We should have known. Bobby Brown showed up at ex-wife Whitney Houston's funeral in Newark, New Jersey, this morning with fiancee Alicia Etheridge. But then he turned around and left.
I know I shouldn't be surprised. But come on! Even a guy who has made more news over the years for not paying his child support, mixing marijuana and cocaine, and beating on women than for his music should have the common decency to give up a few hours on a Saturday to sit through the funeral of the mother of his child.
Apparently Bobby walked over to Whitney's casket and touched it before he hopped in a car with Etheridge and took off for parts unknown. The move has class A scumbag written all over it. And to make matters worse, although there were rumors that Bobby was turned away by security at the door, his own management is saying that's not true ... they're more or less admitting that he took off on his dead ex-wife and their child!
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I almost feel guilty ragging on Bobby today ... almost. Because it's so personal, I try not to make a habit of judging how people grieve. I know that I've gotten angry with members of my own family who have passed judgment on me for how I have dealt with seeing my beloved grandfather go downhill. And yet, I just can't give Bobby a pass here.
His little girl was sitting inside the New Hope Baptist Church today alone. Bobbi Kristina lost her mother. She was hospitalized last week because of the stress of all that's going on. And yet her father couldn't be bothered to buck up, act like an adult, and remind her that she's not an orphan, she's still got a parent in this world. Bobby's move says a lot about the respect he shows -- or doesn't -- for the 15 years he was married to Whitney and for the product of that marriage.
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Sorry, but this is harsh. It's all speculation.
He DID make an appearance. It had previously been said that some of the family didn't want him there. We do NOT know what he has done for his daughter away from the cameras. He may have actually been trying to do what he had to do without causing more drama...which would be a classy move. None of our business anhow.
at least he was there.
He's a free baser, his pipe tells him what to do and he listens.
He made an appearance at least
First of all - his daughter is not there alone. She has her grandmother, uncles, and countless other friends and family surrounding her with love. Second of all - I give him props for even showing up. He wanted to pay his respects. Him leaving soon after arriving doesn't look like he was ditching Whitney, it looks to me like he was respecting their past and what they had at one time and was allowing the service to be for those who needed to grieve in that way. Certain members of her family didn't want him there at all - he showed up, paid his respects and left the service so that her family could have their time. I highly doubt his daughter didn't already know the plan beforehand.
Believe it or not - most people wouldn't attend their ex spouses funeral. I think Bobby has handled this as best as can be done in a situation like this. He's not out blasting Whitney OR trying to profit from her death. He's mourning the loss of his daughters mother who at one time, he was in love with. Leave the man alone for crying out loud.