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'Pray For Chris Brown' Trending On Twitter Following Singer's Seizure
Chris Brown (Debby Wong / Shutterstock.com)
Early this morning, Chris Brown suffered a minor seizure at an L.A. recording studio. According to the New York Daily News, firefighters responded to a call at about 1:00 a.m. to the Record Plant studio, where they found the singer.
He allegedly refused to be taken in for treatment, but the incident freaked out his ex-girlfriend, Karrueche Tran, who tweeted:
Prayers all day
— Karrueche Tran (@karrueche) August 9, 2013
Since then, #PrayForChrisBrown has become a trending topic on Twitter. Posts about the singer go back and forth between those who say (and I paraphrase) that they would sooner stick forks in their eyes then send up a prayer to the man upstairs over Chris Brown, to people saying that everyone, but everyone, deserves a few kind words:
I am not going to #PrayForChrisBrown but I AM going to #PrayForChrisNoth.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) August 9, 2013
At the end of the day, He is still human. We all make mistakes. You're judging him 4 a mistake he made, but r u perfect? #prayforchrisbrown"
— Brandon (@brandonjarard_) August 9, 2013
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