Raging R&B star Chris Brown flipped out this morning after a “Good Morning America” interview — smashing a window at ABC’s Times Square studio and storming out of the building without his shirt after being questioned about his 2009 assault on singer Rihanna.
Brown was angry after anchor Robin Roberts asked him a series of questions about beating up the pop star.
“That wasn’t cool, man! That wasn’t cool,” Brown said as he stormed off the set, a source told The Post.
After his meltdown, Brown tweeted: “I’m so over people bringing this past s–t up!!! Yet we praise Charlie Sheen and other celebs for there bulls–t.”
“What’s going on now is recently the restraining order has been relaxed,” Roberts said, referring to the restraining order placed on Brown after the altercation with Rihanna. “Have you all seen each other, been around each other?”
“I mean, not really,” Brown said.
While Brown, 21, tried to steer the interview about his new album, Roberts kept asking about his legal troubles resulting from his relationship with Rihanna.
“I’m passed that in my life. … I’ve been focusing on this album,” a visibly annoyed Brown said when Roberts brought up the Rihanna incident the first time.
Brown’s new CD, F.A.M.E, is out today.
Rihanna’s relationship with Brown ended after the R&B star beat her in February 2009.
A smashed window at the “Good Morning America” studios in Times Square. (Doug Meszler / Splash News)
Brown left Rihanna’s face bloodied and bruised after he hit her during an argument after a pre-Grammy Awards party on Feb. 8, 2009, in Los Angeles.
Brown later pleaded guilty to felony assault and sentenced to 1,400 hours of community service. He remains on probation through 2014.
“This album is what I want to talk about — not what happened two years ago,” Brown said when Roberts once again tried to bring up the domestic violence incident.
A source said Brown had been told beforehand that he would be asked about Rihanna and that the he had no problem with it.
After the 8:45 a.m. interview and a performance, the hot-headed Brown stomped off the set and ripped off his shirt in anger, a source said.
“He was ballistic,” said the source.
Brown walked into the dressing room and demanded the door be closed.
“He was really mad,” said the source. “”He was screaming and very upset.”
While inside the second-floor room, the source said Brown thrashed the room, smashing a window with a chair.
Part of the window shattered and pieces of glass fell onto 43rd Street and Broadway.
Scared staffers alerted ABC security when they heard the fracas inside the room.
Police were never called and ABC does not plan to file charges, a source said.
After the show, Roberts tweeted: “Sure has been an interesting AM @GMA. Still sorting thru everything myself. Just my 2nd day on twitter, wonder what tomorrow will bring?’
In a statement, ABC News said, “As always, we ask questions that are relevant and newsworthy, and that’s what we did in this interview with Mr. Brown.”
Brown then stormed out of the studio and confronted segment producer Brandon Bodow by giving him a hard stare.
Brown did not say a word to Bodow as he walked out of the building, sources said.
In yet another tweet, Brown wrote: “Thank you to everyone who supports my music!!! Key Word (music) !!! Love y’all.”
After the incident, Brown returned to his room at the Trump Soho hotel. A few hours later, Brown left the hotel through a back entrance and walked into an art gallery on Spring Street.
Brown said nothing to a Post reporter as he walked into the gallery and smiled to several onlookers who had recognized him.
Brown later canceled a scheduled interview on MTV scheduled for this afternoon.
Last month, a California judge downgraded a restraining order that had barred Brown from contacting Rihanna, but warned him that he is not allowed to harass the 23-year-old singer.
At that hearing, the judge even praised Brown, who in December completed a court ordered 52-week domestic violence program, for staying out of trouble.
Additional reporting by Jamie Schram and Jessica Simeone