Instead of performing in a scheduled New Edition concert in Nashville Sunday night, Bobby Brown flew to Los Angeles to comfort his daughter Bobbi Kristina after the death of his ex-wife, Whitney Houston .
US Weekly reports the “My Prerogative” singer lost it onstage the previous evening at a show in Southaven, Miss., hours after learning of Houston’s death.
“Just say a prayer for my daughter, say a prayer for her mother, and if you find the time please say a prayer for me because I am going to need it,” Brown told the crowd on Saturday night.
According to multiple reports, Bobbi Kristina, 18, has been on suicide watch in the days following her mother’s death and was briefly hospitalized not once but twice for near death related experiences.
According to People magazine, Brown arrived at LAX with a large entourage looking sad and scared.
“Obviously, the death of her mother is affecting her, however, we will get through this tragedy as a family,” Bobby said in a statement to Extra. “Again, I ask for privacy during this time.”
Bobbi Kristina is Brown and Huston’s only child together. According to Bobby Brown ‘s agent, the singer’s main priority is being with his family and his daughter, and Brown decided to leave the tour with New Edition because of “his love for his daughter and his daughter being in the hospital. He wants to go be with his daughter.”
An autopsy on Whitney Houston’s body has been completed , but the results have been withheld as Houston’s death investigation continues. Officials did, however, confirm Houston was found in hotel bathtub and that there was no sign of trauma.
Watch Bobby Brown’s emotional performance just hours after hearing of Whitney’s death on Saturday:
via ABC News
