When I was little, I used to punch my brothers all the time. *WHAM!* Then, when I'd get caught, I'd look my mom straight in the eyes and say, "Sorry" - even though I didn't mean any of it. What else was I going to do? I was caught, I was guilty and I didn't want to get into more trouble, so I pussed out. I'm thinking Chris Brown is in a similar situation as he apologized here for smacking around Rihanna.

R&B singer Chris Brown issued his first full public apology on Monday for assaulting his then girlfriend Rihanna, describing his loss of control as "unacceptable, 100 percent" and asking for forgiveness from his fans.

Brown, 20, said in a two-minute video statement that he had wanted to speak out earlier but had been advised against it by his lawyers.

The singer of hits "Run It" and "Kiss Kiss" pleaded guilty last month to punching Rihanna in Los Angeles on the eve of the Grammy Awards in February. He is expected to be sentenced to five years' probation in August.

"I have told Rihanna countless times and I am telling you today that I am truly, truly sorry that I wasn't able to handle the situation differently and better," Brown said in the video statement. (AP)

"'Sorry' my ass," Chris Brown said as soon as he turned the camera off. "Sorry that girl opened her mouth to the police is more like it." Then he grabbed the nearest ho in his posse and backhanded her for a good hour, all the while fantasizing it was Rihina. Ah, to be young and in love again.