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"Miranda Lambert has explained her decision to speak out about Chris Brown, suggesting that it is &amp;quot;not okay&amp;quot; that he is celebrated. The country singer attracted attention when she tweeted about the controversial decision to ask Brown to perform at the Grammys last year.  &amp;quot;He beat on a girl,&amp;quot; she wrote at the time. &amp;quot;Not cool that we act like that didn&amp;#039;t happen.&amp;quot; Lambert later spoke out against the singer on stage, telling the audience that although she had received angry messages from Brown fans, she spoke her mind because &amp;quot;beating up on a woman is never okay&amp;quot;.   She has now told Redbook that she couldn&amp;#039;t keep her feelings about Brown a secret. &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#039;t feel right about not saying something,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;The loudmouth that I am, I say what I think. I wanted everyone to know that I don&amp;#039;t agree with the message it&amp;#039;s sending to young women.&amp;quot;  Lambert added: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not okay. At all. To be celebrated after doing something like that. I don&amp;#039;t think it&amp;#039;s right, I never will, and I will stand by what I said till the day that I die.&amp;quot; Brown was convicted of assaulting Rihanna in 2009, but persistent rumours have suggested that the couple have now reunited, with Rihanna uploading an image of herself with Brown over the holidays. Photo gallery - latest celebrity pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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