Whitney & Bobby Reunite For Their Daughter

Recently Freed From Jail, Brown Celebrates Bobbi Kristina's 14th Birthday With Houston

Comments 7

March 5, 2007 | by Amy Bonawitz

(CBS/AP)  Released just last week from jail, troubled singer Bobby Brown and his soon-to-be ex, Whitney Houston, reunited at the posh Beverly Hills eatery Mr. Chow on Sunday with their daughter, Bobbi Kristina, to celebrate her 14th birthday.

Brown and Houston, who are divorcing after 14 years of marriage, left the swanky restaurant Sunday night with their smiling daughter. (To see video on the Web site TMZ, click here.)

But it doesn't look like the pair are headed for a reconciliation. A rep for Houston told The ShowBuzz Monday, "It was simply their daughter's birthday weekend. Two parents spending time with their daughter."

Birthday celebrations aside, times have been tough for Brown. On Friday, Brown and his attorney reneged on a deal that bailed him out of jail Thursday. Now the R&B singer owes nearly $20,000 to the Washington-area radio station that paid his bills.

---

Photos: Whitney Houston

---

The 38-year-old was released after three nights in jail when Hot 99.5 FM paid the $19,150 he owed in back child support on the condition that he appear on the radio show "The Kane Show" for a week.

The plan was that Brown was going to discuss the case and how he could turn his life around during studio appearances beginning Monday. But Brown backed out of an on-air phone interview with the morning show, saying he hadn't agreed to be an employee of the station.

"That wasn't our deal," said Brown, who hung up after Kane pressed him.

"We thought we clearly communicated to Bobby our intentions, but once we had him on the air this morning it was clear that we were not on the same page," said Kane, who goes by one name.

Both the station, which broadcasts in the Washington area, and Brown's attorney decided the deal wasn't in the singer's best interest and that Brown will return the money.

"We feel that there are better things we can do with the money locally," said Kane.

Brown was arrested while he was watching his Bobbi Kristina's cheerleading competition in Massachusetts last week.

Phaedra Parks, Brown's attorney in Atlanta, has said the singer has been struggling to meet monthly payments to Kim Ward, of Stoughton, Mass., the mother of two of his children.

This is latest in a series of child support troubles for Brown, a Boston native best known for the solo hit "Don't Be Cruel."

In 2004, he was sentenced to 90 days in prison for missing three months of payments, but the sentence was suspended after he paid about $15,000. He also paid $11,000 in delinquent child support in October after being threatened with arrest.

© MMVII, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Back To Top