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vitac -- bobby brown opens up about his daughter bobbi kristina on "20/20." "the bobby brown story: every little step ♪ tonight on a special "20/20," this is how you first knew bobby brown. ♪ everybody is talking all this stuff about me ♪ >> bobby brown! >> but this is what you're going to see tonight. >> say hi, world. >> unplugged and uncensured. about whitney houston. >> that was the first time hi actually saw her do drugs. >> pointing fingers about the death of bobbi kristina. >> not a mystery to me. i know exactly what happened to my daughter. if i could get two days back. >> this is where it all starts. >> tonight the real story. >> is whitney a

>> always. ♪ mr. telephone man >> the star who went from bubble gum pop to the bad boy 0 who married the pop princess. >> we did it! >> between me and her, it was just -- it was so instant. >> how are you? >> the money. >> people always say that you wanted whitney's money and then after that that you wanted bobbi k kris arizona money. >> are you clean? and the infamous whitney moment. >> we don't do crack. crack is whack. >> crack is whack. crack is whack. there was no reason for her to be on television. >> with a new tell-all book he's telling all. >> don't judge me until you meet me. >> answer answering everything. i can't even believe i'm going to ask you this. "bobby brown:every little step." t

man's roller coaster journey we were all on the sidelines to witness and now the real story from the man himself, bobby brown. nothing off-limits. from his bad boy reputation to, yes, whitney and bobbi kristina. it's all in his new book, "every little step" and it's appropriate because bobby took his very first steps towards star dam own who could forget those dance moves with new edition on the stage at the strand neither and memory-filled places all over boston. >> and we are coming into orchard park. boo-ya. this is where new edition first started. >> bobby brown is going home. >> we are definitely going into the projects. >> to where he grew up. >> this is bobby brown. >> hey, big boy. >> how are you doing. >> or at least trying to. >> this is where my house used to be. this was 116 eustice street where i grew up.

are the same, he's finding you can't go home again, if home's not there. >> the was a tree is gone now, i used to climb it all the time. >> reporter: the climbing-tree is gone, and the boy grew into a man. he's now telling his story about the highs of celebrity, the depths of great loss, and every little step along the way. ♪ >> reporter: boston 1982, and bobby brown and his friends team up for talent night at the strand theater. the boys come in second, but won something even better, the attention of local music producer, maurice starr. he helps polish their moves, record an album in this humble studio, and get a record deal. new edition was born. we went back to the stage where it all began. >> it's this point, this is whe

this is are with -- where it snaps for me. i own this. >> you own the stage? >> and everybody out there is with me. i own this. >> through everything you've been through in your life? >> this is your comfort zone your safety net being on stage? >> yes, yes, ma'am. i can, i can zone out i can forget about everything that is a problem to me i can forget about it right here. >> this was the first step right here. >> this was the biggest step right here. it still sounds the same. still sounds the same. it's so perfect. ♪ baby girl ♪ you are my world ♪ i need your love ♪ each and every day >> reporter: in 1983 new edition got their first taste of success, spinning "candy girl" into their breakthrough number one hit. ♪ soul train >> new edition. >> reporter: the five boys found themselves out of junior high school and up on stage. ladies and gentlemen, new edition. >> the s

bubble gum charm they danced their way to hit after hit. ♪ ronnie, ricky and mike ♪ you got to do it now >> reporter: meanwhile, 200 mile miles away in new jersey, another teenager is about to have her life changed by music as well. a former cover girl named whitney houston has just signed her first major record deal with clive davis' arista records. ♪ i'm saving all my love >> reporter: her 1985 debut album, "whitney", would win the young talent her first grammy. ♪ for you that same year was less of a celebration for bobby brown. his need to be in the center spotlight and ongoing tensions with other members of new edition could no longer be ignored. were you voted out? or did you leave on your own? >> i was voted out of the group because i would do the opposite of what

do. i was my own man at a young age and i just wanted what i wanted. i was still ready to do what i wanted to do and the music i wanted to do. >> he moved to l.a. and finds modest success and admits to selling drugs to get by but when he is matched up with l.a. reit griffin underwood and babyface he final hi finds his sound and voice. >> bobby decides he's going to do a song that really speaks to how he feels about what people say about him and when you see the video and when you see him performing, you say, that's the star and that's a hit single. ♪ everybodys talkin' all this stuff about me why don't they just let me live ♪ ♪ tell me ♪ i don't need permission make my own decisions that's my prerogative ♪

>> i wanted to be raw. i wanted to be in it and wanted to people buy the record because, what, because it's energy. let me out of the cage. >> the cage was new edition? the cage was new edition. the cage was all of the anger built up in me. i had children at this time so it was like, i got to get out there. i got to be successful because i got to feed them. >> reporter: "my prerogative" along with "don't be cruel" and "every little step" helped his album go seven times platinum. he was the it guy of 1989 known for his high energy dancing and living. sometimes offstage excess showed up on stage. as seen at the 1989 mtv video awards. abc's chris connelly was there. >> at some pnt

performance, a vial comes out of his clothes and while he is dancing, he picks up the vial and keeps on going and from that moment on, you sort of thought, i wonder what's going on with bobby brown. >> reporter: what was going on? a lot of indulging in drugs and women. he says, among them, janet jackson and madonna. but there was one story i really couldn't ignore. i can't even believe it when i ask you this, but i have to. >> what? >> you had sex with a ghost? >> a ghost. yeah, yeah. >> come on, man, tell me bit. >> i moved into this house, i bought this mansion in georgia. so it was a spooky place but yes, one time i woke up and, yeah, a ghost. i was being mounted by a ghost. i wasn't high. >> that was my next question. >> i wasn't high. >> tavis my next question. were you tripping. >> no, i was not tripping. >> you've had quite a life. >> i've had

situations. >> are you ready to party? >> reporter: one real girl would turn his head. by literally bumping into it. it was whitney houston, as she stood behind him at the 1989 soul train awards. >> she was bumping into me at soul train. and i was like you keep bumpin' into me. and i kept doing that. and i did it like two or three times. and she kept bumpin' me. and i asked her why. and she was like, because i want to. and that attitude, that whole thing right there, when she did that, that's where it started. >> and so it began. >> yeah, it's where it all began. ♪ oh, i want to dance with somebody ♪ >> reporter: by this time, whitney houston was the reigning pop princess girl-next-door. and he was the bad boy of r&b. a seemingly unlikely match. >> the thing that we have to remind ourselves is that there really was a time when they were on the same level in terms o

their celebrity, and their success and their sales. and that was the moment in which they connected. ♪ whatever you want i'm giving you everything ♪ >> babyface worked with whitney on "i'm your baby tonight" and knew the young couple well. >> people had an idea who they thought whitney was this suburban girl that didn't know anything go being hood you take the cameras away and whitney who was just a sister from the hood and bobby was a brother from the hood. they were crazy about each other. and that was clear. >> reporter: for bobby, this was real love, real fast, and both their lives were about to change. >> between me and her it was just, it was so instant. we were so much like each other. that it made sense. >> when we come back, you ready to talk about whitney? a surprise on their wedding day. >> that was the first time i had actually saw her do drugs.

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>> announcer: "20/20" continues with bobby brown: "every little step." ♪ i will always love you >> reporter: it was the song that would change everything. the year is 1992, and pop diva, whitney houston, is about to take her career in a new uncharted direction making her acting debut alongside box office superstar kevin costner. >> you don't look like a bodyguard. >> what did you expect? >> well, i don't know, maybe a tough guy. >> reporter: offscreen, her seemingly unlikely relationship with bobby brown is about to change as well. >> i said, "you sure you wanna marry me?" and i had the ring on my finger. and it was just like, "yeah." >> and you wenol

asked her -- her dad before. >> yeah, i definitely asked him before. he wanted to see how much i had in my bank account. >> and how much did you have in your bank -- >> i had lots of -- lots of money in my bank account. >> so he knew that you weren't in it for the money? >> nah, because i had way more money than she did cashwise. >> reporter: three months later, the couple gets married. >> we did it. >> i wanna show you a picture. wedding day. when you see this picture, what do you see? >> happiness. i think we were both happy. i was deeply in love with her. and, you know, for the rest of my life, i think i will have that feeling towards her because she was that -- that -- that one person that knew me, that one person that had no judgment. >> now you broke tradition a little bit and saw her before the wedding. >> uh-huh. well, that was the first time i had actually saw her do drugs.

>> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: bobby says in his upcoming book, he found his bride-to-be, quote, "hunched over a bureau snorting a line of coke." he says she offered him a hit but he didn't indulge at that moment. >> what went through your mind when you saw that? >> she wasn't that. you know what i'm saying? the drugs wasn't her. she did drugs, but drugs didn't do her. she knew how to handle herself. it only made me, you know, love and wanna protect her more. >> people said to me the one thing that they heard over and over again, that you were the one that led whitney to heavy drug use, that you were the one. >> it wasn't me that started her. i take my part, and i take it hard for me even being a part of it, but we all have our own

minds, and some of us are stronger than others. >> reporter: that was their lives in private. in public, the young couple glowed with promise at "the bodyguard" movie premiere. the song "i will always love you" sent whitney houston, already a superstar, into the stratosphere. ♪ "the bodyguard" soundtrack topped every chart and would go on to become an international phenomenon selling over 45 million albums and winning nearly every award. >> the winner is -- >> whitney. >> whitney. >> whitney houston. >> it was that record i think that kind of solidified her forever. >> reporter: and more good news. in march 1993 bobby and whitney welcomed their precious baby girl, bobbi kristina brown, into the spotlight and their impressive 12,000-square-foot home featuring an initial encrusted pool, recording studio and --

room. >> the great room? >> the great room. >> because when you enter it everybody says what a great room. ♪ >> reporter: meanwhile, for bobby, his new music is a disappointing follow-up to his earlier success with "my prerogative." >> the one thing that we knew about bobby brown was it was really hard when someone else was getting attention. really hard. now all of a sudden he's married to the biggest star in the pop universe. ♪ it's not right but it's okay ♪ i wanna make it anyway >> reporter: bobby maintains he was never jealous of whitney's success. the former front man becomes her "plus one" on the red carpet. >> does whitney always treat you this good? >> you want to answer that whitney? >> always! >> reporter: yet, she often seemed to be dimming her star for him. >> honey, this one is for you, the original r&b king.

i love you! >> singer bobby brown arrested again -- >> after his dui conviction. >> i'm going to give you some time. >> reporter: at that time the only headlines bobby was grabbing were for less than stellar behavior. his multiple arrests ranging from marijuana possession to drunk driving and various parole violations solidify his bad boy image. >> bobby brown. >> reporter: but whitney stands by her man. >> happy to have your husband back, ma'am? >> reporter: they recorded their first duet ♪ we have something in common yes we do yes we do ♪ >> reporter: sadly, they also share escalating drug use. bobby says they would lock themselves in one wing of the house getting high while daughter bobbi kristina was cared for by nannies. >> you all were in the throes of drug use. did you ever do it in front of her? >> no, never. >> but she probably had to have known. >> never. i alys

let her see me or my wife in that type of situation, in that type of feeling. i mean it's hard when you're doing it every day, you know. it's really hard. >> reporter: the world was beginning to take notice. >> all right, all right, all right. >> i had whitney and bobby in front of me outside of the "vanity fair" party one year and she'd speak in this really staccato way, and they'd like be looking around like this and she'd say kind of off-the-wall things, like, "we're in it to win it." >> at a certain point, when you're using drugs, you don't know that the outside people that are seeing you. >> people remember vividly, my colleague and friend, diane sawyer. crack is whack. >> wow. >> crack is whack. >> first of all, let's get one thing straight. crack is cheap. i make too much money to ever smoke crack. let's get that straight. okay? we don't do crack. we don't do that. crack is whack.

>> people cannot let that go. >> diane sawyer, i love her, love her, love her. just bad timing. bad timing. we both needed to get away from what we were doing. there was no reason for her to be on television at that time. >> reporter: when we come back, the off-screen reality show that the cameras never caught. >> you did admit in the book that you did strike her once. >> yes, i did. >> announcer: next.

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>> announcer: this special edition of "20/20" dins. once again, robin roberts. ♪ how will i know if he really loves me ♪ >> reporter: after two decades of stardom, whitney houston is now pursuing what would once have been unheard of for a celebrity of her status. >> lord, i just wanna be a real person. >> reporter: it's 2005, and she's now appearing on a reality show with her husband and daughter, "being bobby brown." ♪ get down >> they work for me. >> anyone who ever, like,

ban" -- >>. ♪ o say can you see >> or "the greatest love of all" or "one moment in time" or "i will always love you," we just all join hands and pretend that "being bobby brown" never happened. >> hell to the no. >> that show didn't help anybody's image whatsoever. that show was like a wakeup call. >> bobby! >> reporter: judgment might come into question when i think of "being bobby brown." >> uh-huh. >> your little girl was about 11. that was a lot -- >> for her to deal with. >> reporter: yes. >> yes. >> reporter: that's a lot. >> there was -- so many things -- that i don't know that were so bad. >> reporter: you said that you felt that as you as parents you and whitney failed bobbi kris. that, as parents, you failed her. >> yeah. we shoulda been better. we could have been better. at such a young age for us both to have -- any and everything that we wanted was a blessing and a curse. >> reporter: a curse, because money for drugs was never a problem for the couple. in his book, bobby brown admits

and heroin, in addition to alcohol. when was the drug use at its height with you and whitney? >> the last few years of our marriage, it was terrible. both of us, you know, trying to be clean or one of us trying to be clean and the other one don't wanna be clean. it's a big struggle. >> reporter: bobby credits his time behind bars with helping him with sobriety. >> i had to be put in jail in order to, you know, get the monkey off my back. >> reporter: are you clean? >> i'm clean from narcotics, yes. i haven't done narcotics in 10, 12 years. alcohol has been a problem. i go back often to reboot, but [ bleep ], that's life. everybody drinks. sometimes i drink. >> reporter: what is the one thing that is said about you that is not true that just you want to put an end to? >> a woman beater, they've said that i've harmed whitney. that i was, you know, violent

towards her. >> reporter: your ex said you spit on her. >> mm, that never happened. >> he spit on me. actually spit on me. and my daughter was coming down the stairs and she saw that. and that was pretty intense. >> it was just lies. i've never been a violent man towards a woman ever. >> reporter: but you did admit in the book that you did strike her once. >> yes, i did. me at the time trying to maintain a sobriety, and the person that you're in a relationship is not goin' along with it. it was rough. >> reporter: according to this 2003 incident report, police found a bruise on whitney houston's cheek and a cut lip. but she refused to press charges, and the next day whitney was singing -- ♪ a natural woman >> reporter: -- and standing by bobby's side. >> we're still together. >> reporter: but it wouldn't last long. he says whitney just wouldn't stop using, and that in 2006, that's what ultimately led to the end of their 14 years of marriage. >> she just wasn't ready to go that direction. >> reporter: bobby says he

divorce. and people always come back to money with you, in saying that you wanted whitney's money. >> i've been rich since i was 17. i came into the marriage with money, left the marriage with nothing. ♪ and i'm not afraid to try it on my own ♪ >> reporter: meanwhile, whitney houston was trying life on her own. and in search of a comeback. ♪> and when she appeared on "good morning america" in 2009, she was excited. it was her first televised performance in seven years. what has it meant for you to be back here on stage? >> i'm overwhelmed. the love, the support, your prayers mean so much to me. >> reporter: a now grown-up bobbi kristina would make a rare public appearance singing with her mother. ♪ clap your hands >> reporter: but the celebration would not last.

it's grammy weekend 2012, and right from the onset, there are signs of trouble. whitney houston barges into the middle of a tv interview with her mentor, clive davis. >> come say hi to your godfather. >> reporter: video taken later that night shows whitney leaving a club looking distressed and exhausted. she had just appeared on stage with singer kelly price. ♪ >> reporter: we now know this is whitney houston's final performance, "jesus loves me." >> breaking news -- >> the death of singing star -- whitney houston. >> reporter: saturday afternoon, february 11th, 2012. whitney houston is discovered partially submerged in the bathtub of her los angeles hotel room. according to the autopsy report, cocaine use contributed to whitney's accidental drowning. that night bobby brown is on tour wh

edition in mississippi. he breaks down on stage. >> all: bobby, bobby, bobby. >> i love you, whitney. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the next evening, at the grammys, jennifer hudson helps the world mourn in song. ♪ i will always love you ♪ i will always love >> reporter: when we come back, were there red flags that bobbi kristina was following in her mother's footsteps and the mysterious man in their final day. >> there's only one person that was around both occasions. i won't say his name. >> reporter: coming up. ♪ ♪

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>> announcer: this special edition of "20/20" continues. once again, robin roberts. ♪ >> reporter: february 18th, 2012, family and friends gather to say goodbye to whitney houston. missing from the pews, the brown family. >> the funeral for whitney, you walking out. >> uh-huh. >> can you explain why you did that? >> well basically, me and my kids were being disrespected by the security that was there. >> reporter: ongoing tension between the brown and houston families spilled over outside when they ran into bobbi kristina. >> the police said, "if you go near her, we're gonna have to arrest you." "what? you're gonna arrest me for trying to console my sister?"

>> i'm the father of my daughter, who's going through something, and i wasn't allowed to be there for my child. >> reporter: after whitney's death, father and daughter grew further apart. when bobby tied the knot with longtime friend etheredge in june, 2012, bobbi kristina was noticeably absent. she also became distant from other family members. >> if anything, it was very difficult to get in touch with her. facebook, twitter, instagram. i tried to contact her every possible way. >> reporter: bobbi kristina struggled to find her way. she was treated for stress and anxiety. reports of alleged drug use surfaced. her siblings feared she was lost and vulnerable. you don't seem too enthused. what's the matter? >> yes, i am very happy. >> only people that failed her were the houstons because those are the people that was supposed to make sure she was okay. >> reporter: bobby jr. says his sister's appearance on the houstons' reality show so soon after her mother's death, further exploited her pain. >> why can't nick go?

>> you guys are so on each other. >> like even pat houston doing that tv show and like knowing my sister's not in the correct mind state, does anybody realize that's malicious? she was being manipulated. >> reporter: pat houston, whitney's manager and sister-in-law, declined to comment. but the brown family believed bobbi kristina was being manipulated by another person, nick gordon. >> never really knew nick. i met him twice. neither times did i get a good feeling about him. >> reporter: gordon was rumored to be whitney's adopted son. bobbi kristina called him "her brother." after whitney's death, the couple claimed to be much more. >> i'm married, and we're fine. we're really, really very ppy. he is my backbone. >> reporter: there have been no legal documents to prove that the couple ever married. but the other man in her life,

her father, says bobbi kristina reached out to him in 2014 for an emotional reunion on father's day. >> you said that you -- you hadn't seen each other in a while because you were a bit estranged. you all hugged each other when you saw each other in the restaurant and that you -- was kind of like old times. >> that was a special day. >> hi. >> you guys look so happy. i love the daddy and me moment, yo. it's a beautiful thing. >> thank you. >> reporter: bobby says things were going so well that bobbi kristina decided to move to los angeles to be closer to him, but that move would never happen. >> a 21-year-old female in the bathtub face down. pd is en route. >> reporter: on january 31st, 2015, just two days, he says, before his daughter was to head to l.a., she was found lifeless in a bathtub at her georgia home. >> she was found unresponsive.

>> painfully reminiscent of her mother's death. >> reporter: reports label bobbi kristina's accident a mystery. but bobby had his suspicions. >> it's not a mystery to me. i know exactly what happened to my daughter. the same thing that happened to my daughter is what happened to whitney. there's only one person that was around both occasions. >> you won't say his name. nick gordon is who you're referring to. >> i won't say his name. >> reporter: for six months, while bobbi kristina lay in a coma, reports surfaced of the browns and the houstons fighting over her care and control of her financial estate. when bobby spoke at a concert saying her condition had improved. >> my baby's awake. >> reporter: his motives were questioned. >> you announced at the concert, "my baby girl is awake." was she? >> she was definitely following me when i walked around the room, when i talked to her.

and getting better to me. >> reporter: sadly bobbi kristina passed away on july 26th, 2015. >> the last thing i told her, i just said, "let go." i said, "it's okay. you can go with your mom. daddy'll be all right." >> "you can rest now." >> "i love you. you can rest." the hardest thing i had to do in my life was tell my daughter to let go. i don't wish that on my worst enemy. that is the worst pain in the world. >> reporter: her official cause of death was lobar pneumonia due to drowning and a toxic cocktail of drugs in her system. she was buried alongside her mother. >> i just didn't feel like she was there anymore.

just felt like someone was -- something was always in the way like pulling her away. >> i hate to say it but two days. if i had those two days back, i'd have went and got her instead of waiting for her to come to me. i would've went and got her if i knew. >> what two days are you referring to? >> the two days before what happened to my daughter. she was to come out here to los angeles with me. if i could get those -- two days back -- my daughter would be here.

back. >> reporter: a father, grieving for his daughter, putting his faith in the legal system to get justice for his baby girl. >> i'll let the d.a. do what he has to do. >> reporter: no criminal charges have been filed, but bobby has joined his daughter's estate in filing a $10 million wrongful death civil suit against nick gordon. gordon's attorneys called the lawsuit "meritless." they say nick, too, is "heartbroken and destroyed over the loss" of bobbi kristina. they also referred us to his recent comments on dr. phil. >> he hurt his own daughter, not me. i was the one there for her while she was going through everything dealing with him not being there, and he tries to put the blame on somebody else. no, it's just ridiculous. >> did you murder bobbi kristina brown? >> no.

>> reporter: bobby reflects on his greatest loss of all. >> whitney and bobbi kris. >> yes. >> buried side by side. but you haven't been to the gravesite. >> no. i don't like graves. i don't like cemeteries. i just don't. >> you don't feel like you need to be there to be with them? >> they're with me. they're here. they're not in there. they're right here. >> reporter: coming up, did anyone say to you, you're marrying this guy. >> oh, yeah, please. >> a new wife, a new life. stay with us. i heard hybrids drive like golf carts. i need more power. the all-new rav4 hybrid has 194 net horsepower. don't blow a gasket, just trust the math. well good because i can't stand needy cars.

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>> announcer: "20/20" begins with bobby brown, "every little step." >> reporter: at home with bobby brown -- >> say "hi, world." sa

>> reporter: -- and the newest edition to his family, his daughter bodhi, nicknamed yum yum because she loves to eat everything. >> we're gonna show some pictures. >> reporter: you've got a >> thank you so much. >> -- beautiful home. >> reporter: with classic signs of a family home -- drawings hanging on the fridge -- his son cassius gives us a tour. >> when i was like this tall and this tall and then this tall and then this tall. >> reporter: outside, bobby's granddaughter nilaan plays on the trampoline. inside surrounded by photographs of the present and music awards from the past. i knew you'd have a piano. how'd i know you'd have a piano? >> got a piano. um, i don't play very well but -- >> reporter: i couldn't help but take a moment to play myself. wait, wait, wait -- didn't do that right. ♪ we all have sorries ♪ lean on me

>> reporter: someone bobby truly leans on is his wife alicia. together they await the birth of their third child. what do you want people to know about your husband that they don't know? , boy.t they don't know? >> what? >> well, he has good days and bad days, and he struggles like everybody else, and he gets on his knees and he prays, and he asks for support and help, and he has really strong faith. and i don't think they know that about him. >> reporter: support is something alicia is ready to give bobby as he continues to battle his self-admitted problem with alcohol. and how do you help him with his sobriety? >> when you're living with somebody who has fought so many addictions and has come so far and then you see there is still something holding them back, and there is still something weighing them down, and there is still something that is not allowing them to be their best, you just want to help them and support them any way you can. so i'm learning, obviously, with this process how to be supportive, how not to enable

any possible way but -- >> don't judge. >> yeah, the judging is definitely a new way for me. so it's like, "don't you just get that you don't do that?" it's not that easy. it's a disease, and you have to learn how to handle that. >> reporter: their partnership in marriage extends to business as alicia has been bobby's manager since 2008. so give me the five-year plan for bobby brown. >> bobby really wants to do a lot more acting, which, i mean, he's great at. and i don't see why he hasn't. obviously he's had some ups and downs that he needed to get out of the way. but he still has an album or two i think left in him. >> i'm do -- i'm not doin' two. i'm probably gonna do one more album. >> he loves music so much. and there is some great producers around that we have worked with prior and new ones that are really happy that he's working on his sobriety, but also his fitness and just bein' in that frame where he could write good music. >> reporter: as a manager and as

his wife, are there ever any conflicts between business, family, you know, wearing the two hats? >> not -- yes, there is always conflict at times that arises. and i think it's just when the two overlap. >> i know my industry. i know what i do, you know, as far as entertainment is concerned, but to be told by -- [ laughter ] >> he's like, "shut up." >> -- this one over here how to perform or what songs to do on my set is, like, "will you shut up. i know what songs to do. >> i just get so excited. i'm in the arena with you. that's it. >> reporter: bobby is currently touring and showing it's still his prerogative. ♪ my prerogative ♪ it's the way that want to be it's my prerogative ♪ >> it's what i love to do is entertain. i love to be on stage, i love to see the reaction on people's face when i do a certain thing. if i see you having a good time, then i'm gonna have a good time and i'm gonna do my best to entertain you.

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at our house. he's amazing. many people might not know that but he loves being in the kitchen. he has a food line that i'm very proud of because i worked very hard with him. >> but what is bobby most proud of? >> the great part of me. >> i'm proud of my dad a love, the strength. >> i got to learn how to be a man from my dad, whether i learn from watching what not to do or from what i should do. >> he's a great performer. great singer, great composer and a great father. >> father's day is just around the corner, but someone is missing. this is his first father's day without bobbi kristina. >> this will be my first father's day so it does definitely have a different meaning. >> we've had loss but we've had joy and so we try to hold on to the joy to get us through the loss because there's a reason for everything and we know that we have a lot of angel

us. >> yes. >> holding on and taking every little step forward that he can. >> i'm happy. might be tears coming out of my eyes, but i'm very happy right now. i have a beautiful wife. beautiful do something else great. god ain't finished with me yet. >> bobby's new book is available for preorder right now. as you can see he's still a man finding his way from grief to grace. thanks for leon:

tonight's primary results making history. leon: breaking news in the race for the white house, it is the end of the road when it comes to primaries. polls in california have closed. alison: