Twitter blew up on Tuesday night before and after BET aired part 1 of "The Bobby Brown Story," with fans outraged and shocked by revelations involving Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, infidelity, drugs and more!
No one is quite sure what to believe, but Bobby was involved with this production, which concludes on Wednesday night. The dramatization seems to reveal that Brown was involved in a relationship with Janet Jackson in the 1980s, cheated on Whitney just before he proposed, and that his current wife, Alicia Etheredge-Brown, has been in the picture since the '90s.
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Just putting that out there, because it seems to be the least interesting part of him, and certainly doesn't seem to be the part this biopic has any interest in exploring.
Instead, it's all about the more sensational and salacious parts of his life, and particularly his sex life. Somebody knows what sells.
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The film claims Bobby Brown had an intimate relationship with Janet Jackson, and even had the gratuitous sex scene between two actors pretending to be Bobby Brown and Janet Jackson that no one demanded. It culminated in Bobby throwing a naked Janet out of his hotel room, because, sure.
On top of that, the network promoted their upcoming "Black Girls Rock" special, WITH Janet Jackson, right after that scene. Bold and trashy move, BET.
Bobby further alleges that Janet refused to go public with their relationship because he was black. The film alludes to this being a thing in the Jackson family.
The reaction on Twitter to the Janet revelations in the film were mixed, with most people expressing shock that they had no idea the two were ever a thing. Others, though, still don't think they ever were, and took it a step further, fully anticipating Ms. Jackson to file a defamation lawsuit against Brown and the network.
I was today years old when I found out Bobby Brown was cracking Janet Jackson.
@austinxwillJanet Jackson On The Phone With Her Lawyer Like . . . #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/N8RpfOaPOf
@tom__boyyyJanet Jackson was married for a whole 10 years before she let y'all know she was getting divorced. She can keep a secret #BobbyBrownBET
@stephiedee71So I was on the phone with my Grandma who spilled the TEA about this whole Janet/Bobby story.
Apparently, Whitney won an award over Janet and said onstage, "I stole your award and I stole your man."
CHILE! #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/qjgudOdjYx
@Diva_EsqueSooooo you mean to tell me, Bobby pulled Janet Jackson AND Whitney Houston?! TWO LEGENDS?! pic.twitter.com/VcD1yK7iSd
@MsGL__How BET gonna honor Janet Jackson on Black Girls Rock then violate her in Bobby Brown Story pic.twitter.com/9Toa54bQij
@chasamania#BobbyBrownBET Then BET gonna show that Black Girls Rock commercial with Janet Jackson on it!!!!!!!!😂🤣👏🏾 pic.twitter.com/3eV8R7qIFA
@napturally17Lmao BET wrong for putting Janet pic up on Black Girls rock right after that Bobby Plot twist #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/IDZTW4xlc5
@London_MichelHold up let me get this straight so Whitney dated Jermaine and possibly Michael while bobby was sleeping with Janet! Bruhhh #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/QoG8WEFdtq
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Bobby Brown claims that he first discovered Whitney Houston's drug addiction on their wedding day when he stumbled upon her doing cocaine before the ceremony. "Now you know," she allegedly said plainly. The couple quickly became notorious for their drug usage, with Bobby detailing it got so bad she would send him out on late-night runs to secure more.
This led to a Twitter debate as to when the coke started with each of them, and who introduced who to what. Considering we've now gotten a third version of events after the New Edition and Whitney Houston biopics, we may never know the real truth.
At least everyone can agree how tragic it is what drugs did to their lives and careers.
Bobby HAS ALWAYS said his FIRST TIME finding her getting high was at the wedding. Lifetime couldn't even get the Aaliyah movie right sooo why y'all think they was telling the truth?? 😂 #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/nWkditiFNX
@monemxneBobby saw Whitney snorting that cocaine and fell right back in love. I need that crackhead type of love #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/QbaM85rhOy
@bynikkigI'm supposed to believe Bobby didn't find out about Whitney's coke habit until the wedding day? #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/dYBoib5WWG
@AsToldbyTina_So Bobby gone act like he was the innocent one and Whitney was just out here surprising him with coke and he didn't partake #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/viV8suTg3V
@Adore_dessBobby and Whitney's drug issues are always heartbreaking to watch. They were so talented and shared a lot of love.. their addictions getting the better of them is so tragic. #BobbyBrownBET
@SylviaObellYou meaning to tell me Bobby found out Whitney was doing coke , on their wedding day? And the way he was just so calm about it... BRUH! #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/HVbwauHcnQ
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View StoryTWO PREGNANT WOMEN AND A BABY
Apparently, the bad boy of hip-hop got Whitney and his future baby mama pregnant at the same time. Whitney would apparently go on to lose that baby during filming of "The Bodyguard," if this film is to be believed, though she would have Bobbi Kristina later.
Oh, and Bobby also knocked up his baby mama and then flew back to Atlanta to propose to Whitney. Now, he didn't know he'd just gotten a woman pregnant, but he knew what he'd just done. Maybe he doesn't know where babies come from?
On top of that, while Bobby admits that current wife Alicia was in his life as far back as the early 1990s, the film doesn't seem interested in revealing if they ever became an item back then. Considering everything else he admits to getting into, it's a bit of a surprise, and one many Twitter fans found hard to believe.
So Bobby gonna air out Whitney's dirty laundry but gonna try to make us believe he and Alicia were just 'friends' back then #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/LxhyiPrGk5
@ItsEllemichelleWhitney lost her baby while filming The Bodyguard ..... wow Bobby was really stressing auntie out #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/MK2LdNxl4y
@Hiii_YellachickThis Alicia "friend" talking Bobby out of having cold feet on his wedding day to Whitney is his CURRENT wife. #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/2VyvuV9rHk
@SylviaObellKim and Whitney pregnant at THE SAME DAMN TIME #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/sFPFARFsnm
@_zakiadHold up.... wait a minute.... so that hussy Alicia, Teddy Riley's girlfriend who kept giving Bobby the come hither eyes, the one who consoled Bobby before the wedding to Whitney is his current wife?!?!? #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/QY66UFEBtu
@MovesLikeRoyso wait-.. Bobby's current wife Alicia been lurking in the shadows for Bobby since the 90s and she was the one shaking him out of his cold feet jitters of marrying Whitney. WHEW CHILE I-... #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/USrf1l57Qe
@RXMANSPHOENIXHe knocked up his babymama (but didn't know it yet) then came back to ATL and proposed to Whitney. Lordt. #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/2AtH5P1KRd
@EssenceBobby a wild boy. Knocked up his baby momma before his wedding to Whitney and got a pep talk from his current wife before he walked down the aisle? #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/C2nuKc8bfI
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View StoryROCKIN' WITH ROBYN
Long-rumored and largely accepted now, the biopic doubles down on speculation that Whitney Houston was a bisexual who maintained a long-standing relationship with her best friend Robyn Crawford. Apparently, she and Bobby Brown didn't get along at all, either.
The film definitely played up the tension between the two, depicting epic fights between Bobby and Robyn, who might yet be the most mysterious member remaining of this ridiculously outsized marriage between Bobby and Whitney. BET even kept her largely in the background, as if she was jealous of the couple ... and always there!
Whitney's fans weren't here for that, either. They've accepted that perhaps Whitney was a lesbian or bisexual -- and at a time when coming out would have been career suicide -- and now they've become defensive and protective of this alleged relationship that may have been the realest one Whitney had, even if she could never give herself fully to it.
They really making Robyn out to be some salty, desolate, jealous lesbian who wanted Whitney over Bobby. Not here for it.
She was more than that to Whitney. #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/kJwmYSfHr4
@MrErnestOwensAnd honestly Robyn was actually one of the most stable aspects of Whitney's life. And yes, I do believe that Whitney loved Robyn just as much as she loved Bobby if not more . But you know folks' biphobia and what not. #BobbyBrownBET
@ZalUIbaorimiI wish Robyn Crawford would tell her story, the real Whitney Houston love story. But Ms. Crawford is fiercely loyal to Whitney & maintains her silence on their private relationship. Unlike Bobby & others, Robyn is no opportunist. But that's a story I would pay to see.
@PatrikIanPolkWhitney's bodyguard said Bobby and Robyn scrapped a couple of times. He also said Robyn held her own. #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/7AFYf8JFob
@CSee82Why is Robyn written so bland and insignificant here? After all we've learned from the docs, she was a crucial part of Whitney (and therefore at times Bobby's) life #BobbyBrownBET
@ManWifeDogAlso, Robyn Crawford and Whitney Houston were in a relationship- both professional and personal. The characterization of Robyn in this TV movie is abhorrent. She is reduced to a background character, leering and sneering at Bobby and Whitney like a jealous love sick puppy...
@PatrikIanPolkRobyn: " I was here before you and I will be here after you " this story is getting instresting every second #BobbyBrownBET
@terrancekamaraSo it looks like Robyn got Whitney on drugs and innocent angel Bobby Brown was just caught up in the mix. #BobbyBrownBET
@rodimusprimeAlso, Robyn Crawford and Whitney Houston were in a relationship- both professional and personal. The characterization of Robyn in this TV movie is abhorrent. She is reduced to a background character, leering and sneering at Bobby and Whitney like a jealous love sick puppy...
@PatrikIanPolkAnd we're only halfway through this madness. "The Bobby Brown Story" concludes Wednesday night at 9 p.m. ET on BET.
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