Chris Brown told Larry King in an interview that aired on Wednesday that he didn’t think his career was over at all after his brutal attack on Rihanna and that “I just need to prove to people I can be a role model.” Chris didn’t offer us much indication that he was up to the task. He was vague and full of excuses about what happened, refusing to get into the details and focusing on his own feelings about the incident instead of the terrible pain he inflicted on the woman he claimed he still loved. He also blamed the media for their coverage of his horrific attack, saying it was “blow out of proportion” and “spun out of control.”

Chris may have been partially right that he would have been able to continue on with his career. After all, many of you pointed out that R. Kelly still has a career despite the disgusting things he’s done. Unfortunately for little pissant woman-beater Chris, he managed to bad mouth the woman who helped elect a President and has the power to shut down entire cities. Chris talks smack about billionaire media mogul Oprah in the upcoming issue of People Magazine, and that means he’s truly “over” according to sources quoted by MSNBC’s The Scoop:

In the new issue of People magazine, Chris Brown says he felt like Oprah Winfrey’s show about domestic violence, which was dedicated to “all the Rihannas of the world,” and aired after he assaulted ex-girlfriend Rihanna, was a “slap in the face.”

“I commend Oprah on being like, ‘This is a problem,’ but it was a slap in my face,” Brown told People. “I did a lot of stuff for her, like going to Africa and performing for her school. She could’ve been more helpful, like, ‘OK, I’m going to help both of these people out.’”

Brown might come to regret speaking out on the issue. “He’s done,” said one well-placed source with direct connections to some of Brown’s endorsement opportunities. “Whatever goodwill he had, he’s totally ruined it by saying that. What was he thinking? And who the hell goes up against Oprah? It just shows he doesn’t think. No one is going to want him as the face of their brand.”

Brown’s rep didn’t return a call for comment. Winfrey had this to say about Brown’s quotes to People: “Oprah is very appreciative that Chris Brown performed at her school, but she takes domestic abuse very seriously. She hopes he gets the counseling he needs.”

I love Oprah’s brief but effective response. It’s also ripe that woman-beater Chris compares Oprah’s coverage on domestic violence to a “slap in the face,” as if that’s the worst metaphor he can come up with.

Radar Online has a response to Brown’s Larry King interview from a domestic violence organization. They basically shoot down all his stupid claims, like how he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Rihanna. Choosing violence over another response is a deliberate act, they explain, and it’s no excuse to say that you witnessed domestic abuse at home. That doesn’t mean you have to repeat that cycle and beat people you supposedly love:

While Chris Brown may have aired his regrets and apologies during his interview with Larry King which aired Wednesday night, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence have a few things to say about his statements. The group’s executive editor Rita Smith spoke with RadarOnline.com with their reactions to his comments.

On Brown saying he could see himself spending the rest of his life with Rihanna: “I’m sure he could. That would be devastating for her. I’m sure he can. My reaction to that is that he can’t possibly love her if he hurts her. Those two things do not happen in the same context. If he loves her he would never, ever hurt her…”

On Brown blaming his childhood: “Part of it is because he did not have a very good role model when he was growing up. He had a really poor role model. But he can choose not to replicate that behavior. Using violence is a choice. It¹s not like something took hold of him and threw him up against Rihanna. He made that choice, he used his fist. That¹s a very aggressive behavior. And it worried me that he got to that level as quickly as he did, it did not take long for it to escalate to that point. So I think that it would be a good thing if Rihanna did not reconnect with him because he¹s got a lot of work to do before he is a good partner.”

[From Radar Online]

Given the fact that Brown has had over six months to come up with some kind of contrite response, I found it kind of amazing that his first interview was as bad as it was. He had plenty of time to practice looking guilty and sad, and instead he seemed downright defiant and unwilling to admit what he’d done – even to himself. Maybe it’s not that surprising that someone who would resort to that level of brutality is unable to conjure up the small amount of regret needed for a convincing apology. Everyone is seeing Chris for the stupid, cruel person that he is and there are no excuses for him now.