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Rumors surfaced that Bobby Brown was turned away from Whitney Houston’s funeral and others say that he came with an entourage…but the real story is that Bobby was asked to move a few times and then decided to leave.
Bobby Brown was asked to leave Whitney Houston’s funeral today … after he got into an argument with Whitney’s family over whether or not he could bring nine people into the church with him … TMZ has learned.
Brown was spotted going into the church today in Newark, NJ … but was seen leaving shortly thereafter.
According to our sources, Brown was invited, plus two, but instead showed up with an entourage of nine people. We’re told Bobby became upset when he found out they would not seat his whole party.
Our sources say Bobby wanted to sit with his daughter, Bobbi Kristina, but Whitney’s family was not having it.
We’re told Rev. Jesse Jackson tried to smooth things over … but to no avail.
Rev. Al Sharpton spoke of the incident with Bobby as he left the church, saying, “He showed nothing but love and respect for Whitney. I wish people would leave Bobby alone.”
Bobby releases statement via People,
“My children and I were invited to the funeral of my ex-wife Whitney Houston,” Brown, 43, says. “We were seated by security and then subsequently asked to move on three separate occasions. I fail to understand why security treated my family this way and continue to ask us to move.”
The problem then escalated, he says, when security prevented him from seeing his daughter with Houston, Bobby Kristina, who was briefly hospitalized after having a nervous breakdown last week.
“In light of the events, I gave a kiss to the casket of my ex-wife and departed as I refused to create a scene,” he says. “My children are completely distraught over the events.”
Of Houston, whom he wed in 1992 and divorced in 2007 after a rocky, highly publicized relationship, he says he will “continue to pay my respects to my ex-wife the best way I know how.”
“This was a day to honor Whitney,” he adds of the singer, who died last week at 48. “I doubt Whitney would have wanted this to occur.”
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