[VIDEO] Kelly Rowland Defends Chris Brown After AMAs — New Interview

After defending Chris Brown in opposition to boo-ing viewers members on the American Music Awards on Sunday, Kelly Rowland is doubling down in help of the embattled musician.

“I believe that grace is very real, and we all need a dose of it,” Rowland tells TMZ within the video above. “And before we point fingers at anybody, we should realize how grateful we are for every moment that we get, for even our own things that we have. I just think it’s important to remember to be human. We are humans.”

When requested if the general public ought to forgive Brown, she replies, “We all need to be forgiven for anything that we could be doing, anything that we’re thinking. We all come up short in some sort of way, and grace is real. And we are humans. Everybody deserved grace, period.”

These feedback comply with Rowland’s controversial look at Sunday’s AMAs, the place she accepted the award for Favorite Male R&B Artist on Brown’s behalf. When she heard boos coming from the viewers, Rowland instructed the naysayers to “chill out,” then proceeded to reward Brown for his creative contributions.

Relive Rowland’s large AMAs second beneath:

Brown was initially supposed to participate on this yr’s AMAs, in response to a video he shared on Instagram, however the producers allegedly determined to cancel his Michael Jackson tribute “for reasons unknown.”

The singer has been an especially controversial public determine ever since he was charged with assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna in February 2009. The incident occurred whereas the couple was on their solution to the Grammys. Brown pled responsible to felony assault.