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There were times
when I would look up to God,
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and I'd go, "Why is this
happening to me?"
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And then these dreams.
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I would have these dreams
about being on a bridge,
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and the bridge going
back and forth and swaying.
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There's a big storm coming.
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I'm always running
from this giant.
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I'm always running
from this big man.
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I know I can make it.
I know I can make it.
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I know I can make it.
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My mother always says,
"You know,
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that's the devil.
He's just trying to get you.
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He just wants your soul."
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And in a sense, it's true.
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There's been several times
the devil has tried to get me.
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But he never gets me.
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And it's funny,
when I wake up,
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I'm always exhausted
from running.
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The news about Whitney
Houston is crackling through
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the music world
and the news is good.
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Her mother is
singer Cissy Houston,
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but at age 21,
Whitney Houston
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is blazing her own trail
with style and sizzle.
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The most successful
debut solo album in history.
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She's quickly becoming
the new queen of pop.
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Crowned the
prom queen of soul.
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It will
take an Act of Congress
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to keep this woman
from becoming a megastar.
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♪ There's a boy I know
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♪ He's the one I dream of
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America is working.
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♪ When I wake
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♪ From dreamin'
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♪ Tell me
Is it really love? ♪
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♪ Ooh
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♪ How will I know?
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♪ Don't trust
Your feelings ♪
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♪ How will I know?
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♪ How will I know
If he really loves me? ♪
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♪ I say a prayer
With every heartbeat ♪
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- Keep it down, son.
- Gimme that stuff.
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We lived in Newark,
and then the riots took place
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- in the '60s.
- Do you remember them?
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Oh, yeah. Absolutely.
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I remember lying on the floor
and eating off the floor.
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For the bullets, you know,
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the bullets would fly
and go through you.
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I grew up in the ghetto.
I mean, that's where I grew up.
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♪ All that you deserve
To have ♪
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♪ Oh, that's why I say
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♪ Hear me, baby
When I say ♪
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♪ I'm telling you, here...
Here I am... ♪
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I hear John's
voice, "Hey, Bae."
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I said, "What?
Is Cissy okay?"
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He said, "Yeah."
He said, "She had the baby."
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He said, "Bae, you're not
gonna believe this baby.
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She looks unreal,
she's so beautiful."
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She was sassy, smart mouth...
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always following me,
you know.
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And my father made the point,
you know,
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"Listen, you got to watch her
and take care of her.
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If something happens to her,
don't come home."
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And we became just like,
you know...
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She was my best friend.
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She'd leave the house,
and she would be clean-haired.
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Then she'd come home
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just dirty pants,
dirty shirt, hair messed up,
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'cause she always wanted to be
rough and tough.
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Always music on in the house,
especially on Sundays.
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Gospel all day long, you know.
And then there was always,
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you know, the music
that my mother was recording.
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♪ You told me
To leave you alone ♪
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♪ My father said...
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My mother is
known all over the world,
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and she sang background
for everybody.
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She worked her ass off
and spent time away from us
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in order to
make things better.
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I remember me and my sister
crying, sitting on the curb,
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every time my mother
would pull off to go.
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So we stayed with a lot
of different people, you know.
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Me and my brother and my
sister stayed with a lot of...
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I mean, four or five
different families
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and different people
who took care of us.
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I wanted to become a
singer when I was about 13.
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That's when I realized
I wanted to be
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a professional singer,
but prior to that
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I just sang, you know.
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I sang at church,
and I loved it.
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Remember the first
song you sang in church?
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Yes, I remember.
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♪ Guide me, O, thou
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♪ Great Jehov...
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- ...hovah ♪
- Mm.
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♪ Feed me till
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♪ I want no more
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Yeah.
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My mother, well,
she raised us in church.
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You had to go to church
whether you liked it or not.
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But, growing up, I loved it.
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I loved to sing.
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I loved the choir.
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I knew that, whatever this God
was, he sure liked singing.
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He loved people to sing.
He loved to be praised.
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♪ ...The Lord
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♪ Yes, he will, oh
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♪ The Lord...
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♪ Well, if you just...
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- ♪ Have a little talk
- ♪ A little talk
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♪ With Jesus
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I used to be the directress
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of all of the music
in this church,
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but now I'm retired.
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When she was a girl,
what was Whitney like?
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She was beautiful.
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She was a good baby.
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Mm-hm.
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Everybody loved her.
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Except those
who were jealous of her.
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There were girls
who liked to run her home.
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But I was always
waiting outside for them.
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I'm a fighter, okay.
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All right, so
you bother my kids,
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you've then bothered me.
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The neighborhood we lived in
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was a lot of dark-skinned,
colored people,
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and Whitney used to get
picked on all the time
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for being light-skinned...
A little white girl.
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...'cause my mother
would dress her nice.
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She was a quiet, sweet kid.
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She didn't have
very many friends.
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She was very involved
in the church,
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um... would just go to school,
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and she would just hang out
with her brothers.
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Better hurry, Dorothy.
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You know how the Jacobs are
when we keep them waiting.
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Oh, I'm ready, George.
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I think it's safe to say
there won't be
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a handsomer couple
at the party.
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Or a happier one.
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Where did the name
"Whitney" come from?
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My mother says something
about this white sitcom,
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but I never called her
Whitney.
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Always called her Nippy.
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Nippy is me. I am Nippy.
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My father gave me
that nickname,
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and I've been Nippy
since I can remember.
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Whitney's
father, John Houston,
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was a key player
in the 1970s
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around the Gibson
administration,
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and he was
a real deal-maker.
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A deal-maker or a hustler?
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Well, it depends on which side
of the deal you're on. Ha, ha.
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He was the head of
central planning and zoning
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in that administration,
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which was a very corrupt
administration,
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and to get
a building put up,
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you had to go through
my father.
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So... you do the math.
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He did enough for us,
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along with my mother,
working hard,
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for us to get out of Newark
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and go to a house
in East Orange.
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We had a better school,
a pool, a backyard.
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They were striving
to become middle class.
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They had
a really nice house.
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They were the Cosbys
of Dodd Street.
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But East Orange was
20 blocks from Newark, heh.
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You can live in a mansion
all you want.
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When you come outside,
you gonna be amongst
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the motherfucking wolves
and bears.
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Now, for the three people
that haven't read about you,
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your mother is Cissy Houston
of The...
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- Sweet Inspirations.
- Right.
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- Your aunt is...?
- My cousin is Dionne Warwick.
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Who was your father?
Duke Ellington?
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- ♪ Just lift him up
- ♪ Lift the savior up
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♪ Just lift up
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I come from
a family of singers.
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♪ From eternal tears
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The family gathered at
Christmas time, Thanksgiving.
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And after dinner,
instead of talking,
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we'd all go around
the piano and sing.
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♪ If you see me
Walking down the street ♪
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♪ And I start to cry
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♪ Each time we meet
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♪ Walk on by
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♪ What can you do?
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♪ What can you say?
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And your mother also tried
to have a solo career herself?
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She tried to
have a solo career.
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It didn't turn out to be
what she wanted.
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I think she poured a lot
of that disappointment
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into Whitney, for sure.
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♪ When I first saw you
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♪ I said, "Oh, my"
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♪ I said, "Oh, my
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♪ There's my dream
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♪ That's my dream"
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♪ I needed a dream
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♪ To make me strong
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Nobody could touch Whitney, as
far as singing, except my mom.
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My mom's voice...
And she taught Whitney
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everything she knew
about how to use that voice.
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You have three places
to sing from.
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From your abdomen,
your chest and your head.
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She learned them all.
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Cissy sang from her heart...
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and she taught Nippy
to sing from her heart.
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Heart.
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Mind.
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Guts.
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She loved her mother dearly.
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But her mother was, um...
the disciplinarian.
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Her mother was hard on her
when she was training her,
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would make her do it
over and over and over again
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to get it right.
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She was a
little tough on Whitney
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because she knew
what Whitney had.
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They would come home a lot
of times mad at each other.
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Whitney'd come in stomping,
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cursing, go to her room
and slam the door.
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My mother telling her,
"Listen, if you wanna sing,
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this is what's got to happen.
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If you don't, tell me now.
I won't waste my time."
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Why was she sent to
that private girls' school?
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To put her in
a safe environment,
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away from the bullying.
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This was the investment
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John and Cissy
were making in their daughter.
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They wanted her
to be educated,
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sophisticated,
and not streetwise.
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You know, it sounds
like I'm giving you the gas,
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but so help me.
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They had a really great
family dynamic going on.
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But I've also heard
that she was bullied a lot.
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Did other things
happen to her as a child
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that might help to explain
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why she became
such a troubled person?
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No, Nippy didn't have
nothing bad in her childhood.
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I sound a little defensive,
you know.
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No, no. I'm just asking...
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Nippy, she did not have
anything in her childhood.
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She had an idyllic childhood.
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She loved my father.
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Loved my father
and loved my mother.
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Them breaking up and getting
divorced really bothered her.
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It bothered me.
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What was it
that drove them apart?
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I don't know.
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Infidelity.
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My dad,
despite whatever philandering
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he might have been doing,
was extremely jealous.
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He had tapped the phone,
255
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so he's sitting
back in this office
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listening to Cissy's
conversations on the wiretap.
257
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The truth is Cissy
did have an affair
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with the minister
at her church.
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I think about
my Father's house.
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- Yes, sir!
- In my Father's house,
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there's food.
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You know, you're in
church, and you hear whispers.
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None of them would
ever really get over it.
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Her heart was broken.
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That church had been
Whitney's second family.
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And she was angry
with her mother.
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Whitney moved out as soon as
she was 18 years old.
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I don't think Cissy even knew
where she moved to.
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We had a good,
tight-knit family,
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but there were always
a lot of secrets in our lives.
271
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You know,
there were a lot of secrets.
272
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When you don't resolve things,
you don't deal with things,
273
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they never go away.
274
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They never go away.
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When I first
started working with her,
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she was modelling...
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and she hated it
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because she knew that she
was gonna be a singer.
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That's what she knew.
280
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- What did she like to do?
- She liked to sleep.
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She liked to party.
282
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She liked to hang out
with Robyn.
283
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And she liked her cats.
284
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She had a
cat named Misty Blue.
285
00:15:47,552 --> 00:15:50,018
It was obvious
that John and Cissy
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00:15:50,020 --> 00:15:52,954
saw an opportunity
in Whitney.
287
00:15:52,956 --> 00:15:55,957
The plan was
to get her a record deal,
288
00:15:55,959 --> 00:15:58,093
but they didn't rush.
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For a long time she was
just singing background
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in Cissy's show.
291
00:16:03,701 --> 00:16:06,968
At that time,
there was a teenage star
292
00:16:06,970 --> 00:16:10,438
rising the charts,
and Whitney was angry.
293
00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:15,378
She'd literally said she could
do that ten times better...
294
00:16:15,380 --> 00:16:17,413
and her parents
were holding her back.
295
00:16:17,415 --> 00:16:19,548
I sat down with her
at the McDonald's
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across the street
from their home
297
00:16:21,352 --> 00:16:25,221
to explain to her the music
that she was envious of
298
00:16:25,223 --> 00:16:27,123
was fad music...
299
00:16:27,125 --> 00:16:29,991
and what her parents
were preparing her for
300
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was legacy music.
301
00:16:32,263 --> 00:16:34,062
My mother
was grooming her.
302
00:16:34,064 --> 00:16:37,567
When I look back, I remember
my mother grooming her.
303
00:16:53,151 --> 00:16:56,419
Is it true that you were
sort of tricked into
304
00:16:56,421 --> 00:16:58,421
doing a solo performance?
305
00:16:58,423 --> 00:17:02,259
We were playing at this great
iconic R&B club in New York
306
00:17:02,261 --> 00:17:03,493
called Mikell's.
307
00:17:03,495 --> 00:17:05,429
Cissy called Whitney...
308
00:17:05,431 --> 00:17:07,731
She said, "Whitney,
I can't sing, I can't sing."
309
00:17:07,733 --> 00:17:10,133
She wasn't gonna be able
to do the show.
310
00:17:10,135 --> 00:17:12,736
My mom says, "You gotta do the
show. I can't let this gig go.
311
00:17:12,738 --> 00:17:15,605
I'm like, "Oh, my God,
I can't do this, I'm 16... 17."
312
00:17:15,607 --> 00:17:19,275
And it was packed,
and she was adorable
313
00:17:19,277 --> 00:17:23,614
because she basically mimicked
her mom's everything,
314
00:17:23,616 --> 00:17:27,050
her patter. And just
substituted her own name
315
00:17:27,052 --> 00:17:30,053
for... you know, "Thanks
for coming to see Cissy."
316
00:17:30,055 --> 00:17:32,255
She'd go, "Thanks for coming
to hear Whitney."
317
00:17:38,263 --> 00:17:42,132
I remember feeling
like a tornado, like a wind,
318
00:17:42,134 --> 00:17:44,668
a monsoon of rain and wind
just hit me
319
00:17:44,670 --> 00:17:46,536
and, like, was just
throwing me back.
320
00:17:46,538 --> 00:17:49,707
That's how blown away I was
by this girl's voice.
321
00:17:49,709 --> 00:17:51,742
I'd never heard
anything like it.
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♪ I am
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♪ I'm trying to
324
00:18:14,234 --> 00:18:17,836
So next day she calls,
she says, "Hey, how you doing?"
325
00:18:17,838 --> 00:18:20,238
I said, "You." I said,
"What's wrong with you?
326
00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:21,740
You were sick."
She goes, "No.
327
00:18:21,742 --> 00:18:24,408
I just wanted to see
if you could cut it."
328
00:18:33,186 --> 00:18:35,623
She blew the
roof off the place.
329
00:18:38,726 --> 00:18:42,261
And after that, we
started to seriously court
330
00:18:42,263 --> 00:18:44,696
the record companies.
331
00:18:44,698 --> 00:18:47,366
At that time,
there were no singers
332
00:18:47,368 --> 00:18:50,636
that just stood up and sang,
333
00:18:50,638 --> 00:18:53,472
a mic and a light,
you know.
334
00:18:53,474 --> 00:18:54,806
There were bands.
335
00:18:54,808 --> 00:18:56,642
What she was doing,
336
00:18:56,644 --> 00:18:58,777
it wasn't something
that the record industry
337
00:18:58,779 --> 00:19:02,782
was interested in,
but bit by bit we got offers.
338
00:19:02,784 --> 00:19:05,717
Eventually, the two labels
offering good deals
339
00:19:05,719 --> 00:19:09,221
were Elektra,
which was Bruce Lundvall,
340
00:19:09,223 --> 00:19:11,390
and Arista,
which was Clive Davis.
341
00:19:11,392 --> 00:19:15,494
Every night, one of the labels
would come down to the show.
342
00:19:15,496 --> 00:19:18,564
The next day, one of
the offers would get bigger.
343
00:19:18,566 --> 00:19:20,566
And the next night,
Bruce Lundvall
344
00:19:20,568 --> 00:19:22,834
would come down
to the show with flowers.
345
00:19:22,836 --> 00:19:26,239
The next night, Clive would
come back again with flowers,
346
00:19:26,241 --> 00:19:27,907
and then the offer
would get bigger.
347
00:19:27,909 --> 00:19:31,377
She was innocent-looking,
yet soulful.
348
00:19:31,379 --> 00:19:35,548
Her voice was like no voice
I had ever heard.
349
00:19:35,550 --> 00:19:40,385
When she stepped forward to do
"The Greatest Love Of All,"
350
00:19:40,387 --> 00:19:42,722
I was totally knocked out.
351
00:19:42,724 --> 00:19:46,191
Whitney found meaning
in that song that I was sure
352
00:19:46,193 --> 00:19:48,695
even the composers
didn't know were there.
353
00:19:50,365 --> 00:19:52,167
♪ The children
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00:19:53,768 --> 00:19:55,835
♪ Are our future
355
00:19:58,206 --> 00:20:01,710
♪ Teach them well and
356
00:20:02,677 --> 00:20:05,714
♪ Let them
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00:20:06,881 --> 00:20:11,485
♪ Lead the way
358
00:20:11,487 --> 00:20:14,622
The two offers
were pretty even.
359
00:20:14,624 --> 00:20:16,356
But we decided
to go with Clive.
360
00:20:16,358 --> 00:20:18,592
♪ Show them all...
361
00:20:18,594 --> 00:20:21,662
You know, you get
that spine tingle...
362
00:20:21,664 --> 00:20:23,964
when you know
you're in the presence
363
00:20:23,966 --> 00:20:26,299
of somebody very special.
364
00:20:26,301 --> 00:20:27,801
And that genius,
365
00:20:27,803 --> 00:20:30,436
that vocal
interpretive genius,
366
00:20:30,438 --> 00:20:33,640
had a profound impact on me.
367
00:20:33,642 --> 00:20:36,577
♪ Give them a sense...
368
00:20:36,579 --> 00:20:39,647
The urban legend
that Clive created Whitney
369
00:20:39,649 --> 00:20:41,582
is really not true.
370
00:20:41,584 --> 00:20:43,384
Clive packaged it all,
371
00:20:43,386 --> 00:20:46,887
but if anyone created
Whitney's taste, it was Cissy.
372
00:20:46,889 --> 00:20:50,391
That's where Whitney got
her influences from.
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00:20:50,393 --> 00:20:52,595
♪ Easier
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00:20:54,697 --> 00:20:56,229
♪ Let...
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00:20:56,231 --> 00:20:58,565
John and
Cissy had understood
376
00:20:58,567 --> 00:21:01,536
that to be successful
in America
377
00:21:01,538 --> 00:21:03,337
as an African American,
378
00:21:03,339 --> 00:21:06,440
to be successful
in the larger culture,
379
00:21:06,442 --> 00:21:08,643
you've got to learn the ways
of the culture,
380
00:21:08,645 --> 00:21:10,544
speak the language
of the culture,
381
00:21:10,546 --> 00:21:12,381
wear the clothing
of the culture.
382
00:21:14,316 --> 00:21:17,584
You have to have
double consciousness,
383
00:21:17,586 --> 00:21:19,653
and that can cause you
to wonder,
384
00:21:19,655 --> 00:21:21,655
"Who is the real me?
385
00:21:21,657 --> 00:21:26,728
Am I an extension of that,
or is that an extension of me?"
386
00:21:26,730 --> 00:21:29,031
There was Lena Horne.
There's Dionne Warwick,
387
00:21:29,033 --> 00:21:32,333
but if the mantle is to pass
to somebody who's 19,
388
00:21:32,335 --> 00:21:35,270
who's elegant, who's sensuous,
who's innocent,
389
00:21:35,272 --> 00:21:37,539
who's got
an incredible range of talent,
390
00:21:37,541 --> 00:21:40,442
but guts and soul
at the same time,
391
00:21:40,444 --> 00:21:42,677
it will be Whitney Houston,
in my opinion.
392
00:21:42,679 --> 00:21:45,480
She also happens
to be a model.
393
00:21:45,482 --> 00:21:47,415
Yes, she is.
She's a beautiful girl.
394
00:21:47,417 --> 00:21:52,287
And her poise doesn't hurt,
but it's her natural charm.
395
00:21:52,289 --> 00:21:54,690
I mean, you either got it,
or you don't have it.
396
00:21:54,692 --> 00:21:56,424
- She's got it.
- She got it.
397
00:21:56,426 --> 00:21:58,961
Wait till you hear her.
Here's Whitney Houston.
398
00:22:05,769 --> 00:22:08,739
♪ When I think of home
399
00:22:10,373 --> 00:22:12,744
♪ I think of a place
400
00:22:14,645 --> 00:22:19,517
♪ Where there's
Love overflowing ♪
401
00:22:21,552 --> 00:22:24,355
♪ I wish I was home
402
00:22:25,656 --> 00:22:28,025
♪ I wish I was back there
403
00:22:29,594 --> 00:22:33,461
♪ With the things
404
00:22:33,463 --> 00:22:36,066
♪ I've been knowing
405
00:22:36,068 --> 00:22:39,602
♪ Oh, I know
You're listening, God ♪
406
00:22:39,604 --> 00:22:44,640
♪ So won't you please try
Not to make it hard to know ♪
407
00:22:44,642 --> 00:22:46,943
♪ I shouldn't believe
Everything ♪
408
00:22:46,945 --> 00:22:49,647
♪ Everything that I see
409
00:22:51,616 --> 00:22:56,986
♪ A world full of love
410
00:22:56,988 --> 00:22:58,955
♪ Like yours, like
411
00:22:58,957 --> 00:23:04,494
♪ Like mine
412
00:23:04,496 --> 00:23:11,335
♪ Like home
413
00:23:11,904 --> 00:23:16,372
♪ Home
414
00:23:26,518 --> 00:23:29,452
There's a lot of competition.
What makes you think
415
00:23:29,454 --> 00:23:31,721
you're gonna beat the odds
with your album?
416
00:23:31,723 --> 00:23:33,657
God gave me something
really great,
417
00:23:33,659 --> 00:23:35,492
and he doesn't give it
to everybody.
418
00:23:35,494 --> 00:23:38,695
And since I decided
to spread it worldwide,
419
00:23:38,697 --> 00:23:40,564
I think that
I'm gonna beat it. Heh.
420
00:23:40,566 --> 00:23:41,900
♪ Ah
421
00:23:44,670 --> 00:23:46,004
♪ Yeah
422
00:23:46,806 --> 00:23:48,541
♪ Woo!
423
00:23:50,944 --> 00:23:52,910
♪ Hey, yeah
424
00:23:52,912 --> 00:23:55,112
♪ Ah
425
00:23:55,114 --> 00:23:56,850
♪ Yeah
426
00:23:58,184 --> 00:24:01,451
♪ Clock strikes
Upon the hour ♪
427
00:24:01,453 --> 00:24:05,022
♪ And the sun
Begins to fade ♪
428
00:24:05,024 --> 00:24:06,123
Whitney Houston!
429
00:24:06,125 --> 00:24:07,725
♪ Still enough time
430
00:24:07,727 --> 00:24:09,526
♪ To figure out
431
00:24:09,528 --> 00:24:12,197
♪ How to chase
My blues away ♪
432
00:24:12,199 --> 00:24:14,166
Whitney Houston!
433
00:24:14,168 --> 00:24:17,602
♪ I've done all right
Up till now ♪
434
00:24:17,604 --> 00:24:21,873
♪ It's the light of day
That shows me how ♪
435
00:24:21,875 --> 00:24:24,742
♪ And when the night falls
436
00:24:24,744 --> 00:24:28,746
♪ The loneliness calls
437
00:24:28,748 --> 00:24:31,551
♪ Oh, I wanna dance
With somebody ♪
438
00:24:33,052 --> 00:24:36,822
♪ I wanna feel the heat
With somebody ♪
439
00:24:36,824 --> 00:24:39,693
♪ Yeah, I wanna dance
With somebody ♪
440
00:24:41,161 --> 00:24:44,495
♪ With somebody
Who loves me ♪
441
00:24:44,497 --> 00:24:47,735
♪ Oh, I wanna dance
With somebody ♪
442
00:24:49,236 --> 00:24:52,738
♪ I wanna feel the heat
443
00:24:52,740 --> 00:24:55,775
♪ Yeah, I wanna dance
With somebody ♪
444
00:24:57,177 --> 00:25:00,812
♪ With somebody
Who loves me ♪
445
00:25:00,814 --> 00:25:03,782
♪ I need a man
Who'll take a chance ♪
446
00:25:03,784 --> 00:25:08,053
♪ On a love that burns
Hot enough to last ♪
447
00:25:08,055 --> 00:25:11,224
♪ So when the night falls
448
00:25:11,226 --> 00:25:15,060
♪ My lonely heart calls
449
00:25:15,062 --> 00:25:19,531
♪ Oh, I wanna dance
With somebody ♪
450
00:25:19,533 --> 00:25:23,136
♪ I wanna feel the heat
With somebody ♪
451
00:25:23,138 --> 00:25:26,207
♪ Yeah, I wanna dance
With somebody ♪
452
00:25:27,676 --> 00:25:30,643
♪ With somebody
Who loves me ♪
453
00:25:30,645 --> 00:25:32,645
♪ Don'tcha wanna dance?
Say you wanna dance ♪
454
00:25:32,647 --> 00:25:34,513
♪ Don'tcha wanna dance?
♪ Dance
455
00:25:34,515 --> 00:25:36,749
♪ Don'tcha wanna dance?
Say you wanna dance ♪
456
00:25:36,751 --> 00:25:38,550
♪ Don'tcha wanna dance?
♪ Dance
457
00:25:38,552 --> 00:25:41,586
♪ Don'tcha wanna dance?
Say you wanna dance ♪
458
00:25:41,588 --> 00:25:43,722
♪ Ah-ha
♪ Dance
459
00:25:43,724 --> 00:25:47,261
♪ With somebody
Who loves me ♪
460
00:25:47,263 --> 00:25:48,995
The meteoric
rise to superstar.
461
00:25:48,997 --> 00:25:50,663
Seven consecutive...
462
00:25:50,665 --> 00:25:52,199
More consecutive
number one hits
463
00:25:52,201 --> 00:25:53,933
than Elvis or The Beatles.
464
00:25:53,935 --> 00:25:55,902
Most successful
debut solo album!
465
00:25:55,904 --> 00:25:59,672
- Platinum six times.
- Heartbeat of America.
466
00:26:07,015 --> 00:26:10,216
Jack, did you ever
find this one here on the street?
467
00:26:10,218 --> 00:26:12,953
- Many times.
- How much was she?
468
00:26:12,955 --> 00:26:15,222
She was simple.
When Whitney was at home,
469
00:26:15,224 --> 00:26:17,590
Whitney wouldn't even
sleep in her bedroom.
470
00:26:17,592 --> 00:26:20,828
She'd sleep on the couch in
the family room and watch TV.
471
00:26:20,830 --> 00:26:22,296
You'd see her out there,
472
00:26:22,298 --> 00:26:24,932
making herself a little
pallet on the couch,
473
00:26:24,934 --> 00:26:27,267
and that's where
she would sleep at.
474
00:26:27,269 --> 00:26:31,271
Very simple.
Very, very simple.
475
00:26:31,273 --> 00:26:35,809
It was almost like...
she became Whitney Houston
476
00:26:35,811 --> 00:26:38,779
when it was time for her
to get on stage.
477
00:26:38,781 --> 00:26:42,850
And when she came off, you
know, she became Nippy again.
478
00:26:42,852 --> 00:26:44,952
What about a boyfriend?
Anybody special?
479
00:26:44,954 --> 00:26:47,087
- No, not at the moment. No.
- Oh.
480
00:26:47,089 --> 00:26:49,723
So who do you think about
481
00:26:49,725 --> 00:26:51,658
when you're singing
something like that?
482
00:26:51,660 --> 00:26:53,127
People. People in general.
483
00:26:53,129 --> 00:26:55,629
- She's saving it.
- Hey!
484
00:26:55,631 --> 00:26:58,165
What's going on
between you and Eddie Murphy?
485
00:26:58,167 --> 00:26:59,934
There's no deep
intimate feelings?
486
00:26:59,936 --> 00:27:02,837
There are deep feelings.
And sometimes we are intimate.
487
00:27:02,839 --> 00:27:04,671
Whoa.
488
00:27:04,673 --> 00:27:07,008
Most recently, the
gossip magazines report
489
00:27:07,010 --> 00:27:09,878
Houston and NFL quarterback
Randall Cunningham
490
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,380
are an item
and ready to marry.
491
00:27:12,382 --> 00:27:14,782
Do you think she liked sex?
492
00:27:14,784 --> 00:27:17,118
Yes, she did.
She talked about it.
493
00:27:17,120 --> 00:27:21,021
She liked it way more than
I needed to know.
494
00:27:21,023 --> 00:27:22,724
Yes.
495
00:27:22,726 --> 00:27:26,027
To the point
I was, like, scared for her,
496
00:27:26,029 --> 00:27:28,730
so I actually bought her
a vibrator
497
00:27:28,732 --> 00:27:30,965
for Christmas one year.
498
00:27:30,967 --> 00:27:34,369
You know, you're a celebrity,
and you're a woman and you...
499
00:27:34,371 --> 00:27:36,204
She couldn't just
date anybody.
500
00:27:36,206 --> 00:27:38,339
You didn't know
if these people were honest,
501
00:27:38,341 --> 00:27:42,377
and they're getting high.
I'm like, "If you wanna...
502
00:27:42,379 --> 00:27:45,814
have sex and nobody's there,
or what... Take this."
503
00:27:45,816 --> 00:27:47,183
I heard Robert De Niro
504
00:27:47,185 --> 00:27:48,951
was following you all over.
505
00:27:48,953 --> 00:27:50,319
He'd been on my case.
506
00:27:50,321 --> 00:27:52,354
He'd been sweating me
for a little while.
507
00:27:52,356 --> 00:27:54,924
Let me break that down.
He was chasing this woman.
508
00:27:54,926 --> 00:27:57,393
The one that she might have
gotten closest to
509
00:27:57,395 --> 00:27:59,928
maybe thinking
she was gonna marry...
510
00:27:59,930 --> 00:28:01,696
could have been
Brad Johnson.
511
00:28:01,698 --> 00:28:05,367
Can you imagine being
a 30-year-old single guy,
512
00:28:05,369 --> 00:28:07,836
living in New York City,
and you're in your car,
513
00:28:07,838 --> 00:28:09,271
headed up
the West Side Highway
514
00:28:09,273 --> 00:28:11,841
to pick up Whitney Houston
to take her for dinner.
515
00:28:11,843 --> 00:28:13,776
And it's 1987,
and you just feel like
516
00:28:13,778 --> 00:28:15,077
you're on top of the world.
517
00:28:15,079 --> 00:28:17,682
I don't know why I like it.
518
00:28:18,216 --> 00:28:19,748
I just do.
519
00:28:26,757 --> 00:28:29,792
Just a very
sweet, somewhat shy...
520
00:28:29,794 --> 00:28:31,227
I hesitate to say "innocent"
521
00:28:31,229 --> 00:28:33,329
because she had an old soul.
522
00:28:33,331 --> 00:28:35,432
She was wise in a way.
523
00:28:35,434 --> 00:28:37,800
But then she was
still this 23-year-old girl
524
00:28:37,802 --> 00:28:40,303
who would, you know,
grab your arm in a scary movie
525
00:28:40,305 --> 00:28:43,273
and, you know,
curl up right next to you.
526
00:28:43,275 --> 00:28:46,976
I never saw
a dark moment with her.
527
00:28:46,978 --> 00:28:50,045
She just laughed.
She had this great laugh,
528
00:28:50,047 --> 00:28:52,282
and she would kind of
squint her eyes.
529
00:28:52,284 --> 00:28:54,884
♪ I've been waiting
For the phone to ring... ♪
530
00:28:54,886 --> 00:28:57,052
Robyn was always
very friendly to me.
531
00:28:57,054 --> 00:29:00,056
She was protective, but I felt
it was appropriate.
532
00:29:00,058 --> 00:29:02,159
She didn't know me,
and of the people
533
00:29:02,161 --> 00:29:05,862
close to Whitney,
she was the closest.
534
00:29:05,864 --> 00:29:09,432
I was 16 and we
were working at summer jobs.
535
00:29:09,434 --> 00:29:11,101
I remember thinking, "Wow,
536
00:29:11,103 --> 00:29:13,236
this is really gonna be
a trip this summer."
537
00:29:13,238 --> 00:29:16,206
I don't have any friends."
And then here comes Robyn
538
00:29:16,208 --> 00:29:18,942
with this beautiful,
beautiful afro.
539
00:29:18,944 --> 00:29:20,911
She was tall
and very statuesque,
540
00:29:20,913 --> 00:29:22,980
and I was like, "Wow, man."
541
00:29:22,982 --> 00:29:25,916
She stood up for me,
and I remember thinking:
542
00:29:25,918 --> 00:29:28,787
"I've known this person
seems like all my life."
543
00:29:30,390 --> 00:29:33,257
At 18, she left
her parents' home,
544
00:29:33,259 --> 00:29:35,859
and Whitney and Robyn
moved in together.
545
00:29:35,861 --> 00:29:37,761
Tell me about Robyn Crawford.
546
00:29:37,763 --> 00:29:40,230
What do you want to know
about Robyn Crawford?
547
00:29:40,232 --> 00:29:42,832
- Who was she?
- Robyn was a nobody.
548
00:29:42,834 --> 00:29:44,267
She was a nobody.
549
00:29:44,269 --> 00:29:47,205
She was an opportunist.
She was a wannabe.
550
00:29:47,207 --> 00:29:48,873
She was a nobody, really.
551
00:29:48,875 --> 00:29:51,776
And she happened to
involve herself with Nippy,
552
00:29:51,778 --> 00:29:54,245
you know, for whatever
reasons, you know.
553
00:29:54,247 --> 00:29:56,013
I've never seen them
do anything,
554
00:29:56,015 --> 00:29:58,950
but I knew that she was, uh...
She was something
555
00:29:58,952 --> 00:30:02,019
that I didn't want my sister
to be involved with.
556
00:30:02,021 --> 00:30:04,155
It was evil. It was wicked.
557
00:30:04,157 --> 00:30:09,193
♪ Happy
birthday Dear Robyn ♪
558
00:30:10,297 --> 00:30:17,236
♪ Happy birthday to you
559
00:30:25,311 --> 00:30:28,045
I knew she was a lesbian.
Yes, yes, I did.
560
00:30:28,047 --> 00:30:30,448
For sure I knew. I was
the first one to know her.
561
00:30:30,450 --> 00:30:32,350
I knew what she was.
562
00:30:32,352 --> 00:30:35,155
And I tried to tell my sister
to leave her alone.
563
00:30:37,291 --> 00:30:40,359
Whitney and her relationships.
Okay, so...
564
00:30:40,361 --> 00:30:43,195
As far as Whitney
and Robyn...
565
00:30:43,197 --> 00:30:46,999
the relationship
was her safety net.
566
00:30:47,001 --> 00:30:49,136
- Hi, Robbie.
- Hi.
567
00:30:51,071 --> 00:30:53,205
That was a
whole separate world
568
00:30:53,207 --> 00:30:56,408
from who she needed
to be in the public,
569
00:30:56,410 --> 00:30:58,578
for her parents, her family.
570
00:30:58,580 --> 00:31:01,581
The other relationships
outside of that,
571
00:31:01,583 --> 00:31:05,618
be it Eddie Murphy or Randall
Cunningham or Brad Johnson,
572
00:31:05,620 --> 00:31:09,221
she had those because
those were expected of her.
573
00:31:09,223 --> 00:31:11,890
And she liked men too.
574
00:31:11,892 --> 00:31:17,195
What they say now, in this time,
is that she's fluid.
575
00:31:17,197 --> 00:31:21,268
She flows. She goes whatever
way she goes. She loves.
576
00:31:22,504 --> 00:31:24,070
What?
577
00:31:24,072 --> 00:31:26,906
Robyn, I'll kick your camera
and break it.
578
00:31:26,908 --> 00:31:28,975
- Robyn!
- I wouldn't do that.
579
00:31:28,977 --> 00:31:31,544
Robyn!
580
00:31:31,546 --> 00:31:34,213
When I first started
working with Whitney,
581
00:31:34,215 --> 00:31:38,251
the press loved her.
She was the black princess.
582
00:31:38,253 --> 00:31:39,885
That also included,
583
00:31:39,887 --> 00:31:42,455
"Oh, and look how great
her family life is,
584
00:31:42,457 --> 00:31:46,124
and look how wonderful her
parents are and her siblings."
585
00:31:46,126 --> 00:31:48,595
I mean, for years
people even didn't know
586
00:31:48,597 --> 00:31:50,597
that John and Cissy
were divorced.
587
00:31:50,599 --> 00:31:52,999
You know, they showed up
at events together,
588
00:31:53,001 --> 00:31:55,502
playacting
the perfect family.
589
00:31:55,504 --> 00:31:58,104
But then stories
started to appear
590
00:31:58,106 --> 00:32:00,306
about Whitney and Robyn.
591
00:32:00,308 --> 00:32:02,408
Not too long
ago, I was in Detroit.
592
00:32:02,410 --> 00:32:04,210
I did a radio show
for over an hour.
593
00:32:04,212 --> 00:32:06,612
About 30 calls came in.
They really wanted to know,
594
00:32:06,614 --> 00:32:08,581
"What is the story
of Whitney?
595
00:32:08,583 --> 00:32:10,484
Is she gay or is she not?"
596
00:32:10,486 --> 00:32:14,121
Whitney is not gay, ahem.
That is the story on that.
597
00:32:14,123 --> 00:32:16,357
The only gayness I feel
is when I'm happy.
598
00:32:16,359 --> 00:32:18,359
- That's it.
- And that's all that matters.
599
00:32:18,361 --> 00:32:19,959
That's all that matters, yes.
600
00:32:19,961 --> 00:32:22,929
No one in this organization
601
00:32:22,931 --> 00:32:24,997
wanted anything to disrupt
602
00:32:24,999 --> 00:32:28,435
this bullet train
that was Whitney Houston.
603
00:32:28,437 --> 00:32:30,237
John didn't like it.
604
00:32:30,239 --> 00:32:32,639
He painted this picture
for her to be
605
00:32:32,641 --> 00:32:36,310
this pristine teenage girl,
no faults.
606
00:32:36,312 --> 00:32:38,513
That was the image
he tried to create.
607
00:32:38,515 --> 00:32:42,149
And the way he looked at it,
that was a black guy.
608
00:32:42,151 --> 00:32:45,085
Some of the family
might have been homophobic,
609
00:32:45,087 --> 00:32:47,988
but, really,
it was about control.
610
00:32:47,990 --> 00:32:50,657
Robyn was the only one that
could get Whitney out of bed.
611
00:32:50,659 --> 00:32:53,227
She was the only one
that Whitney would listen to.
612
00:32:53,229 --> 00:32:55,564
And anyone who had
influence was a threat.
613
00:32:57,533 --> 00:32:59,701
Did John ever try
and get rid of Robyn?
614
00:32:59,703 --> 00:33:02,370
- He talked about it.
- What would he say?
615
00:33:02,372 --> 00:33:04,972
He said, if he could,
he would break them up,
616
00:33:04,974 --> 00:33:06,708
any way he can.
617
00:33:06,710 --> 00:33:08,944
He wanted somebody
to scare her.
618
00:33:13,015 --> 00:33:14,716
We refrained from that
619
00:33:14,718 --> 00:33:17,619
because you never know what
the outcome is going to be
620
00:33:17,621 --> 00:33:21,155
when you send people like that,
you know, to do something.
621
00:33:21,157 --> 00:33:23,291
You just never know
what's going to happen.
622
00:33:23,293 --> 00:33:26,494
What did you make of John?
623
00:33:26,496 --> 00:33:31,399
He could be very charming,
but he was an opportunist.
624
00:33:31,401 --> 00:33:36,137
And so he didn't hesitate
to get my dad out of there.
625
00:33:36,139 --> 00:33:38,573
He wanted to be
running the show.
626
00:33:38,575 --> 00:33:41,576
He didn't like the idea
of anyone else being in charge?
627
00:33:41,578 --> 00:33:44,179
No, he was head, you know,
he was Captain Houston.
628
00:33:44,181 --> 00:33:47,616
Shit, are you kidding me?
Ha-ha-ha.
629
00:33:47,618 --> 00:33:50,085
He loved being a boss.
630
00:33:50,087 --> 00:33:52,655
You had to kiss the ring,
and I mean that literally.
631
00:33:52,657 --> 00:33:54,523
He had a big-ass gold ring.
632
00:33:54,525 --> 00:33:56,492
He would ask
people to kiss his ring?
633
00:33:56,494 --> 00:33:59,361
Yeah, exactly.
I'll never forget it.
634
00:33:59,363 --> 00:34:01,530
And they did.
635
00:34:01,532 --> 00:34:03,532
Nobody said, "Kiss my ass."
636
00:34:03,534 --> 00:34:07,736
I was young, but you still have
to question, you know,
637
00:34:07,738 --> 00:34:10,074
when someone says to you...
638
00:34:12,109 --> 00:34:13,476
"You know you made it
639
00:34:13,478 --> 00:34:15,578
when you got white people
working for you."
640
00:34:15,580 --> 00:34:18,214
A lot of times
I look at Whitney,
641
00:34:18,216 --> 00:34:20,817
and I can still see her
in braids,
642
00:34:20,819 --> 00:34:24,353
pigtails... walking around.
643
00:34:24,355 --> 00:34:28,457
It's hard for me
to deal with her as a star.
644
00:34:28,459 --> 00:34:30,392
It's very hard for me
to deal with her.
645
00:34:30,394 --> 00:34:34,364
I talk to her as a daughter.
She talks to me as her father.
646
00:34:34,366 --> 00:34:35,799
Suddenly he had a dream job.
647
00:34:35,801 --> 00:34:39,836
From $500 a week
to $500,000...
648
00:34:39,838 --> 00:34:42,372
...a year.
649
00:34:42,374 --> 00:34:45,709
Hi, Whitney.
650
00:34:45,711 --> 00:34:49,144
- Was that a good show, Daddy?
- That was a great show.
651
00:34:49,146 --> 00:34:52,549
John Houston was a
civil servant in New Jersey,
652
00:34:52,551 --> 00:34:55,451
running over to Manhattan,
hanging out in the clubs,
653
00:34:55,453 --> 00:34:57,453
trying to find
some people to manage.
654
00:34:57,455 --> 00:35:00,090
And then all of a sudden,
his daughter...
655
00:35:00,092 --> 00:35:03,393
becomes one of the biggest
stars in the world,
656
00:35:03,395 --> 00:35:06,096
so John became a king too.
657
00:35:06,098 --> 00:35:08,131
And John loved the fact
658
00:35:08,133 --> 00:35:11,735
that he could call
anybody in Hollywood,
659
00:35:11,737 --> 00:35:14,538
and they would take
the meeting immediately.
660
00:35:14,540 --> 00:35:18,042
It's a power he never thought
he would ever have.
661
00:35:19,878 --> 00:35:22,480
Once John took over,
everybody in the family
662
00:35:22,482 --> 00:35:24,348
except Cissy
was on the payroll,
663
00:35:24,350 --> 00:35:27,885
and all the decisions
were just about,
664
00:35:27,887 --> 00:35:31,254
you know, the money.
665
00:35:31,256 --> 00:35:33,724
Just playing a few cards here.
So there you go.
666
00:35:33,726 --> 00:35:36,594
Try and do a couple of hands.
667
00:35:36,596 --> 00:35:39,296
I remember her
putting me and my brother
668
00:35:39,298 --> 00:35:42,667
on the payroll, when we didn't
even work for her at the time.
669
00:35:44,536 --> 00:35:47,806
So we got a check
every week in the mail, $200.
670
00:35:47,808 --> 00:35:49,774
And then we went on tour.
671
00:35:49,776 --> 00:35:51,676
And from there,
we got a salary,
672
00:35:51,678 --> 00:35:55,379
and then we had a retainer
when we weren't working.
673
00:35:55,381 --> 00:35:57,815
She felt that
when you love somebody,
674
00:35:57,817 --> 00:35:59,483
when you're family,
this is what you do.
675
00:35:59,485 --> 00:36:01,419
This is how
we were brought up.
676
00:36:01,421 --> 00:36:04,322
Our 6'5" senior from
East Orange, New Jersey,
677
00:36:04,324 --> 00:36:07,425
number 24, Gary Garland.
678
00:36:07,427 --> 00:36:11,195
Gary had just
finished a career in the NBA.
679
00:36:11,197 --> 00:36:13,432
He was drafted to
the Denver Nuggets,
680
00:36:13,434 --> 00:36:15,867
and it was stated
in the papers
681
00:36:15,869 --> 00:36:17,636
that he was dropped
from the team
682
00:36:17,638 --> 00:36:20,471
for failing a drug test.
683
00:36:20,473 --> 00:36:22,373
That must have
been devastating.
684
00:36:22,375 --> 00:36:23,942
I went through hell.
685
00:36:23,944 --> 00:36:26,310
I was depressed
for nine months.
686
00:36:26,312 --> 00:36:27,612
I'm talking about numb.
687
00:36:29,515 --> 00:36:32,416
Then '85 came, when
my sister became a star,
688
00:36:32,418 --> 00:36:35,187
and I started
singing with her.
689
00:36:35,189 --> 00:36:38,724
I wasn't Gary.
I was Whitney's brother.
690
00:36:40,928 --> 00:36:42,928
For Gary, having to sing
691
00:36:42,930 --> 00:36:47,466
after having a basketball
career, was a letdown.
692
00:36:47,468 --> 00:36:51,770
On the outside, he wanted
to show he was having fun.
693
00:36:51,772 --> 00:36:54,238
I think he was dying inside.
694
00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:56,307
You get it?
You get it now, right?
695
00:36:56,309 --> 00:36:58,511
After your two-beat freeze,
you go...
696
00:36:58,513 --> 00:37:01,313
♪ Joy
697
00:37:01,315 --> 00:37:05,450
♪ Joy
698
00:37:05,452 --> 00:37:08,821
Michael was the
fun-loving younger brother,
699
00:37:08,823 --> 00:37:11,256
had everyone laughing
all the time.
700
00:37:11,258 --> 00:37:14,459
He had a job
as the road manager,
701
00:37:14,461 --> 00:37:16,463
or tour manager,
something like that.
702
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,233
It was a family affair, man.
703
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:33,279
That's it.
704
00:37:36,651 --> 00:37:40,386
Ooh!
705
00:37:40,388 --> 00:37:43,388
All right, y'all. We're
getting ready for the first show.
706
00:37:43,390 --> 00:37:45,859
It was amazing. We
traveled all over the world.
707
00:37:45,861 --> 00:37:48,394
And we took care of Whitney,
me and my brother.
708
00:37:48,396 --> 00:37:51,497
We were her bodyguards.
We took care of her baggage.
709
00:37:51,499 --> 00:37:54,367
We made sure she was safe,
and she was.
710
00:37:57,907 --> 00:38:00,874
The idea was that
they could watch over her,
711
00:38:00,876 --> 00:38:03,010
and they could protect her.
712
00:38:03,012 --> 00:38:04,879
But both of them were...
713
00:38:06,548 --> 00:38:08,381
you know, were doing drugs.
714
00:38:08,383 --> 00:38:13,020
I was using drugs...
deeply then.
715
00:38:13,022 --> 00:38:15,422
After being on tour
for five or six months,
716
00:38:15,424 --> 00:38:17,958
I come home, you know.
717
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,961
I spent time with my family,
but most times I was running.
718
00:38:20,963 --> 00:38:24,598
A lot of parties to go to,
a lot of chicks...
719
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,867
...a lot of drugs.
720
00:38:26,869 --> 00:38:31,304
You're Whitney's brother...
so the door is open.
721
00:38:31,306 --> 00:38:33,306
You probably interviewed
motherfuckers
722
00:38:33,308 --> 00:38:35,979
I sat and got high with.
They know who they are.
723
00:38:38,081 --> 00:38:40,748
Whitney and I were very close,
like I said,
724
00:38:40,750 --> 00:38:42,616
and we spent
a lot of time together.
725
00:38:42,618 --> 00:38:45,019
And it wasn't like I was
ten years older than her,
726
00:38:45,021 --> 00:38:48,022
and I introduced her to drugs,
"Here, little girl." No.
727
00:38:48,024 --> 00:38:51,558
We graduated from
marijuana together.
728
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,661
She wanted to try it.
I tried it. We tried it.
729
00:38:54,663 --> 00:38:56,930
If anything
was gonna be done,
730
00:38:56,932 --> 00:38:59,269
I was gonna be the one
to show her.
731
00:39:00,537 --> 00:39:03,471
Her age was probably
around 16.
732
00:39:06,076 --> 00:39:08,777
It was her birthday...
733
00:39:08,779 --> 00:39:12,549
and... I gave her
a bag of weed...
734
00:39:13,850 --> 00:39:17,685
and a little toke
of some cocaine.
735
00:39:17,687 --> 00:39:21,555
I had fun,
and that's all that matters.
736
00:39:21,557 --> 00:39:23,959
Don't you know that?
737
00:39:23,961 --> 00:39:26,394
That it's about having fun?
738
00:39:26,396 --> 00:39:29,965
Did I have a lot of fun?
739
00:39:29,967 --> 00:39:32,567
I was the one that
went out and got drugs,
740
00:39:32,569 --> 00:39:35,037
you know, when we went
to different cities.
741
00:39:37,374 --> 00:39:39,574
'Sup? Ha-ha-ha.
742
00:39:39,576 --> 00:39:41,843
I got drugs in Japan.
743
00:39:41,845 --> 00:39:45,380
In Japan it's a no-no.
It's a taboo.
744
00:39:45,382 --> 00:39:47,783
Coming into the'80s,
everybody was doing it.
745
00:39:47,785 --> 00:39:49,919
It was out in the open.
746
00:39:49,921 --> 00:39:53,388
When you went to clubs,
it was right on the table.
747
00:39:53,390 --> 00:39:55,491
It was like... It was crazy.
748
00:39:55,493 --> 00:39:58,393
It was like...
Like it wasn't a bad word.
749
00:39:58,395 --> 00:40:01,529
Like it wasn't a bad thing,
you know what I'm saying?
750
00:40:01,531 --> 00:40:03,835
And... pfft...
little did you know.
751
00:40:04,802 --> 00:40:06,467
Straight up killed her.
752
00:40:06,469 --> 00:40:08,904
Do not be like the
horse or the mule,
753
00:40:08,906 --> 00:40:10,639
which have no understanding
754
00:40:10,641 --> 00:40:13,910
but must be controlled
by bit and bridle,
755
00:40:13,912 --> 00:40:16,112
- or they will not come to you.
- Mm.
756
00:40:16,114 --> 00:40:17,813
Many are the woes
of the wicked,
757
00:40:17,815 --> 00:40:19,548
but the Lord's unfailing love
758
00:40:19,550 --> 00:40:21,784
surrounds the man
who trusts in him.
759
00:40:21,786 --> 00:40:22,720
Thank you for that.
760
00:40:24,889 --> 00:40:29,592
♪ Be your baby tonight
761
00:40:29,594 --> 00:40:32,930
Two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.
762
00:40:39,972 --> 00:40:41,638
And seven, eight.
763
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:45,507
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight.
764
00:40:45,509 --> 00:40:47,509
♪ You got the magic
And I gotta have it ♪
765
00:40:47,511 --> 00:40:49,779
♪ I don't want the pieces
I want every single part ♪
766
00:40:49,781 --> 00:40:51,647
♪ I'll be your angel
I'm ready and able ♪
767
00:40:51,649 --> 00:40:53,449
♪ Whatever you want is fine
768
00:40:53,451 --> 00:40:55,751
♪ Whenever you're ready
Just call on your lady ♪
769
00:40:55,753 --> 00:41:00,026
♪ I'll be your baby tonight
770
00:41:01,693 --> 00:41:03,660
It's time to chill.
771
00:41:03,662 --> 00:41:04,761
♪ But anyway
772
00:41:04,763 --> 00:41:06,132
♪ My name is not Susan
773
00:41:08,901 --> 00:41:11,568
On the dance floor.
774
00:41:11,570 --> 00:41:13,970
♪ And it goes a little
Something like this ♪
775
00:41:13,972 --> 00:41:15,605
♪ Who do you love?
776
00:41:15,607 --> 00:41:17,507
♪ Say, who do you love?
777
00:41:17,509 --> 00:41:19,609
♪ Say, who do you love?
778
00:41:19,611 --> 00:41:21,746
♪ Say, who do you love?
779
00:41:21,748 --> 00:41:24,048
♪ Say, who do you love?
780
00:41:24,050 --> 00:41:26,117
♪ Who do you love?
781
00:41:26,119 --> 00:41:27,952
♪ Say, who do you love?
782
00:41:27,954 --> 00:41:29,820
♪ Say, who do you love?
783
00:41:29,822 --> 00:41:31,989
♪ Say, who do you love?
784
00:41:31,991 --> 00:41:33,958
♪ Say, who do you love?
785
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:35,893
♪ Say, who do you love?
786
00:41:35,895 --> 00:41:38,129
♪ Say, who do you love?
787
00:41:41,667 --> 00:41:42,933
- ♪ Yeah
- ♪ Yeah
788
00:41:42,935 --> 00:41:44,701
- ♪ Yeah
- ♪ Yeah
789
00:41:44,703 --> 00:41:45,970
- ♪ Yeah
- ♪ Yeah
790
00:41:45,972 --> 00:41:47,638
♪ I wanna know right now
791
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:49,006
♪ Oh, yeah
792
00:41:49,008 --> 00:41:52,610
♪ Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah ♪
793
00:41:52,612 --> 00:41:56,549
♪ I wanna know who
794
00:41:58,952 --> 00:42:02,086
You miss something
if you don't see her live.
795
00:42:02,088 --> 00:42:04,055
She could just let it go,
796
00:42:04,057 --> 00:42:06,693
maybe feel like
she was in church again.
797
00:42:07,260 --> 00:42:08,659
Thank you.
798
00:42:08,661 --> 00:42:11,630
Come on, let's go. Let's go.
799
00:42:11,632 --> 00:42:13,631
Come on.
800
00:42:13,633 --> 00:42:15,069
Watch yourself.
801
00:42:25,611 --> 00:42:28,280
It's kind of make
you wonder how a song like
802
00:42:28,282 --> 00:42:31,617
"Things That Make You Go Hmmmm"
could be a hit, huh?
803
00:42:50,904 --> 00:42:52,838
This we're gonna have to edit,
Mom.
804
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:56,008
Well, let me let you
all know who that was.
805
00:42:56,010 --> 00:42:58,344
First of all...
806
00:42:58,346 --> 00:43:00,880
Put that...
Get out of here, Robyn!
807
00:43:05,819 --> 00:43:07,719
Cissy Houston talking, folks.
808
00:43:07,721 --> 00:43:09,855
Been in this business
for over 30 years.
809
00:43:09,857 --> 00:43:11,558
That's right.
810
00:43:18,166 --> 00:43:20,699
Never, Mom.
811
00:43:20,701 --> 00:43:22,602
Never change, baby.
Stay the same.
812
00:43:22,604 --> 00:43:24,904
You're beautiful. Love ya.
813
00:43:24,906 --> 00:43:27,173
What was the business like, Mrs.
Houston,
814
00:43:27,175 --> 00:43:29,275
when you we were
very actively recording?
815
00:43:29,277 --> 00:43:31,677
- Hard. Ha, ha.
- Hard?
816
00:43:58,407 --> 00:44:00,907
I don't wanna be in
a business that ain't true.
817
00:44:00,909 --> 00:44:03,042
I don't want to be in it
like that.
818
00:44:03,044 --> 00:44:04,145
Honey...
819
00:44:06,681 --> 00:44:11,151
I know, Mom, I know.
I know, Mom, I know.
820
00:44:11,153 --> 00:44:12,986
- I know.
- My baby.
821
00:44:12,988 --> 00:44:15,255
I'm not gonna change.
822
00:44:15,257 --> 00:44:18,092
I'm not gonna do it.
823
00:44:18,094 --> 00:44:20,828
♪ I will not sell out
824
00:44:20,830 --> 00:44:22,898
Don't sell out, kid.
825
00:44:23,966 --> 00:44:25,966
Don't sell out.
826
00:44:25,968 --> 00:44:28,736
Is it open?
827
00:44:32,241 --> 00:44:33,642
Ma, that's ugly.
828
00:44:56,031 --> 00:44:58,133
A lot of your black audience
829
00:44:58,135 --> 00:45:00,435
has been a little bit
critical in the last year
830
00:45:00,437 --> 00:45:02,403
about you singing songs
that were less
831
00:45:02,405 --> 00:45:04,772
in a soul tradition
or in a gospel tradition.
832
00:45:04,774 --> 00:45:07,041
And you went a little too far
to the pop side.
833
00:45:07,043 --> 00:45:09,978
How do you feel
about that kind of criticism?
834
00:45:09,980 --> 00:45:12,814
I don't know.
What do they want?
835
00:45:12,816 --> 00:45:15,383
What do they want me to do?
I think music is music.
836
00:45:15,385 --> 00:45:17,118
You know? I mean,
837
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,287
how do I sing more black,
or how do I sing...
838
00:45:19,289 --> 00:45:21,457
What am I doing that's
making me sound white?
839
00:45:21,459 --> 00:45:22,857
I don't understand.
840
00:45:22,859 --> 00:45:24,426
I'm singing music
from my heart,
841
00:45:24,428 --> 00:45:26,062
from my soul, and that's it.
842
00:45:28,064 --> 00:45:30,399
Al Sharpton,
he's out protesting
843
00:45:30,401 --> 00:45:32,066
with signs
in front of the hotel
844
00:45:32,068 --> 00:45:34,068
saying "Whitey" Whitney.
845
00:45:34,070 --> 00:45:36,804
At first she thought he was
saying Whitney Houston.
846
00:45:36,806 --> 00:45:38,940
She couldn't connect it
until it was brought
847
00:45:38,942 --> 00:45:41,142
to her attention,
"He's calling you 'Whitey.'"
848
00:45:41,144 --> 00:45:43,811
What is the deal
in the past
849
00:45:43,813 --> 00:45:47,249
when you've had the friction
at the Soul Train Awards?
850
00:45:47,251 --> 00:45:49,218
They booed me
at the Soul Train Awards.
851
00:45:49,220 --> 00:45:51,787
Yeah, and I'm not
exactly sure...
852
00:45:51,789 --> 00:45:54,156
You can't ask a whole crowd
what was that about?
853
00:45:54,158 --> 00:45:55,791
Yeah.
854
00:45:55,793 --> 00:45:58,760
Yeah, I wanted to say that
and some other things but...
855
00:45:58,762 --> 00:46:01,497
The nominees for Best R&B
Urban Contemporary Single
856
00:46:01,499 --> 00:46:03,098
by a Female are...
857
00:46:03,100 --> 00:46:07,269
♪ Now I know...
858
00:46:07,271 --> 00:46:09,772
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go?"
Whitney Houston.
859
00:46:13,144 --> 00:46:15,044
She was so upset.
860
00:46:15,046 --> 00:46:17,880
She said to me,
"It would be one thing
861
00:46:17,882 --> 00:46:20,350
if they were booing me
because they didn't like
862
00:46:20,352 --> 00:46:22,818
the way I sing, Aunt Bae."
863
00:46:22,820 --> 00:46:24,554
She said,
"But they were booing me
864
00:46:24,556 --> 00:46:28,090
for something
altogether different."
865
00:46:28,092 --> 00:46:31,227
And I think it goes back
to her childhood
866
00:46:31,229 --> 00:46:33,797
when she was being bullied
in school.
867
00:46:33,799 --> 00:46:36,132
She was really
torn up about it.
868
00:46:36,134 --> 00:46:39,202
And I think the difference in
how the crowd reacted to me
869
00:46:39,204 --> 00:46:41,004
and how they reacted to her
870
00:46:41,006 --> 00:46:43,306
played a part
in our connection.
871
00:46:43,308 --> 00:46:44,941
It's not hard to figure out
872
00:46:44,943 --> 00:46:47,577
who the hottest young
solo male artist is.
873
00:46:47,579 --> 00:46:50,846
His name is Bobby Brown!
874
00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:58,289
Is this an awards show?
875
00:46:58,291 --> 00:47:00,892
Are you all ready to party?
876
00:47:02,595 --> 00:47:04,129
I was sitting
in the front row.
877
00:47:05,531 --> 00:47:08,064
- She just kept nudging me.
- Get busy!
878
00:47:08,066 --> 00:47:10,469
I said, "Excuse me."
She said, "Yeah."
879
00:47:12,371 --> 00:47:14,504
It was just really funny
how she said it,
880
00:47:14,506 --> 00:47:16,408
like, you know,
with this attitude.
881
00:47:18,510 --> 00:47:20,110
I was conceited at the time.
882
00:47:20,112 --> 00:47:23,414
- ♪ That's my prerogative
- Listen here.
883
00:47:23,416 --> 00:47:26,350
♪ Well, they say I'm crazy
884
00:47:26,352 --> 00:47:28,386
♪ I really don't care...
885
00:47:28,388 --> 00:47:31,088
So then in
walks Bobby Brown.
886
00:47:31,090 --> 00:47:34,425
He was black.
Absolutely for sure.
887
00:47:34,427 --> 00:47:36,160
He was straight.
888
00:47:36,162 --> 00:47:39,163
♪ Would you make me go
Unh, unh? ♪
889
00:47:39,165 --> 00:47:41,499
Even straighter
than straight.
890
00:47:41,501 --> 00:47:44,535
People thought,
"That's so odd.
891
00:47:44,537 --> 00:47:46,904
She's sophisticated,
892
00:47:46,906 --> 00:47:50,341
and he's unrefined,
that Bobby Brown."
893
00:47:50,343 --> 00:47:52,376
We're from the hood,
894
00:47:52,378 --> 00:47:56,013
and Bobby was a black boy
from the hood.
895
00:47:56,015 --> 00:47:59,517
The type my mother
always kept away from her.
896
00:47:59,519 --> 00:48:01,452
He's both of her brothers.
897
00:48:01,454 --> 00:48:03,220
All rolled into one.
898
00:48:05,024 --> 00:48:07,658
Bobby was a really
funny and fun guy
899
00:48:07,660 --> 00:48:11,163
to hang around with, you know,
he made her laugh.
900
00:48:11,165 --> 00:48:15,334
Yeah, baby! Yeah, baby!
901
00:48:15,336 --> 00:48:18,172
She truly loved him.
She truly loved him.
902
00:48:20,507 --> 00:48:22,674
- Wait. I gotta make my wish.
- Shh.
903
00:48:27,213 --> 00:48:29,483
Wait!
904
00:48:32,419 --> 00:48:34,489
Yes!
905
00:48:37,057 --> 00:48:39,157
Robert Barisford Brown,
906
00:48:39,159 --> 00:48:42,227
do you take this woman
to be your wedded wife,
907
00:48:42,229 --> 00:48:46,565
and do you solemnly promise
before God and these witnesses
908
00:48:46,567 --> 00:48:48,934
that you will love her
and comfort her,
909
00:48:48,936 --> 00:48:53,238
forsaking all others
for her alone?
910
00:48:53,240 --> 00:48:54,973
I do.
911
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:17,331
I think that was a very
difficult time for Robyn.
912
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:23,202
When you love someone,
you want the best for them,
913
00:49:23,204 --> 00:49:25,373
even if it's not
the best for you.
914
00:49:26,709 --> 00:49:31,043
You know that, "If I leave,
915
00:49:31,045 --> 00:49:33,980
I can't think of anyone
that would protect her
916
00:49:33,982 --> 00:49:37,118
from these landmines
that are all around."
917
00:49:41,723 --> 00:49:44,223
Whitney believed
that if she got married,
918
00:49:44,225 --> 00:49:46,025
everything would be
wonderful,
919
00:49:46,027 --> 00:49:48,228
and she'd have
this great family.
920
00:49:48,230 --> 00:49:52,435
She'd have her baby, and she'd
just live happily ever after.
921
00:49:54,570 --> 00:49:56,938
She absolutely had
that fairy tale.
922
00:49:58,774 --> 00:50:04,343
To me, she was a little
girl wishing upon a star.
923
00:50:04,345 --> 00:50:07,248
She was always trying
to find her way back home.
924
00:50:10,219 --> 00:50:13,721
This here is
a photograph of us in Italy.
925
00:50:13,723 --> 00:50:16,523
It was a time when, you know,
they were just married.
926
00:50:16,525 --> 00:50:20,327
We was on honeymoon and they
were into dressing alike.
927
00:50:20,329 --> 00:50:22,696
I guess that was
the thing at that time.
928
00:50:22,698 --> 00:50:26,400
She was extremely happy.
929
00:50:26,402 --> 00:50:29,572
Looking forward to starting
her life with her husband.
930
00:50:34,109 --> 00:50:36,611
She called me when
she was on her honeymoon,
931
00:50:36,613 --> 00:50:38,245
and she said:
932
00:50:38,247 --> 00:50:44,019
"Aunt Bae, I didn't get
my period. I'm pregnant."
933
00:50:46,155 --> 00:50:48,489
Anyway, Krissi was born,
934
00:50:48,491 --> 00:50:51,425
and I'll never forget
that day.
935
00:50:51,427 --> 00:50:53,293
She came home early
936
00:50:53,295 --> 00:50:56,129
because she didn't want
to stay in the hospital.
937
00:50:56,131 --> 00:50:58,566
She came to the door,
and she was bent over.
938
00:50:58,568 --> 00:51:02,136
And she had Krissi
in her arm.
939
00:51:02,138 --> 00:51:04,138
And I said, "Nippy,
what are you doing?"
940
00:51:04,140 --> 00:51:07,442
She said, "Aunt Bae,
will you bathe her?"
941
00:51:07,444 --> 00:51:09,577
So I said,
"Of course I'll bathe her,"
942
00:51:09,579 --> 00:51:11,615
so I took the baby from her.
943
00:51:13,350 --> 00:51:15,385
I never gave her back.
944
00:51:18,321 --> 00:51:24,560
She slept in a crib for
about two or three months...
945
00:51:24,562 --> 00:51:29,498
And then one night
she was colicky and gassy,
946
00:51:29,500 --> 00:51:31,332
and I put her in the bed
with me.
947
00:51:31,334 --> 00:51:34,168
And she slept with me
in that bed,
948
00:51:34,170 --> 00:51:39,075
wherever we were...
for the next eight years.
949
00:51:47,852 --> 00:51:51,620
- Point at the baby, Mommy.
- That's my daughter.
950
00:51:51,622 --> 00:51:53,589
That's me
and Bobby's little girl.
951
00:51:53,591 --> 00:51:56,659
She looks just like
her father, doesn't she?
952
00:51:59,564 --> 00:52:01,263
I think, in the beginning,
953
00:52:01,265 --> 00:52:03,234
she was a good parent.
954
00:52:05,235 --> 00:52:07,770
Whitney hated
leaving Krissi.
955
00:52:07,772 --> 00:52:10,540
It's hard when you're working,
when you're traveling.
956
00:52:10,542 --> 00:52:13,175
She had the same situation
as her mom.
957
00:52:13,177 --> 00:52:16,512
But she insisted
on taking Krissi on tour.
958
00:52:16,514 --> 00:52:19,582
Hey, baby, Krissi.
959
00:52:19,584 --> 00:52:21,818
Oh, you're the best kid
in the world.
960
00:52:21,820 --> 00:52:25,855
Thanks. You're the best kid
in the world!
961
00:52:25,857 --> 00:52:28,192
Thank you, mama. Thank you.
962
00:52:29,727 --> 00:52:31,527
The best kid in the world.
963
00:52:31,529 --> 00:52:33,396
Thank you, Lord Jesus.
964
00:52:33,398 --> 00:52:36,633
Her mother was pulled
away from her so much,
965
00:52:36,635 --> 00:52:40,804
she was always vying for
her mother's attention.
966
00:52:40,806 --> 00:52:43,273
Not her love
but her attention.
967
00:52:43,275 --> 00:52:45,611
You all know
who this is, huh?
968
00:52:47,746 --> 00:52:51,280
♪ Bobbi, Bobbi, Bobbi
Bobbi, Bobbi, Bobbi, Bobbi ♪
969
00:52:51,282 --> 00:52:52,716
♪ My baby
970
00:52:52,718 --> 00:52:55,319
♪ My little girl
971
00:52:56,521 --> 00:52:58,658
♪ She inspires me
972
00:52:59,859 --> 00:53:02,727
♪ And she's giving me joy
973
00:53:02,729 --> 00:53:05,732
♪ Joy, joy, joy, joy, joy
974
00:53:06,833 --> 00:53:09,900
♪ A little goddess
975
00:53:09,902 --> 00:53:12,970
♪ And Mommy loves you, girl
976
00:53:12,972 --> 00:53:15,839
♪ You don't have to worry
About a thing ♪
977
00:53:15,841 --> 00:53:20,412
♪ Because I'm standing
Right by your side ♪
978
00:53:24,450 --> 00:53:25,750
♪ Don't worry
979
00:53:25,752 --> 00:53:27,518
- Can you shoop?
- Mm.
980
00:53:29,389 --> 00:53:31,689
It's not a place
for children to grow up,
981
00:53:31,691 --> 00:53:33,290
on the road.
982
00:53:33,292 --> 00:53:34,959
It's just not.
983
00:53:34,961 --> 00:53:37,662
A kid needs stability,
needs school.
984
00:53:37,664 --> 00:53:39,530
Being around other children.
985
00:53:39,532 --> 00:53:41,666
Krissi spent a lot of time
around grown-ups.
986
00:53:41,668 --> 00:53:43,668
Therefore, you grow up fast,
987
00:53:43,670 --> 00:53:45,570
and you become grown
before your time.
988
00:53:53,446 --> 00:53:55,279
The battle has been joined.
989
00:53:57,383 --> 00:53:59,684
I get a call
from Whitney's dad.
990
00:53:59,686 --> 00:54:03,989
"Hey, son, we're gonna do
the Super Bowl this year."
991
00:54:03,991 --> 00:54:06,023
Super Sunday is on its way,
992
00:54:06,025 --> 00:54:09,561
and most of us will be glued
to our television sets.
993
00:54:09,563 --> 00:54:12,264
I talked to Whitney
about how it should feel.
994
00:54:12,266 --> 00:54:14,833
We always talked about
the feeling first.
995
00:54:14,835 --> 00:54:17,302
She talked about Marvin Gaye
996
00:54:17,304 --> 00:54:19,738
and how he had done
the National Anthem
997
00:54:19,740 --> 00:54:21,642
at the NBA all-star game.
998
00:54:24,277 --> 00:54:27,779
Marvin had this idea
to make it soulful,
999
00:54:27,781 --> 00:54:31,515
so he had this drum machine.
And he just flowed in and out
1000
00:54:31,517 --> 00:54:34,386
and just sang however he felt
at that moment.
1001
00:54:34,388 --> 00:54:35,990
♪ Oh, say
1002
00:54:36,958 --> 00:54:42,427
♪ Can you see...
1003
00:54:42,429 --> 00:54:45,564
And I think Whitney
definitely saw then, like,
1004
00:54:45,566 --> 00:54:47,799
he was just free.
1005
00:54:47,801 --> 00:54:52,771
♪ Early light...
1006
00:54:54,675 --> 00:54:56,441
So I said, "I understand.
1007
00:54:56,443 --> 00:54:58,945
If I give you one beat extra
for each measure,
1008
00:54:58,947 --> 00:55:01,380
it's gonna allow you
more freedom
1009
00:55:01,382 --> 00:55:03,348
to hold the notes
a little longer
1010
00:55:03,350 --> 00:55:06,486
and have gospel flavorings
and jazz flavorings.
1011
00:55:06,488 --> 00:55:09,555
They switched the meter
for the song
1012
00:55:09,557 --> 00:55:12,658
from a waltz
3/4 count to 4/4.
1013
00:55:12,660 --> 00:55:15,862
That might seem simple enough,
but for someone
1014
00:55:15,864 --> 00:55:17,797
steeped in the gospel
and black tradition,
1015
00:55:17,799 --> 00:55:19,531
all black music is 4/4.
1016
00:55:19,533 --> 00:55:22,401
The Air Force has been
using so-called smart bombs...
1017
00:55:22,403 --> 00:55:25,738
I remember this was
during the Persian Gulf war,
1018
00:55:25,740 --> 00:55:27,807
a patriotic time
in this country.
1019
00:55:33,414 --> 00:55:36,749
And when I hand the music
to the orchestra,
1020
00:55:36,751 --> 00:55:38,818
and they play it...
1021
00:55:38,820 --> 00:55:41,120
They hate it.
1022
00:55:41,122 --> 00:55:45,893
It's "dissonant",
it's..."sacrilegious."
1023
00:55:45,895 --> 00:55:48,662
♪ Made in America
1024
00:55:48,664 --> 00:55:51,932
♪ That means a lot to me
1025
00:55:51,934 --> 00:55:56,603
I sent her the recording,
and I never heard from her.
1026
00:55:56,605 --> 00:56:00,874
A week before the Super Bowl,
Whitney comes to town.
1027
00:56:00,876 --> 00:56:03,409
I'm excited.
I'm, like, pacing the studio.
1028
00:56:03,411 --> 00:56:07,915
And I'm like...
"So did you hear it?"
1029
00:56:07,917 --> 00:56:10,617
You know, "You hear it?
You ready?"
1030
00:56:10,619 --> 00:56:12,486
She says...
1031
00:56:12,488 --> 00:56:15,422
"No, I haven't listened to it
yet but just put it up, baby.
1032
00:56:15,424 --> 00:56:16,790
It'll be fine."
1033
00:56:16,792 --> 00:56:19,893
Holding my breath,
I push play...
1034
00:56:19,895 --> 00:56:23,899
and she sits there,
eyes closed, listening.
1035
00:56:26,101 --> 00:56:30,706
She says, "All right, I got it."
I'm like, "You got it?"
1036
00:56:31,740 --> 00:56:33,474
I roll the tape...
1037
00:56:33,476 --> 00:56:37,612
and what the world heard
was the first take.
1038
00:56:37,614 --> 00:56:39,479
Whitney Houston!
1039
00:56:41,618 --> 00:56:43,818
I can feel that
same emotion right now,
1040
00:56:43,820 --> 00:56:46,620
like you just witness
something magical.
1041
00:56:49,792 --> 00:56:55,596
♪ O say can you see
1042
00:56:55,598 --> 00:57:01,170
♪ By the dawn's early light
1043
00:57:01,172 --> 00:57:07,075
♪ What so proudly we hailed
1044
00:57:07,077 --> 00:57:12,914
♪ At the twilight's
Last gleaming ♪
1045
00:57:12,916 --> 00:57:19,487
♪ Whose broad stripes
And bright stars... ♪
1046
00:57:19,489 --> 00:57:22,457
Black people have always
had a very fraught relationship
1047
00:57:22,459 --> 00:57:23,928
to "The Star-Spangled
Banner."
1048
00:57:27,064 --> 00:57:29,631
It's essentially
a song about war,
1049
00:57:29,633 --> 00:57:32,600
and the organs
of state violence
1050
00:57:32,602 --> 00:57:35,237
in the United States
have just as often been used
1051
00:57:35,239 --> 00:57:38,706
against black people as they
have been against enemies.
1052
00:57:38,708 --> 00:57:44,947
♪ And the rockets'
Red glare ♪
1053
00:57:44,949 --> 00:57:51,120
♪ The bombs bursting in air
1054
00:57:51,122 --> 00:57:53,489
She had the radical impact
1055
00:57:53,491 --> 00:57:55,493
of highlighting
the theme of freedom.
1056
00:57:56,727 --> 00:58:00,195
And for... black people,
1057
00:58:00,197 --> 00:58:02,531
that's the most
important concept
1058
00:58:02,533 --> 00:58:05,601
that you live under
in this country.
1059
00:58:05,603 --> 00:58:13,276
♪ O say does that
Star-spangled ♪
1060
00:58:13,278 --> 00:58:21,284
♪ Banner yet wave
1061
00:58:21,286 --> 00:58:29,292
♪ O'er the land
Of the free ♪
1062
00:58:29,294 --> 00:58:32,262
♪ And the home
1063
00:58:32,264 --> 00:58:39,269
♪ Of the brave...
1064
00:58:47,045 --> 00:58:49,713
She brought
the spirit to it.
1065
00:58:49,715 --> 00:58:51,181
When you go to
the right church,
1066
00:58:51,183 --> 00:58:52,849
even as a Jewish person,
1067
00:58:52,851 --> 00:58:54,951
you might accept Jesus
in your life
1068
00:58:54,953 --> 00:58:57,021
after hearing
the right choir.
1069
00:58:57,023 --> 00:58:59,756
And at that particular point,
1070
00:58:59,758 --> 00:59:02,293
in hearing her sing
"The Star-Spangled Banner,"
1071
00:59:02,295 --> 00:59:06,629
she made people proud
that they were Americans.
1072
00:59:06,631 --> 00:59:09,599
Hi, sweetheart. What do you
think about Whitney Houston?
1073
00:59:09,601 --> 00:59:10,834
I like her.
1074
00:59:10,836 --> 00:59:12,236
What does she mean to you?
1075
00:59:12,238 --> 00:59:14,205
She's the greatest
female entertainer
1076
00:59:14,207 --> 00:59:15,805
of the 20th century.
1077
00:59:15,807 --> 00:59:18,008
So much soul
and so much spirit.
1078
00:59:18,010 --> 00:59:19,276
Every time
I think of her,
1079
00:59:19,278 --> 00:59:21,178
I think of
"The Star-Spangled Banner."
1080
00:59:21,180 --> 00:59:24,648
- Your favorite Whitney tune?
- "The Star-Spangled Banner."
1081
00:59:24,650 --> 00:59:27,184
I couldn't stop the tears
from rolling down my cheeks.
1082
00:59:27,186 --> 00:59:28,919
She sang with all her heart.
1083
00:59:28,921 --> 00:59:31,789
A beautiful singer and person.
A good Christian girl.
1084
00:59:31,791 --> 00:59:34,158
If you could say
anything, what would you say?
1085
00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:35,628
I love you, Whitney.
1086
00:59:37,930 --> 00:59:42,133
The first time I met her,
she was wearing big black glasses.
1087
00:59:42,135 --> 00:59:45,003
And she kind of pretended
to be tough
1088
00:59:45,005 --> 00:59:49,341
and answered in one word,
like, "How are you?" "Good."
1089
00:59:49,343 --> 00:59:51,642
"So you want to do movies?"
"Yep."
1090
00:59:51,644 --> 00:59:54,112
So I said,
"Take off your glasses.
1091
00:59:54,114 --> 00:59:55,980
I want to see your eyes."
1092
00:59:55,982 --> 00:59:58,816
And she said, "That's
exactly why I have them on,
1093
00:59:58,818 --> 01:00:00,785
so you don't see my eyes."
1094
01:00:00,787 --> 01:00:03,721
So I reached over
and took off her glasses.
1095
01:00:03,723 --> 01:00:06,624
She was kind of shocked,
1096
01:00:06,626 --> 01:00:09,227
but then I looked at her
and I thought:
1097
01:00:09,229 --> 01:00:14,835
"You know, even if she's
a singer, I think she has..."
1098
01:00:16,070 --> 01:00:17,702
She had a spirit.
1099
01:00:17,704 --> 01:00:19,905
And I thought,
"I'm gonna try this."
1100
01:00:19,907 --> 01:00:21,339
- The Bodyguard?
- The Bodyguard.
1101
01:00:21,341 --> 01:00:23,641
What do you play in it?
With Kevin Costner.
1102
01:00:23,643 --> 01:00:26,211
- Well, I'm not the bodyguard.
- No, you wouldn't be that.
1103
01:00:26,213 --> 01:00:31,249
No, I play an entertainer,
um, a rock star, pop star,
1104
01:00:31,251 --> 01:00:33,052
um, who is an actress,
1105
01:00:33,054 --> 01:00:38,023
who is haunted and hunted
by this maniac killer.
1106
01:00:38,025 --> 01:00:39,858
- Oh.
- Yeah.
1107
01:00:39,860 --> 01:00:42,994
It's kind of like "love me to
death" kind of thing. You know?
1108
01:00:42,996 --> 01:00:44,930
What's Kevin Costner
playing in it?
1109
01:00:44,932 --> 01:00:49,000
He's the bodyguard. Yes,
he's hired to guard my body.
1110
01:00:49,002 --> 01:00:51,336
Oh, what a nice job!
1111
01:00:54,308 --> 01:00:57,276
She had never done a movie.
I had never done a movie.
1112
01:00:57,278 --> 01:00:59,278
But we learned quick.
1113
01:00:59,280 --> 01:01:03,683
For me, I'm like the most
I dealt with white people
1114
01:01:03,685 --> 01:01:06,052
was like at the store
when they was, like,
1115
01:01:06,054 --> 01:01:07,686
"You show us
your credit card."
1116
01:01:07,688 --> 01:01:09,122
You know what I mean?
1117
01:01:09,124 --> 01:01:11,224
That's how I was
used to being treated.
1118
01:01:11,226 --> 01:01:12,892
So to come on a movie set
1119
01:01:12,894 --> 01:01:16,329
and mostly white people
telling you what to do,
1120
01:01:16,331 --> 01:01:17,796
we were afraid.
1121
01:01:17,798 --> 01:01:19,265
Not that we were afraid
of them.
1122
01:01:19,267 --> 01:01:21,767
We were afraid
not to be able to live up to
1123
01:01:21,769 --> 01:01:24,171
what it was that we were
supposed to do.
1124
01:01:26,275 --> 01:01:28,774
The idea that
she was my leading woman
1125
01:01:28,776 --> 01:01:32,278
seemed to be a very big deal
in the black community.
1126
01:01:32,280 --> 01:01:34,280
I never, um, saw that.
1127
01:01:34,282 --> 01:01:38,017
I simply saw
she was the cutest,
1128
01:01:38,019 --> 01:01:40,153
most beautiful girl
that could sing.
1129
01:01:40,155 --> 01:01:42,288
- You okay?
- Yeah. I'm okay.
1130
01:01:42,290 --> 01:01:45,159
And she
happened to be black.
1131
01:01:45,161 --> 01:01:47,494
♪ I'll think of you...
1132
01:01:47,496 --> 01:01:50,766
And then I realized that
she asks the plane to stop.
1133
01:01:52,468 --> 01:01:53,834
Wait!
1134
01:01:53,836 --> 01:01:55,068
She ran down the steps
1135
01:01:55,070 --> 01:01:56,503
that every white woman
has run down
1136
01:01:56,505 --> 01:01:58,272
to kiss Cary Grant
or whatever.
1137
01:01:58,274 --> 01:02:01,041
♪ I...
1138
01:02:01,043 --> 01:02:02,509
And the camera went around
1139
01:02:02,511 --> 01:02:05,078
the way it went around
white people kissing
1140
01:02:05,080 --> 01:02:07,880
throughout the history
of Hollywood.
1141
01:02:07,882 --> 01:02:11,018
And we forgot about
what color anybody was.
1142
01:02:11,020 --> 01:02:12,955
That did change everything.
1143
01:02:21,897 --> 01:02:25,232
What was the fun
aspect for you being in a film?
1144
01:02:25,234 --> 01:02:27,034
Being a woman,
being a black woman,
1145
01:02:27,036 --> 01:02:28,435
playing a very strong part.
1146
01:02:28,437 --> 01:02:30,237
I think that's
exciting enough.
1147
01:02:30,239 --> 01:02:32,874
When it was
screened in South Africa,
1148
01:02:32,876 --> 01:02:34,909
people cheered
when they kissed.
1149
01:02:34,911 --> 01:02:37,278
That was amazing.
1150
01:02:37,280 --> 01:02:40,951
♪ That I'll think of you
1151
01:02:42,552 --> 01:02:44,787
♪ Every step of
1152
01:02:47,023 --> 01:02:50,260
♪ The way...
1153
01:03:27,064 --> 01:03:31,435
♪ And I
1154
01:03:32,270 --> 01:03:33,870
♪ Ooh, I
1155
01:03:35,038 --> 01:03:37,539
♪ Will always
1156
01:03:37,541 --> 01:03:42,112
♪ Love you
1157
01:03:44,281 --> 01:03:46,516
♪ Will always
1158
01:03:46,518 --> 01:03:49,852
♪ Love you
1159
01:03:50,988 --> 01:03:56,427
♪ Bittersweet memories
1160
01:03:57,561 --> 01:04:01,332
♪ That is all I'm taking
1161
01:04:02,533 --> 01:04:05,601
♪ With me
1162
01:04:05,603 --> 01:04:08,270
♪ So goodbye
1163
01:04:08,272 --> 01:04:11,376
♪ Please don't cry
1164
01:04:12,311 --> 01:04:14,477
♪ We both know
1165
01:04:14,479 --> 01:04:16,879
♪ I'm not what you
1166
01:04:16,881 --> 01:04:19,582
♪ You need
1167
01:04:19,584 --> 01:04:23,388
♪ And I...
1168
01:04:25,324 --> 01:04:30,560
♪ Will always love you
1169
01:04:30,562 --> 01:04:32,630
♪ I
1170
01:04:32,632 --> 01:04:36,399
♪ Will always love you
1171
01:04:36,401 --> 01:04:39,336
♪ And you, and you, and you
And you, and you, and you ♪
1172
01:04:39,338 --> 01:04:41,571
♪ And you, and you, and you
1173
01:04:41,573 --> 01:04:43,342
♪ Ah
1174
01:04:47,079 --> 01:04:50,547
The Bodyguard took
Whitney into the stratosphere.
1175
01:04:50,549 --> 01:04:54,250
Every country in the world
played that song.
1176
01:04:54,252 --> 01:04:55,918
Behind these walls,
1177
01:04:55,920 --> 01:04:58,456
the row over a chart-topping
hit rumbles on.
1178
01:04:58,458 --> 01:05:00,458
♪ And I...
1179
01:05:00,460 --> 01:05:03,026
John and Suzanne Handley
hated Whitney Houston
1180
01:05:03,028 --> 01:05:04,362
blaring through their walls.
1181
01:05:04,364 --> 01:05:06,230
They called it
psychological torture.
1182
01:05:06,232 --> 01:05:08,198
Today at their home
there was no comment
1183
01:05:08,200 --> 01:05:10,100
on the prison sentence
handed out
1184
01:05:10,102 --> 01:05:12,503
to the neighbor
they'd taken to court.
1185
01:05:12,505 --> 01:05:15,305
All she did was play
a Whitney Houston record,
1186
01:05:15,307 --> 01:05:18,341
and she's serving
seven days in prison for that.
1187
01:05:35,561 --> 01:05:39,963
It's dark. It's dark.
1188
01:05:39,965 --> 01:05:42,199
Under the candlelight...
1189
01:05:42,201 --> 01:05:46,003
Under the candlelight we see
that there is a woman in here.
1190
01:05:46,005 --> 01:05:48,473
We don't know her name yet...
1191
01:05:48,475 --> 01:05:51,075
but she's a fantastic
recording artist,
1192
01:05:51,077 --> 01:05:52,577
one of the best.
1193
01:05:52,579 --> 01:05:54,679
Ladies and gentlemen,
Miss Whitney Houston.
1194
01:05:54,681 --> 01:05:57,314
Yeah, I'm on camera.
They got me on camera.
1195
01:05:57,316 --> 01:05:59,751
- And that's Pat.
- Hi.
1196
01:05:59,753 --> 01:06:02,253
That's my sister-in-law.
1197
01:06:02,255 --> 01:06:04,422
This is Bobby.
1198
01:06:04,424 --> 01:06:07,458
Whether you know it or not,
yeah, it's me. How you doing?
1199
01:06:07,460 --> 01:06:11,663
She was the superstar,
and he had a couple of hits,
1200
01:06:11,665 --> 01:06:15,267
so kind of equal,
close enough.
1201
01:06:15,269 --> 01:06:18,071
And then The Bodyguard hit.
1202
01:06:20,007 --> 01:06:22,340
And she shot off
into the stratosphere,
1203
01:06:22,342 --> 01:06:28,248
and he knew instinctively
he would never get there.
1204
01:06:29,383 --> 01:06:31,383
And he just kinda shut down.
1205
01:06:31,385 --> 01:06:33,352
When you got people
in the media
1206
01:06:33,354 --> 01:06:34,754
talking about Mr. Houston
1207
01:06:34,756 --> 01:06:36,689
instead of Mr. Brown,
you know.
1208
01:06:36,691 --> 01:06:39,324
Instead of saying...
Like I say, "Fuck 'em,"
1209
01:06:39,326 --> 01:06:41,126
he let it get to him.
1210
01:06:41,128 --> 01:06:43,496
Can I just ask you
real quick, Miss Houston?
1211
01:06:43,498 --> 01:06:45,698
- Mrs. Brown, man.
- Mrs. Houston-Brown?
1212
01:06:45,700 --> 01:06:47,132
- Yes, darlin'?
- Pow.
1213
01:06:47,134 --> 01:06:49,534
Let's go, Laurie.
1214
01:06:49,536 --> 01:06:51,636
Bobby was jealous,
1215
01:06:51,638 --> 01:06:54,641
and he could not recognize
that emotion.
1216
01:06:56,344 --> 01:07:00,179
He was always now
the plus one.
1217
01:07:00,181 --> 01:07:04,617
For him, in a black man's mind,
it was tearing him up.
1218
01:07:04,619 --> 01:07:06,686
We didn't think
about who was bigger
1219
01:07:06,688 --> 01:07:08,187
or who sold more records.
1220
01:07:08,189 --> 01:07:10,356
We thought about our talents
1221
01:07:10,358 --> 01:07:12,825
and how they matched so well.
1222
01:07:12,827 --> 01:07:15,428
- ♪ Gotta go through...
- ♪ The fire
1223
01:07:15,430 --> 01:07:17,396
- ♪ The...
- ♪ The rain
1224
01:07:19,434 --> 01:07:22,636
You're crazy.
Bobby, you're crazy.
1225
01:07:22,638 --> 01:07:25,606
What?
1226
01:07:25,608 --> 01:07:27,808
Because, I was about
to sing your line.
1227
01:07:27,810 --> 01:07:29,509
I know, I know.
You know what?
1228
01:07:29,511 --> 01:07:33,145
He'll sing this whole phrase
if I'm not careful.
1229
01:07:33,147 --> 01:07:35,248
Bobby, your part is,
"Gotta go through."
1230
01:07:35,250 --> 01:07:37,250
- All right.
- The rain, the joy...
1231
01:07:39,387 --> 01:07:41,754
- ♪ Gotta go through
- ♪ The fire
1232
01:07:41,756 --> 01:07:44,558
- ♪ The fire
- ♪ The rain
1233
01:07:44,560 --> 01:07:46,860
Bobby. Bobby, you go...
1234
01:07:46,862 --> 01:07:51,131
Gotta go through...
the rain... the joy.
1235
01:07:51,133 --> 01:07:54,234
- I'll play the reference.
- Don't play the reference.
1236
01:07:54,236 --> 01:07:57,237
She wanted to
keep the marriage,
1237
01:07:57,239 --> 01:08:02,174
and eventually, she stepped
down to lift him up.
1238
01:08:02,176 --> 01:08:06,446
Initially, I named her movie
company Houston Productions.
1239
01:08:06,448 --> 01:08:08,883
She's one of the biggest stars
in Hollywood.
1240
01:08:08,885 --> 01:08:11,318
And few months in, she said,
1241
01:08:11,320 --> 01:08:13,555
"We need to change the name
to BROWNHOUSE."
1242
01:08:16,191 --> 01:08:19,894
She went so far as to, "Okay,
well, you can manage me,"
1243
01:08:19,896 --> 01:08:22,629
trying to give him some
leverage in different things
1244
01:08:22,631 --> 01:08:25,900
to try to make him feel
important again.
1245
01:08:25,902 --> 01:08:27,869
That's just not
where his heart was.
1246
01:08:27,871 --> 01:08:30,804
He wanted to be on the stage
He wanted in the forefront.
1247
01:08:30,806 --> 01:08:35,176
Bobby! Bobby! Bobby!
1248
01:08:35,178 --> 01:08:37,579
He did things on
purpose to hurt her,
1249
01:08:37,581 --> 01:08:40,214
because he wasn't the star.
1250
01:08:40,216 --> 01:08:42,850
Bobby Brown is
behind bars today.
1251
01:08:42,852 --> 01:08:44,552
...accused of
hitting his wife...
1252
01:08:44,554 --> 01:08:46,287
totaling a Porsche
in Hollywood.
1253
01:08:46,289 --> 01:08:47,822
People were ringing
the doorbell,
1254
01:08:47,824 --> 01:08:50,592
young ladies saying,
"Oh, this is his baby."
1255
01:08:50,594 --> 01:08:52,560
Bobby!
1256
01:08:52,562 --> 01:08:56,532
Sexual harassment lawsuits
from some of the employees.
1257
01:08:56,534 --> 01:08:57,633
Bobby.
1258
01:08:57,635 --> 01:09:00,368
He would expose himself
to them.
1259
01:09:00,370 --> 01:09:02,503
The R&B singer
burst into tears.
1260
01:09:02,505 --> 01:09:04,707
Urinated on the back seat
of the deputy's car.
1261
01:09:04,709 --> 01:09:06,441
What took you so long?
1262
01:09:06,443 --> 01:09:09,444
Constantly,
it was always something.
1263
01:09:09,446 --> 01:09:11,412
This isn't fair.
1264
01:09:11,414 --> 01:09:13,181
This ain't fair, man.
1265
01:09:13,183 --> 01:09:15,483
I remember being in Europe
and sitting with her,
1266
01:09:15,485 --> 01:09:17,385
looking at
a European newspaper,
1267
01:09:17,387 --> 01:09:18,820
and Bobby's being arrested
1268
01:09:18,822 --> 01:09:22,424
for sexual harassment
back in California.
1269
01:09:22,426 --> 01:09:27,329
And she's begging him
to come on tour.
1270
01:09:27,331 --> 01:09:29,398
She's begging him
to come be with her.
1271
01:09:29,400 --> 01:09:33,869
And I look at her and I go,
"What are you doing?"
1272
01:09:33,871 --> 01:09:36,237
Between the press
and everybody saying
1273
01:09:36,239 --> 01:09:39,476
this is not gonna last, it was
constantly biting at her.
1274
01:09:40,410 --> 01:09:42,510
Yay!
1275
01:09:42,512 --> 01:09:46,649
But she didn't want to be
like her mother, a divorcée.
1276
01:09:46,651 --> 01:09:49,755
She was going to prove
that she could do it.
1277
01:09:51,689 --> 01:09:53,756
Do you believe
in total fidelity?
1278
01:09:53,758 --> 01:09:55,457
Do I believe in what?
1279
01:09:55,459 --> 01:09:57,426
Total fidelity?
1280
01:09:57,428 --> 01:09:59,361
Being faithful?
1281
01:09:59,363 --> 01:10:03,332
Oh, I am faithful.
That's why I got married.
1282
01:10:03,334 --> 01:10:05,934
Told you.
1283
01:10:05,936 --> 01:10:08,705
Wouldn't have
got married if...
1284
01:10:08,707 --> 01:10:10,940
You know...
1285
01:10:10,942 --> 01:10:13,543
- I think I got it.
- I hope so.
1286
01:10:13,545 --> 01:10:15,945
Were they
in love, do you think?
1287
01:10:15,947 --> 01:10:20,550
They loved each other
but a strange love.
1288
01:10:22,621 --> 01:10:24,420
I think she might
have believed
1289
01:10:24,422 --> 01:10:26,321
she was in love with Bobby,
1290
01:10:26,323 --> 01:10:29,324
but I think it was more of
a co-dependent relationship.
1291
01:10:29,326 --> 01:10:32,562
To the point where Bobbi
Kristina was even left out.
1292
01:10:41,606 --> 01:10:47,277
Somewhere around The
Bodyguard tour, '93, '94,
1293
01:10:47,279 --> 01:10:50,747
I remember her not showing up
in the rehearsals.
1294
01:10:50,749 --> 01:10:52,382
And then, when she came,
1295
01:10:52,384 --> 01:10:55,285
she would struggle
with her voice.
1296
01:10:55,287 --> 01:10:57,988
It wasn't the Whitney
I knew.
1297
01:10:57,990 --> 01:11:00,793
There was
definitely agitation.
1298
01:11:02,829 --> 01:11:05,563
All of the noise around her,
1299
01:11:05,565 --> 01:11:07,698
all of the things
coming at her,
1300
01:11:07,700 --> 01:11:11,936
she just wanted
to escape the pressure.
1301
01:11:11,938 --> 01:11:15,638
Can we talk about Whitney's
drug problem? When did that...?
1302
01:11:15,640 --> 01:11:17,074
I don't wanna talk
about that.
1303
01:11:17,076 --> 01:11:19,709
That has nothing to do
with this documentary
1304
01:11:19,711 --> 01:11:22,580
or anything that
I want to speak about.
1305
01:11:22,582 --> 01:11:24,815
Okay, if you don't
wanna talk about it.
1306
01:11:24,817 --> 01:11:26,350
- But it's...
- Not at all.
1307
01:11:26,352 --> 01:11:28,019
It's the thing
that killed her,
1308
01:11:28,021 --> 01:11:29,087
so it's important.
1309
01:11:29,089 --> 01:11:30,990
That's not what killed her.
1310
01:11:33,092 --> 01:11:35,059
Whenever you
were with Whitney,
1311
01:11:35,061 --> 01:11:36,827
were you taking drugs
every day?
1312
01:11:36,829 --> 01:11:38,896
Hell, yeah, every day.
1313
01:11:38,898 --> 01:11:41,699
A lot every day. Shit that
usually kills motherfuckers,
1314
01:11:41,701 --> 01:11:44,536
and you survive it.
So you keep rocking. Ha, ha.
1315
01:11:44,538 --> 01:11:46,071
What about Bobby?
1316
01:11:46,073 --> 01:11:48,707
Let's just say Bobby was
a fucking lightweight...
1317
01:11:48,709 --> 01:11:50,776
when it came to
motherfucking drugs.
1318
01:11:50,778 --> 01:11:53,812
Bobby was not someone
who could do, you know...
1319
01:11:53,814 --> 01:11:58,349
We used to pass Bobby,
fucking, by lapping him.
1320
01:11:58,351 --> 01:11:59,751
Trust me.
1321
01:11:59,753 --> 01:12:00,919
What was Whitney's
1322
01:12:00,921 --> 01:12:02,419
drug of choice
at that time?
1323
01:12:02,421 --> 01:12:04,122
I'm sure it was cocaine,
you know.
1324
01:12:04,124 --> 01:12:06,657
- Marijuana and cocaine.
- Was she smoking it?
1325
01:12:06,659 --> 01:12:09,494
I'm sure she smoked it
inside the marijuana.
1326
01:12:09,496 --> 01:12:11,097
If we can't talk about drugs,
1327
01:12:11,099 --> 01:12:12,964
that makes it very hard
to talk about
1328
01:12:12,966 --> 01:12:14,666
the last years of her life.
1329
01:12:14,668 --> 01:12:15,803
Mm.
1330
01:12:17,771 --> 01:12:20,705
I think we've just talked
about her life, you know.
1331
01:12:20,707 --> 01:12:24,643
Drugs has nothing
to do with her life.
1332
01:12:24,645 --> 01:12:27,846
She was kind
and soft and sweet.
1333
01:12:27,848 --> 01:12:31,550
And then she was
somebody different.
1334
01:12:31,552 --> 01:12:32,554
Tell it.
1335
01:12:38,059 --> 01:12:40,394
What did you hear?
1336
01:12:45,867 --> 01:12:47,334
Shh.
1337
01:12:52,472 --> 01:12:54,606
That you had what?
1338
01:13:07,488 --> 01:13:09,822
I wouldn't fuck
her with mine, dawg.
1339
01:13:13,962 --> 01:13:16,095
No.
1340
01:13:16,097 --> 01:13:18,463
She started
canceling dates.
1341
01:13:18,465 --> 01:13:20,466
I can recall
one particular time
1342
01:13:20,468 --> 01:13:23,170
she was scheduled
to perform in California,
1343
01:13:23,172 --> 01:13:24,938
and she was in California.
1344
01:13:24,940 --> 01:13:27,673
But she was at the airport,
sitting on a jet.
1345
01:13:27,675 --> 01:13:29,609
They had been getting high,
1346
01:13:29,611 --> 01:13:32,612
and Bobby made a phone call
saying, "Tell the promoters
1347
01:13:32,614 --> 01:13:35,148
to bring over X amount
of dollars, and we'll show up."
1348
01:13:35,150 --> 01:13:36,883
I said, "That ain't
gonna happen.
1349
01:13:36,885 --> 01:13:38,985
Take off, 'cause that
ain't gonna happen.
1350
01:13:38,987 --> 01:13:40,820
That ain't how it works."
You know?
1351
01:13:40,822 --> 01:13:42,455
"That is not how it works.
1352
01:13:42,457 --> 01:13:45,826
Ain't nobody bringing you
a bag of cash!"
1353
01:13:45,828 --> 01:13:49,596
Everything began
to spiral out of control.
1354
01:13:51,000 --> 01:13:52,766
I talked to her father.
1355
01:13:52,768 --> 01:13:55,569
I talked to her mother.
I talked to Donna Houston.
1356
01:13:55,571 --> 01:13:58,672
Every person
that you're gonna interview.
1357
01:13:58,674 --> 01:14:02,910
And I was able to get Cissy
to do an intervention.
1358
01:14:02,912 --> 01:14:06,179
First of all, we walked in to
do it, and Whitney was stoned.
1359
01:14:06,181 --> 01:14:09,884
Then after it was over, when
she had agreed to go to rehab,
1360
01:14:09,886 --> 01:14:11,920
she phoned her father,
and he told her:
1361
01:14:11,922 --> 01:14:14,554
"You don't have to go."
1362
01:14:14,556 --> 01:14:16,790
Why didn't Cissy do more?
1363
01:14:16,792 --> 01:14:18,993
She didn't want
Whitney mad at her.
1364
01:14:18,995 --> 01:14:21,828
Because she'd been mad
at her earlier in her life?
1365
01:14:21,830 --> 01:14:25,699
Yeah. And when she tried,
she would go up to her house,
1366
01:14:25,701 --> 01:14:28,869
but Whitney wouldn't
let her in.
1367
01:14:28,871 --> 01:14:32,173
You had to get permission
to go through that gate.
1368
01:14:32,175 --> 01:14:34,842
Why would nobody
confront the situation?
1369
01:14:34,844 --> 01:14:38,179
Money. Their jobs.
Their nice houses.
1370
01:14:38,181 --> 01:14:40,715
Their access
to other celebrities.
1371
01:14:40,717 --> 01:14:42,283
The fact that,
in my opinion,
1372
01:14:42,285 --> 01:14:44,118
they had
no marketable skill set,
1373
01:14:44,120 --> 01:14:47,188
other than being a Houston
or related to a Houston.
1374
01:14:47,190 --> 01:14:50,158
I mean, that's a lot.
That's hard to give up.
1375
01:14:50,160 --> 01:14:53,127
They probably felt, I guess,
a little bit in their defense,
1376
01:14:53,129 --> 01:14:54,929
that "She's choosing
to do this.
1377
01:14:54,931 --> 01:14:56,932
Why should I give up
my lifestyle?"
1378
01:14:56,934 --> 01:15:00,702
I once talked about
why she didn't stop,
1379
01:15:00,704 --> 01:15:02,704
and she said, "I like it.
1380
01:15:02,706 --> 01:15:05,140
And I'm gonna do it,
until I want to stop."
1381
01:15:08,145 --> 01:15:10,647
I really empathize
with her pain.
1382
01:15:12,316 --> 01:15:15,185
She was running away
from her demons.
1383
01:15:16,553 --> 01:15:18,653
♪ I can run
1384
01:15:18,655 --> 01:15:20,725
♪ I'm guaranteed his love
1385
01:15:22,093 --> 01:15:25,728
♪ When there's food
On my table ♪
1386
01:15:25,730 --> 01:15:28,063
- ♪ I'll hasten
- ♪ Hasten to
1387
01:15:28,065 --> 01:15:30,099
♪ I'll hasten
1388
01:15:30,101 --> 01:15:31,800
♪ I'm not gonna waste
Any time ♪
1389
01:15:31,802 --> 01:15:34,169
♪ I'm gonna run
Gonna run ♪
1390
01:15:34,171 --> 01:15:37,172
- ♪ I'll run, I'll run
- ♪ I'll hasten to
1391
01:15:37,174 --> 01:15:39,241
- ♪ I'll run, I'll run
- ♪ His love
1392
01:15:39,243 --> 01:15:42,643
♪ I'll run, I'll run
I'll run ♪
1393
01:15:42,645 --> 01:15:45,714
- ♪ I'll hasten to
- ♪ I'm gonna run
1394
01:15:45,716 --> 01:15:49,885
- ♪ I'm gonna run, I'm gonna run
- ♪ His love
1395
01:15:49,887 --> 01:15:51,687
♪ Oh-ho-oh-oh
1396
01:15:51,689 --> 01:15:54,690
- ♪ I'll hasten to
- ♪ I'm gonna run
1397
01:15:54,692 --> 01:15:58,963
- ♪ I'm gonna run
- ♪ His love
1398
01:16:00,765 --> 01:16:01,899
Fuck!
1399
01:16:03,167 --> 01:16:04,969
♪ I'm gonna run
1400
01:16:06,070 --> 01:16:11,174
♪ Ah, oh
1401
01:16:11,176 --> 01:16:14,144
♪ Sure I will
1402
01:16:14,146 --> 01:16:16,312
♪ Do you know
You can run? ♪
1403
01:16:21,953 --> 01:16:24,154
♪ Did you think
Of running? ♪
1404
01:16:24,156 --> 01:16:26,122
♪ You're gonna have to
1405
01:16:26,124 --> 01:16:28,091
♪ Be strong
1406
01:16:28,093 --> 01:16:30,959
♪ Where will I go?
1407
01:16:30,961 --> 01:16:32,929
♪ Oh-oh
1408
01:16:32,931 --> 01:16:35,266
♪ That's where I'm going
1409
01:16:35,268 --> 01:16:37,401
♪ To his
1410
01:16:37,403 --> 01:16:42,741
♪ Throne...
1411
01:16:46,078 --> 01:16:48,778
♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh
1412
01:16:52,884 --> 01:16:55,218
There were so many
layers to reach her.
1413
01:16:55,220 --> 01:16:56,987
I don't even think she knew
1414
01:16:56,989 --> 01:17:00,024
the layers that were
being created by others.
1415
01:17:00,026 --> 01:17:01,325
One day we were told
1416
01:17:01,327 --> 01:17:03,427
we had to send everything
through Sheldon.
1417
01:17:03,429 --> 01:17:05,429
The next day
it was through Tony.
1418
01:17:05,431 --> 01:17:08,365
Some days, we were told
we can't copy Robyn.
1419
01:17:08,367 --> 01:17:10,267
Where is she? There she is.
1420
01:17:10,269 --> 01:17:11,901
Ready? One, two, three.
1421
01:17:11,903 --> 01:17:14,038
Of all the people
working for Whitney,
1422
01:17:14,040 --> 01:17:16,006
Robyn was always putting
1423
01:17:16,008 --> 01:17:18,741
Whitney's considerations
first.
1424
01:17:18,743 --> 01:17:21,246
Gotta get some respect
around here.
1425
01:17:22,715 --> 01:17:24,748
They don't give me
any respect.
1426
01:17:24,750 --> 01:17:28,386
Robyn became very
important to Whitney's career.
1427
01:17:28,388 --> 01:17:31,222
She dealt with
the record company.
1428
01:17:31,224 --> 01:17:34,859
She was the creative force
involved in costume,
1429
01:17:34,861 --> 01:17:38,429
stage design,
developing Whitney's image.
1430
01:17:38,431 --> 01:17:42,066
♪ If tomorrow is
Judgment Day ♪
1431
01:17:42,068 --> 01:17:44,202
Sing, Mommy.
1432
01:17:44,204 --> 01:17:47,405
♪ And I'm standing
On the front line ♪
1433
01:17:47,407 --> 01:17:50,041
♪ Mm
1434
01:17:50,043 --> 01:17:54,712
♪ And the Lord asks me
What I did with my life ♪
1435
01:17:54,714 --> 01:17:56,714
♪ I will say
1436
01:17:56,716 --> 01:17:58,483
♪ I spent it with you
1437
01:17:58,485 --> 01:18:00,885
- ♪ Yeah, it's all so right
- ♪ It's all right
1438
01:18:00,887 --> 01:18:03,121
It became a
real power struggle
1439
01:18:03,123 --> 01:18:05,055
between Bobby and Robyn,
1440
01:18:05,057 --> 01:18:08,994
Bobby not wanting Robyn around,
feeling insecure.
1441
01:18:08,996 --> 01:18:10,929
- You gotta understand.
- Yeah.
1442
01:18:10,931 --> 01:18:13,798
I love this woman too much,
but if y'all fuck around...
1443
01:18:13,800 --> 01:18:15,233
- Bobby!
- ...I will kill you.
1444
01:18:15,235 --> 01:18:17,202
♪ Baby, you...
Do me a favor.
1445
01:18:17,204 --> 01:18:18,970
I will fucking bury you.
1446
01:18:18,972 --> 01:18:21,507
I'll bury you in my backyard
and put lime on your ass.
1447
01:18:21,509 --> 01:18:23,008
Do you understand me?
1448
01:18:23,010 --> 01:18:24,910
It was extremely stressful,
1449
01:18:24,912 --> 01:18:27,913
them always at
each other's throat.
1450
01:18:27,915 --> 01:18:31,517
Robyn felt that
Bobby was a bad influence.
1451
01:18:31,519 --> 01:18:34,253
She really and truly felt
he was a bad influence,
1452
01:18:34,255 --> 01:18:36,889
and that he would
destroy her.
1453
01:18:36,891 --> 01:18:38,524
Robyn gave her an ultimatum.
1454
01:18:38,526 --> 01:18:41,860
"It's gonna be me or him."
1455
01:18:41,862 --> 01:18:46,098
Whitney said, "Tell her that
I accept her resignation."
1456
01:18:46,100 --> 01:18:47,899
I called Robyn up and said:
1457
01:18:47,901 --> 01:18:50,503
"I spoke with Whitney,
and she wanted me to tell you
1458
01:18:50,505 --> 01:18:52,505
that she accepts
your resignation."
1459
01:18:58,514 --> 01:19:00,848
And they didn't speak
for years.
1460
01:19:08,122 --> 01:19:12,827
When Robyn left, John
finally had total control.
1461
01:19:15,463 --> 01:19:18,864
She loved her
daddy, and she trusted him.
1462
01:19:18,866 --> 01:19:23,803
But that allowed for a lot of
foxes to come in the henhouse.
1463
01:19:23,805 --> 01:19:25,805
She seemed to be
a bit of an ATM
1464
01:19:25,807 --> 01:19:27,907
for a lot of people
that I saw around her.
1465
01:19:27,909 --> 01:19:31,911
I don't see how an accountant,
you know,
1466
01:19:31,913 --> 01:19:34,814
drives a Ferrari
and has a yacht
1467
01:19:34,816 --> 01:19:36,818
and only has one client.
1468
01:19:38,953 --> 01:19:42,556
My understanding was
that (BLEEP) and (BLEEP)
1469
01:19:42,558 --> 01:19:44,891
got together
and started stealing money.
1470
01:19:44,893 --> 01:19:46,226
A lot of money.
1471
01:19:46,228 --> 01:19:48,428
Was John himself
stealing money?
1472
01:19:50,299 --> 01:19:52,334
Hm. Um...
1473
01:19:57,172 --> 01:20:00,309
She found out about it.
All the money he stole.
1474
01:20:01,210 --> 01:20:03,510
She hated it.
1475
01:20:03,512 --> 01:20:05,545
She cut him off.
1476
01:20:05,547 --> 01:20:08,149
That's what she did.
1477
01:20:08,151 --> 01:20:10,551
Last September,
the biggest blow of all,
1478
01:20:10,553 --> 01:20:13,621
Houston's father, who managed
his daughter's finances,
1479
01:20:13,623 --> 01:20:16,624
joined his business partner
in a lawsuit against her,
1480
01:20:16,626 --> 01:20:19,926
demanding $100 million.
1481
01:20:19,928 --> 01:20:23,897
In 1999, Whitney
signed the biggest deal
1482
01:20:23,899 --> 01:20:28,503
that any recording artist
had ever received.
1483
01:20:28,505 --> 01:20:32,440
John felt that he was the
one that brokered the deal.
1484
01:20:32,442 --> 01:20:34,042
As a commission,
1485
01:20:34,044 --> 01:20:38,579
he felt that he should be
paid $100 million.
1486
01:20:38,581 --> 01:20:40,917
I'm tired of being hurt.
1487
01:20:43,520 --> 01:20:47,422
I'm tired of being
in a neglected state.
1488
01:20:47,424 --> 01:20:49,592
You get your act together,
honey...
1489
01:20:51,127 --> 01:20:53,194
And you pay me the money
that you owe me.
1490
01:20:53,196 --> 01:20:56,165
She was daddy's little girl,
and then daddy turned around
1491
01:20:56,167 --> 01:20:58,099
and wanted to sue her
for $100 million.
1492
01:20:58,101 --> 01:21:00,935
That would break
anybody's heart.
1493
01:21:00,937 --> 01:21:02,970
She just held onto it.
1494
01:21:02,972 --> 01:21:05,075
And it ate her up inside.
1495
01:21:06,410 --> 01:21:08,344
When I knew he was dying,
1496
01:21:08,346 --> 01:21:12,246
I called and she promised me
she was coming,
1497
01:21:12,248 --> 01:21:15,450
'cause I wanted them
to get it together
1498
01:21:15,452 --> 01:21:17,218
before he went away.
1499
01:21:17,220 --> 01:21:20,623
I said, "Nip's on her way.
She's gonna come."
1500
01:21:20,625 --> 01:21:23,492
He said, "No, she's not.
She's not coming."
1501
01:21:23,494 --> 01:21:25,661
And really she didn't come.
1502
01:21:31,602 --> 01:21:36,038
Whitney didn't
come to her dad's funeral.
1503
01:21:36,040 --> 01:21:40,409
She came the night before
and did her personal goodbyes.
1504
01:21:40,411 --> 01:21:44,216
She didn't want the spectacle.
She didn't want the cameras.
1505
01:21:46,218 --> 01:21:50,389
That's when she began
to close herself and...
1506
01:21:51,989 --> 01:21:54,024
"It's me against the world."
1507
01:22:17,516 --> 01:22:19,984
This is Whitney's
house outside.
1508
01:22:22,654 --> 01:22:25,055
♪ If the way I hold you...
1509
01:22:27,225 --> 01:22:29,628
This is our first
cigarette today.
1510
01:22:38,504 --> 01:22:39,670
What's wrong with that?
1511
01:22:39,672 --> 01:22:41,404
♪ No words of consolation
1512
01:22:41,406 --> 01:22:43,074
The dining room.
1513
01:22:44,710 --> 01:22:49,347
♪ Is gonna make me
Miss you less... ♪
1514
01:22:52,752 --> 01:22:59,457
♪ Make it easy on yourself
1515
01:23:00,526 --> 01:23:02,493
♪ Make it easy...
1516
01:23:02,495 --> 01:23:05,729
I always felt compassion
and empathy for her.
1517
01:23:05,731 --> 01:23:09,800
Deep down,
she was a girl in pain.
1518
01:23:09,802 --> 01:23:13,237
But at the same time,
she was so fun.
1519
01:23:16,309 --> 01:23:18,174
She was full of laughter,
1520
01:23:18,176 --> 01:23:21,482
and that smile just made you
feel warm all the time.
1521
01:23:22,783 --> 01:23:25,282
Well, here she is,
everybody.
1522
01:23:25,284 --> 01:23:28,385
Wait! I gotta get to you!
1523
01:23:28,387 --> 01:23:30,689
We need you to rock it,
Whitney! Come back!
1524
01:23:30,691 --> 01:23:33,825
She was the first person
that I worked with in A&R.
1525
01:23:33,827 --> 01:23:35,459
You can't run
from the studio!
1526
01:23:35,461 --> 01:23:37,495
I'm leaving!
1527
01:23:37,497 --> 01:23:40,498
We recorded
wherever they wanted to go.
1528
01:23:40,500 --> 01:23:42,266
You know, we'd go to Miami
1529
01:23:42,268 --> 01:23:43,768
because the weather
was better.
1530
01:23:43,770 --> 01:23:45,837
I think we were there
three months,
1531
01:23:45,839 --> 01:23:48,406
and we recorded
less than two songs.
1532
01:23:48,408 --> 01:23:49,708
Wow, what was...?
1533
01:23:49,710 --> 01:23:52,410
What was happening
for those three months?
1534
01:23:52,412 --> 01:23:54,111
Um...
1535
01:23:54,113 --> 01:23:56,314
She said to me once...
1536
01:23:56,316 --> 01:23:58,316
After that, she said, "Baby,
1537
01:23:58,318 --> 01:24:01,087
I don't think I slept
45 minutes this summer."
1538
01:24:02,723 --> 01:24:04,623
She would go behind
the hotel door
1539
01:24:04,625 --> 01:24:08,828
and not open it
for 10 days or two weeks.
1540
01:24:08,830 --> 01:24:10,529
When she opened it,
1541
01:24:10,531 --> 01:24:12,765
I could tell that
she lost weight.
1542
01:24:12,767 --> 01:24:16,668
She wasn't looking healthy,
and I would take her and say:
1543
01:24:16,670 --> 01:24:20,639
"Come on, Nippy, let's go.
Let's go get some soup."
1544
01:24:20,641 --> 01:24:22,809
How long did
this all go on for?
1545
01:24:23,610 --> 01:24:25,810
A few years.
1546
01:24:25,812 --> 01:24:28,613
- A few years?
- Yeah.
1547
01:24:28,615 --> 01:24:30,782
How much do
you think you spent?
1548
01:24:30,784 --> 01:24:34,455
I hate to say.
1549
01:24:35,523 --> 01:24:37,423
Millions.
1550
01:24:37,425 --> 01:24:38,793
Five?
1551
01:24:41,128 --> 01:24:42,795
Probably more.
1552
01:24:42,797 --> 01:24:45,531
Expensive hotels, jets,
1553
01:24:45,533 --> 01:24:48,568
studios that were booked
that weren't used.
1554
01:24:48,570 --> 01:24:50,770
Why didn't the
label put a stop to this?
1555
01:24:50,772 --> 01:24:53,405
Well, the world wanted
to hear her again,
1556
01:24:53,407 --> 01:24:56,845
and of course, the label
wanted to put out that record.
1557
01:24:59,447 --> 01:25:02,248
There was so much
money spent on that album,
1558
01:25:02,250 --> 01:25:04,918
you must have known
about the drug use.
1559
01:25:04,920 --> 01:25:10,456
Uh, you know what, I never
knew there was any addiction.
1560
01:25:10,458 --> 01:25:11,924
I never knew it.
1561
01:25:11,926 --> 01:25:14,794
Um, it was just kinda kept...
1562
01:25:14,796 --> 01:25:16,862
I don't know if it was
kept away from me
1563
01:25:16,864 --> 01:25:19,666
because I was, at the time,
the president of the label,
1564
01:25:19,668 --> 01:25:20,834
or, you know...
1565
01:25:25,541 --> 01:25:29,476
♪ Oh, you
1566
01:25:29,478 --> 01:25:32,146
♪ Light up my life
1567
01:25:34,215 --> 01:25:36,415
♪ You give me hope
1568
01:25:36,417 --> 01:25:39,753
♪ To carry on
1569
01:25:39,755 --> 01:25:42,889
♪ Oh, you light up
My day, Lord ♪
1570
01:25:42,891 --> 01:25:46,560
♪ And fill my
My night ♪
1571
01:25:46,562 --> 01:25:49,196
♪ With song...
1572
01:25:49,198 --> 01:25:51,632
She was having
problems with her voice,
1573
01:25:51,634 --> 01:25:55,802
but the magic still
showed up... now and then.
1574
01:25:55,804 --> 01:25:59,239
One time I was in Newport
recording a song.
1575
01:25:59,241 --> 01:26:02,976
That day, it was just like
the old, young...
1576
01:26:02,978 --> 01:26:06,346
beautiful voice
coming out of Whitney
1577
01:26:06,348 --> 01:26:08,750
that we all grew up with.
1578
01:26:08,752 --> 01:26:12,420
And it was so magical
that it brought me to tears.
1579
01:26:12,422 --> 01:26:13,988
It was just like...
1580
01:26:13,990 --> 01:26:16,256
I mean, I even have
goose bumps right now
1581
01:26:16,258 --> 01:26:17,592
just thinking about it.
1582
01:26:17,594 --> 01:26:19,994
I can just feel them
taking over my body,
1583
01:26:19,996 --> 01:26:23,765
'cause it was so wonderful.
And I was just...
1584
01:26:23,767 --> 01:26:26,466
I was like, "This is it.
This is what we need."
1585
01:26:26,468 --> 01:26:30,737
And there was just a few hours
of that, that was just like...
1586
01:26:30,739 --> 01:26:32,306
That was one of
the highlights
1587
01:26:32,308 --> 01:26:35,810
of the entire four years
that I was around her.
1588
01:26:39,949 --> 01:26:42,017
♪ If you can't
Feed your baby ♪
1589
01:26:42,019 --> 01:26:43,851
♪ Then don't have a baby
1590
01:26:43,853 --> 01:26:45,820
♪ And don't think maybe
1591
01:26:45,822 --> 01:26:49,924
We denied rumors about
her drug-taking for years.
1592
01:26:49,926 --> 01:26:52,927
But four days before 9/11,
1593
01:26:52,929 --> 01:26:56,598
Whitney did a concert
for Michael Jackson.
1594
01:26:56,600 --> 01:26:59,568
She looked so bad.
1595
01:26:59,570 --> 01:27:01,237
The cat was out of the bag.
1596
01:27:03,908 --> 01:27:07,375
The record company felt she
had to do a sit-down interview
1597
01:27:07,377 --> 01:27:08,911
and talk about this.
1598
01:27:08,913 --> 01:27:11,013
Everybody watching this is
1599
01:27:11,015 --> 01:27:14,415
is gonna be staring at you
physically.
1600
01:27:14,417 --> 01:27:17,351
And they're gonna be saying,
"How thin is she now?"
1601
01:27:17,353 --> 01:27:18,887
- Yeah.
- "Is she sick?"
1602
01:27:18,889 --> 01:27:21,657
I'm not sick, Diane.
1603
01:27:21,659 --> 01:27:23,425
I am not sick.
1604
01:27:23,427 --> 01:27:26,029
The bones. That's real.
1605
01:27:26,031 --> 01:27:27,796
Yeah, my bones, yeah.
1606
01:27:27,798 --> 01:27:32,334
- I'm 5'7" and thin.
- But that's not just thin.
1607
01:27:32,336 --> 01:27:36,071
No? What is it, Diane?
Tell me.
1608
01:27:36,073 --> 01:27:39,341
Is it alcohol?
Is it marijuana?
1609
01:27:39,343 --> 01:27:41,344
Is it cocaine? Is it pills?
1610
01:27:43,982 --> 01:27:46,649
It has been. At times.
1611
01:27:46,651 --> 01:27:48,350
All?
1612
01:27:48,352 --> 01:27:50,319
At times.
1613
01:27:50,321 --> 01:27:51,923
I was in the room...
1614
01:27:54,693 --> 01:27:59,095
And it just made me
start sweating.
1615
01:27:59,097 --> 01:28:02,498
If you had to name
the devil, for you,
1616
01:28:02,500 --> 01:28:04,970
the biggest devil among them?
1617
01:28:06,938 --> 01:28:09,307
That would be me.
1618
01:28:11,977 --> 01:28:14,778
I knew it was a disaster.
1619
01:28:14,780 --> 01:28:16,946
Crack is cheap.
1620
01:28:16,948 --> 01:28:19,082
I make too much money
to ever smoke crack.
1621
01:28:19,084 --> 01:28:21,451
Let's get that straight,
okay?
1622
01:28:21,453 --> 01:28:23,386
We don't do crack.
1623
01:28:23,388 --> 01:28:26,556
We don't do that.
Crack is whack.
1624
01:28:26,558 --> 01:28:29,826
I saw that interview and I
thought, "Why are we here?
1625
01:28:29,828 --> 01:28:31,494
Why are we doing this?"
1626
01:28:31,496 --> 01:28:33,731
I always thought,
"Why are we doing this?
1627
01:28:33,733 --> 01:28:35,866
Why are we not doing
the one thing
1628
01:28:35,868 --> 01:28:38,570
that would make the difference
for her life?"
1629
01:28:39,538 --> 01:28:41,371
Which was getting well.
1630
01:28:41,373 --> 01:28:43,475
I pray every day, Diane.
1631
01:28:45,978 --> 01:28:47,710
I'm not the strongest
every day,
1632
01:28:47,712 --> 01:28:49,512
but I'm not
the weakest either.
1633
01:28:49,514 --> 01:28:51,748
And I won't break.
1634
01:28:51,750 --> 01:28:53,917
It's Whitney Houston
and Bobby Brown!
1635
01:28:53,919 --> 01:28:55,786
Woo!
1636
01:28:55,788 --> 01:28:58,022
After our interview
with Diane Sawyer
1637
01:28:58,024 --> 01:29:00,558
I... I haven't
been able to sleep.
1638
01:29:00,560 --> 01:29:03,761
Yeah, and I haven't been able
to stop sweating.
1639
01:29:03,763 --> 01:29:05,396
Your favorite song
1640
01:29:05,398 --> 01:29:07,731
sung by America's sweetheart,
Whitney Houston.
1641
01:29:07,733 --> 01:29:09,934
Come on, Daddy, I...
I need my fix.
1642
01:29:09,936 --> 01:29:11,401
Remember the deal,
Whitney.
1643
01:29:11,403 --> 01:29:13,537
You sing,
then you get your cocaine.
1644
01:29:13,539 --> 01:29:17,007
She's high and we've recorded
her on a double CD collection.
1645
01:29:17,009 --> 01:29:20,078
Listen as she screws up
one song after another.
1646
01:29:20,080 --> 01:29:21,645
I need help, baby.
1647
01:29:21,647 --> 01:29:23,447
I need to get off
this touring crap.
1648
01:29:23,449 --> 01:29:26,684
♪ No matter what
They take from me ♪
1649
01:29:26,686 --> 01:29:31,089
♪ They can't take away
My dignity ♪
1650
01:29:31,091 --> 01:29:34,092
Come on, Whitney,
go get it.
1651
01:29:34,094 --> 01:29:36,529
It's just a joke to people?
Really?
1652
01:29:37,930 --> 01:29:39,897
Whitney Houston
is a joke to you now?
1653
01:29:39,899 --> 01:29:44,469
You're gonna laugh?
Well, fuck you.
1654
01:29:44,471 --> 01:29:47,038
This is the greatest singer
that ever walked the earth.
1655
01:29:47,040 --> 01:29:51,009
Beloved by millions and
millions all over the world.
1656
01:29:51,011 --> 01:29:54,079
She's not a tabloid star.
1657
01:29:54,081 --> 01:29:57,015
It's hard to
understand the isolation
1658
01:29:57,017 --> 01:29:59,784
of that kind of
tabloids thing.
1659
01:29:59,786 --> 01:30:02,153
Michael Jackson
would call her sometimes,
1660
01:30:02,155 --> 01:30:06,859
and she would go over and sit
with him in his hotel room.
1661
01:30:06,861 --> 01:30:09,795
And they wouldn't even
say anything to each other.
1662
01:30:09,797 --> 01:30:11,230
But they just...
1663
01:30:11,232 --> 01:30:13,531
They understood each other.
1664
01:30:13,533 --> 01:30:16,002
They both... They were...
1665
01:30:16,004 --> 01:30:17,802
two of the few people
in the world
1666
01:30:17,804 --> 01:30:22,108
who could understand
what their circumstances were.
1667
01:30:22,110 --> 01:30:26,845
And it was just being close
to each other.
1668
01:30:26,847 --> 01:30:29,614
Whitney Houston has
checked into rehab again.
1669
01:30:29,616 --> 01:30:32,151
Houston last checked herself
into a rehabilitation center
1670
01:30:32,153 --> 01:30:33,920
a year ago.
1671
01:30:33,922 --> 01:30:35,855
Houston said she is using
the power of prayer
1672
01:30:35,857 --> 01:30:37,823
to help her get over
her addiction.
1673
01:30:37,825 --> 01:30:40,059
A number of times
she went away into rehab,
1674
01:30:40,061 --> 01:30:42,194
and she never managed
to get clean.
1675
01:30:42,196 --> 01:30:44,263
I know it's
a pretty complicated answer,
1676
01:30:44,265 --> 01:30:46,564
- but why was that?
- No, I don't think...
1677
01:30:46,566 --> 01:30:48,000
It's not complicated.
1678
01:30:48,002 --> 01:30:51,536
Because...
to go into treatment,
1679
01:30:51,538 --> 01:30:53,705
you have to go for you.
1680
01:30:53,707 --> 01:30:56,509
Not for someone else.
1681
01:30:56,511 --> 01:31:00,047
And you have to tell
the real problem.
1682
01:31:05,220 --> 01:31:08,120
I think it's always
something in your childhood
1683
01:31:08,122 --> 01:31:10,058
that makes you do drugs.
1684
01:31:12,827 --> 01:31:15,695
Is there something in
your childhood that's made it
1685
01:31:15,697 --> 01:31:18,865
particularly difficult
to escape the addiction?
1686
01:31:18,867 --> 01:31:20,901
I remember a lot
of different things
1687
01:31:20,903 --> 01:31:23,203
going on in my life
that were different.
1688
01:31:23,205 --> 01:31:25,305
What sort of things?
1689
01:31:25,307 --> 01:31:28,875
You know, being a...
Being a child,
1690
01:31:28,877 --> 01:31:30,576
being 8 or 9 years old...
1691
01:31:30,578 --> 01:31:32,212
Seven, 8, 9 years old,
1692
01:31:32,214 --> 01:31:36,716
and being kinda molested
by a female...
1693
01:31:36,718 --> 01:31:40,253
A family member of mine.
You know.
1694
01:31:40,255 --> 01:31:42,856
- That bothered you a lot?
- Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
1695
01:31:42,858 --> 01:31:45,659
My mother and father
were gone a lot.
1696
01:31:45,661 --> 01:31:48,162
So we stayed with
a lot of different people.
1697
01:31:48,164 --> 01:31:50,298
Me and my brother
and my sister stayed with
1698
01:31:50,300 --> 01:31:53,203
four or five different
families who took care of us.
1699
01:31:55,738 --> 01:31:59,006
Gary told me that he
suffered sexual abuse as a child.
1700
01:31:59,008 --> 01:32:00,874
Did you ever hear
that the same thing
1701
01:32:00,876 --> 01:32:02,211
happened to Whitney?
1702
01:32:03,078 --> 01:32:04,880
I have heard it.
1703
01:32:07,083 --> 01:32:09,784
I have heard it.
1704
01:32:09,786 --> 01:32:14,188
I couldn't figure out why she
would always be on my case
1705
01:32:14,190 --> 01:32:17,191
about my daughter Reya.
1706
01:32:17,193 --> 01:32:19,626
If we were doing
a business trip,
1707
01:32:19,628 --> 01:32:24,968
she never liked the idea
of me leaving her behind.
1708
01:32:26,169 --> 01:32:28,169
And then, as mothers,
1709
01:32:28,171 --> 01:32:31,806
we talked,
and she explained to me why.
1710
01:32:35,612 --> 01:32:37,312
We was talking one day,
1711
01:32:37,314 --> 01:32:39,180
'cause she knows my sister,
1712
01:32:39,182 --> 01:32:43,385
and my sister was molested
at an early age.
1713
01:32:43,387 --> 01:32:45,286
And she looked up at me,
1714
01:32:45,288 --> 01:32:48,890
and she says,
"Mary, I was too."
1715
01:32:48,892 --> 01:32:50,625
I said, "Huh?"
1716
01:32:50,627 --> 01:32:54,228
She said, "Yeah, I was
molested at a young age too."
1717
01:32:54,230 --> 01:32:59,201
She said, "But it wasn't
a man, it was a woman."
1718
01:32:59,203 --> 01:33:01,636
And she had tears
in her eyes.
1719
01:33:01,638 --> 01:33:04,942
She says, "Mommy don't know
the things we went through."
1720
01:33:07,044 --> 01:33:10,878
I said, "Nip, have you
ever told your mother?"
1721
01:33:10,880 --> 01:33:14,149
She says, "No."
1722
01:33:14,151 --> 01:33:16,851
I said, "Well, maybe
you need to tell her."
1723
01:33:16,853 --> 01:33:18,787
She said,
"You don't know my mother.
1724
01:33:18,789 --> 01:33:22,593
My mother would hurt somebody
if I told her who it was."
1725
01:33:24,095 --> 01:33:27,062
And she just had tears
rolling down her eyes,
1726
01:33:27,064 --> 01:33:29,198
and I just hugged her.
1727
01:33:29,200 --> 01:33:31,800
I said, "Well, one day,
when you get the nerve,
1728
01:33:31,802 --> 01:33:35,070
you need to tell your mother,
and it will lift the burden.
1729
01:33:35,072 --> 01:33:36,674
It will lift the burden
off you."
1730
01:33:39,143 --> 01:33:41,143
What makes you angry?
1731
01:33:41,145 --> 01:33:43,046
Child abuse makes me angry.
1732
01:33:43,048 --> 01:33:45,448
Why child abuse? You
come from a loving family.
1733
01:33:45,450 --> 01:33:48,784
'Cause, I hate to see kids...
'Cause for children...
1734
01:33:48,786 --> 01:33:53,156
It bothers me that
children who are helpless,
1735
01:33:53,158 --> 01:33:55,258
who depend on adults,
1736
01:33:55,260 --> 01:33:57,693
for their security
and for their caring,
1737
01:33:57,695 --> 01:33:59,962
and for their love...
1738
01:33:59,964 --> 01:34:02,733
It just... It bothers me.
It makes me angry.
1739
01:34:06,738 --> 01:34:08,840
Did she tell you who it was?
1740
01:34:12,378 --> 01:34:15,380
Yes. She did.
1741
01:34:17,415 --> 01:34:19,482
She did.
1742
01:34:19,484 --> 01:34:22,185
Gary told me that
it was Dee Dee Warwick,
1743
01:34:22,187 --> 01:34:24,120
his aunt, Dionne's sister.
1744
01:34:24,122 --> 01:34:26,089
Is that what she told you?
1745
01:34:26,091 --> 01:34:28,858
Yeah, that's what
she told me.
1746
01:34:28,860 --> 01:34:31,162
"It was Dee Dee."
And I said, "What?"
1747
01:34:31,164 --> 01:34:33,065
She said, "Yeah."
1748
01:34:39,505 --> 01:34:42,774
♪ What can you do?
1749
01:34:44,210 --> 01:34:46,912
♪ What can you say?
1750
01:34:48,880 --> 01:34:53,183
♪ When you find love
1751
01:34:53,185 --> 01:34:56,222
♪ Slipping away?
1752
01:35:03,996 --> 01:35:07,531
I think she was ashamed.
1753
01:35:07,533 --> 01:35:10,000
She used to say,
"I wondered did I do something
1754
01:35:10,002 --> 01:35:12,203
to make her think
I wanted her."
1755
01:35:12,205 --> 01:35:15,740
And I had to say,
"Stop it. Stop it."
1756
01:35:18,477 --> 01:35:21,114
"A predator is a predator."
1757
01:35:22,815 --> 01:35:25,317
If Cissy had have known
it was happening,
1758
01:35:25,319 --> 01:35:28,253
she would have
done something about it.
1759
01:35:28,255 --> 01:35:31,822
Because Cissy
loves her children.
1760
01:35:31,824 --> 01:35:34,091
What do you think
the long-term effects
1761
01:35:34,093 --> 01:35:35,493
of the abuse were?
1762
01:35:35,495 --> 01:35:41,865
It made her question
her sexual... preference.
1763
01:35:41,867 --> 01:35:46,171
And I think that's why
she really wanted a family,
1764
01:35:46,173 --> 01:35:48,273
a husband, children,
1765
01:35:48,275 --> 01:35:53,178
to make her feel that this is
what's supposed to happen.
1766
01:35:53,180 --> 01:35:55,981
Do you think she
understood herself?
1767
01:35:55,983 --> 01:35:58,516
No.
1768
01:35:58,518 --> 01:36:01,253
I think she was trying
to find herself.
1769
01:36:03,557 --> 01:36:06,925
She was a good actress.
1770
01:36:06,927 --> 01:36:08,561
I always used to tell them:
1771
01:36:08,563 --> 01:36:11,499
"Whitney's in there somewhere,
but she's trapped."
1772
01:36:14,535 --> 01:36:17,168
Wake up! Wake up, Nippy!
1773
01:36:17,170 --> 01:36:18,604
Nippy!
1774
01:36:18,606 --> 01:36:20,506
Are you in there?
1775
01:36:20,508 --> 01:36:25,010
Whitney calling Nippy,
Whitney calling Nippy.
1776
01:36:25,012 --> 01:36:28,446
She won't answer. She's really
being non-cooperative today.
1777
01:36:28,448 --> 01:36:31,284
- When she's ready to go...
- Nippy calling Whitney.
1778
01:36:31,286 --> 01:36:33,119
Yes, hi!
1779
01:36:33,121 --> 01:36:35,621
See, Nippy can call Whitney,
but Whitney can't call Nippy.
1780
01:36:35,623 --> 01:36:38,557
It would be too dangerous
for everyone.
1781
01:36:40,428 --> 01:36:42,128
Oh, my God.
1782
01:36:42,130 --> 01:36:44,463
All that praise.
All that money.
1783
01:36:44,465 --> 01:36:46,098
She'd reaped
all these things
1784
01:36:46,100 --> 01:36:48,134
from that talent
and that beauty,
1785
01:36:48,136 --> 01:36:52,638
but it still wasn't gonna be
enough for what she really...
1786
01:36:52,640 --> 01:36:56,476
She really wanted.
1787
01:36:56,478 --> 01:37:00,249
If you can't know who you are,
nothing's gonna save you.
1788
01:37:01,983 --> 01:37:03,282
I feel like...
1789
01:37:03,284 --> 01:37:05,619
♪ You and me
Against the world ♪
1790
01:37:05,621 --> 01:37:08,321
♪ Sometimes it feels like
1791
01:37:08,323 --> 01:37:12,391
♪ Just me against this whole
Motherfucking world ♪
1792
01:37:12,393 --> 01:37:15,161
I'm sure you've never seen me
like this before.
1793
01:37:15,163 --> 01:37:17,096
$150 and a water bottle...
1794
01:37:17,098 --> 01:37:20,033
Just as beautiful as
every other day of your life.
1795
01:37:20,035 --> 01:37:21,437
Ah.
1796
01:37:22,671 --> 01:37:25,005
Ah...
1797
01:37:25,007 --> 01:37:28,410
In the end, there was no
drive, there was no interest.
1798
01:37:29,645 --> 01:37:32,012
There seemed to be no vanity.
1799
01:37:42,156 --> 01:37:45,426
Someone who's not
really alive, right?
1800
01:37:45,428 --> 01:37:48,429
Like a zombie... in some ways.
1801
01:37:48,431 --> 01:37:50,600
I mean,
not feeding off anyone but...
1802
01:37:52,435 --> 01:37:54,103
Roaming.
1803
01:38:32,275 --> 01:38:35,546
She went to Georgia
to get away from everybody.
1804
01:38:38,148 --> 01:38:41,149
She could run away
from her mother.
1805
01:38:41,151 --> 01:38:44,051
She could run away from me.
1806
01:38:44,053 --> 01:38:46,320
She could run away from
the people that would say:
1807
01:38:46,322 --> 01:38:50,458
"No, goddamn it,
it ain't happening this way."
1808
01:38:50,460 --> 01:38:52,226
She went down there to visit
1809
01:38:52,228 --> 01:38:55,230
and never came back home.
Ha-ha-ha.
1810
01:38:55,232 --> 01:38:59,668
Her home here in New Jersey
was still completely packed.
1811
01:38:59,670 --> 01:39:02,571
There was food
in the refrigerator.
1812
01:39:02,573 --> 01:39:04,542
There were clothes
in the drawers.
1813
01:39:07,178 --> 01:39:09,478
Did you live in the
Georgia house with them?
1814
01:39:09,480 --> 01:39:13,016
No sir. Wouldn't
have if I was asked.
1815
01:39:14,083 --> 01:39:16,953
It was dark and evilness.
1816
01:39:18,322 --> 01:39:20,590
You know, she always...
And I'd go in,
1817
01:39:20,592 --> 01:39:23,192
I said, "No, we gotta
open the blinds.
1818
01:39:23,194 --> 01:39:25,329
Evil dwell in the dark."
1819
01:39:28,599 --> 01:39:31,235
Bobby would say
awful things to her.
1820
01:39:32,736 --> 01:39:35,471
She would come in
with tears running,
1821
01:39:35,473 --> 01:39:37,573
and I said,
"Come on in here with me.
1822
01:39:37,575 --> 01:39:40,642
Let him calm down."
1823
01:39:40,644 --> 01:39:43,780
And I said, "You can't keep
letting him do this to you."
1824
01:39:43,782 --> 01:39:45,750
"I know, I know,
I know, Mary."
1825
01:39:48,320 --> 01:39:50,153
I used to try to keep Krissi
1826
01:39:50,155 --> 01:39:52,822
out of her mother
and father's room.
1827
01:39:52,824 --> 01:39:55,391
One day I came,
and she had been in there.
1828
01:39:55,393 --> 01:39:57,292
She was looking at me,
and I said:
1829
01:39:57,294 --> 01:39:59,161
"Krissi, why did you
go in the room?"
1830
01:39:59,163 --> 01:40:02,331
"Well, I was looking for
something, Auntie Mary."
1831
01:40:02,333 --> 01:40:04,266
She said, "What the hell...?"
1832
01:40:04,268 --> 01:40:06,402
I said, "Krissi..."
1833
01:40:06,404 --> 01:40:08,204
What did she see?
1834
01:40:08,206 --> 01:40:13,109
Oh, her father
used to like to... draw
1835
01:40:13,111 --> 01:40:19,382
all these devils and demons
on the floors and the walls.
1836
01:40:19,384 --> 01:40:23,788
And... it was something
out of a storybook to me.
1837
01:40:25,857 --> 01:40:29,225
It was... Wow.
1838
01:40:39,739 --> 01:40:43,874
She was the best mother
she knew how to be.
1839
01:40:43,876 --> 01:40:46,744
But you've got to have
that motherly love,
1840
01:40:46,746 --> 01:40:49,582
and I just don't know
if she knew how to give it.
1841
01:40:53,786 --> 01:40:56,387
The things Krissi
had to endure,
1842
01:40:56,389 --> 01:40:58,658
no one would ever imagine.
1843
01:41:01,627 --> 01:41:04,795
They didn't take care
of Krissi.
1844
01:41:04,797 --> 01:41:07,431
They just
left her to the wolves.
1845
01:41:08,768 --> 01:41:11,304
She never had a chance.
1846
01:41:18,745 --> 01:41:20,814
She'd never
seen a normal life.
1847
01:41:23,215 --> 01:41:27,686
She was the companion of an
alcoholic and a drug addict.
1848
01:41:27,688 --> 01:41:29,856
And that was what
she learned to be.
1849
01:41:38,464 --> 01:41:42,135
Whitney asked me to
meet her at the hospital.
1850
01:41:43,670 --> 01:41:48,175
Krissi had taken a knife
and slashed her arms.
1851
01:41:52,746 --> 01:41:54,681
That's awful.
1852
01:41:56,483 --> 01:41:59,753
- Why did she do it?
- She hated her life.
1853
01:42:01,254 --> 01:42:03,955
She hated her mother.
1854
01:42:03,957 --> 01:42:06,392
She even went
as far as writing:
1855
01:42:06,394 --> 01:42:09,428
"I wish I could find
a way to kill her
1856
01:42:09,430 --> 01:42:11,466
and no one
find out about it."
1857
01:42:14,368 --> 01:42:16,602
The very public and
very troubled marriage
1858
01:42:16,604 --> 01:42:18,436
has come to an end.
1859
01:42:18,438 --> 01:42:20,238
Whitney Houston
has filed for divorce
1860
01:42:20,240 --> 01:42:21,641
from her husband
Bobby Brown.
1861
01:42:21,643 --> 01:42:23,642
The two singers,
who have one child,
1862
01:42:23,644 --> 01:42:25,710
have been married
for 14 years.
1863
01:42:25,712 --> 01:42:27,245
I'm surprised
it lasted that long.
1864
01:42:27,247 --> 01:42:28,914
Anderson, back to you.
1865
01:42:28,916 --> 01:42:31,384
A lot of
people felt it was coming.
1866
01:42:31,386 --> 01:42:33,519
I appreciate that.
We'll check in with you
1867
01:42:33,521 --> 01:42:35,554
for other headlines
coming up.
1868
01:42:35,556 --> 01:42:38,491
That was a hard
battle to come back from.
1869
01:42:38,493 --> 01:42:41,396
People saying, "I told you so.
I told you so."
1870
01:42:44,332 --> 01:42:50,438
♪ So I'm saving
All my love for you ♪
1871
01:42:53,306 --> 01:42:57,511
I remember Whitney
crying about Bobby.
1872
01:42:57,513 --> 01:42:59,746
Krissi would go over
and just rock her
1873
01:42:59,748 --> 01:43:02,015
and say,
"Oh, Ma, it's okay.
1874
01:43:02,017 --> 01:43:04,618
It's okay, Ma, don't cry.
1875
01:43:04,620 --> 01:43:08,554
He's gone so we gonna
let him be gone."
1876
01:43:08,556 --> 01:43:11,557
She said,
"I'm a failure. I failed."
1877
01:43:15,797 --> 01:43:18,265
But then she started
getting it together.
1878
01:43:18,267 --> 01:43:22,371
And we started biting to make
it right for Bobbi Kristina.
1879
01:43:23,972 --> 01:43:25,605
For the very first time,
1880
01:43:25,607 --> 01:43:29,409
she was determined
to become clean.
1881
01:43:29,411 --> 01:43:32,279
She went to rehab
in California
1882
01:43:32,281 --> 01:43:34,448
for about seven
to eight months,
1883
01:43:34,450 --> 01:43:36,383
but she couldn't
complete the program
1884
01:43:36,385 --> 01:43:39,486
because she didn't have
any money, nothing.
1885
01:43:39,488 --> 01:43:41,788
She'd gone dry.
1886
01:43:41,790 --> 01:43:44,025
It was tour time.
1887
01:43:44,027 --> 01:43:46,728
They went from
ka-ching to ka-trouble.
1888
01:43:46,730 --> 01:43:49,596
Now Whitney Houston is trying
to turn it all around
1889
01:43:49,598 --> 01:43:52,399
and pop back
to profitability.
1890
01:43:52,401 --> 01:43:54,534
She says,
"Don't call it a comeback,"
1891
01:43:54,536 --> 01:43:56,636
but it sort of is a comeback.
1892
01:43:56,638 --> 01:43:59,339
When we heard
about the final tour,
1893
01:43:59,341 --> 01:44:01,408
nobody wanted her to go.
1894
01:44:01,410 --> 01:44:04,578
Clive begged for her
not to go.
1895
01:44:04,580 --> 01:44:07,348
But at that point,
management felt
1896
01:44:07,350 --> 01:44:10,351
that without that money,
she'd be homeless.
1897
01:44:10,353 --> 01:44:12,320
The wait is almost over.
1898
01:44:12,322 --> 01:44:14,388
Fans at the Brisbane
Entertainment Center
1899
01:44:14,390 --> 01:44:16,958
walked out on her performance
in disgust.
1900
01:44:16,960 --> 01:44:19,727
Whitney Houston's comeback tour
has hit yet another snag,
1901
01:44:19,729 --> 01:44:23,363
as hundreds of fans walked out
of a recent show in Denmark.
1902
01:44:23,365 --> 01:44:26,100
Words like "shambolic" and
"horrendous" have been used.
1903
01:44:26,102 --> 01:44:28,603
Definitely not worth $165.
1904
01:44:28,605 --> 01:44:31,372
She couldn't entertain
a dead rat.
1905
01:44:31,374 --> 01:44:34,477
♪ And I...
1906
01:44:36,747 --> 01:44:38,713
♪ I will always
1907
01:44:38,715 --> 01:44:41,116
♪ Love you
1908
01:44:41,118 --> 01:44:42,683
♪ You
1909
01:44:42,685 --> 01:44:46,788
♪ I will always
1910
01:44:46,790 --> 01:44:48,925
♪ Love you
1911
01:44:50,560 --> 01:44:52,493
♪ You always
1912
01:44:52,495 --> 01:44:54,596
♪ Always love
1913
01:44:54,598 --> 01:44:57,701
♪ Love you
1914
01:44:58,536 --> 01:45:01,470
♪ You, I
1915
01:45:01,472 --> 01:45:04,139
♪ I'll always love
1916
01:45:04,141 --> 01:45:06,975
♪ You
1917
01:45:06,977 --> 01:45:08,913
Thank you.
1918
01:45:17,487 --> 01:45:20,792
Whitney meant so
much to black America.
1919
01:45:22,060 --> 01:45:23,927
We had a service for her
1920
01:45:23,929 --> 01:45:26,829
at Abyssinian Baptist church
in New York.
1921
01:45:26,831 --> 01:45:29,731
I suspected there'd be a
couple of dozen people there.
1922
01:45:29,733 --> 01:45:33,735
The church was packed,
2000 people on a weeknight,
1923
01:45:33,737 --> 01:45:35,940
to pray for Whitney Houston.
1924
01:45:38,442 --> 01:45:41,543
I mean, by that time,
her demons were public.
1925
01:45:41,545 --> 01:45:45,548
By that time, we were all
concerned about her future.
1926
01:45:45,550 --> 01:45:48,451
And just the people
who don't know her
1927
01:45:48,453 --> 01:45:52,922
gather because when one
Whitney Houston emerges,
1928
01:45:52,924 --> 01:45:58,094
black America
clings to that star.
1929
01:45:58,096 --> 01:46:00,129
It's about much more
than music.
1930
01:46:00,131 --> 01:46:04,133
♪ Through the storm
Through the night ♪
1931
01:46:04,135 --> 01:46:05,970
♪ Lead me home...
1932
01:46:05,972 --> 01:46:07,938
Whitney Houston will be back
1933
01:46:07,940 --> 01:46:11,908
on big screens across America,starring in Sparkle,
1934
01:46:11,910 --> 01:46:13,877
a remake of
her favorite film,
1935
01:46:13,879 --> 01:46:16,180
one she would watch
over and over as a teen
1936
01:46:16,182 --> 01:46:17,916
back in the '70s.
1937
01:46:28,960 --> 01:46:30,496
You got five minutes.
1938
01:46:32,632 --> 01:46:34,432
She wanted to do the movie.
1939
01:46:36,736 --> 01:46:38,771
She needed the job.
1940
01:46:40,239 --> 01:46:44,008
There was no more
music career.
1941
01:46:44,010 --> 01:46:48,779
The deal was that she would
have a drug test every week.
1942
01:46:48,781 --> 01:46:50,182
You look tired.
1943
01:46:51,851 --> 01:46:53,853
She's climbing
out of a hole.
1944
01:46:55,055 --> 01:46:57,521
I am.
1945
01:46:57,523 --> 01:47:00,060
"If this is what I have
to do, it's what I have to do."
1946
01:47:01,961 --> 01:47:04,129
In the first rehearsal,
she looked terrible.
1947
01:47:04,131 --> 01:47:06,964
She was bloated,
she was slurry.
1948
01:47:06,966 --> 01:47:11,704
And then she
cleaned herself up.
1949
01:47:14,040 --> 01:47:15,806
When she wasn't working,
1950
01:47:15,808 --> 01:47:19,210
she'd sit on set
just to hang out with people.
1951
01:47:19,212 --> 01:47:22,147
Saturday night, took all
the cast out to celebrate.
1952
01:47:22,149 --> 01:47:24,749
I invited her.
She showed up.
1953
01:47:24,751 --> 01:47:27,551
She went to the football game
with some of the guys.
1954
01:47:27,553 --> 01:47:31,091
I mean, she really, really,
really was there.
1955
01:47:34,161 --> 01:47:37,195
I remember
midway through the shoot,
1956
01:47:37,197 --> 01:47:39,663
and I'd walk towards
the hair and makeup trailer,
1957
01:47:39,665 --> 01:47:42,600
and I'd hear
this gospel music blasting.
1958
01:47:42,602 --> 01:47:44,536
It's, like, 5:00
in the morning,
1959
01:47:44,538 --> 01:47:46,738
and she's in there singing,
1960
01:47:46,740 --> 01:47:48,673
bright-eyed...
1961
01:47:48,675 --> 01:47:50,909
You know, happy.
1962
01:47:50,911 --> 01:47:53,611
I said, "What are you on?"
1963
01:47:53,613 --> 01:47:56,047
Both of us looked at each
other and burst out laughing
1964
01:47:56,049 --> 01:47:57,849
because she wasn't
on anything.
1965
01:47:57,851 --> 01:47:59,818
This was joy,
1966
01:47:59,820 --> 01:48:03,588
and I think it was the joy
of having a purpose.
1967
01:48:03,590 --> 01:48:06,759
Of being able
to get up in the morning
1968
01:48:06,761 --> 01:48:08,861
and know you had a job.
1969
01:48:08,863 --> 01:48:11,764
You had people who wanted
to be around you.
1970
01:48:11,766 --> 01:48:13,899
You were a part of
a community.
1971
01:48:13,901 --> 01:48:18,137
And I really saw her
come back to life.
1972
01:48:18,139 --> 01:48:21,706
- ♪ I sing
- ♪ I sing
1973
01:48:21,708 --> 01:48:25,211
- ♪ I sing because
- ♪ Because
1974
01:48:25,213 --> 01:48:29,215
- ♪ I'm happy
- ♪ Happy
1975
01:48:29,217 --> 01:48:31,351
- ♪ Hallelujah
- Hallelujah.
1976
01:48:31,353 --> 01:48:33,919
- ♪ I sing
- ♪ I sing
1977
01:48:33,921 --> 01:48:36,822
- ♪ I sing because
- ♪ Because
1978
01:48:36,824 --> 01:48:41,727
- ♪ I'm free
- ♪ I'm free
1979
01:48:41,729 --> 01:48:44,730
On the last day, she said:
1980
01:48:44,732 --> 01:48:46,198
"I got an idea
for our next movie.
1981
01:48:46,200 --> 01:48:48,067
It's gonna be
David and Bathsheba.
1982
01:48:48,069 --> 01:48:49,902
Me and Mel Gibson."
1983
01:48:49,904 --> 01:48:53,305
I was like, "Well, Whitney,
I don't know about that one."
1984
01:48:53,307 --> 01:48:55,608
I said, you know,
"I think..."
1985
01:48:55,610 --> 01:48:57,377
She was getting
an early morning flight.
1986
01:48:57,379 --> 01:48:58,845
"This is gonna be great.
1987
01:48:58,847 --> 01:49:00,280
We'll figure out
stuff to do.
1988
01:49:00,282 --> 01:49:02,715
You just go back home."
1989
01:49:02,717 --> 01:49:06,186
It wasn't until her wake...
1990
01:49:06,188 --> 01:49:10,192
that her bodyguard
came over to me and he said:
1991
01:49:11,859 --> 01:49:14,827
"You know,
she didn't take that flight."
1992
01:49:14,829 --> 01:49:16,898
I mean,
nobody ever told me.
1993
01:49:18,133 --> 01:49:21,001
She didn't want to leave.
1994
01:49:21,003 --> 01:49:27,007
She, um... She stayed like
an extra three or four days...
1995
01:49:27,009 --> 01:49:31,713
And finally, she had him
drive her back to Atlanta.
1996
01:49:33,949 --> 01:49:37,651
I just don't think
she wanted to leave.
1997
01:49:37,653 --> 01:49:41,654
Because she had purpose
and people who loved her.
1998
01:49:41,656 --> 01:49:47,261
And I can just see her going
back to, you know, Alpharetta
1999
01:49:47,263 --> 01:49:50,031
and waking up
in the morning...
2000
01:49:50,033 --> 01:49:54,701
Or more likely,
in the afternoon...
2001
01:49:54,703 --> 01:49:57,105
with no reason
to get out of bed
2002
01:49:57,107 --> 01:49:59,173
and nothing on the horizon.
2003
01:49:59,175 --> 01:50:02,378
And I just think she went home
and went back in the hole.
2004
01:50:05,949 --> 01:50:08,082
Well...
2005
01:50:08,084 --> 01:50:09,853
we've finally come...
2006
01:50:10,954 --> 01:50:12,922
♪ To an end
2007
01:50:14,157 --> 01:50:16,023
♪ Oh, well
2008
01:50:16,025 --> 01:50:18,860
♪ We've finally come
2009
01:50:18,862 --> 01:50:20,797
♪ To the end
2010
01:50:22,432 --> 01:50:26,100
♪ Story is over
2011
01:50:26,102 --> 01:50:28,802
No, we haven't
come to the end.
2012
01:50:28,804 --> 01:50:32,241
- When is the end?
- When you say so.
2013
01:50:35,212 --> 01:50:36,978
Mm.
2014
01:50:51,227 --> 01:50:55,900
She came to my room early...
of the morning in question.
2015
01:50:57,968 --> 01:51:03,172
And she started talking
about... John the Baptist.
2016
01:51:03,174 --> 01:51:05,474
And she said... She laid her
head on my shoulder,
2017
01:51:05,476 --> 01:51:07,276
and she had her arm
around my waist.
2018
01:51:07,278 --> 01:51:10,112
She said, "We're gonna be
together one day, Ray."
2019
01:51:10,114 --> 01:51:12,114
She says, "Mary...
2020
01:51:14,351 --> 01:51:17,853
...I gotta get
my shit together."
2021
01:51:17,855 --> 01:51:20,091
She said,
"'Cause I got to see Jesus."
2022
01:51:23,027 --> 01:51:26,128
And I gave her this look,
like, "Right."
2023
01:51:26,130 --> 01:51:28,364
She asked me to set up
my box up for her,
2024
01:51:28,366 --> 01:51:30,132
so she could listen
to the music.
2025
01:51:30,134 --> 01:51:32,868
She always listened to music
before she go on stage,
2026
01:51:32,870 --> 01:51:34,504
or whatever
she getting ready to do.
2027
01:51:34,506 --> 01:51:36,840
She would listen
to some Fred Hammond.
2028
01:51:38,108 --> 01:51:40,175
So I ran the water.
2029
01:51:40,177 --> 01:51:41,813
She got in the tub.
2030
01:51:43,148 --> 01:51:45,415
And she wanted
these cupcakes.
2031
01:51:45,417 --> 01:51:49,018
She said, "Mary, I just want
a sprinkle cupcake, I swear.
2032
01:51:49,020 --> 01:51:51,788
Get two,
but I won't eat but one."
2033
01:51:51,790 --> 01:51:55,026
And I left her smiling and
brushing her hair in the tub.
2034
01:51:58,796 --> 01:52:01,164
I...
2035
01:52:01,166 --> 01:52:04,236
I wasn't gone but 30 minutes.
2036
01:52:14,547 --> 01:52:16,313
♪ I
2037
01:52:16,315 --> 01:52:18,314
I'm always
running from this giant.
2038
01:52:18,316 --> 01:52:20,486
I'm always running
from this big man.
2039
01:52:21,853 --> 01:52:23,119
My mother always says:
2040
01:52:23,121 --> 01:52:25,021
"That's nothing
but the devil.
2041
01:52:25,023 --> 01:52:27,993
He's just tryin' to get you.
He just wants your soul."
2042
01:52:29,194 --> 01:52:31,030
But he never gets me.
2043
01:52:34,834 --> 01:52:38,235
When I got back,
there were no lights on.
2044
01:52:38,237 --> 01:52:40,239
I said, "What the hell?"
2045
01:52:41,574 --> 01:52:47,246
And I proceeded to step...
in the bedroom.
2046
01:52:55,955 --> 01:52:57,988
Water came to my ankle.
2047
01:52:57,990 --> 01:52:59,892
I said, "What the hell?"
2048
01:53:03,863 --> 01:53:06,163
I saw my baby
floating in there,
2049
01:53:06,165 --> 01:53:08,267
just face down
in the water.
2050
01:53:19,112 --> 01:53:20,412
Breaking News.
2051
01:53:20,414 --> 01:53:22,380
Whitney Houston is dead.
2052
01:53:22,382 --> 01:53:24,316
The death of singing star
Whitney Houston.
2053
01:53:24,318 --> 01:53:25,950
Cause of death is drowning.
2054
01:53:25,952 --> 01:53:27,552
Heaven just got
another beautiful voice
2055
01:53:27,554 --> 01:53:28,919
added to the choir.
2056
01:53:28,921 --> 01:53:30,455
Due to cocaine use.
2057
01:53:30,457 --> 01:53:32,457
One of the true legends.
2058
01:53:32,459 --> 01:53:35,092
I would
hope all the negative press
2059
01:53:35,094 --> 01:53:37,495
would take a pause and
remember this great talent.
2060
01:53:49,444 --> 01:53:52,179
♪ When I think of home
2061
01:53:53,681 --> 01:53:55,982
♪ I think of a place
2062
01:53:58,251 --> 01:54:02,889
♪ Where there's
Love overflowing ♪
2063
01:54:05,426 --> 01:54:08,062
♪ I wish I was home
2064
01:54:09,330 --> 01:54:11,366
♪ I wish I was back there
2065
01:54:13,167 --> 01:54:16,935
♪ With the things
2066
01:54:16,937 --> 01:54:20,239
♪ I've been knowing
2067
01:54:20,241 --> 01:54:23,141
♪ I know
You're listening, God ♪
2068
01:54:23,143 --> 01:54:27,713
♪ So won't you please try
Not to make it hard to know ♪
2069
01:54:27,715 --> 01:54:30,717
♪ I shouldn't
Believe everything ♪
2070
01:54:30,719 --> 01:54:33,054
♪ Everything that I see
2071
01:54:35,256 --> 01:54:40,092
♪ A world full of love
2072
01:54:40,094 --> 01:54:42,561
♪ Like yours, like
2073
01:54:42,563 --> 01:54:48,033
♪ Like mine
2074
01:54:48,035 --> 01:54:55,342
♪ Like home
2075
01:54:55,344 --> 01:55:00,347
♪ Home
2076
01:55:07,489 --> 01:55:10,626
You won't forget that name!
Whitney Houston!
2077
01:55:34,383 --> 01:55:38,452
♪ Share my life
2078
01:55:38,454 --> 01:55:44,492
♪ Take me for what I am
2079
01:55:44,494 --> 01:55:50,500
♪ 'Cause I'll never change
All my colors for you ♪
2080
01:55:53,470 --> 01:55:57,705
♪ I said
Take my love ♪
2081
01:55:57,707 --> 01:56:02,610
♪ I'll never ask
For too much ♪
2082
01:56:02,612 --> 01:56:06,815
♪ Just all that you are
2083
01:56:06,817 --> 01:56:10,786
♪ And everything
That you do ♪
2084
01:56:10,788 --> 01:56:13,321
♪ You, you
2085
01:56:13,323 --> 01:56:18,292
♪ I don't really need to look
Very much further ♪
2086
01:56:18,294 --> 01:56:23,064
♪ I don't wanna have to go
Where you don't follow ♪
2087
01:56:23,066 --> 01:56:27,301
♪ I won't hold it back again
This passion inside ♪
2088
01:56:27,303 --> 01:56:35,176
♪ I can't run from myself
There's nowhere to hide ♪
2089
01:56:35,178 --> 01:56:40,348
♪ Don't make me close
One more door ♪
2090
01:56:40,350 --> 01:56:44,586
♪ I don't wanna hurt
Anymore ♪
2091
01:56:44,588 --> 01:56:49,423
♪ Stay in my arms
If you dare ♪
2092
01:56:49,425 --> 01:56:54,396
♪ Or must I imagine
You there? ♪
2093
01:56:54,398 --> 01:56:59,701
♪ Don't walk away from me
2094
01:56:59,703 --> 01:57:04,573
♪ I have nothing
Nothing, nothing ♪
2095
01:57:04,575 --> 01:57:11,081
♪ If I don't have you
2096
01:57:12,550 --> 01:57:16,251
♪ You see through
2097
01:57:16,253 --> 01:57:20,292
♪ Right to the heart
Of me ♪
2098
01:57:21,526 --> 01:57:24,894
♪ You break down my walls
2099
01:57:24,896 --> 01:57:28,363
♪ With the strength
Of your love ♪
2100
01:57:28,365 --> 01:57:31,333
♪ Mm, oh
2101
01:57:31,335 --> 01:57:34,536
♪ I never knew
2102
01:57:34,538 --> 01:57:39,742
♪ Love like I've known it
With you ♪
2103
01:57:39,744 --> 01:57:43,680
♪ Will a memory survive
2104
01:57:43,682 --> 01:57:50,320
♪ One I can hold on to?
2105
01:57:50,322 --> 01:57:54,757
♪ I don't really need to look
Very much further ♪
2106
01:57:54,759 --> 01:57:59,429
♪ I don't wanna have to go
Where you don't follow ♪
2107
01:57:59,431 --> 01:58:03,733
♪ I won't hold it back again
This passion inside ♪
2108
01:58:03,735 --> 01:58:06,336
♪ I can't run from myself
2109
01:58:06,338 --> 01:58:10,373
♪ There's nowhere to hide
2110
01:58:10,375 --> 01:58:15,779
♪ Your love
I'll remember forever ♪
2111
01:58:15,781 --> 01:58:21,284
♪ Don't make me close
One more door ♪
2112
01:58:21,286 --> 01:58:25,488
♪ I don't wanna hurt
Anymore ♪
2113
01:58:25,490 --> 01:58:29,894
♪ Stay in my arms
If you dare ♪
2114
01:58:29,896 --> 01:58:34,865
♪ Or must I imagine
You there? ♪
2115
01:58:34,867 --> 01:58:39,970
♪ Don't walk away from me
2116
01:58:39,972 --> 01:58:46,710
♪ I have nothing
Nothing, nothing ♪
2117
01:58:46,712 --> 01:58:53,985
♪ Don't make me close
One more door ♪
2118
01:58:53,987 --> 01:58:58,355
♪ I don't wanna hurt
Anymore ♪
2119
01:58:58,357 --> 01:59:02,994
♪ Stay in my arms
If you dare ♪
2120
01:59:02,996 --> 01:59:07,799
♪ Or must I imagine
You there? ♪
2121
01:59:07,801 --> 01:59:11,568
♪ Don't walk away from me
2122
01:59:11,570 --> 01:59:12,736
♪ No
2123
01:59:12,738 --> 01:59:16,573
♪ Don't walk away from me
2124
01:59:16,575 --> 01:59:20,614
♪ Don't you dare
Walk away from me ♪
2125
01:59:22,449 --> 01:59:28,520
♪ I have nothing
Nothing, nothing ♪
2126
01:59:28,522 --> 01:59:32,826
♪ If I don't have you
2127
01:59:33,727 --> 01:59:37,529
♪ You
2128
01:59:37,531 --> 01:59:41,736
♪ If I don't have you
2129
01:59:42,837 --> 01:59:46,774
♪ Oh, you
2130
01:59:46,776 --> 01:59:51,776
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