Oprah Tells Rihanna, 'Love Doesn't Hurt'

Oprah Winfrey strongly cautioned Rihanna from hastily reconciling with her accused attacker Chris Brown, saying during her show on Friday that "love doesn't hurt" and charging that "if a man hits you once, he will hit you again."

"You need somebody to tell you the truth in this moment. And the truth is guys, both Chris Brown and Rihanna, if I were your friend, I would call you up and I would say 'Give it some time, get yourself some counseling, take care of yourself, heal yourself first'," she said during the live broadcast.

"And also, 'Love doesn't hurt'. I've been saying this to women for years - love doesn't hurt. And if a man hits you once, he will hit you again. He will hit you again. I don't care what his plea is, he will hit you again.'"

Brown briefly appeared in court Thursday, hours after he was charged with two felonies stemming from what a police detective describes as a brutal argument between the singer and Rihanna in a car in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood last month. He did not enter a plea, and his arraignment was postponed until April 6. Until then, the 19-year-old R&B singer remains free on $50,000 bail.

A search warrant affidavit filed by a Los Angeles police detective described a brutal fight in which Brown allegedly punched, bit and choked Rihanna until she nearly lost consciousness.

Bachelor's Jason Begins Apology Tour

Today 8:50 AM PST by Jennifer Cady

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It's not easy being "the most hated man in America right now," and so The Bachelor Jason Mesnick has embarked on a national "I'm sorry for the last-minute Molly for Melissa switcheroo on national television" tour. First daytime TV stop: The Ellen DeGeneres Show , where he offers fans this reprieve:

"I think what I want to do is to apologize to everybody out there. All the fans of the show because thank you for watching, but this was my real life and it was the hardest thing I had to do. And I made some big mistakes and that's what I wanted to sit here and talk about today—the mistakes that I made. But in the end I found my true love."

He also expressed his regret over telling Melissa on camera about his feelings for Molly...

"I completely regret doing that," he says. "I regretted it every single day since that happened and I will regret probably every day for the rest of my life. The producers obviously really wanted me to do it on the show, but I take full responsibility for my actions. I could've not shown up and when I look back, I was just trying to do what I thought was right for me, and if I could go back and do it again I would not do that."

Despite Melissa's speculation that he had been talking to Molly again prior to humiliating her on TV, he swears he hadn't, saying asking for Molly back was "one of the scariest things that I've had to do."

And then there's Molly, who says she feels a little bit sorry for Melissa but then, hey, this is love, where it's cool to be selfish.

"You know, there were moments where I sympathized with Melissa for sure," she tells Ellen. "I was heartbroken by this guy, too. So I know what she was going through, but I do give him a lot of credit for doing what he did. Because he is standing up for what is best for him. I think if there is any time to be selfish, it's when love is involved."

For now the two say they're taking it one day at a time, trying to get America to stop hating them one talk show at time before they move to Seattle to fulfill their prophecy of marriage and the occasional tabloid cover.

So who's ready to pass a little forgiveness Jason's way?