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After Saturday night, Jan. 17's premiere of Whitney on Lifetime, the late singer's ex-husband Bobby Brown decided to open up one on one with Access Hollywood's reporter Shaun Robinson. In his hour-long interview, the New Edition singer and solo artist talked about the couple's marriage and drugs and life after Whitney.
We all learned a lot from Saturday night's movie premiere and special from Brown, like the couple's first date, which was a trip to the movies to see Uncle Buck.
Brown said he knew Whitney was the one by "the way we talked on the phone, the things we had in common, we smoked the same cigarettes."
Bobby says he was surprised he and Whitney both smoked the same cigarettes.
Brown revealed that he proposed after Whitney came to pick him up from the airport.
"She came to pick me up from the airport. I said, 'Do you want to marry me?'" He added that "she was a bridezilla ... she wanted everything to be perfect."
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"Everybody was there, it was a beautiful day," Bobby says of his wedding.
Bobby revealed that he hasn't spoken to Whitney's mother Cissy Houston.
Some suggested that the Houston family blamed Bobby for Whitney's drug use. Bobby revealed that the couple's honeymoon was the first time he saw his wife using cocaine.
"She didn't use like people think she used, that didn't come until later on in our marriage." He adds, "It wasn't about being surprised, it was about not abusing it, you know."
Bobby "never" felt like "Mr. Houston" or that he was in his wife's shadow. The best time with Whitney was when their daughter was born, the singer remembers.
When it comes to the drugs, Bobby said it destroyed their "passion for life," and when it comes to their daughter, Brown says "we didn't neglect our child, we made sure our child were [sic] in good hands when we were out doing our things, cocaine, alcohol, weed."
Brown claims that the things got bad after Houston filmed A Preacher's Wife: "I started smoking marijuana and base, drinking hard liquor ... it just started getting really terrible for me, I started using heroine."
"If it was bad for me, it was bad for her, we would be doing cocaine in our room," Bobby says, also admitting that they used together.
Bobby says he doesn't know why his ex-wife decided to an interview with Diane Sawyer.
"That is the million-dollar question, I do not know this," he said as Robinson asked him why she opened up to Sawyer in the interview that would make history.
Bobby became clean during his jail sentence in 2000. "I was able to get myself off of drugs, I was able to find myself again. It really put a strain on us, because I was trying to stay clean and she was still using."
MStars News previously reported that Bobby revealed that the couple cheated on each other, causing some problems within their marriage.
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There were also rumors that Whitney was having a lesbian relationship with her best friend Robyn Crawford, but Bobby says those rumors "weren't true."
When it comes to Whitney's drug use, Bobby claims, "I was always worried about her, I know what drugs do to the body, I know what drugs do to the mind."
He adds, "it's not fair I was her husband, I did as much as I could do ... she was my heart, that was my girl," the singer said after being blamed for years for introducing and allowing Whitney to do drugs.
"I stayed sober to try to help her ... maybe that wasn't enough, but that's enough for me, I'm not worried about anybody else."
One year the couple's life would change again as Bobby was arrested for a 911 call he claims was fun and games, but law enforcement and Brown's niece took it as abuse. "We were playing, she hit me, I hit her a little bit, but my niece called the police, it was nothing, absolutely nothing."
Bobby revealed that his wife got help for her drug addiction two years after the Diane Sawyer interview. Bobby says he was happy.
When it comes to the couple's reality show Being Bobby Brown, the New Edition singer says, "Whitney wasn't even supposed to be a part of that." He claims she would just show up.
On the divorce, Bobby says, he was eating at a Chinese restaurant. "When she actually went through with it, I was at a Chinese restaurant when someone delivered the divorce papers."
He admits he wanted to work things out and still doesn't know why Whitney wanted a divorce. Bobby says that he was willing to go to counseling. "It was straight divorce, she got everything — property, cars, jewelry."
Bobby left the marriage with nothing but sobriety and "my heart intact."
Houston died during Grammys weekend in 2012, where Bobby revealed he learned of his ex-wife's death while on tour. "Dad, Mommy's gone," Bobby recalls of his daughter, Bobbi Kristina, telling him over the phone.
Bobby revealed that he performed the night Houston died. He says his ex would have wanted him to do it, so that is why he did it, revealing that he said the words, "I love you," while on stage that night as he continues to say,"I did, I do."
Bobbi Kristina went to the hospital when her mother died, from all the madness.
There were many rumors and stories about why Bobby Brown decided to leave Houston's funeral early. He cleared those outragious reports up during Saturday night's interview, realveing that "security told Bobby he could sit in a certain place, and that his kids were told to sit somewhere else." Brown says that is the true reason why he decided to leave the service.
Bobby revealed that "security was so tight they didn't let me walk up to the car where she was."
When it comes to his relationship with his ex-mother-in-law, Brown says, "I would love to give her hug ..." as he adds, about Whitney that "sometimes we love a person so hard we love them wrong."
When Robinson asked Brown what he missed most about Whitney, Brown says he misses his ex-wife's "kindness" and "her smile."
On the couple's love story, the singer says, "History, plays a big part of our lives." He adds that he is now "doing good, I have a loving marriage, I have a baby on the way, I have a 5-year-old, I'm happy."
Brown is now "13 years clean, it feels different," admitting that he still smokes. "I want to get rid of cigarettes," and says, "I'm trying to be the best for my wife, and my kids."
Brown's faith seems to be in high spirits as well, as he says, "God is amazing," thanking him for the many lives he got to live because drugs could've caused his death as well.
The last question Brown was asked was what was his favorite song, as he replies, "I Will Always Love You," it seems to be everyone's song, including ours.
Here's a clip from the interview:
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