Mike Epps on Bobbi Kristina Brown: ‘Fame Will Kill You. It Kills Most of Us’
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ABC/Lou Rocco(NEW YORK) — When Bobbi Kristina Brown passed away earlier this week at the age of 22, Mike Epps tweeted: “I’d like to say f*** fame! It kills all of us.”
Elaborating, Epps told ABC Radio, “Fame will kill you. It kills most of us. It’s not ever a great ending. I don’t hear too many great endings of really, really rich and famous people. Maybe a couple. So, it does, man. Fame is tough.”
Brown passed away Sunday months after being found unconscious in her bathtub January 31. She’ll be laid to rest Saturday at St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta, Georgia. The burial will be in Westfield, New Jersey at the Fairview Cemetery on Monday — the same location where her late mother Whitney Houston is buried.
Epps said that many celebrities mishandle their fame.
“When you sit and add it all up, and you think about it, you find yourself doing it for legacy. It’s only so much money you could have, it’s only so many cars you can have, so many houses, so many friends,” he explained. “You gotta be really prepared mentally to understand what was the most important thing of doing all of it. Some people never find out what was important of them doing what they did. They just accumulate things.”
Epps added that he has no interest in fame. “If I can inspire someone else that came from nothing, my job is done. If I can leave a legacy for my children, my grandchildren, my job is done,” he said.
Epps is set to return to the small screen in the second season of Survivor’s Remorse, returning to Starz on August 22. He’s also starring in ABC’s new family comedy, Uncle Buck. That reportedly premieres in 2016.
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