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Whitney Houston's much-publicized interview with Oprah Winfrey couldn't have had more peculiar timing. Her ex-husband, Bobby Brown, who seemed to be the main topic of the "candid" tête-à-tête with the billionaire media maven – is talking, too.
In promotion of his forthcoming 'Behind the Music' special, the 'My Prerogative' crooner recently opened up to 'The Insider' about his rocky relationship with Houston.
"I think we corrupted each other," Brown disclosed. "I don't think she hurt me or I hurt her in any way. I just think we had a 14-year marriage that had its ups and downs, and not many people understood it."
Houston confirmed Brown's statement by revealing that the two were inseparable during their marriage.
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.
"He was my drug," Houston confessed yesterday on the season premiere of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show.' "I didn't do anything without him. I wasn't getting high by myself. It was me and him together, and we were partners, and that's what my high was
-- him. He and I being together, and whatever we did, we did it together. No matter what, we did it together."Brown divulged what he says was the real reason for why he began abusing cocaine. "It's a powerful drug," he said, adding that he also turned to drugs because of the lack of enthusiasm in his marriage.
"I just think I was bored. I had just gotten married, and things [weren't] right, and I turned to alcohol and drugs."
Is that so, Bobby?
It appears marriage and boredom weren't the only thing that may have gotten the former New Edition member down in a slump. According to his 'Being Bobby Brown' autobiography, (which was later labeled "unauthorized" due to conflicts of interests between him and author Derrick Handspike), the Grammy Award-winning Boston native recalled drinking heavily when he separated from a famous former girlfriend .
"Before I met Janet [Jackson], I would never drink hard liquor. I only drank beer," he revealed. "But after our breakup, 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," he added. "I was only about 19 or 20 years old. Young love is no joke!"As for his thoughts on seeing his ex-wife on Winfrey's show, Brown doesn't seem too fazed by her appearance. "If there's something that she says that is untrue or disrespectful then...I'll deal with that with her."
Uh oh.
'Behind the Music: Bobby Brown' premieres on Sept. 24 at 10 p.m. ET on VH1.
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By: sweetteddymoon on 9/23/2009 7:57AM
I think Whitney and Bobby are two very talented people that gave their **all** to every performance, whether it was single or together. Whatever bought them together was not enough to keep them together. It is just sad that we, the music lovers, have missed the mellowness of Whitney's distintive voice and the tramatic movements Bobby's body>>>> Both were in a League of it's own
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By: Elizabeth Ameyaa Somuah on 9/28/2009 5:17AM
Hi,
God be with them.
I am happy Whitney is back, too much communications and interviews wouldn't help.
The past is gone let's all look forward to a good good future and how their sweet daughter can progress.
I have changed the negative to positive when I also experienced divorced and it is working perfectly.
Cheers
Liza
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By: sherion Fluker oliver on 9/29/2009 5:53AM
It's best that they both went their way. and may God bless them both, and I hope that they came forgive each other. and forget about that other mess. move forward, what if God didn't for give us.
Bobby let it go,and whatever yall did to each other you can't redo it. do it for your daughter if you say something bad about her mother she might just hate you for it,she has already seen and heard too much. just pray about it. don't let nobody sent you out.I love you as a brother, be blessed.
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By: Elizabeth Ameyaa Somuah on 9/28/2009 7:07AM
Hi Whitney,
Still on Philippians 3:13
"Forgetting the past and looking to what lies ahead" Sweet sister, you've made it, you are back. Praise God, Amen.
Bye
Liza
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By: Thelma Burks on 11/04/2009 9:05PM
they have had their share of problems and it appears the storm is over. Let them both move on for Bobby Christina, she has become a beautiful young lady, At a point we have to let go they've moved on why don't we, Wishing them all joy and blessings.
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By: cbabyz49 on 12/30/2009 2:57AM
bobby and Whitney two people in a lot of pain with access to a lot of money. Money will make you and break you at the same time.I love your music and your just being Bobby episodes.I just think that everybody involved should fess up to the real truth about the situation. Both Bobby and Whitney was looking for something and it wasn't each other. It was all about the money and how much he could get and spend as soon as he could. They took the joke a little too far when Whitney got pregnant. Just keep it 100. Whitney got turned out on the bip bam and was willing to do whatever to hold on to the agony and extasy which started and ended with her trying to make a hot boy into her definition of Mr.Whitney. EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU CANT MAKE A BLA BLA INTO A GOOD HUSBAND.Whitney darling, real love does not cost you your self respect and your life. Real love does not hurt. Love and best wishes to Bobby, Whitney,and their daughter.
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