Rihanna, Leo hot... Chris Brown cool

Chris Brown insists he isn't "jealous" of Rihanna's rumoured new relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio and thinks she has made a good choice.

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The 'Yeah 3x' hitmaker - who was convicted of assaulting the 'Diamonds' star in 2009 - insists he isn't "jealous" of his former girlfriend's rumoured new boyfriend and thinks she has made a good choice with the Hollywood hunk.

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He said: "I respect her enough to respect her privacy and her space, because I can't believe everything I hear in the news. But what I see, I'll be like, 'OK cool, there might be something else going on.'

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"I'm gonna have to give her that, because you know what? Ain't nowhere else you coulda went though. High five.

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"You can only go up, and that's the upper, upper echelon... I'm not even a hater. I'll give you a slap on the back, booty, everything, 'Hey, do your thing. Good game.'

"In that situation, I just tip my hat. I'm not a hater. I'm not envious, I don't feel jealous. Do your thing. I can't have it all, brotha."

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The 25-year-old singer also admitted he didn't get in touch with Rihanna on her 27th birthday last week - because he was afraid any contact would earn him a "slap" from on/off girlfriend Karrueche Tran.

Asked if he had wished Rihanna happy birthday, he told radio station Hot 97: "Nah, I ain't getting' slapped. My girl would've slapped me."

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Despite his frank comments, the 'Run It' star has now vowed to stop speaking about his former flame.

He tweeted after the interview: I've given the world enough opinions. I'm not doing no more interviews unless it's about my art or music. It's nothing else anyone needs.

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"Don't ask me about Drake or Rihanna. Anything u need to hear is in all our music. #500 (sic)"

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