... would he appologize to the public except to simply get record sales in the future and to save his career?

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And since he's wearing a nice orange shirt instead of a state-issue orange jumpsuit, my guess is that the woman in question has already forgiven him.

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....and to me he seemed to holding back on just saying "if only Rhianna hadn't.....".

What a damn shame when his message could have been much more profound!!!

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It's just a matter of time until he does it again. I don't believe that he's sorry, not for a minute. I don't think any man has ever hit a woman "just once". I've never been hit by a man but everything I read points to a good chance that he'll do it again. The reverse is also true. Some men would never hit a woman. Most don't even know why, they just wouldn't. ANNA

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Tana Ganeva must be an expert on other peoples thoughts. I didn't know she is premonitions. What a magical Chrystal ball she must have, to know that this man doesn't mean what he said, or to even know that it will happen again. What date will this event take place & what location will it happen, so we can notify the police & have him arrested for the sake of the thought police.

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What else do you want the guy to do? He's apologised in the best most heartfelt manner possible, and you naysayers are saying that it's not enough. His alleged acts were horrendous no doubt, but c'mon, get off of Chris' back already.

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Never heard of him. Not sure I want to.

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it went this way. I asked, "How did this happen?" The answer was "I didn't shut up." My rather lame response was "Oh, I didn't know you were supposed to."

She stayed until her last child left highschool. She left him. He remains unmarried, without a steady date, or significant other of any kind. I wonder how that keeps happening?

I would not expect Brown to change. Only time will tell. I would advise caution.

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First of all...Chris Brown doesn't owe ANYONE an apology but Rihanna. Why is this author so infuriated? News flash...HE DOESN'T NEED YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF HIS APOLOGY!!! What are you a mind reader of something? Isn't a public apology the PRUDENT thing to do in his line of work? Does he not deserve to make a living now? He's been through the court system now shut up and keep your big fat nose out of it. I don't condone what he did but I HATE when people like you try to keep such an unfortunate situation ratcheted up with your BASELESS speculation and inuindo! Here's an idea why don't you REPORT THE NEWS and stop trying to throw people under the bus to further your agenda.

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They are always sorry. Each and every time until she walks away and doesn't give him any more chances (if she can still walk away).

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I get the impression this apology was from the heart. not self-serving...self-serving would be not admitting he did anything wrong, denying it even happened or was his responsibility. Plenty of fans are more than willing to blame the victim, Rhianna, as we've all seen. My impression is he's stepping up to the plate as best he knows how.

Abuse and assault is never acceptable, but we demonize men who commit it -- with good reason, obviously, because it's horrible, but that creates a disincentive for those who have to own up and try to change their behavior. Big question: OK, if you're a guy who thought he would never resort to physical violence with your partner; you just did; you're horrified with yourself...what do you do? Assuming he's really experiencing remorse, this is obviously the beginning, not the end, of what needs to be done. From what I understand, many men who abuse either witnessed or were on the receiving end of such abuse -- as he was. It's very difficult to analyze what, within themselves (not anything external or related to their victim's behavior), caused them to behave that way. If there's no chance for redemption, there's no motivation to change their behavior. Only despair and hopelessness are left.

Surely many of us have been surprised or ashamed of our own behavior before, to one degree or another...I know I have. There are lots of responses: ignoring it, excusing it, pretending it didn't happen, was a one time thing or an unusual accident...then there's owning up, facing ourselves; changing, or at least beginning the process. Chris Brown doesn't appear to be ignoring, excusing, denying, or explaining the abuse away as a one time thing. He turned himself in, he issued this public apology, he appears to be taking steps to really take ownership and change. It's not to anyone's benefit to assume he's just trying to explain away and not take responsibility for his abuse, his actions. Should we carefully scrutinize his behavior and actions from now on? Yes. Should we assume everything he does is with the selfish intention of escaping responsibility and continuing to abuse? No.

As for forgiveness...it isn't really about forgiveness, it's about changing his behavior. Certainly even if someone does forgive, they should not forget. He has abused, and he will always be someone who abused. But he can make that something that he did in the past and strives to change, or he can try to deny or weasel out of it and thus he becomes not "someone who violently abused", but makes it part of his permanent identity: a violent abuser. He is one now. He doesn't have to be one for the rest of his life. His actions, more than his words, will speak to whether he can change this about himself. This video is just one step down that path, and I think that's what he's trying to do. Certainly if he does want to own up and be held accountable, he wouldn't be able to do so WITHOUT some sort of public statement like this.

Young men who resort to physical violence need to know that they can and should overcome that part of themselves. They need someone to show them that it can be done and should be done. If Chris Brown wants to be a role model, he can be: to other young men who, like him, found out that they weren't who they thought themselves to be, and who faced whatever inner demon drove them to it.

Bringing it back to focus on the biggest victim in this: I hope for Rhianna's sake that she moves on to someone else. Being the victim of violence like this breaks trust, and it's virtually impossible to have a healthy relationship without trust. Neither of them benefit from a relationship where the trust has been so horribly shattered. If she does choose to say, I hope she holds him accountable. And if she doesn't, I hope Chris Brown's future girlfriends (you know there will be some) hold him accountable for his past actions as well.

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