Exclusive: Whitney Houston Family Member Explains Bobbi Kristina's "Nervous Breakdown"

Celebrity News February 13, 2012 AT 2:04PM By Justin Ravitz

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Billy Watson is a grieving member of Whitney Houston's extended family. He's both the brother of Patricia Houston, the late singer's sister-in-law, as well as Ray Watson, the star's longtime bodyguard, who discovered her body in the bathtub at the Beverly Hilton Saturday, where she was pronounced dead at age 48.

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Billy last spent time with the "So Emotional" singer New Year's Eve at a small family gathering in Alpharetta, Georgia, and spoke with her over Super Bowl weekend -- and now that she's gone, he worries for Bobbi Kristina, Houston's 18-year-old daughter with ex-husband Bobby Brown.

Now with her father and other relatives in L.A., Bobbi was released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Sunday.

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"Everything [was] stressful," Billy explained to Us Weekly. "Her mama died, so she broke down. Nobody expected her to pass as quickly as she did. [Bobbi Kristina] had a nervous breakdown."

Bobbi Kristina is "OK now," Watson added. "She's alright."

While early reports suggested that Houston may have accidentally drowned, sources tell TMZ that Houston's true cause of death was a lethal combination of Xanax and other prescription drugs mixed with alcohol.

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Billy also confirmed that his brother Ray, Houston's longtime bodyguard is "the one who found her." Following that traumatic discovery, Ray is "OK," Billy said. "He's been with her for 14, 15 years."

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February 19, 2012 - 8:34pm Jen Stout
no one force her to take the drugs but her ! ,and to get her own daughter into them .! well say no more!!! her dad and whithey have been divorced for how meny years now!! ! you cannot blame him. she was her mother and suppose to be her protector from all harm!!!. now what has she got!! her dad!! ,and is he going to protect her from all harm !!! little late i'ed say !! unless she herself gets the help she needs for a long time!! its like going to school and they try to teach everyone right from wrong . wrong is wrong no matter how you slice!!! your parents are suppose to teach the same thing!! right from wrong !! i bet whitheys mother didn't teach her about the drugs and booze!! bobbi brown may have been doind drugs but he did not tell her to do these drugs everyone has choices in life ! and thats what she chose over her daughters well being!!! not doctors fault she chose what she chose!!! sorry to be hard nose but it is what it is!! my heart goes out to her daughter !! not right to her!! l'ed be pretty pissed!
February 18, 2012 - 2:31pm Andy N Andrea Gueiros-Driggers
So many friends and family members are talking about they had for her, why haven't they taken time from their busy lives and helped her to get out of drugs?? It's unbelievable that they let a singer and such a wonderful person as Whitney, live the way she did.
February 16, 2012 - 6:32pm Tiama Candyraindownonu Johnson
Poor Baby....if i just lost my Mommy know matter how she lived like the way she lost hers...I would've reacted the same way and I'm 41 so I can't imagine it at 18 and people are forgetting to our kids.....we are just their mom....sum of them don't see what others see...they love us unconditionally.....so~
February 15, 2012 - 4:37pm Thalia Sanders
I did not knokw that the child is also abusing drugs, like her parent, well she won't be a woman of God like that because no one taught her how to be.
February 14, 2012 - 7:19am Kathleen Tandy
Bobbi Kristina is in for a rough life. She has to deal with her mother's untimely death as well as HER OWN problems with substance abuse. Expect this to spiral out of control quickly over the months ahead. This young girl and her mother were totally co-dependent, and this is going to make things even worse for her.
February 14, 2012 - 4:01am Carolyn Ingold
This poor little girl who lost her mom. Now relatives are telling stories about a "nervous breakdown". You do not go inpatient for that kind of treatment and get released a day later. This little girl has a hard life ahead of her,
February 14, 2012 - 12:31am Martha Sledge
I am not sure whether Whitney death was an accident; she could have went under the water by mistake. I hope and pray for her daughter to be strong and for her mother to be brave about how her daughter may have died. please pray for Whitney family and Bobby Brown.
February 13, 2012 - 9:15pm Patrice Brown
I agree with Sherri 100%.
February 13, 2012 - 8:22pm Marisol Torres
Bobby Brown was Whitney down fall the only good thing she got out that relationship was her daughter Bobbi Kristina!! RIP Huston. Kristina be strong God is with you all my blessing.
February 13, 2012 - 7:32pm Amy Campbell
@ Sherri~agreed 100%
February 13, 2012 - 4:54pm Stefanie Trump-Ludwig
I'm with you on this one, Sherri. The poor girl has her own issues and now her mother is gone. I hope she is surrounded by good, loving people now.
February 13, 2012 - 3:50pm Sherri Spichiger
I don't think that Bobbi Kristina's breakdown needs any sort of explanation. Her mother is gone forever. That would be enough to trigger a breakdown in anyone. Poor kid.
February 13, 2012 - 3:33pm Bella Corzanni
Love you girl. Remember, you're the queen of the night!
February 13, 2012 - 2:47pm Yai Yia Sofia
Praying for the Houston Family
February 13, 2012 - 2:42pm Lindsay Kay Wescott
I feel really bad for Bobbi Kristina, losing her mother like that is awful. I couldnt imagine, poor thing.