Chris Brown and Rihanna's New Duet....Seriously?

Today on PerezHilton, I read that Rihanna and Chris Brown are planning on recording a new duet together. Yes, this is coming after Brown reportedly (well, it's difficult to dispute now that pictures have surfaced and Rihanna is scheduled to appear in court against Brown) beat Rihanna up.

While Brown's career is on (as my favortie blogger Michael K. of Dlisted says) "the fast track to irrelevancy", this new addition to the story has the potential to be most damaging for Rihanna's career. It is safe the make the assumption that most women are disgusted by Brown's actions and have clearly sided with Rihanna--even many famous men have stepped out and said that Brown was out of line and deserves serious sanctions. However, Rihanna runs the very high risk of losing all this support if this duet rumor proves to be true.

Should she actually work with Brown on this venture, she would in effect tell society that she is over the incident and is willing to forgive and move on. However, it would seem that most members of society would want to see Rihanna move on from Brown, not just the situation. It has already been reported that Donald Trump stated that Rihanna is just as "useless" as Brown in the situation after rumors surfaced that the two were in Miami apparently reconciling.

It may be that there was a previously established contract in place for these two young stars to colaborate on a song. Yet still, if Rihanna actually agrees and this turns out to be more than a rumor, the singer would essentially convey to society that she values business arrangements and money more than she does her self-respect.

Obviously domestic violence in relationships is a very difficult situation to deal with and simply becuase they are celebrities, Brown and Rihanna are no different. However, the actions they take in reconciling these problems and the next steps they take in their relationship will be carefully watched by soceity. It is imperitive then, that Rihanna--at least to save herself--think less about the impact this has on her career and more about th eimpact it has on her as a person.