For as much success as Bobby Brown has achieved, hardships have unfortunately been a defining aspect of his narrative.
During his marriage to the late great Whitney Houston, the GRAMMY-winning performer embraced a “bad boy” persona that very much played out publicly.
Court visits were a constant and soon drug addiction plagued his and Houston’s image.
In the decade since, drugs especially have led to tragic losses for Brown – who has lived to witness the deaths of Houston, their only daughter Bobbi Kristina, and most recently his son Bobby Brown Jr.
In a new appearance on Red Table Talk with Jada Pinkett Smith, Brown opens up about the tragedies as well as his later addiction to alcohol.
He said:
“[Because of] alcohol, I started losing bodily function. My body started shutting down because I was drinking that much.
My body just was giving out on me. Even with alcohol, I got to the point where I needed it.”
I wasn’t getting drunk anymore. I wasn’t getting a little tipsy anymore. I needed it to wake up. I needed it to stop the shakes, to function on a day-to-day basis. For me, it wasn’t recreational.”
Ahead of the episode’s premiere today, check out clips below…
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Why he look so BIG like that?
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They say good black dont crack, he is CRACKING!!!!
Well, he was on crack…
Ummm he abused drugs and alcohol for damn near his entire life. You expect him to look flawless?
Crack usually keeps you looking young. It’s heroin that f**** up your face.
whoever tf says crack keeps you looking young, youre fkd up…youre a damn mess for saying that. crack heads look horrible…
That’s SMACK HEADS. If they stuck to just the crack, they’d be good. You know nothing of drugs, clearly.
I grew up around addicts. Know your s**** before commenting ????
Shayla shut the hell up lmao. You know damn well crack doesn’t keep you looking young. Show me a youthful, refreshed looking crackhead right now.
B***** stfu! Cocaine in ALL FORMS keeps you slim and looking YOUNG. It’s a FACT.
I think he cope by eating…and it’s showing LOUD AND CLEAR ????
Was Whitney Houston killed
Was bobby k killed
Was your son killed
Why the f*** Is Jada even talking to Bobby.. Whitney wasn’t married to him no more.. Where is her mother Cissy. He don’t speak for her no more. That’s not her husband…
Honey, she’s been dead almost ten years, I don’t think anyone is her husband…
There are many fat crackheads .
Demi Lovato was FAT AS F*** on crack
Having the FAT GENE that causes u to overeat… Receptors aren’t blocked by crack ????
And obviously he ISNT on crack anymore as he is using the past tense
Bobby Brown is the TRUTH! ???? He is very kind and good hearted…watching this confirms all of that! He’s been through so much and understands how his actions played a part! And I’m STILL waiting for an artist to do it like him, cause chile…Bobby RAN that STAGE! Energy and charisma unmatched ???? Bobby got those REAL BOPS lol ✅ Love ya Bobby!