Chris Brown remembers almost killing Rihanna

Chris Brown's interview with Larry King hasn't even been broadcast yet and he's already in full spin mode. Chris says the clip we saw yesterday -- where he claims he doesn't remember beating up Rihanna -- was a just big misunderstanding. He actually does remember repeatedly punching her in the face. In a statement he released yesterday, Chris said:

"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 misspoke. I was asked, "Do you remember doing it?" and I said, "No."

"Of course I remember what happened. Several times during the interview, my mother said that I came to her right afterwards and told her everything. But 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.

Oops, another misspeak. It's not Chris or who he is or what happened like anything he's ever done before besides that time in November when Rihanna and him got into a fight when they were in Europe and he shoved her into a wall.

"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.

Oops, another misspeak. It was an isolated incident and that's not who Chris Brown is besides that time in January when Rihanna and him got into a fight when they were in Barbados and he got out of their Range Rover and broke both the front and passenger side windows.

"In conclusion, I am Hitler."

Finally, some truth . . . OK, I might have added that line.