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Bobby Brown Talks Style, Family & Whitney Houston Movie Character
Bobby Brown is acceptable to spot Whitney Houston's beingness play retired connected the large screen.
Ahead of the merchandise of I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Sony's biopic astir the legendary singer's emergence to superstardom, Brown exclusively told E! News that though helium was not progressive successful the project about his ex-wife's life, helium is "probably gonna ticker it."
And arsenic for Brown's prediction connected how Moonlight histrion Ashton Sanders will portray him successful the film? The erstwhile New Edition subordinate noted that "choosing specified a large histrion to play my trials and tribulations" was an grant and he's "looking guardant to it."
In summation to pursuing Houston's awesome career, the upcoming film—which stars Naomi Ackie arsenic the late singer—will besides stock a glimpse astatine her beingness outside of her career.
(Brown was joined to Houston for 14 years until their 2006 split. In 2012, Houston was recovered deceased aft accidentally drowning astatine the property of 48. Together, they welcomed girl Bobbi Kristina, who died 3 years aft her mother's passing successful 2015).
But it's besides worthy noting that biopics aside, Brown is nary alien to sharing aspects of his idiosyncratic beingness with viewers implicit the years.
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In fact, earlier this year, the singer—who tied the knot with Alicia Etheredge successful 2012—debuted his caller A&E world tv show, Bobby Brown: Every Little Step, which follows the singer's household life.
As for however it's been for the begetter of 7 to enactment alongside closest to him?
"It's been wonderful, we're reasoning astir doing different series," helium shared. "It's been large conscionable to beryllium astir my kids arsenic they turn and beryllium astir my older kids arsenic they embark connected their ain lives with their ain families."
I Wanna Dance with Somebody releases Dec. 23.
—Reporting by Chelsea Phillips Tafoya
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