The tragic loss of two children continues to haunt R&B star Bobby Brown.
According to People, the New Edition singer appeared on the May 19 episode of The Jennifer Hudson Show, where he opened up about losing his children, Bobbi Kristina Brown, 22, and Bobby Brown Jr., 27. Bobbi Kristina, Brown’s daughter with late ex-wife Whitney Houston, died from lobar pneumonia, initially thought to be drowning and drug intoxication, in July 2015. Bobby Jr., his son with Kim Ward, died from an opioid overdose in November 2020.
During his chat with Hudson, Brown revealed he’s turned to therapy to help “work through” the grief of losing his children. The music icon has five surviving children, three of whom he shares 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 credited family members as a crucial support system 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 passed away in February 2012 at 48, was married to Brown from 1992 to 2007. Bobbi Kristina was their only child together. 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 opened up to People about the “flood of dreams” he has 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.”
