Domestic Abuser Chris Brown to Guest Star on ‘Black-ish’ — Twitter’s Angry-ish Reaction

News that controversial hip-hop star and domestic abuser Chris Brown is to make a guest appearance on sitcom “Black-ish” has not gone down well on social media.

Entertainment Weekly broke the news, Brown will play a rap star named Rich Youngsta in the Wednesday Mar. 29 episode of the ABC comedy. But the real question is why?

Entertainment Weekly broke the news of Brown’s casting

Not only does Brown have a loooong history of violence against women, he even has a history of violence toward ABC. In a previous ABC appearance, a 2011 visit to “Good Morning America,” Brown trashed his dressing room and broke a window after host Robin Roberts repeatedly asked him about his guilty plea to felony assault after his  beating of ex-girlfriend Rihanna.

Naturally, people aren’t excited that a show like “Blackish”, which has been lauded for being progressive, would further the celebrity of someone like Brown. In fact it seems like another instance in which male celebrities can basically get away with anything and still keep their day jobs.

We reached out to ABC Television to ask why this is even a thing —  so far we’ve heard nothing back.

But there are no shortage of comments on social media, most of them angry-ish about him being cast on “Black-ish.” (See what we did there).

Negative comments greeted the casting of Anthony Anderson when the show first began. Anderson had been accused of sexually assaulting  a 25-year-old  woman in her trailer on the set of the movie “Hustle and Flow” back in 2004. The charges were later dismissed by a judge, but the allegation has nevertheless been brought back up repeatedly in social media comments.

Not a great look for a so-called progressive show.

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