Being Bobby Brown is no easy task, and soon viewers will get a better understanding of just how hard it is. Known for being a part of Boston’s own R&B teen sensation singing group New Edition, the husband of the late Whitney Houston, and living a reckless lifestyle, the public is about to learn why tumultuousness seeped into his very being. It all goes back to childhood and premiering this month, A&E will feature two series centered around the My Prerogative singer’s early life up until the present.
The two-night event documentary Biography: Bobby Brown will air Monday, May 30 and Tuesday, May 31, 2022, on A&E at 8 PM EST. Also, on that Tuesday night, the 12-episode series Bobby Brown: Every Little Step will make its debut at 10 PM EST on A&E. However, details like past sexual abuse by a priest are already surfacing and life with Houston.
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The tell-all documentary includes exclusive interviews with Babyface, Usher, Jermaine Dupri, Keith Sweat, New Editions’s Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe and Johnny Gill, as well as Brown’s family members. In it, Brown speaks about his childhood traumas, struggles with substance abuse, the loss of Houston and his two children, and there is footage of his visit to the gravesites of Whitney Houston and daughter Bobbi Kristina. Fast-forward to his upcoming reality series, where audiences can take a peek into Brown’s life with his wife Alicia Etheredge-Brown and their children as he focuses on new music, new business ventures and touring with New Edition.
Bobby Brown has recently revealed that a priest had molested him as a kid. After his mother was arrested and beaten as she tried to break up a fight on their street and while his father was at work, he was taken into temporary custody by social services to a supposedly “religious” place where, as Brown recounts, a priest tried to touch him where he shouldn’t, but he kicked and punched the man until he got away. The 53-year-old stated that although he was a young boy who didn’t know about sexual boundaries, he knew he did not want to be touched like that. He also recalls, during the documentary interview, witnessing the stabbing death of his best friend over a bicycle at age 12 and watching his friend look him in the eye as he passed away. The singer adds that he often dreams of his late son and late daughter.
Biography: Bobby Brown airs May 30, and May 31, 2022, 8 PM EST on A&E and Bobby Brown: Every Little Step premieres May 31, 2022, at 10 PM EST on A&E, with new episodes airing Tuesdays at 9 PM EST starting June 7.
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