Chris Brown, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to beating Rihanna, recently spoke publicly for the first time about the February assault.

In an interview with Larry King, scheduled to air Wednesday (9/2), Brown said he does not know what to think about the attack that left his then-girlfriend bruised and bloodied.

"I just look at it like, wow, 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," Brown said in a video posted on CNN's website. "So when I look at the police reports or hear about the police reports, I just don't know what to think."

When pressed for his feelings about the assault, the 20-year-old performer told King that he couldn't remember hitting Rihanna. However, he later recanted, telling TMZ.com that his comments were taken out of context.

"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 four or five times--and when you look at the entire interview you will see it is not representative of what I said," Brown said in a statement published by TMZ.

"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," Brown continued. "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.'"

Brown said he was distraught the night of the assault and "broke down" after he told his mother, who herself was a victim of an abusive relationship, according to a Reuters report. His mom, Joyce Hawkins, who sat next to her son while he spoke with Larry King, said she was "totally shocked" when Brown confessed to the assault.

"I know that Chris has never, ever been a violent person. Never," Hawkins said.

However, Brown reportedly had two other violent incidents with Rihanna, according to a probation report cited by CNN. One incident was a verbal argument in which Rihanna reportedly slapped him and he shoved her. At another time, Brown reportedly broke the front driver's side and passenger side windows of a rented car while the two were together.

In a separate interview, Brown told People that he still loves Rihanna. "I never fell out of love with her. That just wouldn't go away," he said.