Bobby Brown pays tribute to former mother-in-law Cissy Houston

Bobby Brown is paying tribute to his late ex-mother-in-law, Cissy Houston. On Monday, October 7, the mother of Whitney Houston, a music icon on the proper, died on the age of 91. In light of the news, the New Edition star and his wife Alicia Etheredge-Brown expressed their condolences: according to People magazine.

“I send love and blessings to the Houston family on this great loss,” Brown told the publication. “May he rest in Peace and Power. The Browns.

Brown was married to Cissy’s daughter, the late Whitney Houston, from 1992 to 2007. Known for his or her turbulent relationship, the couple, as well as to marital problems, also struggled with alcoholism and addiction. Over the course of their 15 years of marriage, their individual struggles with addictions worsened and in April 2007, they divorced.

After multiple attempts at rehabilitation, Houston died in 2012 after by accident drowning in a bath on the Beverly Hills Hotel on the eve of that 12 months’s Grammy Awards. After her daughter’s death, Cissy remained very protective of Whitney’s legacy. So much in order that she criticized her former son-in-law for the “disturbing” way he talked about his relationship with Whitney in his “20/20” interview 2016.

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“I am deeply disappointed that this interview, intended to promote Bobby’s life story, seemed more like an expose of Whitney’s life,” Cissy said. Esencja Magazine after the interview. “My problem with Bobby has always been that he became her husband, but not her helper or protector.”

“Our hearts are filled with pain and sadness. (We have lost) the mother of our family,” Pat Houston said in a statement, noting Cissy’s “unparalleled” impact on music and culture. “Cissy’s mother was a strong and prominent figure in our lives. A woman of deep faith and conviction who cared deeply about family, service and community. “Her seventy-plus-decade career in music and entertainment will remain at the center of our hearts.”

She continued, “We are blessed and grateful that God allowed her to spend so many years with us and we are grateful for all the valuable life lessons she taught us. May he rest in peace with his daughter Whitney and granddaughter Bobbi Kristina and other loving family members.”