Rihanna, Drake: Remember When Chris Brown Said This About His Ex Dating Leonardo DiCaprio?

Now that rumors are swirling that Rihanna and actor Leonardo DiCaprio are a “thing” after they were spotted at Coachella last month (as other rumors say she’s secretly dating Drake), a vintage clip of her ex, Chris Brown, speaking on the reports has surfaced.

Brown stopped by Ebro In The Morning at HOT 97 in February of last year and shared his candid thoughts on speculation that his ex was hooking up with the iconic actor.

“Me and her… I respect her enough to respect her privacy and respect her space. I can’t believe everything I hear in the news,” he said. “But what I see is ‘okay cool. It might be something else going on.’”

Brown added that Rihanna had no choice but to upgrade to an even bigger celebrity after she dated Brown.

“Ain’t nowhere else you could’ve went though,” he laughed. “Hi-five…You had to go up. That’s the upper upper echelon. I’m not even a hater. I’ll give you a slap on the back, booty everything… Good game.”

He made it clear he didn’t feel any jealousy about the relationship.

“I can’t have it all,” he said.

At the time Brown was dating Karrueche Tran. The two broke up about two months later after it came out that he fathered a love child with another woman. The interview happened to fall on Rihanna’s birthday. So when asked if he reached out to the singer for her special day, he made it clear he didn’t.

“My girl would slap me,” he joked.

Check out the clip below.

Interestingly enough, Brown hasn’t spoken on the Drake rumors yet.