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Don’t blame me for Whitney’s death, Bobby Brown says

(Reuters) – Whitney Houston’s ex-husband Bobby

Brown struck back at claims he was responsible for getting the pop star hooked on drugs or that he somehow played a role in

her cocaine-fueled death in February.

Bobby Brown (R) leaves the funeral 

service of ex-wife, pop singer Whitney Houston, at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey February 18, 2012. 

REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Bobby

Brown (R) leaves the funeral service of ex-wife, pop singer Whitney Houston, at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New

Jersey February 18, 2012. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

“I’m not the one that got Whitney on drugs, at all,”

Brown said in an interview to be aired this week on the “Today” show on U.S. television network NBC.

“I’m not the

reason she’s gone,” he added.

Houston, 48, was found dead in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub on February11 from what

authorities called accidental drowning brought on by cocaine use and heart disease. White powder and drug paraphernalia were

found in the bathroom where she died.

The singer had spoken publicly about a long battle with cocaine, marijuana and

crack, particularly during her tempestuous 15-year marriage to Brown. They divorced in 2007, but some fans and members of

Houston’s family have blamed Brown for her untimely death.

In his first TV interview since the singer died, Brown,

43, told “Today” show host Matt Lauer that he had been off drugs for seven years and was hurt to hear that Houston had been

using cocaine.

“I was hurt … because, you know, me being off of narcotics for the last seven years – I felt that she

was, you know, I didn’t know she was struggling with it still. But at the same time, you know – listen, it’s a hard fight,”

he said.

Brown said drugs were part of Houston’s life before he met her in 1991. “I smoked weed, I drank the beer,

but no, I wasn’t the one that got Whitney on drugs at all,” he said.

“So this was a part of her life before you and

she got together?” Lauer asked.

“Way, way before. Yeah … It’s just, it’s just unexplainable – how one could, you

know, (say that I) got her addicted to drugs. I’m not the reason she’s gone,” Brown replied.

Brown said Houston had

a “glow about her” when he last saw her about a week before she died. He was at a restaurant having dinner with their

daughter, Bobbi Kristina.

“She just looked like she was in a good place,” he said about the “I Will Always Love You”

singer.

The interview will be aired on “Today” show on Wednesday and Thursday.

Brown turned up for Houston’s

funeral in New Jersey but left before the service started saying he felt unwanted and disrespected.

Six weeks after

Houston died, Brown was arrested and charged in Los Angeles with drunk driving and driving on a suspended license. Brown has

pleaded not guilty.

(Reporting By Jill Serjeant)

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