Chris Brown, who split from Rihanna after he assaulted her last February, realizes how much his ex-girlfriend has struggled these past few months.

In an interview with 20/20 airing Friday night, Brown says:

I can see what damage it does, mentally, more than physical… I was wrong for what I did. And I would definitely say that it’s not something that I look past or look over. Something that’s really, really touchy. And, and like I said, I’m really sorry for what went down. And what happened.

The singer says he, too, is tormented by everything that went down.

He adds:

I think what it is when people see me smiling and kind of nonchalantly getting answers or, or saying things. I’m human, really, I’m like really hurting inside. And it really is devastating to me.

I have zero sympathy for him. I think he’s upset because there’s no way he’ll ever revive his career to the point it was at prior to the incident.