Bobby Brown made his first public appearance since the hospitalization of his daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown in January.

In between performances at the Soul Food Festival in Los Angeles on Saturday, Bobby Brown thanked the crowd for their support.

“I wanna thank all of y’all for coming out tonight, for supporting me and my family,” he said. “Rough times are rough times. Hard times are hard times. I don’t know what the hell I’m going through right now, but I’m giving it to God.”

Bobbi Kristina, 22, was hospitalized on Jan. 31 after her longtime boyfriend, Nick Gordon, and friend Max Lomas found her unresponsive in a bathtub at the couple’s home in Roswell, Georgia. She remains hospitalized in Atlanta.

Bobbi Kristina is the fifth child of Bobby Brown, and the only child of Whitney Houston, who died on Feb. 11, 2012.

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