Who says celebrity abuse has to be a public thing? Not Chris Brown, that's for sure. He thinks Rihanna should have done the right thing and kept her mouth shut after he smacked it.

Chris Brown has something to say about ex-girlfriend Rihanna's revealing interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, in which the singer spoke frankly about the Feb. 8 incident in which he assaulted her.

"While I respect Rihanna's right to discuss the specific events of February 8," Brown says in a statement to MTV News, "I maintain my position that all of the details should remain a private matter between us."

In the Diane Sawyer interview, Rihanna said that Brown, 20, put her in a headlock twice and bit her on the ear and fingers. "He had no soul in his eyes," Rihanna, 21, told Sawyer. "He was clearly blacked out."

And the singer -- whose new album Rated R drops later this month -- explained why she is speaking so publicly. "I knew I had to do this in order to move on for me and in order for my fans to move on . . . I don't want that five years from now every time they see Rihanna, they think of Chris Brown beating me. That's not who I am."

She also wishes her ex well in the interview.

In his statement today, Brown continued, "I do appreciate [Rihanna's] support and wish her the best. I am extremely sorry for what I did, and I accept accountability for my actions . . . Abuse of any kind is always wrong. The rest I leave it to God."

Well of course Chris is leaving it to God. I mean, have you read The Bible? It's all, "Women did this evil thing" or, "Women are that type of whore." If God had his way, he would have smacked the whole lot of them. Now, Chris Brown isn't comparing himself to Jesus, per say, but they both do wear sandals ...so, if you want to make that leap yourself, go right ahead.