Inside Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown's Tumultuous 15-Year Marriage

Publish date: 2024-05-28

Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown’s marriage was once rocked via gossip and mistrust.

Brown, who was once married to the mythical singer for 15 years, said that their marriage was bound to fail.

"Now, I realize Whitney had a different agenda than I did."

Whitney Houston at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 22, 2009 in Los Angeles, California | Photo: Getty Images

He was quoted as announcing that their marriage was “doomed from the beginning.” He said:

“I feel we were given married for all the improper causes. Now, I understand Whitney had a distinct schedule than I did. I imagine her schedule used to be to clean up her image, whilst mine was to be loved and have youngsters.”

The singer-songwriter endured:

“The media was once accusing her of getting a bisexual relationship along with her assistant. In Whitney’s scenario, the one resolution used to be to get married and have kids. That would kill all hypothesis, whether or not it used to be true or no longer.”

Whitney Houston and her husband, singer Bobby Brown, circa 1992 | Photo: Getty Images

Brown and Houston tied the knot in 1992 and stayed married till 2007.

With rumors swirling about their disintegrating marriage, Houston defended her marriage. She said:

“You see any person, and you deal with their picture. It’s a part of them, it’s not the entire image. I'm really not all the time in a sequined gown. I am no one’s angel. I will get down and grimy. I will get raunchy.”

Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown at a birthday celebration in New York City April 13, 1999 | Photo: Getty Images

DRUG ABUSE AND INFIDELITY

In 2009, Houston revealed her and Brown’s drug abuse, and that they mostly used marijuana laced with cocaine.

She additionally unfolded concerning the abusive relationship she had with Brown.

“He spit on me,” she said in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. "He spit on me. He in reality spit on me. And my daughter was coming down the stairs and she saw that. I took the phone and I hit him over the head with it.”

Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown at "Whitney Houston''s All-Star Holiday Gala" in New York, NY, December 4, 1999 | Photo: Getty Images

Brown additionally admitted his own infidelities. In his memoir, he wrote:

“Women are always throwing themselves at you. I’m only human, so I would make the mistake and bite the hook sometimes. I let the testosterone take over.”

Houston died on February 11, 2012, five years after her split with Brown. She was found dead in the Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, California, purportedly after drowning in the bathtub.

Heart disease and cocaine use was once also cited as contributing factors. She used to be 48.

Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown and family at Disneyland on August 7, 2004 in Anaheim, California | Photo: Getty Images

"STUPID" POSTHUMOUS TOUR

News recently emerged of a possible Whitney Houston Hologram tour, which her cousin Dione Warwick quickly dismissed as “stupid.”

"I have not a clue as to what that is. It's sudden to me. I have no idea what it's. I believe it is silly, however no matter it's that's what it's," she said.

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