Bobbi Kristina Brown's aunt Pat Houston opens up for first time about tragic death

Pat Houston and Late Bobbi Kristina

Bobbi Kristina Brown's aunt Pat Houston, the sister-in-law and manager of Whitney Houston, has spoken for the first time about the tragic death of her niece. 

Bobbi died at a hospice on 26 July, six months after being found unresponsive in a bathtub in her home in Atlanta.

Speaking in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Bobbi's aunt revealed that the family had been planning to send Bobbi Kristina, the only daughter of rapper Bobby Brown and the late Whitney, to rehab in California. 

She said: "When we really found out that Krissy was in trouble, we were really making plans to do something about it, but it came too late."

Bobbi Kristina, who died in July, pictured with her aunt Pat Houston

If her niece were still alive, Pat said she would have some advice to share with her. "You have to love yourself," Pat says. "You have to call on people and not allow someone to divide you and then conquer you."

She also opened up about a family feud involving Bobbi Kristina's boyfriend Nick Gordon, revealing that she filed a restraining order against Nick last year.

However, she admits that the restraining order didn't have the intended effect, because Bobbi Kristina "didn't understand it."

Bobbi Kristina Brown passed away in July aged 22

"Where the world saw that she was angry and mad at me, she was texting me all along," Pat says. "I really tried to show her [that] I'm going to do this to let you know that you don't have to be afraid of anything. I got you.'"

Much mystery and speculation surrounded the 22-year-old's death, with some family members pointing the finger at Nick, a family friend who grew up in the same house as Bobbi Kristina.

Bobbi Kristina pictured with her boyfriend Nick Gordon

In a lawsuit filed back in June, before the star's death, Nick was accused of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and stealing her money. The suit was later amended after Bobbi Kristina's death by her court-appointed conservator to include the allegation he caused her wrongful death.

Pat also remembered another family tragedy in the TV interview. She described the moment the family revisited the hotel room where Whitney died in 2012.

"When we went into the room it was just so peaceful and calm and the room was lit -- it was like it was candle lit. 

It was just very, very calming," Pat says. "I went into the bathroom and I placed the flowers at the tub and I just sat there and just was thinking, 'What happened? How did we get here?'" Hello Magazine