Culled from ABC News.
Reality TV has found its place in just about every life scenario imaginable, but watching "The Houstons: On Our Own," it's hard not to wonder if grieving families should be spared its treatment.
The series, premiering tonight on Lifetime, began filming only three months after Whitney Houston's death. It features Bobbi Kristina Brown, the singer's 19-year-old daughter, visiting her mother's grave for the first time, drinking wine, and announcing her "engagement" to her childhood friend Nick Gordon -- all in episode one.
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Is it too much, too soon? Not according to Pat Houston, Whitney's sister-in-law and former manager, who appears in the series with her family. She defended the show in a recent interview with ABCNews.com:
ABC: Let's talk about having the show follow you to Whitney's grave. What made you decide to do that, and do you think the cameras changed that moment?
Houston: Nothing would have changed because she had passed and we were grieving. It wouldn't have mattered if it had been then, if it had been six months later, even now. The emotion would still be there, because we really do miss her.
We were going to be there for the weekend for Mother's Day. That same weekend was Gospel Fest, which Cissy [Whitney's mother] is always a part of, and Gary [Pat's husband] was actually performing. So we were going to be in New Jersey and we had not been to the gravesite as a family. It was just the right time to go.
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