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You gotta admire his hustle. In the wake of Bobby Brown’s impending divorce from purse string Whitney Houston, the “King of R&B” is rumored to be hard up for cash, as well as transportation. According to entertainment journalist Jawn Murray, Brown agreed to appear on a new show for TV One, but only if he got a vehicle in exchange.

For the network’s upcoming reality series “I Married a Baller,” which follows the marriages of athletes, show producers invited Brown to have an on-camera lunch with former Tennessee Titans player Eddie George and his wife, Brown's old friend Tamara (Taj) George of the R&B group SWV.

"When he asked for a car, we actually thought he meant for us to book him car service, and I told the producers to set it up," the show's executive producer, Datari Turner, told Murray. "But then I was told that he actually wanted us to buy him a car!"

Brown's friend and occasional rep, Ray Pouncey, explained to TV One that Brown was new to Los Angeles and didn't have transportation, so a car would be the preferred payment over an appearance fee. According to Murray, Brown even wanted Taj to formally present the vehicle to him on the show as a gift.

"I was open to it at first and wanted to know what price range he was looking for, because for the standard appearance fee we could have gotten him a 1997 Ford Expo or maybe a 1995 Pathfinder," Datari said. "Maybe even a month-long rental car. But we knew he wanted something new, so we had to pass on booking him."

Meanwhile, Bobby's attorney, Phaedra Parks is denying that such a conversation took place, reports Murray. She said that Pouncey had indeed discussed a car for Brown — "but he was joking, and he says it's been taken out of context," she explained. "Obviously Ray doesn't represent Bobby, and he's not part of his management team."

Source: EurWeb.Com