Bobby Brown Talks About The Day Whitney Houston Died On ‘Ellen’

Bobby Brown has followed up his sitdown with Matt Lauer on the Today Show with the news that The Masterpiece, his first album in 15 years, will arrive this summer. Naturally, this provides a great opportunity for other talks shows to invite Brown on to talk about his late ex-wife, Whitney Houston.

For instance, Bobby chatted with Ellen DeGeneres today about the fact that he chose to go on with a scheduled New Edition gig in Mississippi upon finding out about Whitney’s death in February. “Of course I tried to get a flight [to Los Angeles], I tried to rent a jet,” he said. “But it was impossible.”

Ellen suggested that people perhaps didn’t understand how he could go on performing after finding out the news. But the singer, who is now engaged to be married again, explained that going forward with the concert is exactly what Whitney would have wanted him to do.

“We are performers,” Brown said. “That’s what we did. That’s what we do. She would want the best for me.”

Bobby told Ellen the thing he’ll miss about his ex-wife is her voice. “We get to hear it every day, but just to see her sing was amazing,” he said. “Because where she came from with it was amazing. That’s what I’m going to miss.”

Brown’s full interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show airs later today.