I will never look at him the same way again. Yes people make mistakes but some mistakes cannot be forgiven.

All mistakes can be forgiven, but they are not likely to be forgotten. He needs counseling from a professional.

I honestly hope he's sincere about getting help but I will never think of him in the same way.

He punched Rihanna in the face leaving her with bruises and having to leave the country, thats crazy. He did make a mistake, and he is young and hopefully he seeks help so this thing will never happen again.

I do not understand how a young man with such a promising future could resort to such violence. I truly hope he is sorry and learns from this lesson, but I too will not be able to look at him in the same way again.

No change of feelings.

I wonder what details the media is speculating about it is wrong. I hate that I'm so curious. It's ridiculous that it took him so long to make a statement, but it's good that he's finally speaking out. No this incident won't be forgotten, and I honestly don't think many people are going to forgive him.

"He punched Rihanna in the face leaving her with bruises and having to leave the country.."

You don't know that he did that. Were you there with them? Are you Rhianna or Chris? No.

What an ass. He's probably most sorry about wrecking his image which will impact his career.

My feelings have always been this: he is human. We all have flaws and his actions were merely human. He was angry and even though he was wrong, I don't believe one incident no matter how serious should define a person. I hope he gets the help he needs because he's too young to be in a situation like this. I'm sure it was a humbling experience for him. He's not above anything.

non he is more worried a out legal whatever.

I think this is a sincere statement. I think that it is good that he waited to make a statement instead of just throwing something out there for the public. While we all are curious, I don't think public needed to be addressed first. I'm sure speaking with his family, friends, and maybe even Rihanna, or as well his legal team were his primary responsibility. Chris Brown seems like a good kid ( only 19), and I'm not sure he should be demonized because of this incident. From the comments of his family, friends, and the public, I feel as though this incident is extremely out of character for him...Is he a bad person, or a good person who made a terrible mistake. But anyway since negativity is useless I will wish Chris Brown and Rihanna the best. God Bless them both.

I hope Rihanna leaves him, she deserves much better. And his career is so over.

that statement was so dumm..its like he was talkin about a drug allegation or summin not in any line did he say he checked on rihanna like his dad and everybody else says...they mainly or jus sayin stop destroyin his image n thhat is wat he adresses here to me ...he took soooooo long to say tht sh*tt ..
this dusnt change my feelin about him
I STILL SAY IF HE WAS BEIN ATTACKEDBY RIHANNA HE IS 3 TIMES BIGGER THAN HER 1 HIT WUD HAVE BEEN EASIERTO REASON WITH N SELF DEFENSE THERE IS A LINE YOU DONT CROSS ...I FEEL SORRY FOR HIM CAUSE I ADMIT I WENT CRAZY AT FOEVER AND POPPIN GOOD SONGS BUT HIS CARRER IS OVER....TO ME
HOPE YEW GET BETTER SOON RIHANNA

I have my doubts that this was his first bout of not being able to control his anger. He needs to get help but I would never be able to trust him again if I was Rihanna. His statement doesn't change my feelings.

I think he's full of **** Don't all celebrities feel remorse AFTER it effects their career? If you could beat a woman how much compassion can you have anyway. I hope he gets help but I still wouldn't date him if I were Rihanna.

I dont know about his career being over. If you make good music, people will buy. I dont think people are going to care later down the road like oh Chris beat up a chick, Im not buying his record. If its good music, people will buy, IMO.

I didn't like his statement too much because he didn't seem to publicly apologize to Rihanna. I'm sure those two snuck in their living room sized bathrooms and spoked to each other on the phone to apologize to each other for this mess but the public didn't hear a direct apology from him to her.

I can never look at Chris Brown the same way again. I will eventually move on from the situation but I won't forget. Rihanna should move on and find someone older. I know it will be hard because as young as they are - they really had a serious relationship even if it was "puppy love" to some people. I don't know any 19-20 year olds who had a relationship like theirs. I doubt that they can be really great friends after this.

it only takes getting that violent one time to realize one of two things: 1. you'll do it again or 2. you can't believe you let your anger get that out of control. I hope he will feel the latter and never let this happen again. As for Rihanna, she needs to move on because, regardless, this will always linger in the back of her mind - - "will he do it again?" I feel bad for both of them. I don't understand how people can't be compassionate about Chris's upbringing that would lead him to act in this manner. He probably never thought he would do that to a woman, being that he saw it happen to his mother. But maybe now that he realizes this is in him, he will do everything not to be the man that he says he hates so much.

Most importantly, i hope this sheds a light on dating violence in youth/young adults - - which is becoming even more prevalent (or maybe people are just more vocal about it)

I think people should stop looking for personal info and details to satisfy their own curiosity. You're not Rihanna's family or friends, just extra nosy. This isn't a private letter to Rihanna, so there is no need to address her. Any of his feelings to Rihanna are none of our business. This is a general statement to the public, he's not writing to you directly. This is all that can be said right now, and I think it was done so respectfully. Would you be happier if he put all Rihanna's business out there. Any statement made is going to be dissected and overanalyzed so this is all we get, because we're not the most important ppl. in this situation remember. Would you all have been happier if Sunday night he blogged "Rih girl I'm so sorry, you know I love you boo, my fault", because I'm sure Rihanna and her ppl. wouldn't have appreciated it. Violence towards woman is wrong, we know it and he knows it. Stop the useless negativity as well as the immature and insensitive comments, they won't do either of them any good. And remember, patience is a virtue.

'"He punched Rihanna in the face leaving her with bruises and having to leave the country.."

You don't know that he did that. Were you there with them? Are you Rhianna or Chris? No.'

I do feel like in this statement he at least admits to hurting Rihanna and I think that is the point. The unknown/unconfirmed "details" make is seem worse, but are in no way necessary to change my new opinion of him. I'm happy he wants to seek help for the sake of his future relationships, but I wish people would be more proactive instead of remorseful. Rihanna has to live with this experience for the rest of her life.

amloveaffair, get your facts straight before you attempt to chew someone out -- that information was officially released by the police department who filed the report. what is being referred to is the speculation of the text message situation and the media assumptions of what lead up to the fight.

this is no apology, just saying what happend and how it makes him feel.

interesting that the statement comes as soon as his lawyer's other big case was resolved (sf tiger attack that killed a 17 year old). guess chris took awhile to gather his thoughts.

We don't know what happened. Unless one of them speaks, not associates or "sources", we may never know. So, it's best to move on without judging based on speculation.

Blah, blah, blah. PR statements released trying to save his sorry ass career. Of course he's sorry. Of course, he's going into rehab. I hope he does jail time but I doubt it. Celebrities always get to cut a deal and get a slap on the wrist.

oh and also, i just wanted to throw in that chris brown is the absolute scum of the earth in my eyes. this has in fact demonized him, thank god for that. i don't care what ever other details there may be: that rihanna started beating on him first, that she injured him as well, that she provoked him -- whatever, there is NO excuse. he deserves every shred of criticism and hatred that comes his way.

and, shenanyginz -- i'd say that if a person has murdered someone it has in fact defined their character, and while beating a loved one is not as extreme by any measure it is inexcusable nonetheless. i could MAYBE interpret him getting very angry and hitting her once in the heat of the moment as a mistake, but beating her senseless? that is 3 dozen stops past a "slip-up." he is defined in my book.

My feeling still do not change for what he did. He had no right doing what he did to Rihanna

My feeling still do not change for what he did. He had no right doing what he did to Rihanna

I think this is a personal business that should be left to themselves. Of course I will NEVER support a man hiting a woman, I think both sides of the story are necessary in this case, and not to us nosy people, but to the police. Yes he puched her, but what was the reason? Maybe she punched him( again I am not saying that I support that), but what if Rihana is not as innocent in this as some of you think? And his career is so not over. I can't think that people would not buy his music just because he punched some chick. I hope that they can both move on, but if Rihana goes back to him, then o well it's their personal business. And if he punched her for no reason at all, then he should apologize to her and her family and seek help. Other than that I can only wish both parties the best.

i dont care about what he says he still done rihanna wrong and he doesnt deserve anything at all

no excuses. even if she had provoked him that does not give him the right to lay a hand on her. the situation is just so disappointing and sad.

I agree with Mack. Once a hitter, always a hitter. And Miz Candy, please lower the caps, Not all of us speak Kanye.
Also, his gross down turned eyebrows, horse teeth, and ridiculous shaved hairline are just gross. He always looked like a Guido and a piece of trash, and now I find him even more repulsive.

No one should ever put there hands on anyone plain and simple.But I just hate how the media has totally blown this up though. Think about it , every week there are all these crazy storys about so and so is preggers or so and so is getting divorced. And as soon as they get a story that has some fact to it- it gets SO blown up that it takes on a life of its own. What he did is not ok and beyond wrong , but with that said im waiting to hear the whole story from both of them that were involved not from some tabloid . Everything is so exaggerated.

This is truly a sensitive and private matter. Pop - you shouldn't be posting on this, as you don't know the facts. None of us do and it's unfortunate that their private business is splattered all over.

Violence is wrong - whether it is against a man or a woman, a child or an animal. When a man strikes a woman - it is just as repulsive as when a woman strikes a man (I do not support the theory that it is ok for a woman to hit a man - at all). I hope anyone caught up in a situation of domestic violence gets their sh*te together before a pattern repeats itself...

ha Silvers567, that kanye comment cracked me up

Hahaha anyway, can someone explain this whole shaved hairline thing while we are at it? I've noticed a lot of rappers and Guido beach types that have these ruler straight hairlines with skinny pointy sideburns or something (See Chris Brown). Is it supposed to be attractive? Do any of the girls here like it?

He seemed to be a nice promissing teen, not a crazy hitter. And I can't say it didn't shock me. I'll never look at him again in the same way, specially cause I love Rihanna.

silver567, I guess that's just their style... =p

While I am certainly on Rhianna's side...and I am sure he did SOMETHING effed up. All we have heard are rumors & allegations. NO FACTS. We have not seen pictures or heard from both parties. I'm keeping an open mind. He is totally on my S#it list but yeah his statement made me think a little, little more + about him...until I know more facts anyway.

seriously don't care what he has to say. i hope he gets all the legal ramifications of his actions that rihanna's lawyers can throw his way. he is seriously an egotistically twisted person and i hope his career is over.

and for all of you who are like "oooh we don't know what happened..." the police report and eye witness accounts have been released pretty much since the day it happened...obviously SOMETHING bad to rihanna occurred, and it was at the hand of chris brown. i really don't get why people are defending him.

also, this is a gossip blog. if you don't want your blogs to report on stuff like this i suggest you don't visit gossip blogs...

Gee, some "apology".

I hope this was just a lapse in judgment on his part. I still like him, but I will never look at him the same way.

I love gossip. I just don't like accusing anyone of anything until I know some, facts. Of course his career is over. BTW eyewitness accounts are usually wrong. I love Rhianna. Love. I'm just not throwing away our legal system that I love too.
He can't apologize b/c he would be admitting his guilt. Any statement he issued has been CAREFULLY crafted by lawers & PR teams. He had no hand in his statement. Please.

Firstly, he should reap the legal (serve some prison time) and moral consequences of his actions and he should also seek help (as a kid who grew up watching an abusive stepfather he probably has some psychological issues to sort).
I don't know if it's possible to sort everyone who has been/or is an abuser into the same category. I believe that there are a number of abusers who do have the capacity for change, and I hope he is one of them. I don't think it's fair to say once a hitter, always a hitter. Condemning someone who might have the potential for change (I hope in this case) doesn't allow much for the complexities of humans. His actions are terrible but his life's circumstances are worth considering even if they are not an excuse for beating her. I just feel like they both need some serious healing at this point.

absolutely agree with melissabritt!

Has it ever been stated, for a FACT that he even hit her? Nobody knows what has happened. All this talk about Rihanna being bruised and bloodied but it hasn't even been confirmed that the victim was in fact her. Her side has spoken out yes, but they did not ever once say CHRIS HIT RIHANNA. All they've said is "She's fine." for all we know, the media could be editing out "This story is BS, he didnt hit her, shes fine." Don't believe everything that you read people. Although it is apparent that Chris is at fault for something (not confirmed what it is yet) because he made a statement, I'm sure that they're making it out to seem much worse than whatever really happened.

i always liked him before this incident and I am in now way condoning his behavior, but I am going to wait to hear an official police report before speculating and condemning him.

well i guess that was the best that we could have expected given that it's still being investigated. i hope that he's getting the help that he needs, and that rhi is doing ok.

that is really sad... his career is pretty much f-ed up. a lot of people will not be looking at him the same way, it will take time for people to waarm up to him again