On Monday there were reports that Chris Brown said he did not recall hitting Rihanna. This was based on a short 1-minute promotional clip of a pre-taped interview to appear on Larry King's show Wednesday evening.. Having heard the rumors, Brown issued a statement saying he wants to set the record straight:

"There have been reports on the internet that I didn’t remember what happened that night with Rihanna. I want to try and set things straight.

"That 30 seconds of the interview they used of me was taken from a one hour interview during which that same question was asked something like 4 or 5 times - and when you look at the entire interview you will see it is not representative of what I said. "The first four times or how ever many times it was - I gave the same answer - which was that I didn’t think it was appropriate for me to talk about what happened that night. I said it was not right for me and it really wasn’t fair to Rihanna.

The fifth time or whatever it was I just mis-spoke. I was asked, ‘Do you remember doing it?’ and I said, ‘No.’ "Of course I remember what happened. It was and still is a blur. And yes, I still can’t believe it happened because it is not me or who I am or is what happened like anything I have ever done before."

As I have said several times previously, I am ashamed of and sorry for what happened that night and I wish I could relive that moment and change things, but I can't. I take full responsibility for my actions. What I have to do now is to prove to the world that this was an isolated incident and that is not who I am and I intend to do so by my behavior now and in the future."