Bobby Brown opens up about family ordeal
AN EMOTIONAL Bobby Brown has spoken publicly for the first time about daughter Bobbi Kristina ’s fight for life, admitting, “I dunno what the hell I am going through right now, but I am giving it to God and letting him deal with it.” The ex-New Edition singer (below) performed a set of his old hits Saturday for an enthusiastic crowd of 4,000 people at a soul-food festival in downtown Los Angeles, and received the biggest cheers when he sang, “Don’t Be Cruel” and “On Our Own.”
Brown, who looked tired after performing his first number, choked up as he said: “I must say, y’all. This feels really, really good. I want to thank all of y’all for coming out tonight to support me and my family.
“Rough times are rough times, hard times are hard times.”
In January, Bobbi Kristina Brown, 22, Brown’s daughter with Whitney Houston, was found unconscious in a bathtub. She was rushed to a hospital and has remained unresponsive. The 46-year-old singer lightened the somber tone by adding, “There is only one thing I ask of you all tonight, and that is to enjoy yourselves.”
Brown then promoted his eponymous food line, which includes barbecue sauce and seasonings, which he described as being “off the hook.” He boasted that his wife, Alicia
Etheredge-Brown , who was manning their booth, would be cooking up some sausages and chicken basted with his own seasoning.
Wiping his sweaty brow, Brown added, “I ain’t done with it yet. I got marinades and all kind of s--- coming out.” He then apologized for swearing, saying, “Excuse my French, baby girl. I didn’t mean to curse in front of you. And ladies too.”
Etheredge-Brown is pregnant with the couple’s second child. It will be Brown’s sixth child.