Houstons split after 14 years, 1 child
Issue date: 9/14/06 Section: Entertainment
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The tumultuous marriage of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown - which withstood drug addiction, Brown's numerous arrests, the decline of Houston's once-sparkling image and domestic abuse allegations - is coming to an end.
A publicist for Houston confirmed to The Associated Press that the Grammy-winning, superstar singer had filed for divorce from her husband Bobby Brown, after 14 years of marriage.
Publicist Nancy Seltzer declined to reveal where or when Houston filed the divorce papers, and said the singer had no statement to make.
"I can just confirm that she has filed for divorce," Seltzer said Wednesday.
Houston and Brown, who had a home in Alpharetta, Ga., have one child together, a 13-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina.
When Houston and Brown wed in 1992, the match seemed to outsiders to be a mismatch. Houston - once one of the best-selling singers in history - was a glamorous, pop superstar with a super-clean, princess-like persona, whereas Brown, who rose to fame as a member of the boy band New Edition before striking out on his own, was a sometimes coarse R&B singer with a more streetwise image.
But as the years wore on, it would become hard to determine which one was more troubled. Though Bobby Brown - best known for hits like "My Prerogative" and "Every Little Step" - would be arrested numerous times for drugs and alcohol, Houston's own battles with substance abuse sullied her image.
Together, the two were a tabloid editor's dream. When Brown was released from a stretch in jail a few years ago, an ecstatic Houston greeted him by jumping into his arms and throwing her arms and legs around him before a throng of fans and media.
And in the now infamous 2002 ABC interview with Diane Sawyer, an erratic-sounding and wan-looking Houston, with a profusely sweating Brown by her side, admitted dabbling in drugs but denied using crack, then uttered the now famous phrase: "Crack is whack."
A publicist for Houston confirmed to The Associated Press that the Grammy-winning, superstar singer had filed for divorce from her husband Bobby Brown, after 14 years of marriage.
Publicist Nancy Seltzer declined to reveal where or when Houston filed the divorce papers, and said the singer had no statement to make.
"I can just confirm that she has filed for divorce," Seltzer said Wednesday.
Houston and Brown, who had a home in Alpharetta, Ga., have one child together, a 13-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina.
When Houston and Brown wed in 1992, the match seemed to outsiders to be a mismatch. Houston - once one of the best-selling singers in history - was a glamorous, pop superstar with a super-clean, princess-like persona, whereas Brown, who rose to fame as a member of the boy band New Edition before striking out on his own, was a sometimes coarse R&B singer with a more streetwise image.
But as the years wore on, it would become hard to determine which one was more troubled. Though Bobby Brown - best known for hits like "My Prerogative" and "Every Little Step" - would be arrested numerous times for drugs and alcohol, Houston's own battles with substance abuse sullied her image.
Together, the two were a tabloid editor's dream. When Brown was released from a stretch in jail a few years ago, an ecstatic Houston greeted him by jumping into his arms and throwing her arms and legs around him before a throng of fans and media.
And in the now infamous 2002 ABC interview with Diane Sawyer, an erratic-sounding and wan-looking Houston, with a profusely sweating Brown by her side, admitted dabbling in drugs but denied using crack, then uttered the now famous phrase: "Crack is whack."