Why Bobby Brown Really Got Kicked Out Of New Edition
In 1986, Bobby Brown left New Edition and went on to embark on a solo career. In BET's 2017 biopic, "The New Edition Story," it was revealed that Brown started adding sexual moves on stage, which went against the group's wholesome image (via The New York Post). Brown was also skipping performances and started smoking marijuana. The group started shortening Brown's solos and during a performance in 1985, the singer threw a microphone at his bandmate, Michael Bivins. "I was tired of the teeny-bop thing. I wanted to grow as a performer and as a man," Brown told The Post.
In an interview with BET, Brown revealed, "I was causing so much conflict with the way I performed and the way they performed and how fast I grew up and how fast they grew up." He further added, "I felt restricted, I felt they didn't want me to do anything. I felt that anything that I did on stage was going to make everybody mad."
New Edition member Ralph Tresvant shared, "He just started doing Bobby Brown s***. He was showing up when he wanted to, not showing up to like key stuff — to 'Solid Gold' performances, television, 'Soul Train' — things that were key performances that we knew we had to be there to make a statement that we wanted to make. He started being the cat that stopped caring about all that." Despite Brown's differences with his groupmates, they eventually reunited over the years.
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