Celebrity | Whitney Houston Bobby Blames Whitney for His Drug Abuse In new book, he also says they married to quell lesbian rumors By Will McCahill Posted Apr 3, 2008 8:30 PM CDT Copied Bobby Brown, center, shares a chuckle with other former members of the group New Edition, Johnny Gill, left, and Ricky Bell in a 2007 photo (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas) Bobby Brown has put his latest salvo at ex-wife Whitney Houston in writing, E! reports, claiming in an upcoming book that she turned him on to cocaine and that their "doomed-from-the-very-beginning" marriage was mainly aimed to quell rumors about her sexuality. Bobby Brown: The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But... hits shelves June 1. Houston, 44, is "sad that Bobby feels the need to say such things," a rep said today, "and will not speak badly about the father of her child even if it's to set the record straight." The oft-incarcerated Brown, 39, writes he "never used cocaine until after I met Whitney." The pair, Grammy winners both, married in 1992 and divorced last year. Read These Next Trumps ends trade talks with Canada. Gavin Newsom has filed a massive lawsuit against Fox News. New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. Supreme Court is a yes on age checks for porn sites. Report an error