(CNN) — After a pair of major documentaries and a Lifetime TV movie devoted to the late Whitney Houston, “The Bobby Brown Story” – based on his autobiography – feels a bit like a reclamation project, one that puts a more Brown-friendly spin on the couple’s history. That doesn’t invalidate a BET miniseries that offers lots of music and doses of nostalgia, but it feels more like an old (and at times self-serving) edition, not a new one. Speaking of New Edition, the hectic first hour skips over much of Brown’s early biography – including his New Edition years. In that, it’s essentially structured as a companion to BET’s earlier miniseries about the group, with Woody McClain, as Brown, reprising his role from that production. As a result, “Bobby Brown” feels as if it’s racing to get to his successful solo career and relationship with Houston. In between, Brown anoints his brother (Mekhi Phifer) as his manager, engages in a torrid affair with Janet Jackson and generally reaps the traditional rewards from stardom, down to delaying the “Ghostbusters” shoot while he entertains groupies in his trailer. The story becomes a bit more complicated when Brown begins his whirlwind relationship with Houston (Gabrielle Dennis), who he woos, as his brother notes, immediately after swearing off any more entanglements with other famous musical stars. Not surprisingly, the treatment here is much kinder to Brown regarding the friction in their lives, while practically reducing Houston’s close friend Robyn Crawford to mean-governess status – glaring from the sidelines and at one point telling Brown, “I was here before you, and I will be here after you.” Yet if “The Bobby Brown Story” doesn’t quite qualify as a “warts and all” portrayal – ignoring, for example, reports that Brown grew resentful of his wife’s success – it’s still plenty warty – dealing with Brown’s drug use and a stint in jail, during which he became clean and sober, at least for a time, before the eventual split with Houston. “Before I met you, they loved me,” Houston snaps at him during one of their frequent fights, as the tabloid headlines pile up. The two-part production fares best when it’s reveling in the music, offering a reminder that Brown had a life and career that went beyond the tragedies involving Houston and their daughter, Bobbi Kristina. Perhaps inevitably, the second night becomes a rather morbid affair down the stretch, chronicling those losses as well as the deaths of Brown’s parents. Despite the demands of a story filled with so much melodrama, McClain – reunited with the key members of the “New Edition” creative team – proves a solid anchor, convincingly playing Brown across a wide span of years. As for the spin that Brown’s cooperation brings to this version of events that doesn’t comport with previous depictions of the couple, one supposes as a producer on his own autobiography, that’s his prerogative. “The Bobby Brown Story” premieres Sept. 4 and 5 at 9 p.m. on BET.<doc-sep>Eagle-eyed viewers pointed out that Brown had already discussed his relationship with Jackson — and that infamous hotel room fight — in his 2016 memoir “Every Little Step.” And in Brown’s retelling, he threw Jackson out of the room while she was still naked — a detail that Page Six previously reported would be in the biopic. As some viewers noted, it was not included in the scene that aired.<doc-sep>Getty After a mind-blowing first night, BET didn't disappoint with the concluding chapter of "The Bobby Brown Story" dominating Twitter yet again. Fans were on the edges of their seat as the first night dropped explosive claims like Bobby Brown dating Janet Jackson and Whitney snorting up on her wedding day. But that was nothing compared to what Night Two had in store. Bobby Brown -- who was heavily involved with this production, alongside current wife Alicia Etheredge -- continued to expose some of his darker secrets, but was definitely spilling more tea on everyone else around him. He revealed that the seizure he endured and attributed to heat and fatigue was, in fact, drug induced and Whitney nearly left him there to die. He also claimed to catch Whitney in the act of trying to sneak a man in the house, setting up the explosive kind of fight scene we can only hope to see in this made-for-television biopics. So basically he's saying they were both cheating drug addicts, but hey, at least he tried to get clean. And then, tragedy struck over and over and over again as Bobby's life began to unravel with the deaths of his best friend, future brother-in-law, both parents, Whitney and finally his daughter, Bobbi Kristina. It was all Twitter could do to hold back their tears and keep throwing shade at this movie ... but they persevered and the shade was thrown, thank God. SEIZE THE DRUGS Publicists said Bobby Brown suffered a seizure due to heat and his busy schedule, as reported by Billboard back in 2001. Now, it turns out it was because of drugs. What did we learn here? Publicists will lie to protect their clients and never believe anything you read or hear. Except this. Everything here is golden! Anyway, it gets even worse than that. Brown claims drug-addled Whitney left him there to die, which of course he didn't so he could bring us the greatest thing to happen to Black Twitter since the invention of Twitter. In fact, the couple reeled from the incident and swore they would get clean. But it took the help of Florida's correctional institutions to get Bobby clean. He was incarcerated for 26 days in May 2000 for a probation violation, and the duration was just long enough for him to detox ... though not necessarily by choice. He apparently then made a lifelong commitment to getting clean and even vowed to get Whitney off of drugs as well. In other words, Bobby Brown is the hero, dammit! It's his story, so you let him tell it however he wants. Everyone is the hero of their own story, aren't they? My face at whitney's reaction to Bobby being on that floor. i wanna know how long she left him down there 😩😩#BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/V5RPxO5Zmj @taylorxxlynelle #BobbyBrownBET Bobby was stroked out on the floor and here comes Whitney.... pic.twitter.com/nKZxZA4wwe @riss_khalifa Whitney while Bobby was on the ground passed out #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/PRCUNkrOoD @JayMonaeeee #BobbyBrownStory Whitney over Bobby's body like pic.twitter.com/z7XILzP7ym @shaneeriveras Lawd Whitney was like "oh you having a Stroke Stroke!!" #bobbybrownbet pic.twitter.com/ZTsBE2obiy @keyasokissable Whitney walking into bobby brown on the floor from a stroke and she didn't even take him serious 😂😂 #BobbyBrownStory pic.twitter.com/JmQQpcQlCR @foreverbbella Okay I know Whitney wasn't a saint, but we are expected to believe he was this laid back and mature through it all #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/rzDTxxq5R2 @Kitobear13 Bobby: you told me that we going to quit this. Whitney: #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/BMRMgN6FXW @Amb1Visionary Whitney: Got to hell Bobby Bobby: I'm already there Me: #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/yg0N9n3DnS @Quayotie_ Bobby: You told me we'd stop doing drugs Whitney: #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/tdiztDSZmG @TherealAudi98 THE CHEATEE BECOMES THE CHEATER Bobby Brown's infidelity was front and center in the first part of this two-part gossip extravaganza. Tonight, though, we learned that he may not have been the only cat stepping out on the bond between husband and wife. Apparently -- and allegedly -- Whitney Houston was not only creeping on Bobby, he caught her red-handed. It wasn't as dramatic as walking on them in the bed, but it might have been even more uncomfortable, as he says he caught them trying to sneak into the house. Twitter was up in arms about this for a couple of reasons. One: How is Bobby gonna come at Whitney over this like he didn't cheat and impregnate another woman right before he proposed ... and then keep on cheating. Two: They're pretty sure that was Ray J caught sneaking into the house. The two reportedly dated, and he was at her funeral. Listen if whitney did cheat on Bobby that's her Perogative. Bobby was cheating on her so STFU #BobbyBrownBET @mzFlyAshanti not Whitney put him in jail after she cheats on HIM #BobbyBrownStoryBET pic.twitter.com/mAFE9l3pMj @c_angeleee Whitney rushing him she about to cheat 😂😂😂 she tried to get him out to Quick #BobbyBrownBET @LoveJabrek95 Ray J slipping out the door/tabloids like he wasn't with Whitney literally in the last few years of her life #BeingBobbyBrown pic.twitter.com/UnlteTCKVw @WindyCity_Peach awwwww I know Whitney ain't cheat on my boy! @asiatasia123 Alexa was that Ray J in Whitney's House Bobby was fighting? #BobbyBrownBET @auraambitions So did Whitney cheat or was that the drug dealer? @Grueso_Bonita wait whitney and ray j hooked up?!!? pic.twitter.com/DGCEHeuYLR @nwtsnarry I'm still trying to figure out if that was RAY J that Whitney tried to sneak in the house #BobbyBownBET @Touchd_byhaze Damn Bobby spill the tea. Who Whitney cheat on you with #BobbyBownBET pic.twitter.com/mx7P8SBeip @QueenDreamPetty Bobby having a whole mental breakdown when he found out whitney cheated like he didn't cheat MULTIPLE times 🙄🙄 @allisonlauraaa bobby is lyingggggg lmao whitney was addicted to bobby. she ain't cheat on his ashy ass. 🙄 #BobbyBrownBET @_kissmyreese Let me get this straight, Bobby caught Ray J with Whitney & whooped his ass drunk? To the high heavens, I believe this happened. #BobbyBrownBET @CozypetiteZ IT'S THE KIDS WHO SUFFER MOST After the death of Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown says that he and his teen-teenage daughter, Bobbi Kristina, had an opportunity to reconnect and get closer together. Their relationship had prior been strained because teenagers -- duh!<doc-sep>The premiere of Part 1 of BET's "The Bobby Brown Story" had no shortage of sex, drugs and R&B. The biopic, based on Brown's 2016 memoir, "Every Little Step," picks up where the network's New Edition 2017 miniseries left off in Brown's life: the mid-1980s, when the group's resident bad boy was kicked out of the group. From details about his romances with Whitney Houston – and apparently, Janet Jackson – to death and drug use, the biopic gives viewers a gritty look at the "My Prerogative" performer. These are the five craziest moments from the first part of the biopic: Janet Jackson and Bobby Brown might have dated What some viewed as a New Edition to the singer's love life caught the attention of Twitter, with the biopic alleging a romance with none other than Jackson In one scene, Brown (Woody McClain) shows up to Jackson's (Cree Davis) house with a car wrapped in a bow. To his dismay, she tells him to keep things discreet, but the two later share a passionate night together in a hotel room. "Hold up Janet Jackson and Bobby Brown," one person marveled. "never heard that one.. stop playing w me." "THE TEA IS HOT TODAY," another user posted, using caps to convey enthusiasm. What seemed to be a magazine cover of the two alleged lovers back in the day popped up on Twitter during the biopic. Another person revealed they were "Forty-Today..." when they learned of the supposed pair. Showing how quickly she was "googling Bobby Brown and Janet Jackson," a user included the quickly typing cat GIF. That person's Google search likely would've shown that this is not the first mention of Jackson by Brown. In his book, Brown writes of throwing the "All for You" artist out of his hotel room after being intimate, a scene he tweeted lay "on the cutting room floor." Brown told Us Weekly in a 2016 interview that Jackson "loved me but wasn’t in love with me” and that she told him, “My father won’t allow me to be with a black man,” which the movie alluded to. Brown shared what the alleged split meant to him while appearing on Steve Harvey's talk show. "It was a big heartache for me, I can tell you that," said Brown. "I had a real crush on her. I was absolutely head over heels for her." USA TODAY has reached out to Jackson's reps for comment. He got Whitney Houston pregnant at the same time as someone else The biopic chronicles the good, the bad and the ugly parts of Brown's romance with Whitney Houston (Gabrielle Dennis). Despite seemingly head-over-heels in love with Houston, Brown sleeps with the mother of one of his children, Kim Ward, just days before he proposes to the "I Will Always Love You" singers. Turns out, that one-night stand resulted in Ward's pregnancy with Brown's son Bobby Jr. – at the same time Brown got Houston pregnant. Houston was upset when she found out the news, slapping Brown and crying in the biopic. However, the movie later shows Brown rushing to the set of Houston's film "The Bodyguard" to console her when she loses the baby mid-pregnancy. There was a romance between Houston and friend Robyn Crawford The biopic alludes that Houston had a romantic relationship with close friend Robyn Crawford (Yvonne Senat Jones). Crawford is in the background while Houston's relationship with Brown blossoms, but there are hints that the confidante is a little more than just a friend. Things between Brown and Crawford also seemed to get physical, with him throwing a plate of food and yelling at her to get out of his house when the two exchanged barbs. Although Crawford has never publicly commented on the alleged romance, Houston's family and friends told People that they believed the rumors were true. Brown witnessed two killings The movie wastes no time showing all the death that Brown sees in his life, beginning with Brown seeing his childhood best friend being stabbed to death after a fistfight escalated to include a knife. In Brown's adult years, a night out turned tragic when Brown's sister's fiancé was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting. The biopic makes it seem like the flying bullets were intended for Brown, who walked away with no major injuries. Brown and his mother both sold drugs Early in the biopic, Brown's mother Carole (Sandi McCree) confronts him when she finds out he is selling drugs after leaving New Edition, telling him that his family worked hard and gave up everything so that his life would turn out differently. Brown turns the tables on his mother, however, when he tells her that he knows that she used to sell drugs. Part 2 of "The Bobby Brown Story" is set to air Wednesday night on BET at 9 EDT/PT after an encore performance of Part 1(6:30 EDT/PDT). More:Bobby Brown denies violence against Whitney Houston: 'The public record is wrong' More:'Whitney' documentary: 5 things you didn't know about Whitney Houston<doc-sep>
Getty Twitter blew up on Tuesday night before and after BET aired part 1 of "The Bobby Brown Story," with fans outraged and shocked by revelations involving Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, infidelity, drugs and more! No one is quite sure what to believe, but Bobby was involved with this production, which concludes on Wednesday night. The dramatization seems to reveal that Brown was involved in a relationship with Janet Jackson in the 1980s, cheated on Whitney just before he proposed, and that his current wife, Alicia Etheredge-Brown, has been in the picture since the '90s. Also, Bobby Brown is a singer. Just putting that out there, because it seems to be the least interesting part of him, and certainly doesn't seem to be the part this biopic has any interest in exploring. Instead, it's all about the more sensational and salacious parts of his life, and particularly his sex life. Somebody knows what sells. MS. JACKSON IF YOU'RE NASTY The film claims Bobby Brown had an intimate relationship with Janet Jackson, and even had the gratuitous sex scene between two actors pretending to be Bobby Brown and Janet Jackson that no one demanded. It culminated in Bobby throwing a naked Janet out of his hotel room, because, sure. On top of that, the network promoted their upcoming "Black Girls Rock" special, WITH Janet Jackson, right after that scene. Bold and trashy move, BET. Bobby further alleges that Janet refused to go public with their relationship because he was black. The film alludes to this being a thing in the Jackson family. The reaction on Twitter to the Janet revelations in the film were mixed, with most people expressing shock that they had no idea the two were ever a thing. Others, though, still don't think they ever were, and took it a step further, fully anticipating Ms. Jackson to file a defamation lawsuit against Brown and the network. I was today years old when I found out Bobby Brown was cracking Janet Jackson. @austinxwill Janet Jackson On The Phone With Her Lawyer Like . . . #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/N8RpfOaPOf @tom__boyyy Janet Jackson was married for a whole 10 years before she let y'all know she was getting divorced. She can keep a secret #BobbyBrownBET @stephiedee71 Me googling Bobby Brown and Janet Jackson #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/aPdUomJt7C @materialgirl_me So I was on the phone with my Grandma who spilled the TEA about this whole Janet/Bobby story. Apparently, Whitney won an award over Janet and said onstage, "I stole your award and I stole your man." CHILE! #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/qjgudOdjYx @Diva_Esque Sooooo you mean to tell me, Bobby pulled Janet Jackson AND Whitney Houston?! TWO LEGENDS?! pic.twitter.com/VcD1yK7iSd @MsGL__ Janet about to sue in 3,2,1 #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/yvGoTKGZ7R @iluvreneet How BET gonna honor Janet Jackson on Black Girls Rock then violate her in Bobby Brown Story pic.twitter.com/9Toa54bQij @chasamania #BobbyBrownBET Then BET gonna show that Black Girls Rock commercial with Janet Jackson on it!!!!!!! !😂🤣👏🏾 pic.twitter.com/3eV8R7qIFA @napturally17 Lmao BET wrong for putting Janet pic up on Black Girls rock right after that Bobby Plot twist #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/IDZTW4xlc5 @London_Michel Hold up let me get this straight so Whitney dated Jermaine and possibly Michael while bobby was sleeping with Janet! Bruhhh #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/QoG8WEFdtq @Gr33n_Dragwan So Janet Jackson approved this scene??? #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/4w9Nx4AluC @theGrio WHITE WEDDING Bobby Brown claims that he first discovered Whitney Houston's drug addiction on their wedding day when he stumbled upon her doing cocaine before the ceremony. "Now you know," she allegedly said plainly. The couple quickly became notorious for their drug usage, with Bobby detailing it got so bad she would send him out on late-night runs to secure more. This led to a Twitter debate as to when the coke started with each of them, and who introduced who to what. Considering we've now gotten a third version of events after the New Edition and Whitney Houston biopics, we may never know the real truth. At least everyone can agree how tragic it is what drugs did to their lives and careers. Bobby HAS ALWAYS said his FIRST TIME finding her getting high was at the wedding. Lifetime couldn't even get the Aaliyah movie right sooo why y'all think they was telling the truth?? 😂 #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/nWkditiFNX @monemxne Bobby saw Whitney snorting that cocaine and fell right back in love. I need that crackhead type of love #BobbyBrownBET pic.twitter.com/QbaM85rhOy @bynikkig I'm supposed to believe Bobby didn't find out about Whitney's coke habit until the wedding day?