Whitney and Bobby in 2001

Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown are the original Wino and Blake Incarcerated. The couple stayed together through years of alleged affairs and crack use on both sides, but separated and divorced in 2007. Bobby then released a tell-all memoir about his life with the singer which didn’t sell very well- apparently he didn’t make enough to cover child support payments for any of his children and wound up in court again. Whitney, for her part, took up with a much younger man – R&B singer Ray J – and attempted a comeback yet again, with the support of her old mentor Clive Davis. But it pretty much stalled after a few iffy public appearances in which her sobriety and vocal chops were brought into question. You’d think after all of that drama, these two would be done with each other, but witnesses have spotted the cracked-out duo getting touchy and feely with each other recently.

We’ve heard it before, but folks inside Whitney Houston’s circle of pals again insist the on-the-rebound diva and ex-husband Bobby Brown may be getting back together.

The official word from Camp Houston sticks to to the old line about the divorced couple remaining separate, ”but good friends whose primary interest is the well-being of their daughter.” Yet, several Georgia sightings of Houston and Brown in recent days — clearly looking very romantic while dining together — seem to boost the reliability of what I’m hearing. I’m also hearing that the divorced couple’s daughter Bobbi Kristina is eager for her parents to remarry.

[From The Chicago Sun Times]

Maybe they realized they belong together. The family that smokes crack together stays together, and all that. Or maybe they realized that nobody else on the planet would put up with them. In any case, does this mean we will be treated to another season of that classic reality show, “Being Bobby Brown?”

Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown are shown at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in 2. They are shown below out in Hollywood on 11/6/00. Credit: Bauergriffin