Bobby Brown Left Whitney Houston's Funeral: Understandable or Disrespectful?

by SodaHead Celebs Posted 2012/02/21 14:00:00

Related Topics: Bobby Brown, Funeral, Whitney Houston, Reason, Explanation, Security, Saturday, Husband, singer, Media, Daughter, Ex

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	Understandable	203 votes	62%
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There have been conflicting reports about what went on with Whitney Houston's ex-husband Bobby Brown at the late singer's funeral on Saturday, but it was clear that he left the funeral early. Fortunately, the confusion did not create a disruption at the actual event, but it did create a stir in the media. Why would he leave? Did he have a good reason?

Here is Brown's official explanation, according to The Los Angeles Times: "My children and I ... were seated by security and then subsequently asked to move on three separate occasions. I fail to understand why security treated my family this way and continued to ask us and no one else to move. Security then prevented me from attempting to see my daughter Bobbi Kristina. In light of the events, I gave a kiss to the casket of my ex-wife and departed as I refused to create a scene ... I will continue to pay my respects to my ex-wife the best way I know how." Do you think Bobby Brown's actions were understandable? Or disrespectful?

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RoseyRhod 2012/02/21 15:28:16

Disrespectful

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I had heard that he brought some nine people with him, which was disrespectful in the first place. He should have shown up quietly, on his own, and been there for Bobbi Kristina. She should have been his sole concern during this time.
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Freight85 to smitty 2012/02/21 20:54:08

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When she said, and I quote: "Bobby is the king of [R&B]" Bobby himself should have said, wait a minute baby... I think maybe we should lay off the blunts".

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Melizmatic to Freight85 2012/02/21 21:17:55

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*lmao!

Good one.

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*Mahoga... to Freight85 2012/02/21 21:18:03

lol

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smitty to Freight85 2012/02/21 21:56:51

Ha! Yeah.. but if you know people that like the weed (or whatever) they won't.

Heck look at her raspy performances... they were far from the Whitney of the 80's. Still I bet she heard she was wonderful.

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Freight85 to smitty 2012/02/21 22:07:45

Case and point... when Bobby met Whitney his career was already on the skids. New Edition was fed up with his shenanigans, and he couldn't by radio time. It doesnt take a genius to figure out that if Whitney wouldnt have got envolved with Bobby, she would have kept her voice, had probably an even more stellar career and most important of all still be alive today. Case closed. l

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smitty to Freight85 2012/02/21 22:17:54

Nah.. Hindsight is 50/50. It always is and always will be. You can't know what would happen in life given a different circumstance. It could have been worse.

So why didn't anyone else in her family say "Hey your killing yourself and your career.. Stop the drugs.." Why must it be Brown? I am not defending him per se... Still drugs are the responsibility of the user. It is like saying if I would have been a better friend in high school I wouldn;t have lost a good friend to drugs before he was 40. I cleaned his butt up many a time. The worst was when he fell through a glass door. Man that was nasty. I told him afterwards... next time you bleed to death.

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Bill 2012/02/21 17:37:16

Understandable

For once he showed a lot of class. He did the right thing. Nothing like a funeral to get people revved up.

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Bella to Bill 2012/02/21 17:48:14

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They had a seat reserved for him with the family but the rest of his group had seats with the other guest. He was upset because they couldn't all sit together up front. He action was disrespectful. The front seating has always been for family as the father of her child he is still considered family but the rest of his group isn't. Why bring other people with you to your ex-wife's funeral anyway?

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Tammy Scoby LeClair 2012/02/21 17:19:03

Understandable

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Really should have been a third option. Understandable that he & his entourage left... best thing, considering. I feel that unless his other kids were also Whitney's stepchildren, he should have had someone watch them at home so he could quietly pay his respects, and focus on comforting his & Whitney's daughter...

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chamchamgal 2012/02/21 17:10:53

Understandable

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You would be pissed to if you where not allowed to see your family at a time like that.

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Sam DePecan 2012/02/21 16:59:41

Disrespectful

Who in the hell are these people, anyway? . . . I don't think anyone even knows them . . .

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Freeranger 2012/02/21 16:41:57

Understandable

I'll only say that it's not up to us to decide. Personally, I think the man is being chased by his own demons. There are those who say he's responsible for leading her on to the path of her own destruction. I wouldn't know, yet if true, perhaps reality and guilt are now at his doorstep?

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sally 2012/02/21 16:18:58

Understandable

I say let the poor man grieve in his own way.

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Bella to sally 2012/02/21 17:49:23

They had a seat reserved for him with the family but the rest of his group had seats with the other guest. He was upset because they couldn't all sit together up front. He action was disrespectful. The front seating has always been for family as the father of her child he is still considered family but the rest of his group isn't. Why bring other people with you to your ex-wife's funeral anyway?

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sally to Bella 2012/02/22 07:34:42

Because for all we know they could've had a close relationship with her and they all had one common ground, paying their respects to Whiteny.

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smitty 2012/02/21 16:13:56

Understandable

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Better to leave than cause a scene.

Very respectful of him and nice moment for his daughter to witness a parent doing the right thing with them there.

I'll tell you what. If I wanted to see my daughter and some snapper head security guard said other wise. Hell would freeze over that day. I would be going downtown for a night.

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Bella to smitty 2012/02/21 17:50:01

They had a seat reserved for him with the family but the rest of his group had seats with the other guest. He was upset because they couldn't all sit together up front. He action was disrespectful. The front seating has always been for family as the father of her child he is still considered family but the rest of his group isn't. Why bring other people with you to your ex-wife's funeral anyway?

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smitty to Bella 2012/02/21 18:17:58

I don't know. Anyway it never said that in the piece above. I didn't follow the funeral because frankly I didn't care about it.

So if there is more to it than was written above I may have to retract what I said. I have no interest in reading more about the wedding.

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Bella to smitty 2012/02/21 18:21:28

+1
I understand, I guess when I saw it on the news I just couldn't understand the point of bringing anyone. He should have just been there to support his kid.

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smitty to Bella 2012/02/21 18:43:27 (edited)

I would have just brought a current spouse (if married)... and kids because they would be half siblings with the other. I would have paid my respects to my ex wife... I would have asked my kid if he/she wanted me to stay around (I think she is an adult? or close to one) and then respected her wishes.

I have no clue how many kids he has or if he is re-married.

Still the security was a little out of line... unless he is a total ass.. Then again I don't know much about him except once upon a time he had a good song.

"He should have just been there to support his kid." He was married to her at one point. Hopefully he came to pay respects as well, since that is the purpose of most funerals.

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Lady Whitewolf 2012/02/21 16:06:51

Disrespectful

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Acting like a spoiled 4-year old.

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Treedy 2012/02/21 16:06:33

Understandable

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He brought his children who were apart of his family with Whitney and to be asked to constantly move when you are already grieving and caught up in emotion is very irritating and rude. I would have left as well. I think the family should have made allowances for at the very least his children who were apart of the family.

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Bella to Treedy 2012/02/21 17:51:21

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I agree if it were just his other children but that wasn"t the case he also had his girlfriend her kid and other people. Again, Why bring them with you?

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Treedy to Bella 2012/02/21 21:01:55

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Maybe he needed comfort, but why he brought them is really beside the point. The day was about saying goodbye to Whitney Houston not taking final digs at her ex husband something she didn't do and probably wouldn't have liked others doing. He did the right thing by leaving.

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Bella to Treedy 2012/02/21 21:21:25

I agree that he should have left but he should have been there to support Bobbie Kris and if that was the case he wouldn't have made a scene showing up with an entourage at his ex-wife's funeral. He would have come on time and been low key because his focus would have been solely on the one person that needed him Bobbie Kris not anyone else. It isn't customary for an ex to even sit with the family. I also agree that they probably didn't want him there but again, is that really a surprise. I disagree that her Mother should have to set aside anything that she is feeling for Bobby she just lost her daughter untimely. I believe he was grieving but it doesn't change the fact that bringing anyone outside of who was specified was wrong.

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Treedy to Bella 2012/02/21 21:31:02

+1
Things happen and people run late. Two wrongs never makes anything right, but that's just my opinion.

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Bella to Treedy 2012/02/21 21:09:01

They did make room for him & his children. They didn't make room for the other FIVE people. I agree it would have been annoying to keep being asked to move but he couldn't have been suprised the marriage ended in domestic violence. I DISagree that his children with other women are apart of Whitney's family. They were during their marriage but remember they are divorced. If really wanted his other kids to be there out of respect he should atleast reached out to her ACTUAL family in advance. Just as much as this is about Bobbie Kris it also about Whit's Mom who has just lost a daugther. It was in NO way about Bobbie or his kids or anyone else.

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Treedy to Bella 2012/02/21 21:19:08

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Domestic violence that was done by both parties, which is still really beside the point. All that stuff is in the past and irrelevant to the purpose of the day to bury a loved one. They all loved Whitney and to save the purpose and reason of the day "honoring the dead", he did the right thing by leaving and not making a scene.

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zcberry to Bella 2012/02/22 12:52:20

You just want to start an argument. LOL!!! Peace be still!!!!

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norm 2012/02/21 16:01:43 (edited)

Understandable

In reality, no one should go into anyone's mind at a time of great reflection. The funeral really has nothing to do with anything. All the decisions in life people have made have been made. The living must continue. Whitney...well...One can only hope her dreams have just started.

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od3052004 2012/02/21 16:00:11

Understandable

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He did the best thing which was leave, and if they didn't let him See his daughter I'm sure there would be other opportunity for him to See his daughter

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Lady D.J 2012/02/21 15:39:30

Understandable

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if I was being treated like that, I would probably leave as well. He paid his respects to her, to bad security did not give him any respect.

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Bella to Lady D.J 2012/02/21 18:15:35

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They did respect him. He didn't respect himself. Showing up with NINE people to it's a funeral NOT the Grammys

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zcberry to Bella 2012/02/22 12:54:34

HOW DO U KNOW HE BROUGHT 9 PEOPLE, WAS U THERE......NO!!!! SO PLEASE GET YOUR FACTS STRIAGHT HE ONLY BROUGHT HIS TWO OLDER KIDS AND HIS BROTHER. IGNORANCE IS BLISS!!!!

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Lady D.J to Bella 2012/02/23 21:14:04

It was his family! Would you rather he go to her funeral and mourn alone? Contrery to popular beliefs, it is not imoral to bring your children and other close firends or family to a funeral.

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Manster 2012/02/21 15:30:30

Understandable

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I heard the pastor's explanation in an interview yesterday,and I have to say the I think Brown did the right thing by leaving and taking his entourage with him.When the invitastion to attend was extended to him,it was with the expectation that he would only have at most two guests with him,not nine. That would have caused seating problems for other members of her family who were in attendance. It was best that he left instead of making a scene that would have only caused more sadness for Houston's grieving family,

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norm to Manster 2012/02/21 16:07:13

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Very plausable explanation. All will comfortably live with it in time.

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Manster to norm 2012/02/21 17:11:50

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Thanks, Norm,I agree with you,and when I heard tha pastor tell the story, I was a lot less angry at Brown than I was on Saturday when I first heard the story, so all credit should be given to Brown and the pastor for doing the right thing at the right time!

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RoseyRhod 2012/02/21 15:28:16

Disrespectful

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I had heard that he brought some nine people with him, which was disrespectful in the first place. He should have shown up quietly, on his own, and been there for Bobbi Kristina. She should have been his sole concern during this time.

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Bella to RoseyRhod 2012/02/21 17:57:00

I agree it is just another shining example of the type of father he is. I've been in his situation as the girlfriend I declined to go with him. That was a time for Whitney's daugther, Mother, and the rest of her family. He he was truly a person of class he would have come alone unless it was otherwise indicated to him by invitation. These people knew about his other kids and girlfriend if they wanted to invite them they would have extended an invitation to them. Again, this isn't about his other kids, girlfriend, or even him.

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