Chris Brown contemplated suicide after Rihanna assault
Chris Brown considered taking his own life when he fell from grace after assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009.
The Loyal singer was publicly disgraced after he attacked Rihanna in his car following a pre-Grammys party in 2009, leaving her with multiple injuries, which were made public when a picture of her battered and bruised face circulated online.
Chris, in his upcoming documentary Welcome To My Life, admits the
fallout from the incident pushed him to consider committing
suicide.
"I went from being on top of the world, number one songs, being
kinda like America's sweetheart to being public enemy number one,"
an emotional Chris says in the trailer. “I felt like a f**king
monster... I was thinking about suicide and everything else. I
wasn’t sleeping, I wasn’t eating. I just was getting high.”
His mother Joyce Hawkins admits,“That was the worst day of my life
and probably his life. I felt like I was going to lose my
child.”
A number of celebrities appear in the documentary, which follows
the rise and fall of his career, to sing Chris' praises, including
Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Lopez, Rita Ora and Mary J. Blige, while Usher
says, "If you truly love Chris Brown then you felt everything that
has gone on with him."
The trailer ends on a defiant note, with Chris stating he will
never give up on his career despite the criticism he receives.
He says, "If there was ever a doubt in your mind that Chris Brown
was done, he was finished? I wouldn’t bet on it."
Chris pleaded guilty to felony assault in 2009 and received five
years probation, which finally ended in 2015 after a number of
violations for drugs and altercations extended it.
Chris and Rihanna rekindled their relationship for a brief time
between 2012 and 2013.
A release date for the documentary has not yet been announced.