Kelly Rowland is doubling down on defending Chris Brown following audible booing from the audience after his win at the American Music Awards 2022.
21.11.2022 - 19:07 / perezhilton.com
Kelly Rowland does not want to hear ANY Chris Brown criticism.
The Destiny’s Child alum took to the stage on Sunday night at the American Music Awards to present the Favorite Male R&B Artist category. After reading the nominees, she opened the enveloped and crowned the Under The Influence singer as the winner. But fans on social media were focused on what went down immediately after that!!
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The 33-year-old recording artist was not at the show to accept his AMA win. So, Kelly told the crowd she’d accept the honor on his behalf. However, some audience members could be heard booing over Brown’s selection as the show’s favorite male R&B crooner. And they jeered through Kelly’s revelation!
Not content to let fans yell while she was on stage, the 41-year-old star told audience members to “chill out” while she was delivering a message to Chris. At first, Kelly started to show gratitude to the singer before cutting off fans in the audience and wagging her finger at the crowd over their negative reactions:
Oof!
Then, she gushed over Brown’s music. Telling the singer “I love you,” she added:
Wow…
Quite a favorable attitude towards a man who has repeatedly been accused of violence against women! (And plenty of other s**t, too.) And Kelly’s finger-wagging shutdown of fans who voiced their displeasure was a memorable moment on its own. You can see the viral clip go down (below):
Yikes!!
Not a great look to see a woman defending a man convicted of domestic abuse! Over on Twitter, viewers reacted to Rowland’s jaw-dropping defense of Brown, where many were up in arms over the unfortunate situation, as you can see (below):
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