Can I get an Amen? AMEN!!

danger boy
danger boy Posts: 15,722
edited April 2 in Clubhouse Archives
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.

The Grammy-winning, superstar singer filed papers in Orange County Superior Court on Friday requesting a legal separation from her husband of 14 years. The reason given was irreconcilable differences.

"It is a legal separation. It is not a divorce or a divorce petition," Phaedra Parks, an entertainment lawyer in Atlanta who represents Brown, told The Associated Press.

Houston's publicist, Nancy Seltzer, said the singer would have no comment on the action.

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 a 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 wack."

Houston checked into a drug rehabilitation program in 2004 and again in 2005, announcing the second time that she was also using prayer to help overcome her drug problems. Brown said at the time he was doing what he could to help her.

Houston, 43, won multiple Grammys in the 1980s and 1990s, including two for the megahit "I Will Always Love You," from the 1992 film "The Bodyguard," in which she also starred opposite Kevin Costner.

"I Will Always Love You," won Grammys for record of the year and best female pop vocal, and "The Bodyguard" soundtrack won album of the year.

Houston also won Grammys in 1985 and 1987 for best female pop vocal for "Saving All my Love for You" and "I Want to Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)." She won a Grammy for best female R&B vocal in 1999 for "It's Not Right But It's Okay."

Her musician husband recently reunited with New Edition for a show at July's Essence Musical Festival. The show got mixed reviews from the audience when Brown jumped suggestively around the stage and made vulgar remarks about his sex life with Houston.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited September 2006
    10 years overdue.......she might actually be worth a **** if she'd been divorced from him back then..........
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited September 2006
    She's just a used up has-been.

    It's really a shame that she took such an amazing talent and flushed it down the toilet.:rolleyes:

    What a loser!
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2006
    cmy330go wrote:
    She's just a used up has-been.

    It's really a shame that she took such an amazing talent and flushed it down the toilet.:rolleyes:

    What a loser!

    true.. and where did it get her? no voice left, no career, no marriage left, drug addicted has been. Kids stay off drugs.. or you'll end up like Miss Whitney Houston :p
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,519
    edited September 2006
    The Grammy-winning, superstar singer filed papers

    Let's fix this up proper..."The no talent, Grammy-winning, has-been superstar singer filed papers..."
    If...
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    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2006
    Ron-P wrote:
    Let's fix this up proper..."The no talent, Grammy-winning, has-been superstar singer filed papers..."


    Ron, i don't think ANY court in the land would convict you of slander on that one. :p:p:p
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited September 2006
    I disagree with the no-talent part........she has one of the most incredible voices out there (or at least had.....haven't heard her lately)........
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2006
    brettw22 wrote:
    I disagree with the no-talent part........she has one of the most incredible voices out there (or at least had.....haven't heard her lately)........

    What Brett said. She definitely WAS talented, she's just worthless now.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2006
    brettw22 wrote:
    I disagree with the no-talent part........she has one of the most incredible voices out there (or at least had.....haven't heard her lately)........

    HAD one of the most incredible voices... she gave it all up for what? a crack high? remember she said.. Crack is wack!

    I'd like nothing better than for her to clean up herself, get rid of that loser husband and try and revive her career. What a comeback that would be if she could pull it off and become somewhat successful again.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited September 2006
    Who cares.....zits on the **** of humanity.

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2006
    hey, hey HEY! Bobby Brown may be a zit.. he pretty much rode her coattails for a short time.. his career never went anywhere after his short stint with New Edition.

    Whitney was at the top of her career when the two met and began dating. She fell from grace after they met and married. Not saying he was the sole reason she got into drugs and killed her career, but it didn't help it either.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2006
    http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/index.jhtml?id=1534240&vid=55187#/overdrive/index.jhtml?id=1534240&vid=55187

    the good old days for Whitney.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited September 2006
    Whatever happened to Bel Biv Devoe:D

    you know... the East Coast family:p
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2006
    zombie boy 2000 wrote:
    Whatever happened to Bel Biv Devoe:D

    you know... the East Coast family:p

    Hahaha, the East Coast Family. Boys II Men, Another Bad Creation, and Bel Biv Devoe.

    Another Bad Creation was HILARIOUS, it was like, 13 year olds doing rap.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited September 2006
    bobman1235 wrote:
    Hahaha, the East Coast Family. Boys II Men, Another Bad Creation, and Bel Biv Devoe.

    Another Bad Creation was HILARIOUS, it was like, 13 year olds doing rap.


    You're not going to believe me when I tell you that my best friend back in the day was in the same 6th grade class as Ro-Ro from Another Bad Creation. I think they were both attending South Cobb in Marrietta, GA. I was across the way at Floyd.

    Because if you really want to hear how it is straight from the streets, lay down some mad-**** rhymes about recess and nap-time, a Wiggle's beat, some Speak n' Spell effects, and some shout outs from Tickle-Me-Elmo. For real.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,519
    edited September 2006
    She had an average voice, at best.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited September 2006
    Ron-P wrote:
    She had an average voice, at best.


    listen to her doing the National Anthem in 1991 @ the Superbowl, and see if you still think her voice is average. ;)

    not any easy song to sing.. but she nails it. :)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldXjOAMBjV0
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited September 2006
    Ain't nobody humpin around.
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  • jcaut
    jcaut Posts: 1,849
    edited September 2006
    I read the title and was avoiding this thread because I was afraid it was another religious thread. I see that it is not, so AMEN! So be it! 99! etc.

    Crack is wack. LOL!
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