It's been a long time coming but the stars of the Chrianna soap opera are finally starting to pull back the covers on that nightmarish February night in which Chris Brown brutally assaulted his then-girlfriend, pop star Rihanna.
Rihanna, being the victim, got the all-star treatment, sitting down for a nearly hour-long segment of ABC's "20/20" with Diane Sawyer. No stone was left unturned. Rihanna talked about the assault in detail, she spoke about going back to Chris and she spoke explicitly on why she had to walk away from him, even though she still felt love for Chris.
"I resented him. I resented him so much. And I always put the tough face on and try the I-can-do-anything face...try to play it off. But he knew. He knew it. He kept asking me, 'You hate me don't you? You hate me.' And I would lie and I would say, 'No.' Everything about him annoyed me. Him being around me, him talking to me, everything was annoying for me," said Rihanna in the interview
Rihanna's interview is chocked pack full of more quotes and details including on whether she has heard Chris' song he wrote about her, "Changed Man," and whether she thinks they would ever be together again.
Watch Part 1 and Part 2 of Rihanna's interview with Diane Sawyer on 20/20
Chris Brown, possibly looking to steal attention away from Rihanna's primetime interview, also put in some face time with MTV's Sway. To Sway's credit, he tried his best to give Chris a platform to finally EXPLAIN himself as a human being. Unfortunately, Chris is too inarticulate and arrogant to go beyond saying generalities like "I know what I did was wrong" and "Yeah, I'm definitely owning up to it." Actions speak louder than words, Chris. Chris even goes so far as to say the problem with people who criticize him and his behavior post-assault is that they haven't adjusted their expectations.
Sway: Have you owned up to it?
Chris: Yeah, definitely.
Sway: Is it a work in progress?
Chris: Within myself it's not a work in progress cause I've owned up to it. I've accepted the fact. Totally. I'm doing everything to make amends and everything to make life better and other people's lives better. But to certain people in the public, maybe it's not everything they anticipated or expected. So, hopefully over time their expectations can change.
People's expectations are that you would really take this whole thing a bit more seriously, Chris. And that you would be able to explain WHY you went to that deep, dark place you went to, instead of saying, "Wow. I don't know, it's like, crazy" or "Anger, it was just anger."
Watch a segment of Chris' interview with MTV below and watch the rest here.
