Rihanna was all over the news last week because of her in-depth interview with Diane Sawyer. The clips shown on Good Morning America were fairly devastating. Rihanna came across as a young woman who had learned some valuable lessons about self-respect, violence and her position as a role model for young women. She also recalled her vivid memory of being beaten by Chris: “He had no soul in his eyes. Just blank. He was clearly blacked-out. There was no person when I looked at him.”

While Rihanna’s interview dominated the news, it seemed to many (me) that it would have been wise for Chris to simply give Rihanna the week. He should have disappeared, gone on vacation, or stayed home and played video games for a several days. Anything but appear before MTV for a series of disgustingly ridiculous interviews, the latest of which came on Friday, in which Chris said that Rihanna should have kept all of the beat down “private”. Seriously:

When MTV News correspondent Sway spoke with Chris Brown on Monday for “Chris Brown: The Interview” and addressed Rihanna’s upcoming “20/20″ sit-down — portions of which have already aired on “Good Morning America” — the “Forever” singer said he was confident that he had come clean about everything and there was nothing that could be said by his former girlfriend that would make him nervous.

“Honestly, because I have expressed my wrongs and there is nothing that could come out that’s like, ‘OK, this is something totally different than what we know,’ ” he told MTV News when asked. “I basically expressed how I feel, basically said what I’m wrong for.”

Brown contacted MTV News on Friday (November 6) to issue a statement about the portions of Rihanna’s interview that have emerged since that interview. He reiterated his stance on maintaining the pair’s privacy, but he also supported Rihanna’s decision to speak out about what occurred that February night. Brown wished Rihanna the best and once again admitted his mistake.

“While I respect Rihanna’s right to discuss the specific events of February 8, I maintain my position that all of the details should remain a private matter between us,” he said in the statement. “I do appreciate her support and wish her the best. I am extremely sorry for what I did, and I accept accountability for my actions. At this point, I am taking the proper steps to learn about me and grow from my mistakes. I only hope that others in similar situations can learn from our experience as well. Abuse of any kind is always wrong. The rest I leave it to God.”

[From MTV]

It’s like this kid has absolutely no shame, no sense of hypocrisy, no sense of real remorse. This is the same Chris Brown who went on Larry King and talked about how he didn’t even remember beating the hell out Rihanna. This is the same Chris Brown who went out partying in the aftermath of the beating. Ugh.

Meanwhile, Chris Brown’s apologists are still in action. The website Tash (“Hip, Urban ‘n Chic”) pointed out that “Chris Brown’s friends are backing him 100% and calling her a liar, hannarihanna and more.” They pulled several commenters defense of Chris – much of it I have no desire to publish (you can see a select few here), but the gist of which is that Rihanna is spreading “bullcrap” and that Chris’s career “ain’t ova”. Seriously. So much for a teachable moment.

Chris Brown is photographed performing during Power 105.1’s “Powerhouse” at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey on October 27, 2009. Credit: FAME.