Brown Thought Rihanna Beating Photo Was A Fake

Shamed singer CHRIS BROWN couldn’t believe how badly he had beaten up RIHANNA after their February (09) fight and thought a leaked photo of the star’s injuries had been doctored.

The Kiss Kiss hitmaker has been sentenced to five years probation and ordered to stay away from Rihanna after pleading guilty to assaulting her on 8 February.

In his first TV interview since the incident, Brown admitted to U.S. presenter Larry King that he was horrified when he saw the shocking police photo, which appeared to show the Umbrella beauty’s battered and bruised face.

He said, “I first saw it maybe a week after the incident, TMZ posted it. I didn’t know what to think. At the time I had no idea… I didn’t know if they were altered, if they were real, I was just like, wow. I was just so disappointed (in myself).”

During the interview, which aired in the U.S. on Wednesday night (02Sep09), Brown confessed that, several months on, he is still stunned by his own actions: “When I look at it (the photo of Rihanna) now, I can’t believe that actually happened.”

Brown insists that despite the beating, he is not a violent person: “I’m in shock, that’s not who I am as a person. When I see the police reports, when I hear what happened, I don’t know what to think. It’s crazy to me.

“From the outside looking in, on the TV when they’re saying this, they’re saying that… It seemed like a different person.”