Terence Howard christiterr.jpgApparently somebody told Terrence Howard and T.I. that defending Chris Brown was perhaps just a little offensive.

Your mind was probably kinda blown when Terrence described the incident as "just life, man" before adding, "Rihanna knows he loves her." While T.I. said Chris was "cool" and that fans shouldn't "expect [entertainers] not to make mistakes because we will."

Now, both are backing away from their earlier statements, saying they didn't know all the facts at the time. Wow, ya think?!?!

"When [reporters] asked me about Chris Brown the other day, I was in no way aware of what he had been accused of," Howard said in a statement to E! News.

"Had I known, I would have never had said something so insensitive."

And T.I. issued a statement saying he "made a mistake of commenting before understanding the situation."