Chris Brown has finally issued a public apology for smashing his dressing room window after he was forced to field questions about his 2009 assault on Rihanna’s face on Tuesday’s Good Morning America. The Sun quotes him as saying:

“First of all, I just wanna apologize to anybody who was startled in the [GMA] office, anybody who was offended or really disappointed in my actions, because I was disappointed with the way I acted.

A lot of people don’t know what went down, and obviously when I do shows or when I do interviews, we always send out a talking point sheet.

As the interview proceeded, I was thrown off by it. I felt like they told us this just so they could get us on the show so they can exploit me.

So I took it very, very hard and I really kinda kept my composure throughout the whole interview, although you can see me upset, I kept my composure, I did my performance.

And when I got backstage I just let off steam. I didn’t physically hurt anyone, I didn’t try to hurt anyone, I just wanted to release the anger that I had inside me because I felt that I worked so hard for this music and… I felt like people kept just trying to take it away from me. So yes, I got very emotional, and I wanna apologize for acting like that.

Did you get that? He’s apologizing for being the victim of exploitation here. He’s sorry that the folks at GMA are sensationalism-driven liars and deceivers who drove him to a violent physical outburst with their carefully-orchestrated machinations. He’s sorry that people keep trying to take away the music that he “worked so hard for.” Not once does he actually apologize for throwing a chair through a window and chest-bumping a producer mid-tantrum. You wanna say I’m sorry, how about you start with that godawful song “I Can Transform Ya?” Because I know I’m sure as hell sorry about that song. I’m also sorry about his faggoty-ass hair and that sleeveless denim vest he’s wearing. Come to think of it, maybe I’m the one who should really be apologizing here.