‘Mom wanted this’— Bobbi Kristina slams critics over marriage to “brother”
Whitney Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina and Nick Gordon have spoken out for the first time about the criticism surrounding their recent marriage, saying the row has made their relationship stronger.
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The couple, who the singer brought up as brother and sister for 12 years before her death in 2012, spoke to Extra to set the record straight about their romance.
Bobbi, 20, is Whitney's daughter by singer Bobby Brown, but Nick, 24, was brought into the family as a 12-year-old and was never officially adopted.
Nick told Extra the criticism of their marriage, 'put a fire in us,' to which Bobbi added, 'It lit a fire up under our ass and we went hauling.'
Nick explained, 'The critics can say whatever they want to say… it's like we have a force field and that is just bouncing off it.'
Nick said: 'Me calling [Whitney] mom, this is where everybody gets the…” Bobbi injected, 'Brother and sister…' Nick added, “We were young. Krissy looked at me as an older brother, and I looked at her as a little sister.'
Nick continued, “She [Whitney] just treated me like she gave birth to me. She treated me like a son. Excuse me for saying this; she treated me better than my birth mother. I owe everything to her”.
Their romance blossomed after Whitney's death at the tragically young age of 49 but the couple told Extra that it was something she would have wanted.
“She made me promise several times to look after Krissy” Nick said. “And, Mom, I will never ever, ever break that promise”.
Bobbi agreed: “She wanted this. This is something she wanted to see”.
The two also dispelled rumours that Whitney's mother Cissy Houston disapproves of their marriage, which they announced on Twitter on January 9.
Bobbi also revealed that her relationship with father Bobby Brown is on an even keel.
“We have a relationship. It's a good one right now. At a point in time, we didn’t even have that. I love my father more than anything.” she stated.