It’s challenging enough being the child of a famous person, but having a family history of drug addiction can make things too much to bear
As Bobbi Kristina Brown remains in a medically induced coma after being found unresponsive in the bath at her home in Atlanta on 31 January, the internet is having a field day. Noting that her mother, Whitney Houston, died in her bath three years ago almost to the day, commenters have drawn parallels between the drug-addicted superstar and her daughter, who has had a rocky time since Houston’s death. Pictures have surfaced of Krissy, as she’s known, using a bong and apparently taking cocaine, the inference being that the 21-year-old is sinking into the same half-life of addiction and depression that claimed Houston.
The photos weren’t new. Krissy has been labelled “troubled” since the day after her mother died, when she collapsed from anxiety and was taken to hospital. Subsequently, pictures emerged of her using drugs, and when she got engaged in 2012 to Nick Gordon – her self-described “big brother” whom Houston had informally adopted when he was 12 – it was seen as further evidence of her deterioration. Recent tweets in which she sounded lonely (“On my own” ... “miss you mommy SO much”, she wrote) have been interpreted as a cry for help.
Related: Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston, rushed to hospital
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As Bobbi Kristina Brown remains in a medically induced coma after being found unresponsive in the bath at her home in Atlanta on 31 January, the internet is having a field day. Noting that her mother, Whitney Houston, died in her bath three years ago almost to the day, commenters have drawn parallels between the drug-addicted superstar and her daughter, who has had a rocky time since Houston’s death. Pictures have surfaced of Krissy, as she’s known, using a bong and apparently taking cocaine, the inference being that the 21-year-old is sinking into the same half-life of addiction and depression that claimed Houston.
The photos weren’t new. Krissy has been labelled “troubled” since the day after her mother died, when she collapsed from anxiety and was taken to hospital. Subsequently, pictures emerged of her using drugs, and when she got engaged in 2012 to Nick Gordon – her self-described “big brother” whom Houston had informally adopted when he was 12 – it was seen as further evidence of her deterioration. Recent tweets in which she sounded lonely (“On my own” ... “miss you mommy SO much”, she wrote) have been interpreted as a cry for help.
Related: Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston, rushed to hospital
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 8 hours ago.