go already! Anything to keep a brotha down.
The Media live to destroy black males that’s trying to turn things around …
They hate to see Chris in love . All these Mindless fools would love to see a bad ending . Chris Brown and Rih Shocked the media world and got back togeather . Chris Brown was thrown out for the media dogs to kill him and his career ! But that was not Gods plan. Rih got her mind and heart together and forgive then divided her fame for love .
How is Chris trying to turn things around? He has been in a number of altercations since the night he beat up Rih.
1. Good Morning American temper tantrum
2. Fight with Frank Ocean
3. Fight with Drake in a club…throwing bottles
This is just to name a few. I’m all for a black man trying to better himself, but where since this incident do you see remorse or correction. This is why women get into relationships where they are abused. The stupid reasoning of “he can change or I will change him”.
YEP! Everything he does is to himself. He has never redeemed himself. Or actually shown remorse so maybe that’s why people can’t move on. Nor should they have to when two very public figures flaunt their domestic abuse and dysfunction. They could do it behind close doors but insist on airing out their dirty laundry on any and every social media platform.
Dingo…WELL SAID. I think some Black males will never change because there are such low expectations placed on some of them by the people who raise them. It’s clear Chris Brown does not have people in his life who tell him the truth. Chris still has issues with Anger. Rihanna may think that Chris can change or has changed but reality is not on her side or the side of this relationship. If a man beats you like Chris did…I don’t think they can really love you. Jealously and two Careers’ going in two different directions will come between these two. It’s just a matter of time.
Since you all seem to know this situation so well what should Chris do to cool his “temper”? You seem to be so supportive of this brotha. It seems like every time somebody throws a shot at CB and he reacts he’s got a problem and he needs to deal with it. Everybody seems to want a piece of the action from Robyn Roberts on down.
Great Points!!!!
Wow!
This doesn’t surprise me that this was going to happen on this show. The show waited a while and when they read about how many people don’t agree with it, they knew this episode would get them even more (higher) ratings.
Anyway; if Rihanna really want “Nobody in her business,” she need to stop posting so many pictures up with her and Chris Brown. The only reason she is posting pictures of them, is to prove something to the world. She maybe a grown woman, but she is acting like she is still in middle school or high school. The world will think whatever they please…the question is, what does she really think about her and Chris Brown when all the cameras are gone and it’s just them?
Don’t get angry with the world’s opinion about your relationship, since you are the main one posting things about it on these social networking sites. I know you can’t help with what the paparazzi take, but you don’t have to add to the flame.
Also when you are upset with your boyfriend or girlfriend, don’t talk bad about them, knowing you will take them back. Once you have forgiven them…your friends, family, and whoever else you told have not. This is when they say you look like a damn fool if you go back with him.
End the end; They’re young and they are doing what (some) young people do and that is post everything up on the internet just to show its real and back on.
AGREE WITH THIS ALL.
I am would like to see if Jayz or Queen Beyonce , And the rest of the R&B world
will stand up too protest , I would like to see if black celebrities And black talk show host like WANDY WILLIAMS Would say ,,,we all no he was dead wrong and now he is trying To build back their relationship ,and start over , lets encourage the restructure of a positive life and relationship , that can impact young men like Chris Brown .
When whites get a chance to keep shit over the heads of blacks in any from they try , and try . And we say not one thing unless a white person speak out and say thats Wrong . White Media love Rihanna but hate her decision .
Now you know a drug dealer like Jay Z and that dipstick of a wife are not going to stand for anything because none of these Black entertainers stand for anything except themselves…..
@Zzzzzxx Amen, And also thats a lie Rih never talked bad about Chris Brown . And her Posting photos had nothing
To do with the media . Ppl Chris Brown is a black young ,if it was Jayz or any black male they would do this .Wake up !
This has nothing to do with colour. SVU has done this with almost EVERY SINGLE SVU-themed case in real life of high profile ranking. Did it with female criminals, white criminals, brown criminals, handicap, children criminals – everyone and anyone. My advice is to not get charged or commit a SERIOUS CRIME so you don’t set your ass up to be the next character on SVU or any of these shows. When the two of them flaunt their dysfunction around town and the tabloids you become fair game.
Thank you!!! Everybody catching feelings just because its “Chris and Riri”. Give me a break. This episode is just shedding light on relationships that happen like these two have in real life. Good for NBC. And its gonna do monster ratings because everybody is talking and bitching about it.
Very well said. People like to sugar coat exactly what happened between Chris and Rihanna. But everyone does not easily forgive men who beat women. And like you said this show does this will high profile actual cases. Why is Chris and Rihanna’s violent episode somehow off limits?
Law and Order promoting this mess may not be racially motivated but that fact that these “sisters” and “brothas” are promoting this crap so hard changes the game. I’d hate to see the day when ish get’s real in any of your lives. What you gonna do? How will you react?
Exactly! Every Law & Order episode is taken from real news headlines.
Yeah but this news happened 4 years ago…..
Did they do it with Charlie Sheen and the others accused of repeated actions of abuse. Did they do it with this blade runner that just killed his girlfriend?
It’s a shame and a half when dumb Blacks begin to think and talk like your oppressor but then again many blacks have been conquered in the mind…..
You are truly clueles if you think this has nothing to with color.This episode has everything to do with color as well the recent issue between he and that gay dude Frank Ocean.
Frank Ocean knew EXACTLY what he was doing when he ran his sneaky tail to twitter and “told” on Chris Brown and even though Frank Ocean escalated the issue by blocking Chris in.It was Chris who was blamed for the entire incident when Frank Ocean was not innocent…..No this is even bigger than just the usual “demonizing of Blacks”,this is also about these gays trying to make Chris Brown grobble to their agenda as well as trying to make Blacks “passive” to The gay agenda because for some STRANGE reason gays want the support of Blacks bad as if the two struggles are the same when they are not!
rihanna is lame & so is chris somebody need to make fun of they’re dumb pathetic asses
You really need to take a good look at your comment to see that it is you that is dumb. The very fact that you’re stupid enough to believe that Chris Brown and Rihanna should be made fun of on this issue speaks volumes.
I would have casted the male role to somebody that look more like an artist.
I think this is tacky. I have friends and family members who have been abused, thank goodness everybody and their mama wasn’t in their business and they were allowed to heal in peace.
They are grown. idc idc idc
Ass holes Rih is not faking her life , why the hell should they hide the relationships
Thats why Ppl can’t change or Make open mistakes .
I love Rih she’s open and lives her life for real . Stay open Rih bad or good your relatable to people . And not trying to live a fake like . I can tell a lot of fools think undercover fake way to go . A lot if your kids are sucking dicks and dealing drugs and can’t be honest
@ SO WHAT , AMEN ! Why live a dam lie . Sneaky fake people always have an excuse for lieing and pretending . If ppl lived more open we would have less mistakes .
I can’t wait to see what kind of ratings this episode gets.
Well i hope Chris and Rih love story turns out good like my friend . Her boyfriend did the same thing AROUND THAT AGE she did what Rihanna did , he truned his life around and married her , they are now running a shelter for battered women ,and has being married for 12 yr happily with 3 kids . Ppl can change . They would be the perfect couple for counseling Rih and Chris . Ppl can’t waite for destruction of these two . Sad world
Exactly! I expect Whites to be cold blooded when it comes to Blacks but what’s sad are the dumb blacks imitating that same coldness.
I wished that Chris would have taken a break for atleast a year to be able to deal with this stuff mentally because he was really young when this happened and I say the same for Rihanna because she gets a lot of grief as well….
I really hope that if they are still together after Chris probation is over that they move out of America…..
This is indeed tacky and just pointless. Why only focus on these two? If they care so much about domestic abuse, how about they go to freaking domestic abuse shelters and help these poor defenseless women. I think the whole domestic abuse thing with Chris and Rihanna is so stupid. This was a night gone horribly wrong, nothing like Ike and Tina or Bobby and Whitney, but they, especially for Rihanna asked for the media to do this to them. Rihanna is the one whose career is to blame and who is disgusting, stupid, and a joke. She made fun of domestic violence. I, as well as others, were always saying “She should not have done the 20/20 interview” and idiotic Rihanna a—lickers and abused women had some nerve bashing those comments like we were just taking Chris side just because we were fans! Hell no! Look at what happened when she opened her big mouth! It’s never a good idea to put out all your personal business to the media and talk badly about your other half! Now it’s coming back to bite her in the a–! There’s no sympathy for Rihanna because she lied and fooled people into thinking she was a woman who grew strong, independent and “survived domestic abuse” when in reality, they got into a fight and she stayed away from him for a bit. And for Chris… I had high hopes for him, but he’s stupid too and wasted such immaculate talent. Why, oh why get back with someone who you acted out of character with, was the cause of millions of people hating you, and ended your music career? This story is not funny and the way they publicize their relationship is immature.
trutfully speaking , Shut the hell ,
You have always hated RIHANNA .Stop ,Stop ,Stop, Stop, stop asking ppl to shut up if domestic violence is going on . I do not if it was just ( A NIGHT ) gone wrong . I don’t care if they got back togeather . Rihanna is not going to lie for his ass,,,,He was wrong to beat her like that . And Chris Brown ass needs help with his violence .Not ass fans , no female or celebrity showed stay quiet or pretend like domestic violence did not happen . And
RIH was right to do 20/20 .And Haters stop trying to bash this young Lady , Chris Brown needed to be outed .
I hate to her saying , Rih shut up and be fake mess. Thats attitude of live your life Hidden is and secretive is for Beyonce fake ass . Hypocrisy is a fake asshole , Rih , when asked said she still loved him . Oprah and the world heard it , thats a real person . millions of fans feel she’s relatable to them , thats why they love her . Her and her music hits home . Bob Marley was also straight to the face …. that’s why his music lives on and is still relatable . Life is short and Rih is living her life . Ppl stop trying to encourage be fake and sneak around , and live in a box to please the WORLD .
I wish i was more open at her age
@HBO you’re right . A lot of ppl was happy Rih was open and did not play the fake lieing game . Her music is very relatable .
More of this needs to happen in Hollywood . No 1 is perfect but God .
@HBO , i am shocked that some of these fools think Rihanns shouldn’t of
Shut her mouth . I hate that attitude in this world , fake ,liers destroys the The World look at all these lieing politicians they have turned the economy upside down . Talk the true america STOP THE FAKE GAMES !
Spell check ( should ) .
LOL! That is hilarious!! “I’m a lover, not a fighter.” LOLOLOL! Definitely watching. Gotta love SVU!
I think it’s ok to forgive…that’s all I have to say about that cuz I don’t know them personally n can’t judge anything that goes on in someone else’s life
They often base these shows on real events, so that shouldn’t be a shocker. I think it’s a good topic and definitely don’t think it’s disrespectful. CL, I also thought that line, and the way he said it, were worth a chuckle.
I’m mad they even made the name similar to his
Chris needs guidance , lets all pray for them.Rihanna
has a good heart , and CB and Rih can change the world
And open hope programs for couples dealing with restructuring broken relationships
Thats a good idea ,they have the money to start the programs .
And they can use the media publicity to build the programs
Bi
SVU always has this shade episodes. I remember they did an episode about the whole Micheal Jackson trial. Some man had an amusement park on his estate and the little girl with cancer and her lying grandma. SVU always throw in an episode that depicts some controversy news in media. But this whole chris and rihanna thing is many years old.
this looks very good. I will be watching. lol
Don’t usually watch Law & Order but I will watch this one, hope I don’t forget to set the DVR