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Bobby Brown Says Reality Show Helps Him 'Stay Out Of Trouble'
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Monday, 20 June 2005
 Bobby Brown recently spoke about his upcoming reality series scheduled to air on Bravo.
The 36 year-old ex-New Edition member told Newsweek that he wanted to stay out of trouble and confessed he didn't want his kids to see him as a screw-up.
"I needed to do something to stay out of trouble. Too much free time ain't too good for someone like me," he admitted. "And now that I'm feeling healthy and off the drugs and other stuff I was doing - I feel like getting myself back on track. But honestly, the main reason I wanted to do this is really for my kids. They're always saying, "Daddy, why do they always make you look so bad in the press?" You know? They don't see their father as a screw-up."
When asked about the jokes he makes about Eddie Murphy wearing dresses in the first episode, he didn't seem very apologetic.
"I don't mean anybody harm, but I've spent most of my career being the butt of somebody's joke, so I don't have too much concern about somebody's feelings getting hurt. If you can't take a joke, then you need to go somewhere and die - and definitely get out of this business."
Brown also admitted his wife, singer Whitney Houston, initially had no interest in the show.
"She wanted no part of it," he revealed. "But then once the cameras started rolling and she saw how much fun I was having, I couldn't get rid of her. I had to tell her, 'This is The Bobby Brown Show - not 'The Whitney Show!'"
He also shared the current status of Houston's post-rehab health.
"She's doing fine. It's been three months and she's feeling good and is getting better day by day. This struggle with [substances] is an ass-kicker. But we're both fighting it with all we have. I think we can make it.'
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