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Dear Chris,

Or should I call you 'Breezy,' which seems most fitting for what I wanna holler at you about.

I'm slightly outside of your fan demographic, but then again, I, like a lot of women I know, could have very well been the cougar on the other end of that fateful text message on February 8. I've been known to utter a "that young boy could get it" any time I'd see you on TV, my admiring eyes taking you all in, from pearly whites down to impressively large, colorful kicks.

You're very cute. And I'm very smart. So I know that it doesn't take long for cute guys to say something that makes smart girls grateful they didn't take 'em down.

It wasn't until I saw your baby blue bow tie on Larry King that I realized that I had probably never listened to you speak before. I'm guessing that's by design, because thankfully your talent transcends the need for dialogue.

But the more you open your mouth nowadays, the more speechless I become. Now, your success hinges on more than just a classic krump-off. You have some explaining to do, and I'm sure that wasn't anywhere in your A&R's vision for your success. It is suddenly obvious just how young you are. You told Larry that you thought your community service time would be better spent speaking to young people about domestic violence. I can only assume the judge that sentenced you to community clean-up duty saw what I now see: at 20, it appears you're not the most articulate young man. And that's not something I can say about the kids who do fall into your fan demographic.

In the months since the incident, your fans have spoken when you legally couldn't. They took to Twitter, assumed soap box positions all across YouTube, and ruled the blogosphere with incendiary rants in your defense:

"Rihanna probably deserved it."

"I don't believe Chris would do something like that to her without a good reason."

"I never liked that big forehead bitch anyway."

Those are direct quotes. Your fans are young and clearly dumb, and your influence on them is powerful. You know they go hard for you, Breezy, and they are obviously the lifeblood of your current comeback. But as you embarked on this media blitz in support of your "Fan Appreciation" tour and your career, you are speaking to us all. And sadly, you've yet to say the most important things that we all need to hear.

"If I can help a lot of kids out there, help people overcome this situation then that's what I was put on this earth to do, definitely to help as many people as possible," you said last week on 106 & Park.
Asked how you would respond to people who say the violence was necessary, you replied, "Violence is never warranted. It's all about you. The choices and decisions you make can change your future." HUH??

I get that talking isn't your strong suit, but what would help, Chris, is if you found the words to check your fans. If you took a moment to defend not only their impression of you, but of what is right. As you stretch your charm and dance the fine line between admitting your guilt and salvaging what's left of public perception, you have consistently sidestepped the grand finale. You'd never end a performance without the big finish, right? So then why have you stopped short of explaining to your fans that what they've been saying is wrong? You need to look into the camera and explain that it's not cool to blame the victim, no matter what the case. That no woman or man, famous or nameless, deserves to be a punching bag. That "at the end of the day" there was no excuse for what you did.

You admitted to listening to everything that's being said about you, so how bout you bypass your self-consciousness and stop breezing past your clueless fans' mistakes; take a pause onstage during your Fan Appreciation tour and tell them to stop spreading that noise that further pollutes the reality of domestic violence.

This fan would really appreciate it.

Best,
Kim