UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

[VIDEO] Chris Brown: 'I Lost Everything' after hitting Rihanna

Chris Brown sat down with "Today" host Matt Lauer and spoke about his controversial past and his bright-looking future.
|
 
Chris Brown watches the New York Knicks play the Boston Celtics at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 31, 2013. The Knicks defeated the Celtics 108-89. UPI/John Angelillo
Chris Brown watches the New York Knicks play the Boston Celtics at Madison Square Garden in New York City on March 31, 2013. The Knicks defeated the Celtics 108-89. UPI/John Angelillo 
License photo
Updated April 1, 2013 at 4:39 PM
Published: April 1, 2013 at 3:03 PM

Chris Brown addressed his much hyped relationship to singer Rihanna in an interview on the "Today" show on Monday.

Asked how he'd dealt with the battery charges his on-again girlfriend filed against him in 2009, Brown said he had been "humbled by the whole experience."

"From me losing everything, you know, to me having to regain public opinion or whatever it is," the singer told Matt Lauer. "But most importantly, you know, knowing that what I did was totally wrong and having to kind of deal with myself and kind of forgive myself in the same breath and being able to apologize to, you know, Rihanna and be that man that can be who is a man."

Regarding people who still don't believe he has recovered, the singer appears to be taking the high road.

"I think everybody is entitled to their opinion. For me, it's just a learning process. You know, I have to just take it one day at a time. I can't make everybody like me ... it's about me being positive," he said. "Everything that I'm doing with my music is to hopefully inspire the world and inspire people who have been on my situation, even everybody who's trying to learn from me."

Questioned about his current relationship status with Rihanna, the singer admitted they were together as a couple, adding they were "fine."

Brown told Lauer he has learned a lot after completing the 52 weeks of domestic violence counseling and that for him it's all about "knowing that what I did was wrong, and never doing it again. So as far as me and [Rihanna] are concerned, she knows my heart, and I know her heart. So I'm not really focused on the negative."

As for his music, Brown said his new sounds are more mature than they used to be given all the time he's had to grow as an artist and a person.

Brown's latest single "Fine China" premiered today and his album is set to release in July or August 2013.

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Recommended Stories
© 2013 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Immigration rally in Washington, D.C. MTV Movie Awards Cherry Blossoms in Washington, D.C.
Miss NY USA crowns ASPCA King and Queen Academy of American Country Music Awards 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
1 of 20
Prince Harry arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington
View Caption
Prince Harry arrives on Capitol Hill to tour a photography exhibit by HALO Trust, a British nonprofit focused on removing hazardous war debris, including un-exploded devices and landmines, on May 9, 2013 in Washington, D.C. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
fark
Radioactive products from the last century: toothpaste, chocolate, suppositories. What were we thinking?...
School dedicates a portion of its website to a student who just died. Fark: And that's how the parents...
A man probably had a brief moment of joy when he gave the slip to the sheriff's deputy chasing him....
Giant 50-foot magnet makes cross-country trek, as well as quite an attraction
Florida restaurant pulls controversial lion tacos off the menu after huge uproar
Photoshop this red army