Bobby Brown and Alicia Etheredge tie the knot!

Alicia Etheredge, Bobby Brown with Cassius and their four flower girls © Courtesy Bobby Brown Jr.

Bobby Brown and Alica Etheredge are husband and wife. The newlyweds tied the knot on Monday. Bobby Jr. shared a photo of the happy couple with their 3-year old son Cassius, who served as a ring bearer, and four flower girls. The photo shows the matching outfits of the groom and the ringbearer: both in red suits and Adidas sneakers.

Many family members and friends were present at the wedding. Bobby was surrounded by his children, Landon, 23, La'Princia, 22, Bobby Jr., 19 and Cassius, 3. Bobbi Kristina, Bobby's daughter with Whitney Houston was not present at the celebration.

Bobby asked Alicia to marry him during a sold-out New Edition concert in Jacksonville, Florida. Bobby has said that Alicia has given him a new lease on life, after his 2007 divorce from Whitney Houston. He said in a People Magazine interview in 2011 of his wife, who's also his manager, "I got my passion back for music and for loving myself because of her."

Does Bobbi Kristina Brown want to change her name?

Bobbi Kristina and Whitney Houston © Mario Xavier/Broadimage

According to reports Bobbi Kristina Brown resents her name and wants to change it. TMZ says that she discussed changing her name with her late mother, Whitney Houston, but that she would never allow it. Now that Whitney has passed away, it seems that Bobbi Kristina wants to get rid of the association with bad boy daddy Bobby Brown and wants to simple be called "Kristina Houston".


Is this true or a completely imaginative story from a fantasist reporter? Time will tell.