Throwback Fridays: Remember When Bobby Brown Used To Date Janet Jackson?

Sandra Rose May 14, 2010

I had no clue that singer Bobby Brown dated Janet Jackson until I read an excerpt in his autobiography “Being Bobby Brown: The Truth and Nothing But …”

“I can recall that I started drinking heavily when Janet Jackson and I broke up. Before I met Janet I would never drink hard liquor, I only drank beer. But after our break up, I started drinking hard liquor abundantly. I took the way our relationship ended very hard. Not to say we were head over heels in love, but she was someone I had a lot of feelings for. Besides, we were young and naive. I was only about 19 or 20 years old. Young love is no joke!”

Thanks to loyal reader Lisa Jackson for sending this scan of a now defunct Fresh magazine featuring lovebirds Bobby and Janet on the cover!

BROWNSUGAPOET

I know Janet hates to admit she even went there!
Ebony

No the fu@k I don’t
http://snailmymail.com The Doll

lol@ brownsuga. I 2nd that.
Man, I just don’t care™

Janet Jackson ruins lives.
FloridaChick813

Uhhhh, NO i dont remember that!!!!!!!!!!

What in thee h3ll?????? Thist mustv’e been before my time
pointhimout

she’s dangerous, that janet jackson. funny. you just had to know she was someone very special and to lose that….wow. her family probably frowned on that big time, followed by threats of ass whoopins from joe to her or bobby, didn’t matter who got it first. get in line.

Sandra, you didn’t tell me that Lisa Wu Hartwell’s former manse in St Marlo is on the market now for $1.1M. nice. very nice crib. I’m going off memory, but I believe the value was at one point close to or slightly over 3M.
Ebony

In his prime Bobby could get the hot pocket. After Whitney is when he lost his appeal
Ebony

@ Man

Why don’t you on fridays?
Man, I just don’t care™

@EBONY
“In his prime Bobby could get the hot pocket. After Whitney is when he lost his appeal ”
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Whitney brought Bobby down.
BROWNSUGAPOET

I think Bobby was in a drug induced state because surely she couldn’t, wouldn’t, didn’t! there are drugs you can take that make you become delusional
Krysi J

Bobby was aiight nah….not bad at all

anyhoo….he sounds like Wayne….a lil too emotional, and in LOVE with everybody.
Val

JANET WAS QUITE THE LIL FREAK BACK N DAY ….
AprilRain

No Sandi,,,I don’t remember. I was 10…. She looks the same to me, him, not so much, lol. Is he blaming her for his addictions? Or did I read it wrong?
Man, I just don’t care™

@EBONY

I and any and all times that I can.

Krysi J said that she doesn’t hump on Fridays so, being a “gentlemen” and chit, I offered to wait ’till Saturday morning.
OutsidetheBox

I could be at home watching Good Times.
iciaantica

Since I’m onlyy 19 I wouldn’t remember…but gosh I would have never put these two together…Janet made her ’rounds didnt she!
Ebony

@ Man
Ebony

@ Man
Val

Im more intertested in knowing the secret to hammers happiness
BROWNSUGAPOET

Man your stock has just moved up!
AprilRain

@iciaantica-Are you a newbie?
BROWNSUGAPOET

April i don’t think she’s a newbie
pointhimout

I bet hammer’s happiness was pre-$30mm loss and not post.
AprilRain

@Brown, my bad
BROWNSUGAPOET

Bobby wouldn’t be kissin me with those crusty lips!
iciaantica

Thanks I’m not a newbie…only been on a couple months tho…I feel out the loop since I rarely post
BROWNSUGAPOET

They got to be nice and soft just like mine!
AprilRain

He looks like MC Hammer! LMAO
FloridaChick813

BRown, please see the CELEBS OUT AND ABOUT post

Thanks
AprilRain

@iciaantica, Ok then, well welcome back! lol
qtipthecat

I wanted to see Slick Rick expose himself.
AprilRain

@qtip-maybe he removes his patch!!!
CivilEngineer

Must have been before my time
Ms. Thickness

DON’T REMEMBER THAT I WAS 11 IN 1990
BROWNSUGAPOET

I aint sayin how old i was in 1990 and i still dont remember that. I guess I missed that issue of fresh but then again if it was Right On I wasn’t readin it!
Mother Jefferson

That pic looks like Janet was working on Rhythm Nation. Janet was gettin it in with Rene when that album came out and they got married in 1991.

Bobby must have been drinking bc he knew that was just a PR relationship!
Ebony

I was 5 in 1990
Man, I just don’t care™

@ICIAANTICA says:

Thanks I’m not a newbie…only been on a couple months tho…I feel out the loop since I rarely post
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It’s customary for people who have only been on a few months to email out naked pics…

..Or so I’ve been told.
Krysi J

Krysi J said that she doesn’t hump on Fridays so, being a “gentlemen” and chit, I offered to wait ’till Saturday morning.
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CHIIIiiiiiIIIIIllleeee

How bout you Ebony instead!

I was 9 in 1990, I didn’t know about that either, but hell I never saw “Purple Rain” either, so……..I probably missed a lot of shyt in the 90’s !! To busy racing my homeboys, and riding my bike I guess

but now that I am grown and I see that they were together…I could see why….Janet likes the bad boys, yall know that.
BROWNSUGAPOET

OMG KRYSI YOU HAVEN’T SEEN PURPLE RAIN!?!?!?!?!

OK YOU KNOW I CAN BE OUT THERE RIGHT, WELL THERE’S THIS SCENE WITH PRINCE AND APPALONIA GETTIN READY TO GET IT ON AND I’VE ALWAYS BEEN INTO MUSIC WELL BAYBEEEE THE MUSIC HE WAS PLAYIN IN THE BACKGROUND…….POP GOES THE WEASEL!
Ebony

@ Krysi J

Folk, you haven’t seen Purple Rain

And don’t be trying to pass @ Man off on me. Ill have him when I want him
Ebony

@ Krysi J

The 1st smiley was supposed to be a
Krysi J

OK YOU KNOW I CAN BE OUT THERE RIGHT, WELL THERE’S THIS SCENE WITH PRINCE AND APPALONIA GETTIN READY TO GET IT ON AND I’VE ALWAYS BEEN INTO MUSIC WELL BAYBEEEE THE MUSIC HE WAS PLAYIN IN THE BACKGROUND…….POP GOES THE WEASEL!

Folk, you haven’t seen Purple Rain
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HELL NAW…..last time I said this shyt bout 20 comments got posted on how lame I was for not seeing it……….I refuse to be verbally abused again

I’ve never actually been a prince fan *dodges dishes and tomatoes* all I remember from the 90’s is

R.Kelly
SWV
Guy
Jodeci
Keith Sweat
Aaliyah
TLC
Tevin Campbell
Toni Braxton
Johnnie Gill
ABC
Boys II MEn
Monica
BBD
Brandy
a few one hit wonders

ALLLLLLLL THE MOVIES *even the ones grown ups wouldn’t let me watch*
Elementary, Middle School, and the beginning of High School in 1996

didn’t I tell yall niccahs I was a TOM BOY…climbing trees and sHYT, why else would I be a virgin until 18!!! CUZ I DIDN’T SEE PURPLE RAIN!!!
Krysi J

Oh and how can I forget TUPAC and BigGIE

Snoop and Dre

Death Row, and BAD BOY BEEF——–that took a turn for the worst

ITs ALL SUGE FAULT!!!

He got shot 3 days before my birthday and he died 3 days later …I ain been the same since…they announced his death on the radio during my 15th Birthday party…….
Ebony

@ Krysi J

I’m not going to talk shyt cause you haven’t seen Purple Rain, but I am taking your black card away *yank*
Ebony

@ Krysi J

My bday on Sept 22. I’m a virgo/ libra
Krysi J

but I am taking your black card away *yank*
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NOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo, whyYYYYyyyyy I made up for lost time

I saw BELLY!!!! that should count for SOMETHING!

matter fact I saw all the “G” movies….fukk a PURPLE RAIN, takes black card back *yank*

*mumbling*

ain nobody tryna see that soft az cotton SHYT!
Krysi J

@ Ebony …Sept 10

how fukked up is that….Tupac died…..Osama blowing up shyt….too MUCH!
Ebony

@ Krysi J

How dare you speak of the Purple one like that you didn’t know Prince is the most Gangsta Ni@@a

My sis in law bday is Sept 11 and my hubby is Sept 14
qtipthecat

My birthday is Sep 23rd
Ebony

@ qtipthecat
Krysi J

@ Ebony

See that’s why we crazy (virgos)
http://thecubiclechick.com STLVixen

Bobby’s memory is shady at best. I do not believe he and Janet were an item. This photo above looks like they were asked to pose together, not on a date.
Daisy

I saw Purple rain and was still a virgin at 18
http://charactercorner.blogspot.com attorneymom

**crickets**
http://twitter.com/dckim74 dcwife1622

@ Ebony #46

We have the same birthday
lnp03

I have this magazine! I used to read Fresh every month. I am showing my age. LOL