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Chris Brown says he still loves Rihanna

  • Story Highlights
  • Chris Brown pleaded guilty to felony assault for attack on his girlfriend Rihanna
  • He was sentenced to five years probation and six months of community labor
  • Brown calls the sentence fair, says nobody taught him how to control his anger
  • He does not remember hitting Rihanna, he says
By Amy Huggins
CNN's Larry King Live
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Editor's note: R&B singer Chris Brown spoke exclusively with CNN about his arrest and sentence for assaulting Rihanna. You can watch the full interview on Larry King Live, Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET.

Chris Brown opens up to CNN's Larry King in his first television interview since his arrest.

Chris Brown opens up to CNN's Larry King in his first television interview since his arrest.

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Pop star Chris Brown has admitted guilt and apologized for assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna in February, but he does not remember hitting the singer, he told CNN's Larry King.

Looking at police reports about the incident makes him feel like he's reading about a stranger, Brown said in his first television interview since the arrest.

"I'm in shock, because, first of all, that's not who I am as a person, and that's not who I promise I want to be," he said in an exclusive interview that airs Wednesday night.

"I just don't know what to think. I'm just like, wow," Brown said. "It's crazy to me."

Brown, 20, said he still loves singer Rihanna, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty.

But, he added, it is tough for him to look at the photo showing -->