Chris Brown

The 21-year-old pop star - who had to cope with the photos being released by an "ex-boyfriend" just a few months after she was assaulted by Chris Brown in February - told US radio station 'Hot 97': "I just felt like my whole privacy was taken before that and then, when that came out, I thought, 'Oh great, so now there's nothing they don't know about me and my private life.' It was humiliating and it was embarrassing."

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"American Music Awards. " An ABC source said, "The network is giving a mixed message - that it doesn't trust someone who shocked with an unpredictable show and a gay kiss, but then it is happy to go ahead with Chris Brown, who was convicted of felony assault. "

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"GMA" hopes his appearance could provide a ratings boost, just like Rihanna's "GMA" interview earlier this month where she told Diane Sawyer she saw "no soul in his eyes" as he beat her. The top ABC insider added: "Chris Brown's interview was booked way before Adam Lambert took to the stage.

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A source said: "Chris Brown's interview was booked way before Adam Lambert took to the stage. It is to give him a chance to respond to Rihanna's interview. The possibility of him performing a song will be worked out next week."

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A source said: "She was supposed to perform back in May, but she cancelled in the aftermath of the assault [by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown]. This is a make-up date."

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He said at the time: "While I respect Rihanna's right to discuss the specific events of February 8, I maintain my position that all of the details should remain a private matter between us. I do appreciate her support and wish her all the best ... The rest I leave to God."

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Chris - who releases his new album 'Graffiti' in December - previously said: "The steps that I've taken to show that I'm sorry probably have been perceived wrong. At the end of the day, I'm definitely remorseful and it's not something that I take lightly or think is under the rug. I really think it's something that is a serious matter and I'm learning from it."

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"As I said before, I respect her opinion and her decision to speak on her behalf, but me personally; I'd rather keep all the situations and the incident that happened between me and her private. But I can only just be responsible for my actions and what I did," Brown said.

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"Crawl" from his new album, "Graffiti" on "The Wendy Williams Show" on Friday where his discussed his shame. "What I think, the steps that I've taken to show that I'm sorry probably have been perceived wrong. Certain things, when I'm doing certain interviews and how my posture is to how I'm acting," Brown said. "At the end of the day, I'm definitely remorseful and it's not something that I take lightly or think that it's like under the rug. I really think it s something that is a serious matter and I'm learning from it."

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"I'm doing as many hours as I can now, like knocking em' out, trying to do all the many hours so when I do go on tour it's kind of like a break period and then I can go right back to it," Brown explained.

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