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Nov 5, 2009
Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Chris Brown had a change of
heart and is now talking about what happened the night he physically
assaulted his girlfriend Rihanna, according to an MTV news release
issued Thursday.
Brown told CNN's Larry King two months ago that
he would not discuss "what actually happened on that night, just out of
respect for Rihanna and myself."
But MTV has taped what the
network bills as "the most revealing and candid interview yet" with
Brown, in which "nothing is off limits."
"Young people, we do before we think," Brown told MTV, according to the release.
The
show airs at 6 p.m. ET Friday, just hours before ABC's news magazine
"20/20" broadcasts the third and final segment of its interview with
Rihanna.
Brown, who pleaded guilty in June to attacking Rihanna in February, was sentenced in August to five years of probation and six months of community labor.
The excerpts released in advance by MTV shed little insight into
Brown's thinking about what happened between the two hip-hop stars
while riding in a rented Lamborghini in Los Angeles, California, on the
eve of the 2009 Grammy Awards show.
MTV host Sway Calloway, in
the hour-long interview taped at Brown's Virginia home, asked about the
singer's thoughts as he looks back on the attack.
"My thoughts
is like, 'Why did it happen? Like, 'What was I thinking? What is wrong
with you?' That's what I'm thinking with myself. That's what my
thoughts are, basically, now," Brown said. "It's like, 'How do we get
past it? How do you, Chris' -- talking to myself -- 'how do you go from
point A to point B? How do you learn from your mistakes, turn it into a
positive and help other people with the situation and at the end of the
day become the person that you want to be?' "
Chris Brown was widely criticized for his response in September when Larry King asked whether he remembered the attack.
"I don't," Brown said. "It's like it's crazy to me."
"I'll
just look at it and like, wow, like, I'm in shock," he told King.
"Because, first of all, that's not who I am as a person, and that's not
who I promise I want to be."
MTV said that in its interview, Brown "speaks openly" about the criticism he received for that statement to King.
Brown told MTV that although many fans still support him, he realizes some people want him locked up.
"I'm
confused right now as far as the public perception," he said in the MTV
interview. "Like, I think with my fans, they still love me. They
support me, but definitely, definitely you have those people that don't
support you, so, it's like kind of 50-50 to me. Like, I got the people
that will come out and support me, and then there are people that don't
want to see me do anything. They want to see me kind of basically in
jail."
Brown also uses the MTV appearance to promote his
upcoming album, telling the music channel that he poured his emotions
into the recordings, MTV said.
"He goes into
detail about his ongoing anger management therapy, court-mandated
weekly group sessions and his community labor sentence, all of which
have helped him evaluate his past behavior and express his feelings in
his new songs," MTV said.
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sassy on November 05, 2009 - 20:40 pm
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what a good kid.that big head ram face girl turn in to a ugly im happy that chris is back on his game he will be fine trust and beleve that he will get his self a nice girl who will love him and look a $100 times better that big four head Rihanna,,,,,,,,,,,,
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