The sudden passing of two children continues to weigh on R&B vocalist Bobby Brown.
According to People, the New Edition member was a guest on the May 19 episode of The Jennifer Hudson Show, and reflected on the deaths of his children, Bobbi Kristina Brown, 22, and Bobby Brown Jr., 27, Bobbi Kristina, whom Brown shared with his late ex-wife Whitney Houston, died from lobar pneumonia, first believed to be drowning and drug intoxication, in July 2015. Bobby Jr., whom the singer shared with Kim Ward, died from an opioid overdose in November 2020.
On Hudson’s talk show, Brown explained that he’s resorted to therapy to “work through” the pain of losing his children. The singer has five living children, three of whom are shared with Alicia Etheredge, his wife of thirteen years.
“Lots of prayer, first and foremost, that absolutely took me to the point where I accepted therapy in my life,” Brown told Hudson. “I accepted going to a therapist and really working out all of the issues that I had within me.”
Brown also looked to family members as being a source of support when he “wasn’t feeling right and when times get hard.”
“They’re still there because it doesn’t stop. It’s not like it just goes away,” he continued. “It’s gonna be with you forever, but it’s about dealing with it and really paying attention to yourself. Paying attention to how you’re feeling that day and letting somebody know how you’re feeling that day. You know, not keeping it inside.”
Houston, who died on February 2012 at 48 years old, was married to Brown from 1992 to 2007. Bobbi Kristina was their only child. Brown shared on Hudson’s show that the six-time Grammy winner “taught me a lot about love and living right.” “She is definitely loved and missed in my heart,” he said.
In 2022, Brown told People about the “flood of dreams” he had about his late children, where they’re “always together.”
“I always see them at beaches or in fields,” he told the outlet. “They’re running away, but they’re laughing.”
