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LOS ANGELES.—Bobby Brown is opening up about dealing with the loss of his two children Bobbi Kristina and Bobby Brown Jr. and former wife Whitney Houston.
While appearing on the May 19 episode of ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show’, the singer, 56, said he’s been in therapy to “work through” his grief after the deaths of two children and ex-partner Houston.
“Lots of prayer, first and foremost, that absolutely took me to the point where I accepted therapy in my life. I accepted going to a therapist and really working out all of the issues that I had within me,” Brown told host Jennifer Hudson.
The Grammy-winner said he’s also been helped through his grief with the support of his wife Alicia Etheredge-Brown, and five remaining children.
“Also, just family … being there for me when I was down and when I wasn’t feeling right and when times get hard,” said Brown.
“They’re still there because it doesn’t stop. It’s not like it just goes away. 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.”
Brown’s comments come ahead of the 10th anniversary of daughter Bobbi Kristina’s death.
She died from a combination of drowning and drug intoxication at age 22 on July 26, 2015. Brown also lost his son, Bobby Brown Jr., at age 28 to a drug overdose in November 2020.Houston died at age 48 on Feb. 11, 2012. Brown and Houston were married from 1992 to 2007 and Bobbi Kristina was their only child.
Brown spoke fondly of the late singer on the show as he shared that he misses her to this day.
“She taught me a lot, about life and love and about living right … she is definitely loved and missed in my heart,” he said.
In May 2022, Brown spoke to PEOPLE about how he remembers his late children as he shared that he still sees them in his dreams.
“I always see them at beaches or in fields,” he said at the time. “They’re running away, but they’re laughing. And they’re always together. I didn’t have many dreams about Bobbi Kris before Bobby Jr. died. But then all of a sudden — floods of dreams.” —PEOPLE
