Chris Brown tells Larry King that he is still in love with Rihanna and does remember beating her to a bloody pulp in his car.

“I just need to prove to people I can be a role model,” Brown, who was accompanied by his mother, Joyce Hawkins, and lawyer Mark Geragos during the interview at CNN Headquarters in Hollywood last Wednesday. “That’s not who I am as a person, and that’s not who I promise I want to be,” the singer laments.

Catch the full interview this Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 9/8c on CNN.