Rapper T.I. says he spoke to pal Chris Brown on Monday – one day after the R&B singer, 19, was arrested for assault and making criminal threats.
The upstanding citizen said that Brown – who is currently under investigation for his alleged battery of girlfriend Rihanna, who was reportedly left badly hurt with horrific injuries following their ugly altercation – is doing OK.
“Yeah, I spoke to him today,” T.I. said on Monday’s Last Call With Carson Daly. “He cool, you know. He’s still the same Chris.”
T.I. told Daly he didn’t know the details of Chris Brown and Rihanna’s bloody altercation, but had a helpful tip for the star: “This too shall pass.”
“We’re celebrities, we’re entertainers, but we’re still human – all of us,” he went on. “Don’t expect us not to make mistakes, because we will.”
NOTE: T.I. is scheduled to begin a year-long prison sentence in March after pleading guilty to possession of three unregistered machine guns and two silencers.
He was already a convicted felon at the time of the offenses, of course, making the charges even worse. Just the spokesman Chris Brown needs right now.
Chris Brown, who will be arraigned March 5, boarded a private plane leaving L.A. on Monday. Rihanna is expected to leave L.A. soon if she has not already.