On Monday, CB covered Chris Brown’s epic self-aborbed tearfest on the BET Awards on Sunday. Chris performed a dance tribute to Michael Jackson, then attempted to sing a cover of “Man In the Mirror”. As he was singing, Chris seemed to have some kind of breakdown, doing some overly-dramatic histrionics that many didn’t buy. I mean, we could buy that Chris was weeping because his own career was in the toilet, but crying about Michael Jackson? Be a professional, dude. You were hired for this big gig to pay tribute to a man, and you can’t even get through it without making it about you? Anyway, Us Weekly got some behind-the-scenes witnesses to say that they saw Chris put tear drops in his eyes before his performance.

Crocodile tears? Chris Brown caused a lot of chatter at the BET Awards Sunday when he broke down in tears during a Michael Jackson tribute.

An insider tells UsMagazine.com the crying was fake.

Before he took the stage to belt out “Man in the Mirror,” a backstage source tells Us one of Brown’s bodyguards gave the singer, 21, tear-inducing eye drops.

Brown’s rep denies it, telling Us that Brown simply “was moved by the opportunity to pay tribute to his idol.” But the witness says Brown definitely used drops.

Says the source, “He rubbed it in and he started crying.”

[From Us Weekly]

Sure, I’ll buy that, although it seemed like Chris started crying when he was into the song, not when he came out. But I’ll buy anything negative about Chris. The kid’s a douche, and I could see how it work in his mind: “I’m gonna put this tear drops in my eyes, everyone will think I’m so emotional, and then they’ll love me again.” Wrong again, d-ckhead.

Most of the videos of Chris Brown’s tears have been taken down, but this CBS clip has a little bit of it: