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The week in gossip

Posted by Anna Higgins for General - Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:56

Whitney Houston's teenage daughter gets tongues wagging, Victoria Beckham hits out at her critics and another little lady is set to join the Kardashian clan.

Whitney Houston has passed on but the drama continued this week at the superstar singer's funeral and burial.

At Houston's memorial service in her hometown of Newark, New Jersey, her ex-husband Bobby Brown stormed out before the ceremony had even begun in a row over seating.

Bobby, who was married to the singer for 13 years, was invited to the funeral plus two but turned up with an entourage of nine people.

"My children and I were invited to the funeral of my ex-wife Whitney Houston. We were seated by security and then subsequently asked to move on three separate occasions.

"I fail to understand why security treated my family this way and continue to ask us and no one else to move," he said.

"Security then prevented me from attempting to see my daughter Bobbi Kristina. In light of the events, I gave a kiss to the casket of my ex-wife and departed as I refused to create a scene.

"My children are completely distraught over the events. This was a day to honour Whitney. I doubt Whitney would have wanted this to occur. I will continue to pay my respects to my ex-wife the best way I know how."

Reports emerged later in the week alleging Whitney's daughter Bobbi Kristina, 18, disappeared for four hours following the funeral service and was 'wasted' at her mother's burial later that day.

Bobbi Kristina, known to family and friends as Krissi, is Houston's only child and has long been rumoured to share her mother's struggle with substance abuse. An American tabloid once printed pictures of what appeared to be the teen snorting cocaine, and she was admitted to a psychiatric ward four years ago for trying to stab her mother and slit her own wrists.

"Krissy's eyes were glassy, and she seemed to be very disconnected from the service. Krissy hasn't been eating or sleeping and just can't stand to be around her family right now," a source told RadarOnline.com. "Krissy's group of friends appear to be much older, and don't seem to have her best interests at heart."

Media and the public alike were shocked this week when US tabloid The National Enquirer ran a photo supposedly showing Whitney in her open coffin. The singer was said to be wearing a purple gown and a half a million dollars' worth of jewellery.

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Actress Minnie Driver has broken a four year silence to reveal the identity of her son's father.

Driver, Oscar nominated for her role in Good Will Hunting, gave birth to Henry Story Driver in 2008 and always refused to publicly name his dad.

Now the actress has told British press the man in question was a writer on her now-defunct TV show, The Riches. He had reportedly ended the couple's relationship before Driver found out she was pregnant.

"He can fend for himself. He's a grown-up," the actress told The Observer.

"We weren't together and he wasn't directly in the business so I chose to protect him and not have a rain of publicity.

"He's not famous. There's no big story."

Driver admitted to longing for more children, but told the paper "I couldn't do two as a single mum, I really couldn't. It would be too much."

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In news that surprised nobody this week teen heartthrob Nick Jonas and Aussie singer Delta Goodrem have ended their relationship.

Jonas, 19, raised eyebrows when he started dating Goodrem, 27, in May last year. The Aussie singer had just ended a lengthy engagement to Irishman Brian McFadden.

The couple released a statement to press confirming the end of their nine-month romance.

"Nick and Delta have decided mutually to end their relationship.

"At this point in time, they are both focused on their careers as they go on different paths. They remain friends and wish each other the best for the future."

Jonas has previously dated fellow teen star Miley Cyrus, while Goodrem had a relationship with former Aussie tennis star Mark Philippoussis.

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Chris Brown has found himself in hot water with police this week not long after his Grammy Awards return met a very mixed reception in showbiz circles.

Christal Shanae Spann has accused the star of 'robbery by sudden snatching' in a 4a.m. incident outside a Miami Beach nightclub.

No charges have been filed against the singer as yet over allegedly snatching a fan's iPhone out of her hand as she tried to snap a photo of the star.

"B----, you ain't going to put that on no website," Brown allegedly told Spann as he grabbed her phone from inside his Bentley.

"My prosecutors are currently speaking with witnesses and reviewing all of the materials supplied by Miami Beach Police," says Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle. "Only after these reviews have been completed would any type of action be considered or taken."

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Victoria Beckham has publicly hit back at recent jibes that she is gaunt, moody and sulky.

"Look, if people want to say I'm miserable then so be it," she told UK paper The Mirror. "I'm really not. I have a lot on my plate. I'm not going to lie about it, I'm tired. I'm really tired but I'm also very happy with my life.

"I'm basically just like any woman who's working and has lots of children - it's tough."

The former Spice Girl turned fashion designer recently showed her latest collection at New York Fashion Week and has been juggling her business commitments with caring for seven-month-old daughter Harper and her three elder sons.

"The thing is I get the game I'm in. People can read the s**t about me and believe what they want and I get it. But I don't want to focus on that side of things. The glass is always half full for me. You can't get hung up on what other people say. I surround myself with the people that matter. And everything else can just go away."

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Kourtney Kardashian and partner Scott Disick announced this week that they are expecting a daughter in July.

The couple already have a son, Mason, who turned two last December.

The couple told E! News this week: "We feel so blessed to be having a little girl and to be able to share this new experience with Mason."

Kourtney broke the news of her pregnancy in November.