Whitney Houston has hit back at Bobby Brown, who claims that his ex-wife is responsible for getting him hooked on hard drugs.

As Entertainmentwise reported yesterday, the Two Can Play That Game singer blames Whitney for their marriage breakdown.

He also accuses her of turning him into a junkie in his new tell all book Bobby Brown: The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nothing But...

The I Will Always Love You bellower has since responded to the claims, expressing her disappointment at the low blows her former lover is attacking her with.

Her spokesperson says, "Miss Houston is sad that Bobby feels he needs to say such things, but she chooses to take the high road and will not speak badly about the father of her child, even if it's to set the record straight."

The couple married in 1992 and divorced in 2007 and have a 15-year-old daughter together, Bobbi Kristina Houston Brown.