After it was revealed that Bobby Brown arrived at the funeral of his ex-wife Whitney Houston only to leave with his family before the service started, he has now released a statement explaining what happened.
“My children and I were invited to the funeral of my ex-wife Whitney Houston. We were seated by security and then subsequently asked to move on three separate occasions. I fail to understand why security treated my family this way and continue to ask us and no one else to move. Security then prevented me from attempting to see my daughter Bobbi-Kristina. In light of the events, I gave a kiss to the casket of my ex-wife and departed as I refused to create a scene. My children are completely distraught over the events. This was a day to honor Whitney. I doubt Whitney would have wanted this to occur. I will continue to pay my respects to my ex-wife the best way I know how.”
This is a sad end to their love story.
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No one should be treated like that! Feel bad for Bobby.
Who cares, he should have obeyed the rules and stay focused on being their for his daughter & honoring his ex-wife.
He was treated that way for a reason!!!!
The people hee with was his kids. They were apart of Whitney’s life too. He shouldn’t have been treated that way.
Wow when I first heard about it I was shocked because he didn’t come with a fuss making a scene he literally just wanted to be there and show his respect. Yes I understand that he was only given an invite plus 2 and he brought 9 people. For one He has a bunch of kids who whitney played step mother to for what 13 years including parts of his family who loved her they were married for over a decade both of their families were one at one point so to give bobbi a +2 is a joke and its hurtful because her step children which he brought should have been able to be there with a seat. Let oprah stand
Its sad that her own step children didn’t have a seat yet all these celebs did. I def understand how the family feels about bobbi but his children don’t have anything to do with it. And even after the divorce I’m sure his children still had a relationship with her just WOW
No one cares about any step kids. If the were really close like that then the family would have accomodated them. Bobbie should have left his baggage at home & just come to honor his ex-wife and to be there for his daughter.
Shame on him!!!
Wow u have such a horriable soul.. I guess you didn’t see her step children breaking down outside on CNN huh..to the point of bobby trying to pull his son together cause he was so broken down crying huh…about his step MOTHER a person who helped raised him and his other half siblings do u forget that’s also bobbi K siblings as well. Like I said before I understand the way the family may feel about him but his children have NOTHING to do with it!! And what happen was NOT right no matter what whitney never treated that man bad and accepted his kids as her own and I’m sure she would have never wanted that to happen. He just lost a parent not too long ago and whitney and her family was welcomed cause they loved her despite the relationship and her family should have done the same. Bobbi K is 18 years old she is not a 5 year old child and as much as they try they cannot keep her away from the other side of her family and that’s what it seems as tho the family is trying to do which is not right.
Perhaps I have a horrible soul as well because I agree!!! This day was about Whitney and her family….if the steps were soooo close to her as you “suppose” then they would have been invited.
Bottom line he should have respected the family’s request and only showed up with 2 people……BOTTOM LINE!!!!
You are an angry person. You have never been a step parent by your attitude. I have two step daughters. whom I call my bless daughters and gave me two wonderful granddaugghters.When my husband died two years ago, I did not make them feel unwelcome,I still have a realtionship with as well as my granddaughters,by the way, One of them I am raising in my home!!!!! Those were Whitney’s children while they were married and you can not turn off those feelings just because you’re no longer with that person. If you can do that, you never ever really loved that person or his/her children
Wow I hate to hear anybody had to go through that especially at a time like this I’m sure Whitney wouldn’t have wanted this. It doesn’t matter is Bobby and Whitney was married for 2 days 10 days or 50 years he should’ve been there to support his daughter and ex-wife. If he had to many people with him they should have seated them separately on another seat. I know he was hurt to be treated that way. Sad is all I can say that was not the place to put on a show
Ok, so Whitney can put up with foolishness for years but he can’t stand a little scrutiny to few hours…..Please! Idon’t feel sorry for him….he should sat his ass there and pay his respects no matter what!!!
What a bum!
Even though there were divorced, that does not mean that her step children didn’t have some kind of feelings for her. Who are we to judge Bobby and his children. No matter what, he should have been allowed to be there for his daughter. You will never be able to say that Bobby is not her father,get over it, leave her alone and let father and daughter be together.This can and will only lead to more hurtful endings.
Bobbi should have made this day about his ex-wife and daughter, Bobbi. All of that other baggage from other relationships had not part of this day. He should have had +2 which I assume would have been his current wife & child……the rest of those folks were out of order!!!!
I don’t feel sorry for him at all…..he should have focused on honoring his ex-wife and follow the rules he was given.
He should be ashamed of himself!!!!
Thats messed up.. i hope the security guards get fired for their poor judgement.
Who cares, he should have put up with any treatment he gotten and be their for his child!!!! When you act like a fool, people treat you as such…..
He did not deserve to be mistreated the fact that he was denied an invite up until 24hrs prior to the funeral speaks volumes of the mean spirit of Whitney’s family! Whitney would not have wanted Bobby to be mistreated like that and out of respect for her and their daughter the family should have put their ill feelings aside! I am so sick of people having ill feelings towards Bobby! Whitney was not some innocent naive child when her and Bobby met she leaved on the harsh streets of Newark New Jersey until the age of 14 when Dionne Warwick moved her in with her…she and Bobby both admit that she introduced him to Cocaine!
I am sorry, but I will never stay a place I am clearly unwanted no matter the circumstances…
How was he suppose to be there for his daughter when …when he orginally got in he tried to go over and sit with his daughter and the family wasn’t having it. Then he decided to take a seat on the other side before being asked to move. The man is trying like damn he could have shown his ass but he didn’t he truly was not welcomed there so the best thing for him to do was kiss her casket like he did and leave like he did! Bobby is not the cause of whitneys downfall people have to let the blame lay in the right places and completly on him is not correct
I agree, U r absolutely correct. I think Bobby held himself like a gentlemen, cause we all know that he could have turned into “Bad Ass Bobby Brown”.
I hate that it went down the way that it did. But he did get to pay his respects… Maybe not the way he expected to ,but God knows his heart….
And we all know that God does not like ugly. My heart go’s out to the Huston Family & to Bobby… But ,”Honestly” I think there could have been an exception in this case to the rules .. Just because that’s how Whitney would have wanted it … U could clearly see that there was room enough in the church for the nine people that were there, But it is what it is…
I’m very proud of the way that Bobby carried himself.
It’s easy to judge when you don’t have the facts……I think the family based their decisions on know to be true……
Well, I feel it was the last day for anyone to be able to share time & be near her, they should have made due . He was not the one that killed her….& as much time as they were together, he still should have been treated as family for at least those few hours in the church. (Remember: Whitney chose Bobby not the other way around) & they both were grown.
Everyone needs to stop placing blame on this guy as if he made her do anything that she didn’t want to Or already was doing .
He deserves worse.
U and a lot of people think so but at the end of the day his children didn’t whitneys step children didn’t deserve what happen today. And the fact that people fail to realize that is sad it truly is.
He disrespected the family by showing up with more then 2 people…….I am sure they treated that way because they know what they are dealing with……..
People remember Bobby Brown lost his father, mother, and ex-wife of 15 yrs in less than 4 months. That’s hard on a persons heart! Bless him!
I could have sworn his mother died longer then 4 months ago but still exactly the man is going thru it
To all the people that said his kids should have stayed at home……… Who do u think Whitney knew and loved more? His kids that she spent 15+ years with and around or Tyler perry and Oprah ? If they both needed a kidney, I’m pretty sure shed give it to herstep children. So shouldn’t they atleast have a seat? They had a special place in Whitney’s heart, she’d be disgusted they weren’t included in the first place.
How can you assume that??? I think the family did the right thing as they know more about this guy & the step situation then we……
you know I was extremely opinionated toward this situation in regard to the fact that he had a child there and left. REGARDLESS. buttt it is so true, when one actually considers the fact that most with bobby were in all reality probably step children that were around whitney throughout their lives. obviously, yes it was a beautiful ceremony but it was also SO glamorized. at one point, when whitney’s sister in law was speaking, I was thinking to myself ‘ this bitch is negative’ then I realized in all reality, she had a normal speech that was actually about whitney being a PERSON. not just ‘whitney houston’.. the label, the star, the blahblah. I agree that there is no excuse for her family acting as if bobby is unwelcome simply because he does not follow the rule for rulllle. see its easy for people to argue this (such as I have been) because whitney was whitney – the brand, the star – that is what we know her as. we don’t know whitney and I’m pretty damn sure she wuld have approved of people close-close to her attending such a momentous event. sad. very very very sad.
The day was about Whitney, not Bobby.
And he didn’t make it about him the MEDIA did …that’s why he left cause it wasn’t about him everyone knows bobby is good for showing his ass and that he did NOT do. No matter what happen Saturday the media was going to get some type of story regarding bobby flat out and simple they have been tracking bobby down to the hour he got his invitation! If he do he’s damned if he don’t he’s damned
You people are a little too involved.
And why are you out here posting comments…..hmmm because you are involved too.
Of course i am involved, Whitney was the voice of generation. Was i taken aback that she died? Yes. Do i care that Bobby Brown didn’t have good seats? No. The “too” in my original post is the indicator of disassociation with the other posters here. Reading comprehension is an important skill. I suggest you brush up on it.
LOL! +1
Jerm, you need to read your comments before judging others……Ha!
I konw right!!! LOL! Jerm needs take his own advice….
this motherfucker agreeing with him/herself. i can’t do this.
That’s too bad….it would have nice for him and his other kids to pay their respects but the family said +2…..
My heart goes out to all of them!
No one deserves to be treated that way! Point blank period!
Omg what y’all fail to realize is his kids are HER family. She was their step mother for 15 years she helped raise them kids that’s her daughters bothers and sister bump what people feel about bobby what does that have to do with his kids I’m sorry but its just wrong if any of y’all ever seen an espisode of their reality show u would know she loved them kids. That is her FAMILY as well let’s turn the tables could u imagine god forbid that it was bobby’s home going and his daughter was denied a seat come on now its just not right!!! Bobby welcomed whitney and family to his fathers funeral because they loved her yet they excluded every part of that mans family from her service its hurtful
hey gave the man a +2 for him and his entire family that’s wrong come on now no one in bobbys family was invited but him and his +2 this is why he showed up with 9 people that including his children and family. They completely excluded his entire family like their nothing
I understand some of you guy’s comments, but those were some of the same Step children who just last year got on Twitter and was calling Whitney out of her name and saying she was mad because their Father (Bobby) didn’t care about Whitney anymore. In this day and age, you have to watch what you say because it can come back and bite you in the ass. Also, I think the family feels a certain type of way because although Bobby grieved and cried for Whitney when he heard she passed away. He didn’t leave immediately to be there for Bobbi Kris. If your daughter’s mother just passed, he should have left immediately to be with her instead of performing that night, but I guess he had to because the show still had to go on. Sadly, we all are speculating what we think we know because it’s put out there by the media and people’s PR, but there has to be deeper issues dealing with their family matters that none of us honestly know. All I can say was he was there, but he if he had all this family who wanted to pay their respects, they all should have been there last night during the private viewing to do it properly instead of getting upset during the going home services earlier today. I’m just say.
And please remember some of his family use to sell stories specifically about Whitney to the tabloids, she in retrospect some of them should have excepted to be excluded from the funeral. Remember his sister, brother, sons, and daughter all spoke out negatively about her in the past. She may have forgave some of them, but Cissy wasn’t having it, especially today. Sometimes you should be nice to people when they were alive, because after death, you can try to act mournful, but remember the damage has already be done. It is what it is!
Thanks Napaul!!!
This is such a ‘Christian’ thing to do to someone. I’m not surprised at the way Bobby Brown was treated.
Could not agree more! All that talk is BULL SHIT! Christians are such fakes! If anything they caused her to start drugs.
Bobby was asked to move several times… that is messed up. They kept him away from Bobbi Kristina…thats messed up, maybe she didn’t want to see him…. BUT, it wasn’t about him. Whether they asked him to move 100 times, he should have sucked it, kept moving and stayed. By leaving, HE DID CAUSE A SCENE which is what he claimed he didn’t want to do.
I just think all is forgiven. No matter what the respect should have been giving. He knew the rules. And he knew how they feel about him. They both did drugs. And every one lost focus on they child they shared together. She already has a struggle now and this makes its worse. No one srop to think what she may turn to!!!!!! She a child whose parents both did somethings and she saw. Now what if her habbits pick up get worse then what. They gonna call bobbi after all he is her dad. Keep your eye on the child. He needed to be that support. They where all she knew. And they say they love the lord well what happend all is forgiven right.
Now theres a memory to make things worse for Bobbikristi, My dad couldnt come,my family mad at him, the media has trashed my mom my dad and me, My moms gone, We in the Lords house and no one sees me. All they see what he did. What they did she was there inside not fam,not the media she was .Thats gonna eat at that child in the worse way she already been doing stuff ahe shouldnt be doing now its gonna blow up. I feel for her. My heart goes out to her. The Church a place where u can come as you are. God ooens hus arms to all and he was put out. Was that Gods house or Angry family house.
Truth is it doesn’t matter what bobby does if he do he’s damned if he doesn’t he’s damned. That’s how things have always been for him! The man didn’t even get an offical invite until damn near 24hrs before the day that says a whole lot. I don’t understand what people want from this man how is he suppose to be there for his child when her family is clearly not having it. Bobby has been very respectful throught out this entire situation even when he went to LA while bobbi k was in the hospital the family kept him away. Throughout all of this bobby could have been showing his ass acting like a damn fool trying to see his daughter but he didn’t because its another negative news reports and its taken the attention away from witney. So throughout all of this he has accepted what the family wants and just stood away yet he is still being bashed. A +2 when he has 3 kids that whitney help raise and a brother in law who loved her is just rediculous. At the end of the day bobbi K is 18 years old with many ways to communicate I’m sure he is trying to be there the best way he can without making a mess into things with the family.
U don’t know what the fuck has happened behind the closed doors of that family or what Bobby may have done to deserve the cold shoulder. So mind your fucking business!
All I want to say is Whitney would have wanted her ex husband at her home going.Whitney and Bobby do have something in common,Bobbi Kristina..This young lady has lost her mom and she needs her dad in her life,so please leave Bobby alone..people acts like he caused her death well he did not..Whitney was much older than Bobby and she had a mind of her own..and at the time of her death she was not with Bobby,no where near Bobby…so leave Bobby the hell alone…
Bobbi Kristina is 18 years old. She is not a kid….if she wanted her father by her side it would have happened.
BTW, why didn’t he cancel his concerts to be with is daughter the night Whitney died????
The family had her “true” friends and family there….
Whitneys own mother didn’t fly to LA when she died to see about her grandaughter…. any comment on that? Oh and what about whitneys god mother who didn’t even show up to her funeral claiming sick yet was able to get up and perform at her concert last night! Any comment on that?
Yeah, but she wasn’t on stage singing……
Point is she never came HE did he’s the one that went to LA the very next day to see about his daughter. The same person that now wants to be over protective of her grandaughter yet was all alone when she was fighting security to see her mother and then had a damn panic attack and landed in the hospital. Even tho all that happen the focus is still on bobby amazing
Ok let’s clear some things up bobby did NOT show up with 9 people he showed up with 4 people his 3 children and brother even Rev. Al confirmed this that it was only his family and that they could have treated him better. Now for those talking about why didn’t bobby cancel his concert and fly to LA to be with his daughter do you realize that whitneys own MOTHER bobbi grandmother didn’t even fly to LA when whitney died! She stayed right in jersey bobbi was in LA by her damn self dealing with all of this crazyness fighting to get into her mothers room to see her so upset she lands in the hospital twice all up until bobby flew down there to see about his daughter. There is a lot os BS going on but people seriously need to lay off bobby
why can’t folk spell this nigga name right? It’s Bobby. Not Bobbi or Bobbie or any other rendition you can dream up.
Word so the Winans can have a whole damn family reunion on stage. But bobby and his 3 kids plus bother can’t have a seat! Y’all can’t tell me that mess ain’t wrong! The Winans had about 4 generation of family there! But her own step kids can’t be treated with respect cause at the end of the day their connected to bobby?
Yes, because the Winans are true friends of Whitney’s and her family.
I respect the family decisions as they have more insight then we do.
Key word FRIEND! So just ignore her FAMILY of 15years ok yea that makes sense yup sure does huh huh!!!!
Lawd after watching that video of bobbys kids breaking down crying outside the chruch after being asked to leave is heart breaking and there is no way whitney would have wanted that and for that sole reason the family could have done better. Those are children that did not derseve that
At the end of the day whitney, bobby and bobbi K went out to dinner as a family the first week of feb 2012. We all know the horriable things he did to her and the toxic relationship they had etc but at the end of the day she forgave him and moved on with her life and with that being said her family should have done the same and things should have been done better in this situation.
Bobby and the steps should have been seated with Bobbi K. They were a family regardless of whether they were biological or steps. I am a huge Whitney fan, but don’t hate on Bobby. They both had their faults and her family shouldn’t place all the blame his way and treat him in such a manner. If I stand corrected, these are suppose to be people of GOD, so where was the love that JESUS showed when the invites went out. There were a lot of celebs put before family if you ask me.
Only in America does death become a political and heartless event.
All the B.S should be put aside to let the people who knew and loved her, pay their respects. Period.
Why does it have to be a spectacle surrounding celebrity deaths?? People are still all about the drama and sh*t even when it comes down the most inevitable part of life.
I swear, people have become so cold and heartless, its no wonder the world is falling to sh*t.
Common Folks you all know that Cissy Houston must hate Bobby’s guts!!!!! Who wouldn’t suspect that!!!!! That was done on purpose and probably planned!!!! Can’t say I really blame old Cissy! Let’s face it Cissy no longer has to put up with any shit or shenannigans from old Bobby. Her little Nippy is gone forever and my guess is that she blames him for at least a portion of Nippy’s downfall.At the very least he was an Ahole when he and Nippy were married and probably rude and obnoxious to the Houston family.
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