PART TWO:
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').Brown doesn't take issue with Houston, 44, dating Brandy's younger sibling, who is 27. But when it comes to their 14 year old Bobbi Kristina's take on it, that's another story.
"This doesn't bother me," he writes. "She's open to see who ever she wants to see, just like I can see who I want to see ... it's to each his own. The only concern I have is how our daughter feels about the age difference. As long as she is cool with it, then it's fine with me."
On April 3, Houston's media machine issued a carefully worded statement to 'People' magazine, who did a pick-up from a story that 'The New York Post' ran from an excerpt of the tome they were given."Miss Houston is sad that Bobby feels he need to say such things but she choses to take the high road and will not speak badly about the father of her child even if it's to set the record straight," the statement read.
What the 'New York Post' ran barely scratched the surface for what Brown really detailed in 'Truth.'
About her rumored lesbianism: "You could pick up any magazine or tabloid in the world and there would be information about Whitney's sexual desire for women."
About the opposing sides of their relationship: "On one hand you had Whitney's parents, especially her dad, telling her "he's no good for you, you have to get rid of him before he destroys you.' On the other hand you had her business associates, or people trying to make money off of her, telling her, "I know she can straighten out if she didn't have that man around her." As if that wasn't enough to deal with, She also had half brother, in-laws and scandalous sisters trying to start controversy about her only to black mail her to keep their hands in her pockets."
About her racial identity: "She had become the token white woman with black skin and I was her shadow. This became a joke to us because Whitney always had this thing where she thought she was more white than black. I believe she got this idea from her being accepted in the industry from the white culture. I don't understand how
she felt like this when I know she was more "negro" than I am. Not African-American, but more "negro" than I could ever be. (Do you catch my drift?) That is one of the reasons why I always loved her so much, because she was so real!"But Brown doesn't only write openly about Houston's tribulations, he's very candid about his transgressions.
On being a philanderer in the entertainment industry, for the first time he reveals some details (in not all) of having "encounters" with Holly Robinson-Peete, Madonna, The Real Roxanne, Karyn White, and soap opera veteran Debbie Morgan. "I probably had dated half of the industry," he boasts. "From everybody to everybody ... The list goes on from the who's who to the flava of the month."
Brown compares his cocaine addiction to famous movie characters: 'I thought I was 'Scarface.' I had a desk ... in my room, and I kept the girl (his name for cocaine) piled up on the desk. Every time I walked pass that desk, I'd make me a line of coke from one end of the desk to the other. I'd take me a straw and snort that line from one end to the other, the same way Scarface did it in the movie. You couldn't tell me nothing, I felt like I was Tony Montana! The World was Mine! I never had to look for coke, I kept it plentiful."He even revealed that he overdosed in August 2001 of heroine addiction. "I had been getting high all day before I hit the floor unconscious and Whitney had to dial 911. I was so high, I died three times before the ambulance even got there. I also had a severe stroke that caused my heart to stop. The paramedics had to hook up heart paddles to revive me before rushing me off in the ambulance. I stayed in the hospital for days after this. When I pulled through, I decided I would never use the "boy" again. This incident left my mouth crooked. And every time I talk my lips turn side ways. This condition came from the stroke I suffered from the overdose."
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Whitney and Bobby
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Arista Records head Clive Davis, left, kicks off Grammy week with his 10th annual pre-Grammy party with, from left, Quincy Jones, Whitney Houston, and Bobby Brown in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1996. HO/AP Photo
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Whitney Houston (R) poses with husband, singer Bobby Brown (L) 15 March at Eighth Annual Soul Train Music Awards. Houston received the Sammy Davis Jr. Award for entertainer of the year. Photo by VINCE BUCCI, AFP/Getty Images.
- Whitney and Bobby
Whitney Houston, center, her husband Bobby Brown, second right, and other members of her entourage pose for a photo near Jerusalem's Old City walls Wednesday May 28, 2003. Houston is in Israel to visit the Black Hebrews, an African-American community that moved to Israel in 1969 and settled in the southern town of Dimona. Photo by Zoom 77, AP Photo.
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Whitney Houston waves as she walks down the street with her husband Bobby Brown after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 27, 2003. Photo by Brian Hendler, AP Photo.
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Whitney Houston, right, and her husband, Bobby Brown, perform during the "VH1 Divas" duets show in this May 22, 2003 file photo, in Las Vegas. After a tumultuous 14-year marriage marked by drug arrests and stints in rehab, Houston is divorcing Bobby Brown. The pop singer filed divorce papers in Orange County Superior Court this week, a month after filing for legal separation from Brown, Houston's publicist Nancy Seltzer said Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006. Photo by Joe Cavaretta, AP Photo.
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Whitney Houston, left, smiles at her husband, singer Bobby Brown, during a court hearing on Nov. 25, 2002, in Dekalb County State Court in Decatur, Ga. Houston has filed for divorce from Brown, her publicist told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Sept 13, 2006. Photo by Erik S. Lesser, AP Photo.
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Whitney Houston smiles next to her husband Bobby Brown during a visit to Jerusalem, on May 27, 2003. Houston has filed for divorce from Brown, her publicist told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006. Photo by Pier Paolo Cito, AP Photo.
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Whitney Houston on the arm of her husband Bobby Brown arrive at the Atista Records pre-Grammy party Tuesday evening in beverly Hills, Calif. Houston is up for several awards at this years 42nd Annual Grammy Awards Wednesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Photo by Jill Connelly, AP Photo.
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Bobby Brown and his wife Whitney Houston arrive at Vanity Fair's Oscar party at Morton's in Hollywood on Sunday, March 25, 2001. "I have not seen or spoken to my daughter since early June and I have no prospect of speaking to her anytime soon due to Whitney's actions," Brown declared in Orange County Superior Court documents filed Friday Aug. 24, 2007. Brown has been trying to overturn a judge's default judgment to nullify the couple's marriage and grant Houston sole custody of 14-year-old Bobbi Kristina. During their 14-year marriage, Brown was arrested for drugs and alcohol, and Houston twice entered drug rehab programs. Photo by Laura Rauch, AP Photo.
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Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles, 2/23/00. Photo by Frank Micelotta, Getty Images.
1. Bobby,why use Whitney to bring her down in whatever truths or not about her sexuality to make your $$$$ GAIN in this book? Why would you expose the mother of your child like that? I hope in your book, you include your children and thank your family and friends that supported you all the way?
traveling all around and spreading the word that drugs are bad to, drug users and to young and old old people? You are suppose to be good role model and give back with your PAST EXPERIENCE to individuals that are struggling and need to hear from a person that has been through it.
Ok, you used Cocaine and Heroin, and you say you won't do it again because, you suffered a stroke and your mouth is crooked now. Bobby, did you ever think of the need to get out there and help those that our struggling with drug use in a "Positive Way"? Give back Bobby! Do something "MATURE" and START a "Bobby Brown" Foundation that could help those who are struggling with drug use! What have you gave back to people that supported you all these years from the beginning? What can you do to help and teach people that are drug users that durgs aren't Ok? You need to spread the word that Drugs are not good and this is what you suffered from using it? I thought by now, you would reach to the next level to "Maturity" and be a "Good Role Model"? You can do BETTER!
Again Bobby, you aint getting my $$$$ and
THAT'S THE TRUTH"!
Your Not Getting My $$$$ Bobby! at 11:25AM on Apr 4th 2008