'They say I'm crazy, I really don't care!' Bobby Brown sang in the first verse of his 1988 hit single 'My Prerogative' ... and boy did he ever live up to the that.Whether it was his highly-rated reality series 'Being Bobby Brown,' or his longtime position as a staple in celebrity gossip circles, the public has maintained an infatuating love affair with the 39-year-old trouble-prone R&B crooner.
And believe it or not, there's plenty more to explore.
With his latest endeavor, the forthcoming memoir 'Being Bobby Brown: The Truth and Nothing But ...,' Brown let's loose on an array of controversial subjects, dishes dirt on fellow celebs and make startling self revelations.
BlackVoices.com has exclusively obtained an advance copy of the tome, which was written with biographer/publisher Derrick Handspike and will be independently published via Down South Books this spring.
In the scorching page-turner, the former New Edition front-man doesn't only pontificate on his 14-year marriage to Whitney Houston (as all of the mainstream media seem to be harping on) today, he also spoke candidly about his affairs with Janet Jackson and former video vixen Karrine Steffans.
About Jackson, Brown says he never abused alcohol as much as he has until his relationship with the 'Rhythm Nation' singer hit the skids: "I can recall that I started drinking heavily when Janet Jackson and I broke up," he writes. "Before I met Janet I would never drink hard liquor, I only drank beer. But after our break up, I started drinking hard liquor abundantly. I took the way our relationship ended very hard. Not to say we were head over heels in love, but she was someone I had a lot of feelings for. Besides, we were young and naive. I was only about 19 or 20 years old. Young love is no joke!"On Steffans, who is also known as "Superhead" for her admitted sexual acts, Brown was less diplomatic: "Yes, she was a friend of mine. Yes, I've slept with her. Yes, I've spent several nights at her house," he stated point blank, adding, "but she was only good for what her nickname stood for and nothing else ... she is a terrible mother ...If there is one thing I can't stand, that's a woman who is not a mother to her children. That's a big turn-off to me!"
Ewww.
Steffans, who blew the bed-sheets off of the hip-hop industry exposing her sexual exploits with some of the
biggest names in Black Hollywood via two 'New York Times' best-selling memoirs, has spoken on record about her love for Brown ; her latest book, 'The Vixen Diaries,' has a chapter titled "How To Save a Life, Part Two" where she writes "While the rest of the world continued guessing the nature of my relationship with Bobby, I was working hard to help him be happy, healthy and sane."The 'I Need A Girlfriend' singer thinks otherwise: "To be totally honest, I feel this woman isn't even worth acknowledging," he writes. "I think she is trying to make a quick buck. I also think she needs some psychological help. She has been mentally and emotionally scarred. She needs a hug!"
Wow wee.
That leads to his former wife, whom he does, indeed, admit that she may have married him to dodge rampant rumors of her longtime lesbian relationship with gal pal Robin Crawford.
There are less than six degrees between Steffans and Houston; they both have had tumultuous, tabloid-ready relationships with Brown, and also are or were romantically associated with young R&B stud Ray-J (who Brown refers to as "the little guy" throughout 'Truth').
1. Bobby, do you think we all care about the your book "The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But.....?
Bobby, did you get tips from your girl "Super Head"?It's OLD NEWS and I am sure everybody out there would rather spend their HARD WORKING $$$$$ on something WORTH WHILE!
Your not getting my $$$$$ Bobby, and that's the TRUTH!
Your Not Getting My $$$$$ Bobby! at 11:43PM on Apr 3rd 2008