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Whitney:
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 nothing but 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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America is working.
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Keep it down, son!
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Whitney:
We lived in Newark,
and then the riots took place
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- in the '60s.
- Man:
Do you remember them?
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Whitney:
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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Aunt Bae:
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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Michael:
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 damn 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.
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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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Whitney:
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 I just sang.
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I sang at church,
and I loved it.
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Man:
Remember the first song
you ever sang in church?
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Whitney:
Yes, I remember.
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Woman:
Yeah.
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Whitney:
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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Cissy:
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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Man:
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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Michael:
In the neighborhood we lived in,
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there 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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Donna:
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,
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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You know, 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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Man:
Where did the name
"Whitney" come from?
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Michael:
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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Whitney:
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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Rev. Soaries:
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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Kevin:
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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Michael:
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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Aunt Bae:
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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Michael:
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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but 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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Whitney:
I come
from a family of singers.
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The family gathered at
Christmastime, 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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Man:
And your mother also tried
to have a solo career herself?
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Gary:
She tried to have a solo career.
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It didn't turn out to be
what she wanted it to be.
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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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Michael:
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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Michael:
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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Man:
Why was she sent
to that private girls' school?
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Donna:
To put her in a safe environment,
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away from the bullying.
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Soaries:
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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Aunt Bae:
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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Kevin:
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, I know.
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Kevin:
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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Michael:
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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Kevin:
What was it that drove them apart?
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Michael:
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,
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so he's sitting
back in his office
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listening to Cissy's
conversations on the wiretap.
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Pat:
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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Pat:
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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Donna:
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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Gary:
We had a good, tight-knit family,
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but there were always
a lot of secrets in our lives.
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You know,
there were a lot of secrets.
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When you don't resolve things,
you don't deal with things,
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they never go away.
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They never go away.
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Steve:
When I first started
working with her,
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she was modelling...
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...and she hated it because she knew
that she was gonna be a singer.
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That's what she knew.
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Man:
What did she like to do?
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Steve:
She liked to sleep.
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She liked to party.
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She liked to hang out
with Robyn.
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And she liked her cats.
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She had a cat named Misty Blue.
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Steve:
It was obvious
that John and Cissy
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saw an opportunity
in Whitney.
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The plan was
to get her a record deal,
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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.
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Soaries:
At that time, there was a teenage star
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rising the charts,
and Whitney was angry.
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She'd literally said she could
do that ten times better...
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and her parents
were holding her back.
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I sat down with her
at the McDonald's
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across the street
from their home
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to explain to her the music
that she was envious of
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was fad music...
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and what her parents
were preparing her for
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was legacy music.
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Michael:
My mother was grooming her.
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When I look back, I remember
my mother grooming her.
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Is it true that you were
sort of tricked into
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doing a solo performance?
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We were playing at this great
iconic R&B club in New York
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called Mikell's.
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Cissy called Whitney...
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She said, "Whitney, I can't sing."
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She wasn't gonna be able
to do the show at Mikell's.
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My mom says, "You gotta do the
show. I can't let this gig go."
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I go, "Oh, my God,
I can't do this, I'm 16...17."
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And it was packed,
and she was adorable
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because she basically mimicked
her mom's everything,
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her patter. And just
substituted her own name
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for...you know,
"Thanks for coming to see Cissy."
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She'd go, "Thanks for coming out
to hear Whitney."
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Bette:
I remember feeling like
a tornado, like a wind,
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a monsoon of rain and wind
just hit me
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and, like, was just
throwing me back.
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That's how blown away I was
by this girl's voice.
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I'd never heard
anything like it.
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So next day she calls,
she says, "Hey, how you doing?"
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I said, "You." I said,
"What's wrong with you?
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You were sick."
She goes, "No.
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I just wanted to see
if you could cut it."
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Bette:
She blew the roof off the place.
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Steve:
And after that,
we started to seriously court
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the record companies.
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At that time,
there were no singers...
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that just stood up and sang,
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a mic and a light,
you know.
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There were bands.
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Steve:
What she was doing,
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it wasn't something
that the record industry
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was interested in,
but bit by bit we got offers.
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Eventually, the two labels
offering good deals
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were Elektra,
which was Bruce Lundvall,
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and Arista,
which was Clive Davis.
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Every night, one of the labels
would come down to the show.
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The next day, one of
the offers would get bigger.
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And the next night,
Bruce Lundvall
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would come down
to the show with flowers.
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The next night, Clive would
come back again with flowers,
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and then the offer
would get bigger.
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She was innocent-looking,
yet soulful.
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Her voice was like no voice
I had ever heard.
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When she stepped forward to do
"The Greatest Love Of All,"
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I was totally knocked out.
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Whitney found meaning
in that song that I was sure
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even the composers
didn't know were there.
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Steve:
The two offers were pretty even.
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But we decided
to go with Clive.
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Clive:
You know, you get that spine tingle...
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when you know
you're in the presence
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of somebody very special.
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And that genius,
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that vocal
interpretive genius,
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had a profound impact on me.
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Nicole:
The urban legend
that Clive created Whitney
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is really not true.
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Steve:
Clive packaged it all,
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but if anyone created
Whitney's taste, it was Cissy.
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That's where Whitney got
her influences from.
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Soaries:
John and Cissy had understood
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that to be successful
in America
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as an African American,
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to be successful
in the larger culture,
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you've got to learn the ways
of the culture,
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speak the language
of the culture,
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wear the clothing
of the culture.
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You have to have
double consciousness,
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and that can cause you
to wonder,
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"Who is the real me?
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Am I an extension of that,
or is that an extension of me?"
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00:21:40,509 --> 00:21:42,803
There was Lena Horne.
There's Dionne Warwick,
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but if the mantle is to pass
to somebody who's 19,
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who's elegant, who's sensuous,
who's innocent,
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who's got
an incredible range of talent,
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but guts and soul
at the same time,
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it will be Whitney Houston,
in my opinion.
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She also happens
to be a model.
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Yes, she is.
She's a beautiful girl.
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And her poise doesn't hurt,
but it's her natural charm.
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I mean, you either got it,
or you don't have it.
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- She's got it.
- She got it.
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00:22:10,122 --> 00:22:12,707
Wait till you hear her.
Here's Whitney Houston.
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Reporter:
There's a lot of competition.
What makes you think
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you're gonna beat the odds
with your album?
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00:23:45,467 --> 00:23:47,302
God gave me something
really great,
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and he doesn't give it
to everybody.
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And since I decided
to spread it worldwide,
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I think that
I'm gonna beat it. Heh.
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Whitney Houston!
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Whitney Houston!
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Man 1:
The meteoric rise to superstar.
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00:26:02,771 --> 00:26:04,272
Woman 1:
Seven consecutive...
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00:26:04,356 --> 00:26:05,940
Woman 2:
More consecutive number one hits
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than Elvis or The Beatles.
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00:26:07,692 --> 00:26:09,569
Man 2:
Most successful debut solo album!
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- Woman 3:
Platinum six times over.
- Woman 4:
Heartbeat of America.
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Man :
Jack, did you ever find
this one here on the street?
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- Jack:
Many times.
- Man:
How much was she?
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Donna:
She was simple.
When Whitney was at home,
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00:26:29,047 --> 00:26:30,924
Whitney wouldn't even
sleep in her bedroom.
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00:26:31,007 --> 00:26:34,552
She would sleep on the couch
in the family room and watch TV.
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00:26:34,636 --> 00:26:36,054
You'd see her out there,
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00:26:36,137 --> 00:26:38,598
making herself a little
pallet on the couch,
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00:26:38,681 --> 00:26:41,017
and that's where
she would sleep at.
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Very simple.
Very, very simple.
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It was almost like...
she became Whitney Houston
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when it was time for her
to get on stage.
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00:26:52,487 --> 00:26:56,491
And when she came off,
you know, she became Nippy again.
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00:26:56,574 --> 00:26:58,618
What about a boyfriend?
Anybody special?
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00:26:58,701 --> 00:27:00,787
- No, not at the moment. No.
- Oh.
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00:27:00,870 --> 00:27:03,331
So who do you think about
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00:27:03,415 --> 00:27:05,250
when you're singing
something like that?
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00:27:05,333 --> 00:27:06,835
People. People in general.
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- Arsenio:
She's saving it.
- Whitney:
Hey!
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Arsenio:
What's going on between you
and Eddie Murphy?
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00:27:11,965 --> 00:27:13,591
There's no deep
intimate feelings?
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00:27:13,675 --> 00:27:16,469
There are deep feelings.
And sometimes we are intimate.
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00:27:16,553 --> 00:27:18,096
Man: Whoa.
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00:27:18,179 --> 00:27:20,682
Man:
Most recently,
the gossip magazines report
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00:27:20,765 --> 00:27:23,518
Houston and NFL quarterback
Randall Cunningham
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00:27:23,601 --> 00:27:26,146
are an item
and ready to marry.
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00:27:26,229 --> 00:27:28,398
Kevin:
Do you think she liked sex?
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00:27:28,481 --> 00:27:30,817
Yes, she did. She talked about it.
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00:27:30,900 --> 00:27:34,696
She liked it way more than
I needed to know.
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00:27:34,779 --> 00:27:36,322
Yes.
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00:27:36,406 --> 00:27:39,701
To the point
I was, like, scared for her,
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00:27:39,784 --> 00:27:42,328
so I actually bought her
a vibrator
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00:27:42,412 --> 00:27:44,622
for Christmas one year.
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00:27:44,706 --> 00:27:48,126
You know, you're a celebrity,
and you're a woman and you--
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00:27:48,209 --> 00:27:49,919
She couldn't just
date anybody.
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00:27:50,003 --> 00:27:52,088
You didn't know
if these people were honest,
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00:27:52,172 --> 00:27:56,134
and they're getting high.
I'm like, "If you wanna...
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00:27:56,217 --> 00:27:59,429
have sex and nobody's there,
or what--take this."
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00:27:59,512 --> 00:28:02,599
Byron:
I heard Robert De Niro
was following you all over.
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00:28:02,682 --> 00:28:04,058
Whitney:
He'd been on my case.
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00:28:04,142 --> 00:28:06,102
He'd been sweating me
for a little while.
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00:28:06,186 --> 00:28:08,563
Let me break that down.
He was chasing this woman.
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00:28:08,646 --> 00:28:11,149
The one that she might have
gotten closest to
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00:28:11,232 --> 00:28:13,568
maybe thinking
she was gonna marry...
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00:28:13,651 --> 00:28:15,278
could have been
Brad Johnson.
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00:28:15,361 --> 00:28:19,115
Can you imagine being
a 30-year-old single guy,
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00:28:19,199 --> 00:28:21,242
living in New York City,
and you're in your car,
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00:28:21,326 --> 00:28:22,994
headed up
the West Side Highway
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00:28:23,077 --> 00:28:24,954
to pick up Whitney Houston
to take her out for dinner.
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00:28:25,038 --> 00:28:28,750
And it's 1987, and you just feel like
you're on top of the world.
403
00:28:28,833 --> 00:28:31,377
Whitney:
I don't know why I like him.
404
00:28:32,003 --> 00:28:33,338
I just do.
405
00:28:40,428 --> 00:28:43,389
Brad:
Just a very sweet, somewhat shy...
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00:28:43,473 --> 00:28:44,933
I hesitate to say "innocent"
407
00:28:45,016 --> 00:28:47,060
because she had an old soul.
408
00:28:47,143 --> 00:28:49,187
She was wise in a way.
409
00:28:49,270 --> 00:28:51,397
But then she was
still this 23-year-old girl
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00:28:51,481 --> 00:28:54,025
who would, you know,
grab your arm in a scary movie
411
00:28:54,108 --> 00:28:56,986
and, you know,
curl up right next to you.
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00:28:57,070 --> 00:29:00,615
I never saw
a dark moment with her.
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00:29:00,698 --> 00:29:03,701
She just laughed.
She had this great laugh,
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00:29:03,785 --> 00:29:05,995
and she would kind of
squint her eyes.
415
00:29:08,581 --> 00:29:10,708
Robyn was always
very friendly to me.
416
00:29:10,792 --> 00:29:13,711
She was protective, but I felt
it was appropriate.
417
00:29:13,795 --> 00:29:15,838
She didn't know me,
and of the people
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00:29:15,922 --> 00:29:19,467
close to Whitney,
she was the closest.
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00:29:19,551 --> 00:29:23,179
Whitney:
I was 16 and we were
working at summer jobs.
420
00:29:23,263 --> 00:29:24,764
I remember thinking, "Wow,
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00:29:24,847 --> 00:29:26,933
this is really gonna be
a trip this summer."
422
00:29:27,016 --> 00:29:29,894
I don't have any friends."
And then here comes Robyn
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00:29:29,978 --> 00:29:32,564
with this beautiful,
beautiful afro.
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00:29:32,647 --> 00:29:34,524
She was tall
and very statuesque,
425
00:29:34,607 --> 00:29:36,609
and I was like, "Wow, man."
426
00:29:36,693 --> 00:29:39,529
She stood up for me,
and I remember thinking:
427
00:29:39,612 --> 00:29:42,490
"I've known this person
seems like all my life."
428
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,953
Pat:
At 18, she left her parents' home,
429
00:29:47,036 --> 00:29:49,455
and Whitney and Robyn
moved in together.
430
00:29:49,539 --> 00:29:51,332
Kevin:
Tell me about Robyn Crawford.
431
00:29:51,416 --> 00:29:53,918
I don't know-- What do you want to know
about Robyn Crawford?
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00:29:54,002 --> 00:29:56,421
- Kevin:
Who was she?
- Robyn was a nobody.
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00:29:56,504 --> 00:29:57,964
She was a nobody.
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00:29:58,047 --> 00:30:00,925
She was an opportunist.
She was a wannabe.
435
00:30:01,009 --> 00:30:05,346
She was a nobody, really. And she
happened to involve herself with Nippy,
436
00:30:05,430 --> 00:30:07,932
you know, for whatever
reasons, you know.
437
00:30:08,016 --> 00:30:09,642
I've never seen them
do anything,
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00:30:09,726 --> 00:30:12,562
but I knew that she was, uh--
She was something
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00:30:12,645 --> 00:30:15,648
that I didn't want my sister
to be involved with.
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00:30:15,732 --> 00:30:17,817
It was evil. It was wicked.
441
00:30:39,088 --> 00:30:41,674
Gary:
I knew she was a lesbian.
Yes, yes, I did.
442
00:30:41,758 --> 00:30:44,177
For sure I knew.
I was the first one to know her.
443
00:30:44,260 --> 00:30:46,054
I knew what she was.
444
00:30:46,137 --> 00:30:48,973
And I tried to tell my sister
to leave her alone.
445
00:30:51,059 --> 00:30:54,062
Whitney and her relationships.
Okay, so...
446
00:30:54,145 --> 00:30:56,856
As far as Whitney
and Robyn...
447
00:30:56,939 --> 00:31:00,610
the relationship
was her safety net.
448
00:31:00,693 --> 00:31:02,945
- Whitney:
Hi, Robbie.
- Hi.
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00:31:04,781 --> 00:31:06,866
Ellin:
That was a whole separate world
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00:31:06,949 --> 00:31:10,119
from who she needed
to be in the public,
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00:31:10,203 --> 00:31:12,330
for her parents, her family.
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00:31:12,413 --> 00:31:15,333
The other relationships
outside of that,
453
00:31:15,416 --> 00:31:19,379
be it Eddie Murphy or Randall
Cunningham or Brad Johnson,
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00:31:19,462 --> 00:31:22,882
she had those because
those were expected of her.
455
00:31:22,965 --> 00:31:25,468
And she liked men too.
456
00:31:25,551 --> 00:31:30,848
What they say now, in this time,
is that she's fluid.
457
00:31:30,932 --> 00:31:35,061
She flows. She goes whatever
way she goes. She loves.
458
00:31:36,312 --> 00:31:37,689
Robyn:
What?
459
00:31:37,772 --> 00:31:40,483
Robyn, I'll kick your camera
and break it.
460
00:31:40,566 --> 00:31:42,568
- Robyn!
- Robyn:
I wouldn't do that.
461
00:31:42,652 --> 00:31:45,279
Robyn!
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00:31:45,363 --> 00:31:47,865
Lynne:
When I first started
working with Whitney,
463
00:31:47,949 --> 00:31:51,911
the press loved her.
She was the black princess.
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00:31:51,994 --> 00:31:53,454
That also included,
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00:31:53,538 --> 00:31:56,165
"Oh, and look how great
her family life is,
466
00:31:56,249 --> 00:31:59,752
and look how wonderful her
parents are and her siblings."
467
00:31:59,836 --> 00:32:02,338
I mean, for years
people didn't even know
468
00:32:02,422 --> 00:32:04,340
that John and Cissy
were divorced.
469
00:32:04,424 --> 00:32:06,592
You know, they showed up
at events together,
470
00:32:06,676 --> 00:32:09,220
playacting
the perfect family.
471
00:32:09,303 --> 00:32:11,723
But then stories
started to appear
472
00:32:11,806 --> 00:32:13,975
about Whitney and Robyn.
473
00:32:14,058 --> 00:32:16,102
Woman:
Not too long ago, I was in Detroit.
474
00:32:16,185 --> 00:32:17,854
I did a radio show
for over an hour.
475
00:32:17,937 --> 00:32:20,356
About 30 calls came in.
They really just wanted to know,
476
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,316
"Well, what is the story
of Whitney?
477
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,193
Is she gay or is she not?"
478
00:32:24,277 --> 00:32:27,739
Whitney is not gay, ahem.
That is the story on that.
479
00:32:27,822 --> 00:32:30,032
The only gayness I feel
is when I'm happy, honey.
480
00:32:30,116 --> 00:32:32,034
- That's it.
- And that's all that really matters.
481
00:32:32,118 --> 00:32:33,536
That's all that matters, yes.
482
00:32:33,619 --> 00:32:36,497
No one in this organization
483
00:32:36,581 --> 00:32:38,583
wanted anything to disrupt
484
00:32:38,666 --> 00:32:42,128
this bullet train
that was Whitney Houston.
485
00:32:42,211 --> 00:32:43,880
Keith:
John didn't like it.
486
00:32:43,963 --> 00:32:46,382
He painted this picture
for her to be
487
00:32:46,466 --> 00:32:49,969
this pristine teenage girl,
no faults.
488
00:32:50,052 --> 00:32:52,221
That was the image
he tried to create.
489
00:32:52,305 --> 00:32:55,767
And the way he looked at it,
that was a black eye.
490
00:32:55,850 --> 00:32:58,686
Rickey:
Some of the family
might have been homophobic,
491
00:32:58,770 --> 00:33:01,564
but, really,
it was about control.
492
00:33:01,647 --> 00:33:04,400
Robyn was the only one that
could get Whitney out of bed.
493
00:33:04,484 --> 00:33:06,861
She was the only one
that Whitney would listen to.
494
00:33:06,944 --> 00:33:09,447
And anyone who had
influence was a threat.
495
00:33:11,324 --> 00:33:13,451
Kevin:
Did John ever try
and get rid of Robyn?
496
00:33:13,534 --> 00:33:16,037
- Keith:
He talked about it.
- Kevin:
What would he say?
497
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,539
Keith:
He said, if he could,
he would break them up,
498
00:33:18,623 --> 00:33:20,458
any way he can.
499
00:33:20,541 --> 00:33:22,919
He wanted somebody
to scare her.
500
00:33:26,672 --> 00:33:28,466
Gary:
We refrained from that
501
00:33:28,549 --> 00:33:31,344
because you never know what
the outcome is going to be
502
00:33:31,427 --> 00:33:34,764
when you send people like that,
you know, to do something.
503
00:33:34,847 --> 00:33:36,933
You just never know
what's going to happen.
504
00:33:37,016 --> 00:33:40,186
Kevin:
What did you make of John?
505
00:33:40,269 --> 00:33:45,066
He could be very charming,
but he was an opportunist.
506
00:33:45,149 --> 00:33:49,737
And so he didn't hesitate
to get my dad out of there.
507
00:33:49,821 --> 00:33:52,281
He wanted to be
running the show.
508
00:33:52,365 --> 00:33:55,284
Kevin:
He didn't like the idea
of anyone else being in charge?
509
00:33:55,368 --> 00:33:57,787
No, he was head, you know,
he was Captain Houston.
510
00:33:57,870 --> 00:34:01,332
Shit, are you kidding me?
511
00:34:01,415 --> 00:34:03,668
He loved being a boss.
512
00:34:03,751 --> 00:34:06,379
You had to kiss the ring,
and I mean that literally.
513
00:34:06,462 --> 00:34:08,214
He had a big-ass gold ring.
514
00:34:08,297 --> 00:34:10,174
Kevin:
You're saying literally he would
ask people to kiss his ring?
515
00:34:10,258 --> 00:34:13,010
John:
Yeah, exactly. I'll never forget it.
516
00:34:13,094 --> 00:34:15,221
And they did.
517
00:34:15,304 --> 00:34:17,223
Nobody said, "Kiss my ass."
518
00:34:17,306 --> 00:34:21,477
I was young, but you still have
to question, you know,
519
00:34:21,561 --> 00:34:23,813
when someone says to you...
520
00:34:25,773 --> 00:34:27,149
"You know you made it
521
00:34:27,233 --> 00:34:29,277
when you got white people
working for you."
522
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:31,821
A lot of times
I look at Whitney,
523
00:34:31,904 --> 00:34:34,574
and I can still see her
in braids,
524
00:34:34,657 --> 00:34:37,994
pigtails... walking around.
525
00:34:38,077 --> 00:34:42,123
It's hard for me
to deal with her as a star.
526
00:34:42,206 --> 00:34:44,041
It's very hard for me
to deal with her.
527
00:34:44,125 --> 00:34:48,004
I talk to her as a daughter.
She talks to me as her father.
528
00:34:48,087 --> 00:34:49,547
Suddenly he had a dream job.
529
00:34:49,630 --> 00:34:53,593
From $500 a week
to $500,000...
530
00:34:53,676 --> 00:34:56,012
...a year.
531
00:34:56,095 --> 00:34:59,432
Hi, Whitney.
532
00:34:59,515 --> 00:35:02,727
- Was that a good show, Daddy?
- That was a great show.
533
00:35:02,810 --> 00:35:06,230
Debra:
John Houston was
a civil servant in New Jersey,
534
00:35:06,314 --> 00:35:09,108
running over to Manhattan,
hanging out in the clubs,
535
00:35:09,191 --> 00:35:11,110
trying to find
some people to manage.
536
00:35:11,193 --> 00:35:13,654
And then all of a sudden,
his daughter...
537
00:35:13,738 --> 00:35:17,033
becomes one of the biggest
stars in the world,
538
00:35:17,116 --> 00:35:19,660
so John became a king too.
539
00:35:19,744 --> 00:35:21,704
And John loved the fact
540
00:35:21,787 --> 00:35:25,458
that he could call
anybody in Hollywood,
541
00:35:25,541 --> 00:35:28,210
and they would take
the meeting immediately.
542
00:35:28,294 --> 00:35:31,714
It's a power he never thought
he would ever have.
543
00:35:33,716 --> 00:35:36,135
Steve:
Once John took over,
everybody in the family
544
00:35:36,218 --> 00:35:37,970
except Cissy
was on the payroll,
545
00:35:38,054 --> 00:35:41,641
and all the decisions
were just about,
546
00:35:41,724 --> 00:35:44,852
you know, the money.
547
00:35:44,936 --> 00:35:47,438
Just playing a few cards here.
So there you go.
548
00:35:47,521 --> 00:35:50,274
Try and do a couple of hands.
549
00:35:50,358 --> 00:35:52,902
Michael:
I remember her
putting me and my brother
550
00:35:52,985 --> 00:35:56,364
on the payroll when we didn't
even work for her at the time.
551
00:35:58,282 --> 00:36:01,535
So we got a check
every week in the mail, $200.
552
00:36:01,619 --> 00:36:03,496
And then we went on tour.
553
00:36:03,579 --> 00:36:05,373
And from there,
we got a salary,
554
00:36:05,456 --> 00:36:09,001
and then we had a retainer
when we weren't working.
555
00:36:09,085 --> 00:36:11,545
She felt that
when you love somebody,
556
00:36:11,629 --> 00:36:13,130
when they're family,
this is what you do.
557
00:36:13,214 --> 00:36:15,049
This is how
we were brought up.
558
00:36:15,132 --> 00:36:17,927
Man:
Our 6'5" senior from
East Orange, New Jersey,
559
00:36:18,010 --> 00:36:21,055
number 24, Gary Garland.
560
00:36:21,138 --> 00:36:24,767
Rickey:
Gary had just finished
a career in the NBA.
561
00:36:24,850 --> 00:36:27,061
He was drafted
to the Denver Nuggets,
562
00:36:27,144 --> 00:36:29,605
and it was stated
in the papers
563
00:36:29,689 --> 00:36:31,315
that he was dropped
from the team
564
00:36:31,399 --> 00:36:34,110
for failing a drug test.
565
00:36:34,193 --> 00:36:35,987
Kevin:
That must have been devastating.
566
00:36:36,070 --> 00:36:37,697
Gary:
I went through hell.
567
00:36:37,780 --> 00:36:39,907
I was depressed
for nine months.
568
00:36:39,991 --> 00:36:41,283
I'm talking about numb.
569
00:36:43,244 --> 00:36:46,038
Gary:
Then '85 came,
that's when my sister became a star,
570
00:36:46,122 --> 00:36:48,749
and I started
singing with her.
571
00:36:48,833 --> 00:36:52,420
I wasn't Gary anymore.
I was Whitney's brother.
572
00:36:54,755 --> 00:36:56,674
Rickey:
For Gary, having to sing
573
00:36:56,757 --> 00:37:01,095
after having a basketball
career, was a letdown.
574
00:37:01,178 --> 00:37:05,474
On the outside, he wanted
to show he was having fun.
575
00:37:05,558 --> 00:37:07,810
I think he was dying inside.
576
00:37:07,893 --> 00:37:09,895
Whitney:
You get it? You get it now, right?
577
00:37:09,979 --> 00:37:12,148
After your two-beat freeze,
you go...
578
00:37:19,155 --> 00:37:22,533
Rickey:
Michael was the fun-loving
younger brother,
579
00:37:22,616 --> 00:37:24,827
had everyone laughing
all the time.
580
00:37:24,910 --> 00:37:28,080
He had a job
as the road manager,
581
00:37:28,164 --> 00:37:30,207
or tour manager,
something like that.
582
00:37:32,835 --> 00:37:34,795
Michael:
It was a family affair, man.
583
00:37:45,598 --> 00:37:46,849
Woman:
That's it.
584
00:37:50,394 --> 00:37:53,981
Ooh!
585
00:37:54,065 --> 00:37:56,984
Man: All right, y'all. We're getting
ready for the first show.
586
00:37:57,068 --> 00:37:59,570
Gary:
It was amazing.
We traveled all over the world.
587
00:37:59,653 --> 00:38:01,989
And we took care of Whitney,
me and my brother.
588
00:38:02,073 --> 00:38:05,117
We were her bodyguards.
We took care of her baggage.
589
00:38:05,201 --> 00:38:07,953
We made sure she was safe,
and she was.
590
00:38:11,707 --> 00:38:14,585
Rickey:
The idea was that they
could watch over her,
591
00:38:14,668 --> 00:38:16,754
and they could protect her.
592
00:38:16,837 --> 00:38:18,714
But both of them were...
593
00:38:20,257 --> 00:38:21,967
you know, were doing drugs.
594
00:38:22,051 --> 00:38:26,764
I was using drugs...
deeply then.
595
00:38:26,847 --> 00:38:29,016
After being on tour
for five or six months,
596
00:38:29,100 --> 00:38:31,685
I come home, you know.
597
00:38:31,769 --> 00:38:34,688
I spent time with my family,
but most times I was running.
598
00:38:34,772 --> 00:38:38,234
A lot of parties to go to,
a lot of chicks...
599
00:38:38,317 --> 00:38:40,569
...a lot of drugs.
600
00:38:40,653 --> 00:38:44,865
You're Whitney's brother...
so the door is open.
601
00:38:44,949 --> 00:38:46,867
You probably interviewed
a whole bunch of motherfuckers
602
00:38:46,951 --> 00:38:49,870
I sat and got high with.
They know who they are.
603
00:38:51,914 --> 00:38:54,416
Whitney and I were very close,
like I said,
604
00:38:54,500 --> 00:38:56,252
and we spent
a lot of time together.
605
00:38:56,335 --> 00:38:58,754
And it wasn't like I was
ten years older than her,
606
00:38:58,838 --> 00:39:01,757
and I introduced her to drugs,
"Here, little girl." No.
607
00:39:01,841 --> 00:39:05,177
We graduated from
marijuana together.
608
00:39:05,261 --> 00:39:08,305
She wanted to try it
after I tried it, and we tried it.
609
00:39:08,389 --> 00:39:10,641
If anything
was gonna be done,
610
00:39:10,724 --> 00:39:12,977
I was gonna be the one
to show her.
611
00:39:14,228 --> 00:39:17,064
Her age was probably
around 16.
612
00:39:19,900 --> 00:39:22,444
It was her birthday...
613
00:39:22,528 --> 00:39:26,323
and... I gave her a bag of weed...
614
00:39:27,616 --> 00:39:31,328
and a little toke
of some cocaine.
615
00:39:31,412 --> 00:39:35,166
I had fun,
and that's all that matters.
616
00:39:35,249 --> 00:39:37,668
Don't you know that?
617
00:39:37,751 --> 00:39:39,962
That it's about having fun?
618
00:39:40,045 --> 00:39:42,047
Did I have a lot of fun?
619
00:39:43,757 --> 00:39:46,177
Michael:
I was the one
that went out and got drugs,
620
00:39:46,260 --> 00:39:48,762
you know, when we went
to different cities.
621
00:39:51,015 --> 00:39:53,184
'Sup?
622
00:39:53,267 --> 00:39:55,519
Michael:
I got drugs in Japan.
623
00:39:55,603 --> 00:39:58,939
In Japan it's a no-no.
It's a taboo.
624
00:39:59,023 --> 00:40:01,442
Coming into the'80s,
everybody was doing it.
625
00:40:01,525 --> 00:40:03,611
It was out in the open.
626
00:40:03,694 --> 00:40:06,947
When you went to clubs,
it was right on the table.
627
00:40:07,031 --> 00:40:09,074
It was like... It was crazy.
628
00:40:09,158 --> 00:40:11,952
It was like...
Like it wasn't a bad word.
629
00:40:12,036 --> 00:40:15,122
Like it wasn't a bad thing,
you know what I'm saying?
630
00:40:15,206 --> 00:40:17,666
And...
little did you know.
631
00:40:18,542 --> 00:40:20,044
Straight up killer.
632
00:40:20,127 --> 00:40:22,588
Man:
Do not be like
the horse or the mule,
633
00:40:22,671 --> 00:40:24,256
which have no understanding
634
00:40:24,340 --> 00:40:27,593
but must be controlled
by bit and bridle,
635
00:40:27,676 --> 00:40:29,845
- or they will not come to you.
- Mm.
636
00:40:29,929 --> 00:40:31,472
Many are the woes
of the wicked,
637
00:40:31,555 --> 00:40:33,140
but the Lord's unfailing love
638
00:40:33,224 --> 00:40:35,226
surrounds the man
who trusts in Him.
639
00:40:35,309 --> 00:40:36,477
Thank you for that.
640
00:40:43,275 --> 00:40:46,737
Woman:
Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
641
00:40:53,744 --> 00:40:55,246
And seven, eight.
642
00:40:55,329 --> 00:40:59,083
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight.
643
00:41:15,391 --> 00:41:17,268
Woman:
It's time to chill.
644
00:41:22,648 --> 00:41:25,150
Woman:
On the dance floor.
645
00:42:12,698 --> 00:42:15,784
Laurie:
You miss something
if you don't see her live.
646
00:42:15,868 --> 00:42:17,745
She could just let it go,
647
00:42:17,828 --> 00:42:20,456
maybe feel like
she was in church again.
648
00:42:20,998 --> 00:42:22,249
Thank you.
649
00:42:22,333 --> 00:42:25,210
Come on, let's go.
Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
650
00:42:25,294 --> 00:42:27,212
Come on.
651
00:42:27,296 --> 00:42:28,922
Watch yourself.
652
00:42:30,883 --> 00:42:32,885
Whitney:
653
00:42:39,266 --> 00:42:42,019
Cissy:
It's kind of make you
wonder how a song like
654
00:42:42,102 --> 00:42:45,356
"Things That Make You Go Hmmmm"
could be a hit, huh?
655
00:43:04,625 --> 00:43:06,460
This we're gonna have to edit,
Mom.
656
00:43:06,543 --> 00:43:09,671
Cissy: Well, let me let you
all know who that was.
657
00:43:09,755 --> 00:43:12,091
First of all--
658
00:43:12,174 --> 00:43:14,510
Put that--
Get out of here, Robyn!
659
00:43:19,515 --> 00:43:21,308
Robyn:
Cissy Houston talking, folks.
660
00:43:21,392 --> 00:43:23,477
Been in this business
for over 30 years.
661
00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:25,270
That's right.
662
00:43:31,944 --> 00:43:34,279
Never, Mom.
663
00:43:34,363 --> 00:43:36,156
Never change, baby.
Stay the same.
664
00:43:36,240 --> 00:43:38,534
You're beautiful. Love ya.
665
00:43:38,617 --> 00:43:40,869
Robyn:
What was the business
like, Mrs. Houston,
666
00:43:40,953 --> 00:43:42,996
when you we were
very active and recording?
667
00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:45,249
- Cissy: Hard.
- Robyn:
Hard?
668
00:43:45,332 --> 00:43:47,584
Whitney:
669
00:43:50,504 --> 00:43:52,923
Cissy:
670
00:43:57,302 --> 00:43:59,972
Cissy:
671
00:44:04,101 --> 00:44:06,395
Cissy:
672
00:44:12,234 --> 00:44:14,528
I don't wanna be in
a business that ain't true.
673
00:44:14,611 --> 00:44:16,697
I don't want to be in it
like that.
674
00:44:16,780 --> 00:44:17,948
Cissy:
Honey...
675
00:44:20,325 --> 00:44:24,830
I know, Mom, I know.
I know, Mom, I know.
676
00:44:24,913 --> 00:44:26,623
- I know.
- My baby.
677
00:44:26,707 --> 00:44:28,959
And I'm not gonna change.
678
00:44:29,042 --> 00:44:31,753
I'm not gonna do it.
679
00:44:34,506 --> 00:44:36,675
Don't sell out, kid.
680
00:44:37,676 --> 00:44:39,595
Don't sell out.
681
00:44:39,678 --> 00:44:42,473
Man:
Is it open?
682
00:44:46,018 --> 00:44:47,352
Robyn:
Ma, that's ugly.
683
00:45:09,750 --> 00:45:11,793
Woman:
A lot of your black audience
684
00:45:11,877 --> 00:45:14,171
has been a little bit
critical in the last year
685
00:45:14,254 --> 00:45:16,131
about you singing songs
that were less
686
00:45:16,215 --> 00:45:18,342
in a soul tradition
or in a gospel tradition.
687
00:45:18,425 --> 00:45:20,677
And you went a little too far
to the pop side.
688
00:45:20,761 --> 00:45:23,597
How do you feel
about that kind of criticism?
689
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:26,391
I don't know.
What do they want?
690
00:45:26,475 --> 00:45:29,102
What do they want me to do?
I think music is music.
691
00:45:29,186 --> 00:45:30,771
You know? I mean,
692
00:45:30,854 --> 00:45:32,981
how do I sing more black,
or how do I sing--
693
00:45:33,065 --> 00:45:35,192
What am I doing that's
making me sound white?
694
00:45:35,275 --> 00:45:36,443
I don't understand.
695
00:45:36,527 --> 00:45:38,153
I'm singing music
from my heart,
696
00:45:38,237 --> 00:45:39,821
from my soul, and that's it.
697
00:45:41,782 --> 00:45:44,117
Michael:
Al Sharpton, he's out protesting
698
00:45:44,201 --> 00:45:45,702
with signs
in front of the hotel
699
00:45:45,786 --> 00:45:47,704
saying "Whitey" Whitney.
700
00:45:47,788 --> 00:45:50,374
At first she thought he was
saying Whitney Houston.
701
00:45:50,457 --> 00:45:52,543
She couldn't connect it until,
you know, it was really brought
702
00:45:52,626 --> 00:45:54,795
to her attention,
"No, he's calling you 'Whitey."'
703
00:45:54,878 --> 00:45:57,381
What is the deal
in the past
704
00:45:57,464 --> 00:46:00,926
when you've had the friction
at the Soul Train Awards?
705
00:46:01,009 --> 00:46:02,886
They booed me
at the Soul Train Awards.
706
00:46:02,970 --> 00:46:05,347
Yeah, and I'm not
exactly sure...
707
00:46:05,430 --> 00:46:07,808
You can't ask a whole crowd
what was that about?
708
00:46:07,891 --> 00:46:09,351
Yeah.
709
00:46:09,434 --> 00:46:12,312
Yeah, I wanted to say that
and some other things but...
710
00:46:12,396 --> 00:46:15,232
The nominees for Best R&B
Urban Contemporary Single
711
00:46:15,315 --> 00:46:16,733
by a Female are...
712
00:46:21,029 --> 00:46:23,323
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go?"
Whitney Houston.
713
00:46:26,868 --> 00:46:28,662
Aunt Bae:
She was so upset.
714
00:46:28,745 --> 00:46:31,456
She said to me,
"It would be one thing
715
00:46:31,540 --> 00:46:34,042
if they were booing me
because they didn't like
716
00:46:34,126 --> 00:46:36,378
the way I sing, Aunt Bae."
717
00:46:36,461 --> 00:46:38,297
She said,
"But they were booing me
718
00:46:38,380 --> 00:46:41,717
for something
altogether different."
719
00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:44,886
And I think it goes back
to her childhood
720
00:46:44,970 --> 00:46:47,347
when she was being bullied
in school.
721
00:46:47,431 --> 00:46:49,766
She was really
torn up about it.
722
00:46:49,850 --> 00:46:52,853
And I think the difference in
how the crowd reacted to me
723
00:46:52,936 --> 00:46:54,605
and how they reacted to her
724
00:46:54,688 --> 00:46:56,982
played a part
in our connection.
725
00:46:57,065 --> 00:46:58,525
It's not hard to figure out
726
00:46:58,609 --> 00:47:01,320
who the hottest young
solo male artist is.
727
00:47:01,403 --> 00:47:04,406
His name is Bobby Brown!
728
00:47:09,578 --> 00:47:11,955
Is this an awards show?
729
00:47:12,039 --> 00:47:14,583
Are you all ready to party?
730
00:47:16,418 --> 00:47:17,878
I was sitting
in the front row.
731
00:47:19,338 --> 00:47:21,673
- She just kept nudging me.
- Get busy!
732
00:47:21,757 --> 00:47:24,301
I said, "Excuse me."
She said, "Yeah."
733
00:47:26,136 --> 00:47:28,221
It was just really funny
how she said it,
734
00:47:28,305 --> 00:47:30,223
like, you know,
with this attitude.
735
00:47:32,309 --> 00:47:33,727
I was conceited at the time.
736
00:47:42,152 --> 00:47:44,696
Nicole:
So then in walks Bobby Brown.
737
00:47:44,780 --> 00:47:48,116
He was black.
Absolutely for sure.
738
00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:49,785
He was straight.
739
00:47:52,871 --> 00:47:55,207
Nicole:
Even straighter than straight.
740
00:47:55,290 --> 00:47:58,251
Rickey:
People thought, "That's so odd.
741
00:47:58,335 --> 00:48:00,462
She's sophisticated,
742
00:48:00,545 --> 00:48:04,007
and he's unrefined,
that Bobby Brown."
743
00:48:04,091 --> 00:48:06,051
We're from the hood,
744
00:48:06,134 --> 00:48:09,596
and Bobby was a black boy
from the hood.
745
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:13,225
The type my mother
always kept away from her.
746
00:48:13,308 --> 00:48:15,143
Rickey:
He's both of her brothers.
747
00:48:15,227 --> 00:48:16,853
All rolled into one.
748
00:48:18,689 --> 00:48:21,400
Pat:
Bobby was a really funny and fun guy
749
00:48:21,483 --> 00:48:24,778
to hang around with, you know,
he made her laugh.
750
00:48:24,861 --> 00:48:28,990
Yeah, baby! Yeah, baby!
751
00:48:29,074 --> 00:48:31,952
Pat:
She truly loved him.
She truly loved him.
752
00:48:34,287 --> 00:48:36,415
- Wait. I gotta make my wish.
- Shh.
753
00:48:40,919 --> 00:48:43,338
Wait!
754
00:48:46,174 --> 00:48:48,343
Yes!
755
00:48:50,721 --> 00:48:52,764
Reverend:
Robert Barisford Brown,
756
00:48:52,848 --> 00:48:55,851
do you take this woman
to be your wedded wife,
757
00:48:55,934 --> 00:49:00,272
and do you solemnly promise
before God and these witnesses
758
00:49:00,355 --> 00:49:02,482
that you will love her
and comfort her,
759
00:49:02,566 --> 00:49:06,862
forsaking all others
for her alone?
760
00:49:06,945 --> 00:49:08,530
Bobby:
I do.
761
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:31,136
Pat:
I think that was a very
difficult time for Robyn.
762
00:49:33,638 --> 00:49:36,808
Rickey:
When you love someone,
you want the best for them,
763
00:49:36,892 --> 00:49:39,186
even if it's not
the best for you.
764
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:44,608
You know that, "If I leave,
765
00:49:44,691 --> 00:49:47,527
I can't think of anyone
that would protect her
766
00:49:47,611 --> 00:49:50,864
from these landmines
that are all around."
767
00:49:55,535 --> 00:49:57,829
Ellin:
Whitney believed
that if she got married,
768
00:49:57,913 --> 00:49:59,581
everything would be
wonderful,
769
00:49:59,664 --> 00:50:01,833
and she'd have
this great family.
770
00:50:01,917 --> 00:50:06,254
She'd have her baby, and she'd
just live happily ever after.
771
00:50:08,340 --> 00:50:10,634
She absolutely had
that fairytale.
772
00:50:12,594 --> 00:50:17,974
Mary:
To me, she was a little
girl wishing upon a star.
773
00:50:18,058 --> 00:50:21,019
She was always trying
to find her way back home.
774
00:50:23,897 --> 00:50:27,442
This here is
a photograph of us in Italy.
775
00:50:27,526 --> 00:50:30,195
It was a time when, you know,
they were just married.
776
00:50:30,278 --> 00:50:33,949
We was on honeymoon, and they
were into dressing alike.
777
00:50:34,032 --> 00:50:36,409
I guess that was
the thing at that time.
778
00:50:36,493 --> 00:50:40,038
She was extremely happy.
779
00:50:40,121 --> 00:50:43,416
And looking forward to starting
her life with her husband.
780
00:50:47,754 --> 00:50:50,298
Aunt Bae:
She called me
when she was on her honeymoon,
781
00:50:50,382 --> 00:50:51,842
and she said:
782
00:50:51,925 --> 00:50:57,681
"Aunt Bae, I didn't get
my period. I'm pregnant."
783
00:50:59,808 --> 00:51:02,143
Anyway, Krissi was born,
784
00:51:02,227 --> 00:51:05,063
and I'll never forget
that day.
785
00:51:05,146 --> 00:51:06,898
She came home early
786
00:51:06,982 --> 00:51:09,693
because she didn't want
to stay in the hospital.
787
00:51:09,776 --> 00:51:12,237
She came to the door,
and she was bent over.
788
00:51:12,320 --> 00:51:15,699
And she had Krissi
in her arm.
789
00:51:15,782 --> 00:51:17,701
And I said, "Nippy,
what are you doing?"
790
00:51:17,784 --> 00:51:21,079
She said, "Aunt Bae,
will you bathe her?"
791
00:51:21,162 --> 00:51:23,248
So I said,
"Of course I'll bathe her,"
792
00:51:23,331 --> 00:51:25,458
so I took the baby from her.
793
00:51:27,043 --> 00:51:29,170
I never gave her back.
794
00:51:32,007 --> 00:51:38,221
She slept in a crib for
about two or three months...
795
00:51:38,305 --> 00:51:43,143
and then one night
she was colicky and gassy,
796
00:51:43,226 --> 00:51:44,936
and I put her in the bed
with me.
797
00:51:45,020 --> 00:51:47,731
And she slept with me
in that bed,
798
00:51:47,814 --> 00:51:52,777
wherever we were...
for the next eight years.
799
00:52:01,661 --> 00:52:05,290
- Woman:
Point to the baby, Mommy.
- That's my daughter.
800
00:52:05,373 --> 00:52:07,250
That's me
and Bobby's little girl.
801
00:52:07,334 --> 00:52:10,337
She looks just like
her father, doesn't she?
802
00:52:13,298 --> 00:52:14,841
Ellin:
I think, in the beginning,
803
00:52:14,925 --> 00:52:16,968
she was a good parent.
804
00:52:18,887 --> 00:52:21,473
Whitney hated leaving Krissi.
805
00:52:21,556 --> 00:52:24,184
It's hard when you're working,
when you're traveling.
806
00:52:24,267 --> 00:52:26,728
She had the same situation
as her mom.
807
00:52:26,811 --> 00:52:30,148
But she insisted
on taking Krissi on tour.
808
00:52:30,231 --> 00:52:33,234
Hey, baby, Krissi.
809
00:52:33,318 --> 00:52:35,528
Oh, you're the best kid
in the world.
810
00:52:35,612 --> 00:52:39,574
Thanks. You're the best kid
in the world!
811
00:52:39,658 --> 00:52:41,910
Thank you, Mama. Thank you.
812
00:52:43,495 --> 00:52:45,163
The best kid in the world.
813
00:52:45,246 --> 00:52:46,998
Thank you, Lord Jesus.
814
00:52:47,082 --> 00:52:50,293
Laurie:
Her mother was pulled
away from her so much,
815
00:52:50,377 --> 00:52:54,506
she was always vying
for her mother's attention.
816
00:52:54,589 --> 00:52:56,841
Not her love,
but her attention.
817
00:52:56,925 --> 00:52:59,427
Whitney:
You all know who this is, huh?
818
00:53:39,509 --> 00:53:41,136
- Can you shoop?
- Mm.
819
00:53:43,054 --> 00:53:45,348
Michael:
It's not a place
for children to grow up,
820
00:53:45,432 --> 00:53:46,808
on the road.
821
00:53:46,891 --> 00:53:48,685
It's just not.
822
00:53:48,768 --> 00:53:51,312
A kid needs stability,
needs school.
823
00:53:51,396 --> 00:53:53,148
Being around other children.
824
00:53:53,231 --> 00:53:55,316
Krissi spent a lot of time
around grown-ups.
825
00:53:55,400 --> 00:53:57,318
Therefore, you grow up fast,
826
00:53:57,402 --> 00:53:59,195
and you become grown
before your time.
827
00:54:07,120 --> 00:54:08,830
The battle has been joined.
828
00:54:11,041 --> 00:54:13,334
I get a call
from Whitney's dad.
829
00:54:13,418 --> 00:54:17,714
"Hey, son, we're gonna do
the Super Bowl this year."
830
00:54:17,797 --> 00:54:19,758
Super Sunday is on its way,
831
00:54:19,841 --> 00:54:23,178
and most of us will be glued
to our television sets.
832
00:54:23,261 --> 00:54:25,764
Rickey:
I talked to Whitney
about how it should feel.
833
00:54:25,847 --> 00:54:28,516
We always talked about
the feeling first.
834
00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:30,852
She talked about Marvin Gaye
835
00:54:30,935 --> 00:54:33,396
and how he had done
the National Anthem
836
00:54:33,480 --> 00:54:35,440
at the NBA all-star game.
837
00:54:37,901 --> 00:54:41,446
Marvin had this idea
to make it soulful,
838
00:54:41,529 --> 00:54:45,116
so he had this drum machine,
and he would just float in and out,
839
00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:47,952
and just sang however he felt
at that moment.
840
00:54:56,086 --> 00:54:59,172
And I think Whitney
definitely saw then, like,
841
00:54:59,255 --> 00:55:01,466
he was just free.
842
00:55:08,389 --> 00:55:10,016
Rickey:
So I said, "I understand.
843
00:55:10,100 --> 00:55:12,644
If I give you one beat extra
for each measure,
844
00:55:12,727 --> 00:55:14,938
it's gonna allow you
more freedom
845
00:55:15,021 --> 00:55:16,898
to hold the notes
a little longer
846
00:55:16,981 --> 00:55:20,068
and have gospel flavorings
and jazz flavorings.
847
00:55:20,151 --> 00:55:23,154
They switched the meter
for the song
848
00:55:23,238 --> 00:55:26,282
from a waltz
3/4 count to 4/4.
849
00:55:26,366 --> 00:55:29,536
That might seem simple enough,
but for someone
850
00:55:29,619 --> 00:55:31,454
steeped in the gospel
and black tradition,
851
00:55:31,538 --> 00:55:33,123
all black music is 4/4.
852
00:55:33,206 --> 00:55:35,959
Today the Air Force has been using
its so-called smart bombs...
853
00:55:36,042 --> 00:55:39,379
Rickey:
I remember this was
during the Persian Gulf war,
854
00:55:39,462 --> 00:55:41,464
a patriotic time
in this country.
855
00:55:47,053 --> 00:55:50,348
And when I hand the music
to the orchestra,
856
00:55:50,431 --> 00:55:52,475
and they play it...
857
00:55:52,559 --> 00:55:54,853
They hate it.
858
00:55:54,936 --> 00:55:59,566
It's "dissonant",
it's..."sacrilegious."
859
00:56:05,697 --> 00:56:10,201
I sent her the recording,
and I never heard from her.
860
00:56:10,285 --> 00:56:14,539
A week before the Super Bowl,
Whitney comes to town.
861
00:56:14,622 --> 00:56:16,958
I'm excited.
I'm, like, pacing the studio.
862
00:56:17,041 --> 00:56:21,588
And I'm like...
"So did you hear it?"
863
00:56:21,671 --> 00:56:24,215
You know, "You hear it?
You ready?"
864
00:56:24,299 --> 00:56:26,050
She says...
865
00:56:26,134 --> 00:56:28,970
"No, I haven't listened to it
yet but just put it up, baby.
866
00:56:29,053 --> 00:56:30,430
It'll be fine."
867
00:56:30,513 --> 00:56:33,558
Holding my breath,
I push play...
868
00:56:33,641 --> 00:56:37,729
and she sits there,
eyes closed, listening.
869
00:56:39,898 --> 00:56:44,444
She says, "All right, I got it."
I'm like, "You got it?"
870
00:56:45,445 --> 00:56:47,030
I roll the tape...
871
00:56:47,113 --> 00:56:51,201
and what the world heard
was the first take.
872
00:56:51,284 --> 00:56:53,036
Announcer:
Whitney Houston!
873
00:56:55,288 --> 00:56:57,457
Rickey:
I can feel
that same emotion right now,
874
00:56:57,540 --> 00:57:00,210
like you just witnessed
something magical.
875
00:57:33,117 --> 00:57:35,995
Man:
Black people have always had
a very fraught relationship
876
00:57:36,079 --> 00:57:37,747
to "The Star-Spangled Banner."
877
00:57:40,833 --> 00:57:43,211
It's essentially
a song about war,
878
00:57:43,294 --> 00:57:46,172
and the organs
of state violence
879
00:57:46,256 --> 00:57:48,967
in the United States
have just as often been used
880
00:57:49,050 --> 00:57:52,303
against black people as they
have been against enemies.
881
00:58:04,899 --> 00:58:07,026
Man:
She had the radical impact
882
00:58:07,110 --> 00:58:09,112
of highlighting
the theme of freedom.
883
00:58:10,405 --> 00:58:13,908
And for... black people,
884
00:58:13,992 --> 00:58:16,077
that's the most
important concept
885
00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:19,163
that you live under
in this country.
886
00:59:00,788 --> 00:59:03,291
Babyface:
She brought the spirit to it.
887
00:59:03,374 --> 00:59:04,876
When you go to
the right church,
888
00:59:04,959 --> 00:59:06,461
even as a Jewish person,
889
00:59:06,544 --> 00:59:08,588
you might accept Jesus
in your life
890
00:59:08,671 --> 00:59:10,673
after hearing
the right choir.
891
00:59:10,757 --> 00:59:13,343
And at that particular point,
892
00:59:13,426 --> 00:59:16,012
in hearing her sing
"The Star-Spangled Banner,"
893
00:59:16,095 --> 00:59:20,183
she made people proud
that they were Americans.
894
00:59:20,266 --> 00:59:22,560
- Man:
Hi, sweetheart. How are you?
- Good.
895
00:59:22,643 --> 00:59:24,437
- What do you think about
Whitney Houston?-I like her.
896
00:59:24,520 --> 00:59:25,938
Man:
What does she mean to you?
897
00:59:26,022 --> 00:59:27,899
She's the greatest
female entertainer
898
00:59:27,982 --> 00:59:29,400
of the 20th century.
899
00:59:29,484 --> 00:59:31,652
So much soul
and so much spirit.
900
00:59:31,736 --> 00:59:32,987
America.
Every time I think of her,
901
00:59:33,071 --> 00:59:34,864
- I think of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
- "The Star-Spangled Banner," yeah.
902
00:59:34,947 --> 00:59:36,949
- Man:
What's your favorite Whitney tune?
- "The Star-Spangled Banner."
903
00:59:37,033 --> 00:59:38,201
That was the greatest.
904
00:59:38,284 --> 00:59:40,953
I couldn't stop the tears
from rolling down my cheeks.
905
00:59:41,037 --> 00:59:42,372
She sang with all her heart.
906
00:59:42,455 --> 00:59:45,375
A beautiful singer, a beautiful person.
A good Christian girl.
907
00:59:45,458 --> 00:59:47,835
Man:
If you could say anything you wanted
to say to her, what would you say?
908
00:59:47,919 --> 00:59:49,337
I love you, Whitney.
909
00:59:51,631 --> 00:59:55,802
Nicole:
The first time I met her,
she was wearing big black glasses.
910
00:59:55,885 --> 00:59:58,638
And she kind of pretended
to be tough
911
00:59:58,721 --> 01:00:03,059
and answered in one word,
like, "How are you?" "Good."
912
01:00:03,142 --> 01:00:05,186
"So you want to do movies?"
"Yep."
913
01:00:05,269 --> 01:00:07,772
So I said,
"Take off your glasses.
914
01:00:07,855 --> 01:00:09,607
I want to see your eyes."
915
01:00:09,690 --> 01:00:12,402
And she said, "That's
exactly why I have them on,
916
01:00:12,485 --> 01:00:14,362
so you don't see my eyes."
917
01:00:14,445 --> 01:00:17,281
So I reached over
and took off her glasses.
918
01:00:17,365 --> 01:00:20,159
She was kind of shocked,
919
01:00:20,243 --> 01:00:22,912
but then I looked at her
and I thought:
920
01:00:22,995 --> 01:00:28,584
"You know, even if she's
a singer, I think she has..."
921
01:00:29,794 --> 01:00:31,254
She had a spirit.
922
01:00:31,337 --> 01:00:33,506
And I thought,
"I'm gonna try this."
923
01:00:33,589 --> 01:00:35,049
The Bodyguard?
The Bodyguard.
924
01:00:35,133 --> 01:00:37,176
What do you play in it?
I mean, you're with Kevin Costner.
925
01:00:37,260 --> 01:00:39,887
Well, I'm not the bodyguard.
No, you wouldn't be that.
926
01:00:39,971 --> 01:00:44,934
No, I play an entertainer,
um, a rock star, pop star,
927
01:00:45,017 --> 01:00:46,686
um, who is an actress,
928
01:00:46,769 --> 01:00:51,649
who is haunted and hunted
by this maniac killer.
929
01:00:51,732 --> 01:00:53,443
- Oh.
- Yeah.
930
01:00:53,526 --> 01:00:56,612
It's kind of like "love me to
death" kind of thing. You know?
931
01:00:56,696 --> 01:00:58,531
What's Kevin Costner
playing in it?
932
01:00:58,614 --> 01:01:02,618
He's the bodyguard. Yes,
he's hired to guard my body.
933
01:01:02,702 --> 01:01:05,079
Oh, what a nice job!
934
01:01:08,082 --> 01:01:10,960
Ellin:
She had never done a movie.
I had never done a movie.
935
01:01:11,043 --> 01:01:12,962
But we learned quick.
936
01:01:13,045 --> 01:01:17,216
For me, I'm like the most
I dealt with white people
937
01:01:17,300 --> 01:01:19,677
was like at the store
when they was, like,
938
01:01:19,760 --> 01:01:21,220
"You show us
your credit card."
939
01:01:21,304 --> 01:01:22,763
You know what I mean?
940
01:01:22,847 --> 01:01:24,891
Like, that's how I was
used to being treated.
941
01:01:24,974 --> 01:01:26,476
So to come on a movie set
942
01:01:26,559 --> 01:01:30,021
and mostly white people
telling you what to do,
943
01:01:30,104 --> 01:01:31,355
we were afraid.
944
01:01:31,439 --> 01:01:32,982
Not that we were afraid
of them.
945
01:01:33,065 --> 01:01:35,318
We were afraid
not to be able to live up to
946
01:01:35,401 --> 01:01:37,820
what it was that we were
supposed to do.
947
01:01:40,031 --> 01:01:42,325
Costner:
The idea that she was
my leading woman
948
01:01:42,408 --> 01:01:45,953
seemed to be a very big deal
in the black community.
949
01:01:46,037 --> 01:01:47,955
I never, um, saw that.
950
01:01:48,039 --> 01:01:51,626
I simply saw
she was the cutest,
951
01:01:51,709 --> 01:01:53,794
most beautiful girl
that could sing.
952
01:01:53,878 --> 01:01:55,963
- You okay?
- Yeah. I'm okay.
953
01:01:56,047 --> 01:01:58,799
Costner:
And she happened to be black.
954
01:02:01,302 --> 01:02:04,472
And then I realized that
she asks the plane to stop.
955
01:02:06,265 --> 01:02:07,391
Wait!
956
01:02:07,475 --> 01:02:08,684
She ran down the steps
957
01:02:08,768 --> 01:02:10,228
that every white woman
has run down
958
01:02:10,311 --> 01:02:11,938
to kiss Cary Grant
or whatever.
959
01:02:14,732 --> 01:02:16,234
And the camera went around
960
01:02:16,317 --> 01:02:18,694
the way it went around
white people kissing
961
01:02:18,778 --> 01:02:21,447
throughout the history
of Hollywood.
962
01:02:21,531 --> 01:02:24,617
And we forgot about
what color anybody was.
963
01:02:24,700 --> 01:02:26,702
That did change everything.
964
01:02:35,545 --> 01:02:38,881
Reporter:
What was the fun aspect
for you being in a film?
965
01:02:38,965 --> 01:02:40,633
Being a woman,
being a black woman,
966
01:02:40,716 --> 01:02:42,134
playing a very strong part.
967
01:02:42,218 --> 01:02:43,886
I think that's
exciting enough.
968
01:02:43,970 --> 01:02:46,430
Nicole:
When it was screened
in South Africa,
969
01:02:46,514 --> 01:02:48,474
people cheered
when they kissed.
970
01:02:48,558 --> 01:02:50,935
That was amazing.
971
01:05:00,731 --> 01:05:04,235
Nicole: The Bodyguard
took Whitney into the stratosphere.
972
01:05:04,318 --> 01:05:07,863
Every country in the world
played that song.
973
01:05:07,947 --> 01:05:09,448
Reporter:
Behind these walls,
974
01:05:09,532 --> 01:05:12,118
the row over a chart-topping
hit rumbles on.
975
01:05:14,203 --> 01:05:16,580
John and Suzanne Handley
hated Whitney Houston
976
01:05:16,664 --> 01:05:17,998
blaring through their walls.
977
01:05:18,082 --> 01:05:19,834
They called it
psychological torture.
978
01:05:19,917 --> 01:05:21,794
Today at their home
there was no comment
979
01:05:21,877 --> 01:05:23,671
on the prison sentence
handed out
980
01:05:23,754 --> 01:05:26,173
to the neighbor
they'd taken to court.
981
01:05:26,257 --> 01:05:28,926
All she did was play
a Whitney Houston record,
982
01:05:29,009 --> 01:05:31,971
and she's serving
seven days in prison for that.
983
01:05:49,321 --> 01:05:53,492
Bobby:
It's dark. It's dark.
984
01:05:53,576 --> 01:05:55,786
Under the candlelight...
985
01:05:55,870 --> 01:05:59,540
Under the candlelight we see
that there is a woman in here.
986
01:05:59,623 --> 01:06:02,126
We don't know her name yet...
987
01:06:02,209 --> 01:06:04,628
but she's a fantastic
recording artist,
988
01:06:04,712 --> 01:06:06,255
one of the best.
989
01:06:06,338 --> 01:06:08,382
Ladies and gentlemen,
Miss Whitney Houston.
990
01:06:08,466 --> 01:06:10,926
Yeah, I'm on camera.
They got me on camera.
991
01:06:11,010 --> 01:06:13,471
- Bobby:
And that's Pat.
- Hi.
992
01:06:13,554 --> 01:06:15,848
Bobby:
That's my sister-in-law.
993
01:06:15,931 --> 01:06:18,058
This is Bobby.
994
01:06:18,142 --> 01:06:21,103
Whether you know it or not,
yeah, it's me. How you doing?
995
01:06:21,187 --> 01:06:25,357
Debra:
She was the superstar,
and he had a couple of hits,
996
01:06:25,441 --> 01:06:28,861
so kind of equal,
close enough.
997
01:06:28,944 --> 01:06:31,781
And then
The Bodyguard hit.
998
01:06:33,616 --> 01:06:35,951
And she shot off
into the stratosphere,
999
01:06:36,035 --> 01:06:41,999
and he knew instinctively
he would never get there.
1000
01:06:43,083 --> 01:06:45,002
And he just kinda shut down.
1001
01:06:45,085 --> 01:06:46,962
When you got people
in the media
1002
01:06:47,046 --> 01:06:48,464
talking about Mr. Houston
1003
01:06:48,547 --> 01:06:50,382
instead of Mr. Brown,
you know.
1004
01:06:50,466 --> 01:06:52,927
Instead of saying--
Like I say, "Fuck 'em,"
1005
01:06:53,010 --> 01:06:54,678
he let it get to him.
1006
01:06:54,762 --> 01:06:57,139
Man:
Can I just ask you real quick,
Miss Houston?
1007
01:06:57,223 --> 01:06:59,391
- Mrs. Brown, man.
- Man:
Mrs. Houston-Brown?
1008
01:06:59,475 --> 01:07:00,684
- Don't make that mistake.
- Yes, darlin'?
1009
01:07:00,768 --> 01:07:03,187
Let's go, Laurie.
1010
01:07:03,270 --> 01:07:05,314
Pat:
Bobby was jealous,
1011
01:07:05,397 --> 01:07:08,484
and he could not recognize
that emotion.
1012
01:07:10,027 --> 01:07:13,739
He was always now
the plus one.
1013
01:07:13,823 --> 01:07:18,285
For him, in a black man's mind,
it was tearing him up.
1014
01:07:18,369 --> 01:07:20,371
Bobby:
We didn't think about
who was bigger
1015
01:07:20,454 --> 01:07:21,747
or who sold more records.
1016
01:07:21,831 --> 01:07:23,958
We thought about our talents
1017
01:07:24,041 --> 01:07:26,544
and how they matched so well.
1018
01:07:33,133 --> 01:07:36,303
You're crazy.
Bobby, you're crazy.
1019
01:07:36,387 --> 01:07:39,265
What?
1020
01:07:39,348 --> 01:07:41,517
Because, I was about
to sing your line.
1021
01:07:41,600 --> 01:07:43,143
I know, I know.
You know what?
1022
01:07:43,227 --> 01:07:46,689
He'll sing this whole phrase
if I'm not careful.
1023
01:07:46,772 --> 01:07:48,816
Bobby, your part is,
"Gotta go through."
1024
01:07:48,899 --> 01:07:50,818
- All right.
- The rain, the joy...
1025
01:08:00,661 --> 01:08:04,665
Gotta go through...
the rain... the joy.
1026
01:08:04,748 --> 01:08:06,166
Man:
I'm gonna play you
the reference one more time.
1027
01:08:06,250 --> 01:08:07,793
Bobby:
Don't play me the reference.
1028
01:08:07,877 --> 01:08:10,796
Debra:
She wanted to keep the marriage,
1029
01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:15,718
and eventually, she stepped
down to lift him up.
1030
01:08:15,801 --> 01:08:20,055
Initially, I named her movie
company Houston Productions.
1031
01:08:20,139 --> 01:08:22,600
She's one of the biggest stars
in Hollywood.
1032
01:08:22,683 --> 01:08:24,894
And a few months in, she said,
1033
01:08:24,977 --> 01:08:27,187
"We need to change the name
to BROWNHOUSE."
1034
01:08:29,815 --> 01:08:33,611
She went so far as to, "Okay,
well, you can manage me,"
1035
01:08:33,694 --> 01:08:36,280
trying to give him some
leverage in different things
1036
01:08:36,363 --> 01:08:39,617
to try to make him feel
important again.
1037
01:08:39,700 --> 01:08:41,577
That's just not
where his heart was.
1038
01:08:41,660 --> 01:08:44,496
He wanted to be on the stage.
He wanted to be in the forefront.
1039
01:08:44,580 --> 01:08:48,709
Reporters:
Bobby! Bobby! Bobby!
1040
01:08:48,792 --> 01:08:51,211
Pat:
He did things on purpose to hurt her,
1041
01:08:51,295 --> 01:08:53,756
because he wasn't the star.
1042
01:08:53,839 --> 01:08:56,550
Woman:
Bobby Brown is behind bars today.
1043
01:08:56,634 --> 01:08:58,177
...accused of
hitting his wife...
1044
01:08:58,260 --> 01:08:59,845
...totaling a Porsche
on Ocean Drive in Hollywood.
1045
01:08:59,929 --> 01:09:01,513
People were ringing
the doorbell,
1046
01:09:01,597 --> 01:09:04,224
young ladies saying,
"Oh, this is his baby."
1047
01:09:04,308 --> 01:09:06,185
Man:
Bobby!
1048
01:09:06,268 --> 01:09:10,147
Sexual harassment lawsuits
from some of the employees.
1049
01:09:10,230 --> 01:09:11,273
Man:
Bobby.
1050
01:09:11,357 --> 01:09:13,943
He would expose himself
to them.
1051
01:09:14,026 --> 01:09:16,111
Man:
The R&B singer burst into tears.
1052
01:09:16,195 --> 01:09:18,364
Urinated on the back seat
of the deputy's patrol car.
1053
01:09:18,447 --> 01:09:20,032
Reporter:
What took you so long?
1054
01:09:20,115 --> 01:09:23,035
Constantly,
it was always something.
1055
01:09:23,118 --> 01:09:24,995
This isn't fair.
1056
01:09:25,079 --> 01:09:26,705
This ain't fair, man.
1057
01:09:26,789 --> 01:09:29,083
I remember being in Europe
and sitting with her,
1058
01:09:29,166 --> 01:09:30,960
looking at
a European newspaper,
1059
01:09:31,043 --> 01:09:32,503
and Bobby's being arrested
1060
01:09:32,586 --> 01:09:36,006
for sexual harassment
back in California.
1061
01:09:36,090 --> 01:09:40,886
And she's begging him
to come on tour.
1062
01:09:40,970 --> 01:09:42,972
She's begging him
to come be with her.
1063
01:09:43,055 --> 01:09:45,975
And I look at her and I go,
"What are you doing?"
1064
01:09:47,643 --> 01:09:49,770
Pat:
Between the press
and everybody saying
1065
01:09:49,853 --> 01:09:53,232
this is not gonna last, it was
constantly biting at her.
1066
01:09:54,066 --> 01:09:56,110
Woman:
Yay!
1067
01:09:56,193 --> 01:10:00,280
Pat:
But she didn't want to be
like her mother, a divorcée.
1068
01:10:00,364 --> 01:10:03,575
She was going to prove
that she could do it.
1069
01:10:05,411 --> 01:10:07,413
Do you believe
in total fidelity?
1070
01:10:07,496 --> 01:10:09,039
Do I believe in what?
1071
01:10:09,123 --> 01:10:11,000
Barbara:
Total fidelity?
1072
01:10:11,083 --> 01:10:12,918
Being faithful?
1073
01:10:13,002 --> 01:10:16,880
Oh, I
am faithful.
That's why I got married.
1074
01:10:16,964 --> 01:10:19,633
Told you.
1075
01:10:19,717 --> 01:10:22,344
Wouldn't have
got married if...
1076
01:10:22,428 --> 01:10:24,638
You know--
1077
01:10:24,722 --> 01:10:27,141
- I think I got it.
- Bobby: I hope so.
1078
01:10:27,224 --> 01:10:29,643
Interviewer:
Were they in love, do you think?
1079
01:10:29,727 --> 01:10:34,148
They loved each other,
but a strange love.
1080
01:10:36,316 --> 01:10:37,985
I think she might
have believed
1081
01:10:38,068 --> 01:10:39,862
she was in love with Bobby,
1082
01:10:39,945 --> 01:10:42,865
but I really think it was more
of a co-dependent relationship.
1083
01:10:42,948 --> 01:10:46,160
To the point where Bobbi Kristina
was even left out.
1084
01:10:55,294 --> 01:11:00,799
Rickey:
Somewhere around
The Bodyguard
tour, '93, '94,
1085
01:11:00,883 --> 01:11:04,386
I remember her not showing up
in the rehearsals.
1086
01:11:04,470 --> 01:11:05,929
And then, when she came,
1087
01:11:06,013 --> 01:11:08,807
she would struggle
with her voice.
1088
01:11:08,891 --> 01:11:11,685
It wasn't the Whitney
I knew.
1089
01:11:11,769 --> 01:11:14,605
There was
definitely agitation.
1090
01:11:16,565 --> 01:11:19,151
Pat:
All of the noise around her,
1091
01:11:19,234 --> 01:11:21,320
all of the things
coming at her,
1092
01:11:21,403 --> 01:11:25,616
she just wanted
to escape the pressure.
1093
01:11:25,699 --> 01:11:29,244
Kevin:
Can we talk about Whitney's
drug problem? When did that--?
1094
01:11:29,328 --> 01:11:30,788
I don't wanna talk
about that.
1095
01:11:30,871 --> 01:11:33,332
That has nothing to do
with this documentary
1096
01:11:33,415 --> 01:11:36,168
or anything that
I want to speak about.
1097
01:11:36,251 --> 01:11:38,462
Kevin:
Okay, if you don't wanna
talk about it.
1098
01:11:38,545 --> 01:11:39,880
- But obviously it's...
- Not at all.
1099
01:11:39,963 --> 01:11:41,715
Kevin:
It's the thing that killed her,
1100
01:11:41,799 --> 01:11:42,800
so it's important, isn't it?
1101
01:11:42,883 --> 01:11:44,843
That's not what killed her.
1102
01:11:46,887 --> 01:11:48,764
Kevin:
Whenever you were with Whitney,
1103
01:11:48,847 --> 01:11:50,474
were you taking drugs
every day?
1104
01:11:50,557 --> 01:11:52,559
Michael:
Hell, yeah, every day.
1105
01:11:52,643 --> 01:11:55,312
A lot every day. Shit that
usually kills motherfuckers,
1106
01:11:55,395 --> 01:11:58,107
and you survive it.
So you keep rocking. Ha, ha.
1107
01:11:58,190 --> 01:11:59,775
Kevin:
What about Bobby?
1108
01:11:59,858 --> 01:12:02,319
Let's just say Bobby was
a fucking lightweight...
1109
01:12:02,402 --> 01:12:04,404
when it came to
motherfucking drugs.
1110
01:12:04,488 --> 01:12:07,449
Bobby was not someone
who could do, you know...
1111
01:12:07,533 --> 01:12:11,870
We used to pass Bobby,
fucking, by lapping him.
1112
01:12:11,954 --> 01:12:13,372
Trust me.
1113
01:12:13,455 --> 01:12:14,581
Kevin:
What was Whitney's
1114
01:12:14,665 --> 01:12:15,958
drug of choice
at that time?
1115
01:12:16,041 --> 01:12:17,835
I'm sure it was cocaine,
you know.
1116
01:12:17,918 --> 01:12:20,254
- Marijuana and cocaine.
- Kevin:
Was she smoking it?
1117
01:12:20,337 --> 01:12:23,048
I'm sure she smoked it
inside the marijuana.
1118
01:12:23,132 --> 01:12:24,800
Kevin:
If we can't talk about drugs,
1119
01:12:24,883 --> 01:12:26,635
that makes it very hard
to talk about
1120
01:12:26,718 --> 01:12:28,262
the last years of her life.
1121
01:12:28,345 --> 01:12:29,596
Mm.
1122
01:12:31,473 --> 01:12:34,309
I think we've just talked
about her life, you know.
1123
01:12:34,393 --> 01:12:36,854
Drugs has nothing
to do with her life.
1124
01:12:38,313 --> 01:12:41,483
Laurie:
She was kind and soft and sweet.
1125
01:12:41,567 --> 01:12:45,112
And then she was
somebody different.
1126
01:12:45,195 --> 01:12:46,280
Tell it.
1127
01:12:47,364 --> 01:12:48,365
Man:
1128
01:12:51,827 --> 01:12:54,079
Man:
What did you hear?
1129
01:12:59,585 --> 01:13:01,003
Shh.
1130
01:13:06,091 --> 01:13:08,177
Man:
That you had what?
1131
01:13:21,106 --> 01:13:23,442
Man:
I wouldn't fuck her with mine, dawg.
1132
01:13:27,696 --> 01:13:29,781
No.
1133
01:13:29,865 --> 01:13:31,992
Pat:
She started canceling dates.
1134
01:13:32,075 --> 01:13:33,994
I can recall
one particular time
1135
01:13:34,077 --> 01:13:36,872
she was scheduled
to perform in California,
1136
01:13:36,955 --> 01:13:38,582
and she was in California.
1137
01:13:38,665 --> 01:13:41,251
But she was at the airport,
sitting on a jet.
1138
01:13:41,335 --> 01:13:43,170
They had been getting high,
1139
01:13:43,253 --> 01:13:46,173
and Bobby made the phone call
saying, "Tell the promoters
1140
01:13:46,256 --> 01:13:48,842
to bring over X amount
of dollars, and we'll show up."
1141
01:13:48,926 --> 01:13:50,510
I said,
"Well, that ain't gonna happen.
1142
01:13:50,594 --> 01:13:52,638
So y'all might as well take off then,
'cause that ain't gonna happen.
1143
01:13:52,721 --> 01:13:54,431
That ain't how it works."
You know?
1144
01:13:54,514 --> 01:13:55,974
"That is not how it works.
1145
01:13:56,058 --> 01:13:59,436
Ain't nobody bringing you
a bag of cash!"
1146
01:13:59,519 --> 01:14:03,190
Everything began
to spiral out of control.
1147
01:14:04,733 --> 01:14:06,360
Nicole:
I talked to her father.
1148
01:14:06,443 --> 01:14:09,112
I talked to her mother.
I talked to Donna Houston.
1149
01:14:09,196 --> 01:14:12,241
Every person
that you're gonna interview.
1150
01:14:12,324 --> 01:14:16,536
And I was able to get Cissy
to do an intervention.
1151
01:14:16,620 --> 01:14:19,873
First of all, we walked in to do it,
and Whitney was stoned.
1152
01:14:19,957 --> 01:14:23,502
Then after it was over, when she
had agreed to go to rehab,
1153
01:14:23,585 --> 01:14:25,545
she phoned her father,
and he told her:
1154
01:14:25,629 --> 01:14:28,090
"You don't have to go."
1155
01:14:28,173 --> 01:14:30,384
Kevin:
Why didn't Cissy do more?
1156
01:14:30,467 --> 01:14:32,636
Mary:
She didn't want Whitney mad at her.
1157
01:14:32,719 --> 01:14:35,430
Kevin:
Because she'd already
been mad at her earlier in her life?
1158
01:14:35,514 --> 01:14:39,268
Mary:
Yeah. And when she tried,
she would go up to her house,
1159
01:14:39,351 --> 01:14:42,479
but Whitney wouldn't
let her in.
1160
01:14:42,562 --> 01:14:45,857
You had to get permission
to go through that gate.
1161
01:14:45,941 --> 01:14:48,443
Kevin:
Why would nobody
confront the situation?
1162
01:14:48,527 --> 01:14:51,863
Money. Their jobs.
Their nice houses.
1163
01:14:51,947 --> 01:14:54,283
Their access
to other celebrities.
1164
01:14:54,366 --> 01:14:55,993
The fact that,
in my opinion,
1165
01:14:56,076 --> 01:14:57,786
they had
no marketable skill set,
1166
01:14:57,869 --> 01:15:00,872
other than being a Houston
or related to a Houston.
1167
01:15:00,956 --> 01:15:03,834
I mean, that's a lot.
That's hard to give up.
1168
01:15:03,917 --> 01:15:06,795
They probably felt, I guess,
a little bit in their defense,
1169
01:15:06,878 --> 01:15:08,547
that "She's choosing
to do this.
1170
01:15:08,630 --> 01:15:10,549
Why should I give up
my lifestyle?"
1171
01:15:10,632 --> 01:15:14,261
I once talked about
why she didn't stop,
1172
01:15:14,344 --> 01:15:16,263
and she said, "I like it.
1173
01:15:16,346 --> 01:15:18,807
And I'm gonna do it
until I want to stop."
1174
01:15:21,893 --> 01:15:24,354
Pat:
I really empathize with her pain.
1175
01:15:26,106 --> 01:15:29,026
She was running away
from her demons.
1176
01:16:14,404 --> 01:16:15,614
Fuck!
1177
01:17:06,540 --> 01:17:08,875
Lapuk:
There were
so many layers to reach her.
1178
01:17:08,959 --> 01:17:10,585
I don't even think she knew
1179
01:17:10,669 --> 01:17:13,630
the layers that were
being created by others.
1180
01:17:13,713 --> 01:17:15,006
One day we were told
1181
01:17:15,090 --> 01:17:17,134
we had to send everything
through Sheldon.
1182
01:17:17,217 --> 01:17:19,136
The next day
it was through Tony.
1183
01:17:19,219 --> 01:17:22,055
Some days, we were told
we can't copy Robyn.
1184
01:17:22,139 --> 01:17:23,932
Whitney:
Where is she? There she is.
1185
01:17:24,015 --> 01:17:25,475
Ready? One, two, three.
1186
01:17:25,559 --> 01:17:27,644
Of all the people
working for Whitney,
1187
01:17:27,727 --> 01:17:29,604
Robyn was always putting
1188
01:17:29,688 --> 01:17:32,274
Whitney's considerations first.
1189
01:17:32,357 --> 01:17:34,901
Gotta get some respect
around here.
1190
01:17:36,319 --> 01:17:38,280
They don't give me
any respect.
1191
01:17:38,363 --> 01:17:42,075
Lynne:
Robyn became very
important to Whitney's career.
1192
01:17:42,159 --> 01:17:44,870
She dealt with
the record company.
1193
01:17:44,953 --> 01:17:48,415
She was the creative force
involved in costume,
1194
01:17:48,498 --> 01:17:52,127
stage design,
developing Whitney's image.
1195
01:17:55,755 --> 01:17:57,841
Krissi:
Sing, Mommy.
1196
01:18:14,524 --> 01:18:16,735
Ellin:
It became a real power struggle
1197
01:18:16,818 --> 01:18:18,653
between Bobby and Robyn,
1198
01:18:18,737 --> 01:18:22,574
Bobby not wanting Robyn around,
feeling insecure.
1199
01:18:22,657 --> 01:18:24,493
- You gotta understand.
- Yeah.
1200
01:18:24,576 --> 01:18:27,329
I love this woman too much.
If y'all fuck around...
1201
01:18:27,412 --> 01:18:28,872
- Bobby!
- ...I will kill you.
1202
01:18:30,916 --> 01:18:32,542
I will fucking bury you.
1203
01:18:32,626 --> 01:18:35,212
I'll bury you in my backyard
and put lime on your ass.
1204
01:18:35,295 --> 01:18:36,588
Do you understand me?
1205
01:18:36,671 --> 01:18:38,465
Ellin:
It was extremely stressful,
1206
01:18:38,548 --> 01:18:41,468
them always at
each other's throat.
1207
01:18:41,551 --> 01:18:45,222
Donna:
Robyn felt that Bobby
was a bad influence.
1208
01:18:45,305 --> 01:18:47,891
She really and truly felt
he was a bad influence,
1209
01:18:47,974 --> 01:18:50,435
and that he would
destroy her.
1210
01:18:50,519 --> 01:18:52,229
Pat:
Robyn gave her an ultimatum.
1211
01:18:52,312 --> 01:18:55,398
"It's gonna be me or him."
1212
01:18:55,482 --> 01:18:59,694
Whitney said, "Tell her that
I accept her resignation."
1213
01:18:59,778 --> 01:19:01,446
Donna:
I called Robyn up and said:
1214
01:19:01,530 --> 01:19:04,199
"I spoke with Whitney,
and she wanted me to tell you
1215
01:19:04,282 --> 01:19:06,201
that she accepts
your resignation."
1216
01:19:12,290 --> 01:19:14,543
And they didn't speak
for years.
1217
01:19:21,800 --> 01:19:26,513
Nicole:
When Robyn left,
John finally had total control.
1218
01:19:29,224 --> 01:19:32,394
Rickey:
She loved her daddy,
and she trusted him.
1219
01:19:32,477 --> 01:19:37,315
But that allowed for a lot of
foxes to come in the henhouse.
1220
01:19:37,399 --> 01:19:39,317
She seemed to be
a bit of an ATM
1221
01:19:39,401 --> 01:19:41,444
for a lot of people
that I saw around her.
1222
01:19:41,528 --> 01:19:45,448
I don't see how an accountant,
you know,
1223
01:19:45,532 --> 01:19:48,326
drives a Ferrari
and has a yacht
1224
01:19:48,410 --> 01:19:50,495
and only has one client.
1225
01:19:52,581 --> 01:19:56,251
My understanding was
that and
1226
01:19:56,334 --> 01:19:58,420
got together
and started stealing money.
1227
01:19:58,503 --> 01:19:59,838
A lot of money.
1228
01:19:59,921 --> 01:20:02,090
Kevin:
Was John himself stealing money?
1229
01:20:04,009 --> 01:20:06,136
Hm. Um...
1230
01:20:10,849 --> 01:20:14,102
Gary:
She found out about it.
All the money he stole.
1231
01:20:14,894 --> 01:20:17,188
She hated it.
1232
01:20:17,272 --> 01:20:19,232
She cut him off.
1233
01:20:19,316 --> 01:20:21,735
That's what she did.
1234
01:20:21,818 --> 01:20:24,237
Woman:
Last September,
the biggest blow of all,
1235
01:20:24,321 --> 01:20:27,324
Houston's father, who managed
his daughter's finances,
1236
01:20:27,407 --> 01:20:30,327
joined his business partner
in a lawsuit against her,
1237
01:20:30,410 --> 01:20:33,455
demanding $100 million.
1238
01:20:33,538 --> 01:20:37,417
Nicole:
In 1999,
Whitney signed the biggest deal
1239
01:20:37,500 --> 01:20:42,172
that any recording artist
had ever received.
1240
01:20:42,255 --> 01:20:46,092
Pat:
John felt that he was
the one that brokered the deal.
1241
01:20:46,176 --> 01:20:47,594
As a commission,
1242
01:20:47,677 --> 01:20:52,265
he felt that he should be
paid $100 million.
1243
01:20:52,349 --> 01:20:54,601
I'm tired of being hurt.
1244
01:20:57,270 --> 01:21:01,066
I'm tired of being
in a neglected state.
1245
01:21:01,149 --> 01:21:03,443
You get your act together,
honey...
1246
01:21:04,778 --> 01:21:06,780
And you pay me the money
that you owe me.
1247
01:21:06,863 --> 01:21:09,741
She was daddy's little girl,
and then daddy turned around
1248
01:21:09,824 --> 01:21:11,660
and wanted to sue her
for $100 million.
1249
01:21:11,743 --> 01:21:14,454
That would break
anybody's heart.
1250
01:21:14,537 --> 01:21:16,498
She just held onto it.
1251
01:21:16,581 --> 01:21:18,792
And it ate her up inside.
1252
01:21:20,126 --> 01:21:21,961
Mary:
When I knew he was dying,
1253
01:21:22,045 --> 01:21:25,840
I called and she promised me
she was coming,
1254
01:21:25,924 --> 01:21:29,094
'cause I wanted them
to get it together
1255
01:21:29,177 --> 01:21:30,804
before he went away.
1256
01:21:30,887 --> 01:21:34,307
I said, "Nip's on her way.
She's gonna come."
1257
01:21:34,391 --> 01:21:37,143
He said, "No, she's not.
She's not coming."
1258
01:21:37,227 --> 01:21:39,354
And really she didn't come.
1259
01:21:45,360 --> 01:21:49,572
Rickey:
Whitney didn't come
to her dad's funeral.
1260
01:21:49,656 --> 01:21:54,035
She came the night before
and did her personal goodbyes.
1261
01:21:54,119 --> 01:21:57,914
She didn't want the spectacle.
She didn't want the cameras.
1262
01:21:59,874 --> 01:22:04,170
Pat:
That's when she began
to close herself and...
1263
01:22:05,588 --> 01:22:07,716
"It's me against the world."
1264
01:22:31,239 --> 01:22:33,658
Joey:
This is Whitney's house outside.
1265
01:22:40,874 --> 01:22:43,418
Joey:
This is our first cigarette today.
1266
01:22:52,218 --> 01:22:53,344
What's wrong with that?
1267
01:22:55,096 --> 01:22:56,723
Joey:
The dining room.
1268
01:23:16,201 --> 01:23:19,412
Joey:
I always felt compassion
and empathy for her.
1269
01:23:19,496 --> 01:23:23,500
Deep down,
she was a girl in pain.
1270
01:23:23,583 --> 01:23:26,795
But at the same time,
she was so fun.
1271
01:23:29,964 --> 01:23:31,716
She was full of laughter,
1272
01:23:31,800 --> 01:23:35,261
and that smile just made you
feel warm all the time.
1273
01:23:36,554 --> 01:23:38,848
Well, here she is,
everybody.
1274
01:23:38,932 --> 01:23:41,976
Joey:
Wait! I gotta get you!
1275
01:23:42,060 --> 01:23:44,354
We need you to rock it,
Whitney! Come back!
1276
01:23:44,437 --> 01:23:47,524
She was the first person
that I worked with in A&R.
1277
01:23:47,607 --> 01:23:49,067
You can't run
from the studio!
1278
01:23:49,150 --> 01:23:51,110
Whitney:
I'm leaving!
1279
01:23:51,194 --> 01:23:54,113
We recorded
wherever they wanted to go.
1280
01:23:54,197 --> 01:23:55,824
You know, we'd go to Miami
1281
01:23:55,907 --> 01:23:57,450
because the weather
would be better.
1282
01:23:57,534 --> 01:23:59,536
I think we were there
three months,
1283
01:23:59,619 --> 01:24:01,996
and we recorded
less than two songs.
1284
01:24:02,080 --> 01:24:03,373
Kevin:
Wow, what was--?
1285
01:24:03,456 --> 01:24:06,000
What was happening
for those three months?
1286
01:24:06,084 --> 01:24:07,627
Um...
1287
01:24:07,710 --> 01:24:09,879
She said to me once...
1288
01:24:09,963 --> 01:24:11,881
After that, she said, "Baby,
1289
01:24:11,965 --> 01:24:14,759
I don't think I slept
45 minutes this summer."
1290
01:24:16,469 --> 01:24:18,263
She would go behind
the hotel door
1291
01:24:18,346 --> 01:24:22,517
and not open it
for 10 days or two weeks.
1292
01:24:22,600 --> 01:24:24,143
When she opened it,
1293
01:24:24,227 --> 01:24:26,437
I could tell that
she lost weight.
1294
01:24:26,521 --> 01:24:30,316
She wasn't looking healthy,
and I would take her and say,
1295
01:24:30,400 --> 01:24:34,279
"Come on, Nippy, let's go.
Let's go get some soup."
1296
01:24:34,362 --> 01:24:36,656
Kevin:
How long did this all go on for?
1297
01:24:37,323 --> 01:24:39,492
A few years.
1298
01:24:39,576 --> 01:24:42,245
- Kevin:
A few years?
- Yeah.
1299
01:24:42,328 --> 01:24:44,455
Kevin:
How much do you think you spent?
1300
01:24:44,539 --> 01:24:48,209
I hate to say.
1301
01:24:49,210 --> 01:24:51,004
Millions.
1302
01:24:51,087 --> 01:24:52,630
Kevin:
Five?
1303
01:24:54,716 --> 01:24:56,467
Probably more.
1304
01:24:56,551 --> 01:24:59,137
Expensive hotels, jets,
1305
01:24:59,220 --> 01:25:02,181
studios that were booked
that weren't used.
1306
01:25:02,265 --> 01:25:04,434
Kevin:
Why didn't the label
put a stop to this?
1307
01:25:04,517 --> 01:25:06,978
Well, the world wanted
to hear her again,
1308
01:25:07,061 --> 01:25:10,690
and of course, the label
wanted to put out that record.
1309
01:25:13,109 --> 01:25:15,778
Kevin:
There was so much money
spent on that album,
1310
01:25:15,862 --> 01:25:18,615
you must have known
about the drug use.
1311
01:25:18,698 --> 01:25:24,037
Uh, you know what? I never
knew there was any addiction.
1312
01:25:24,120 --> 01:25:25,622
I never knew it.
1313
01:25:25,705 --> 01:25:28,458
Um, it was just kinda kept...
1314
01:25:28,541 --> 01:25:30,543
I don't know if it was
kept away from me
1315
01:25:30,627 --> 01:25:33,296
because I was, at the time,
the president of the label,
1316
01:25:33,379 --> 01:25:34,505
or, you know...
1317
01:26:02,784 --> 01:26:05,244
Joey:
She was having problems
with her voice,
1318
01:26:05,328 --> 01:26:09,457
but the magic still
showed up... now and then.
1319
01:26:09,540 --> 01:26:12,752
One time I was in Newport
recording a song.
1320
01:26:12,835 --> 01:26:16,673
That day, it was just like
the old, young...
1321
01:26:16,756 --> 01:26:19,884
beautiful voice
coming out of Whitney
1322
01:26:19,968 --> 01:26:22,387
that we all grew up with.
1323
01:26:22,470 --> 01:26:25,974
And it was so magical
that it brought me to tears.
1324
01:26:26,057 --> 01:26:27,684
It was just like--
1325
01:26:27,767 --> 01:26:29,769
I mean, I even have
goosebumps right now
1326
01:26:29,852 --> 01:26:31,187
just thinking about it.
1327
01:26:31,270 --> 01:26:33,690
I can just feel them
taking over my body,
1328
01:26:33,773 --> 01:26:37,402
'cause it was so wonderful.
And I was just--
1329
01:26:37,485 --> 01:26:40,029
I was like, "This is it.
This is what we need."
1330
01:26:40,113 --> 01:26:44,367
And there was just a few hours
of that, that was just like...
1331
01:26:44,450 --> 01:26:45,827
That was one of
the highlights
1332
01:26:45,910 --> 01:26:49,455
of the entire four years
that I was around her.
1333
01:26:59,549 --> 01:27:03,594
Lynne:
We denied rumors about
her drug-taking for years.
1334
01:27:03,678 --> 01:27:06,597
But four days before 9/11,
1335
01:27:06,681 --> 01:27:10,184
Whitney did a concert
for Michael Jackson.
1336
01:27:10,268 --> 01:27:13,146
She looked so bad.
1337
01:27:13,229 --> 01:27:14,897
The cat was out of the bag.
1338
01:27:17,650 --> 01:27:20,903
The record company felt she
had to do a sit-down interview
1339
01:27:20,987 --> 01:27:22,572
and talk about this.
1340
01:27:22,655 --> 01:27:24,699
Everybody watching this is
1341
01:27:24,782 --> 01:27:27,952
is gonna be staring at you
physically.
1342
01:27:28,036 --> 01:27:30,872
And they're gonna be saying,
"How thin is she now?"
1343
01:27:30,955 --> 01:27:32,540
- Yeah.
- "Is she sick?"
1344
01:27:32,623 --> 01:27:35,251
I'm not sick, Diane.
1345
01:27:35,334 --> 01:27:36,961
I am not sick.
1346
01:27:37,045 --> 01:27:39,714
The bones. That's real.
1347
01:27:39,797 --> 01:27:41,424
Yeah, my bones, yeah.
1348
01:27:41,507 --> 01:27:45,845
- I'm 5'7" and thin.
- But that's not just thin.
1349
01:27:45,928 --> 01:27:49,766
No? What is it, Diane?
Tell me.
1350
01:27:49,849 --> 01:27:52,852
Is it alcohol?
Is it marijuana?
1351
01:27:52,935 --> 01:27:54,979
Is it cocaine? Is it pills?
1352
01:27:57,732 --> 01:28:00,234
It has been. At times.
1353
01:28:00,318 --> 01:28:01,861
All?
1354
01:28:01,944 --> 01:28:03,821
At times.
1355
01:28:03,905 --> 01:28:05,740
I was in the room...
1356
01:28:08,367 --> 01:28:12,789
And it just made me
start sweating.
1357
01:28:12,872 --> 01:28:16,042
If you had to name
the devil, for you,
1358
01:28:16,125 --> 01:28:18,753
the biggest devil among them?
1359
01:28:20,671 --> 01:28:22,965
That would be me.
1360
01:28:25,718 --> 01:28:28,387
I knew it was a disaster.
1361
01:28:28,471 --> 01:28:30,598
Crack is cheap.
1362
01:28:30,681 --> 01:28:32,767
I make too much money
to ever smoke crack.
1363
01:28:32,850 --> 01:28:34,977
Let's get that straight,
okay?
1364
01:28:35,061 --> 01:28:36,896
We don't do crack.
1365
01:28:36,979 --> 01:28:40,108
We don't do that.
Crack is whack.
1366
01:28:40,191 --> 01:28:43,444
I saw that interview, and I thought,
"Why are we here?
1367
01:28:43,528 --> 01:28:45,029
Why are we doing this?"
1368
01:28:45,113 --> 01:28:47,323
I always thought,
"Why are we doing this?
1369
01:28:47,406 --> 01:28:49,492
Why are we not doing
the one thing
1370
01:28:49,575 --> 01:28:52,286
that would make the difference
for her life?"
1371
01:28:53,162 --> 01:28:54,872
Which was getting well.
1372
01:28:54,956 --> 01:28:57,166
I pray every day, Diane.
1373
01:28:59,710 --> 01:29:01,295
I'm not the strongest
every day,
1374
01:29:01,379 --> 01:29:03,047
but I'm not
the weakest either.
1375
01:29:03,131 --> 01:29:05,341
And I won't break.
1376
01:29:05,424 --> 01:29:07,552
It's Whitney Houston
and Bobby Brown!
1377
01:29:07,635 --> 01:29:09,387
Whoo!
1378
01:29:09,470 --> 01:29:11,722
After our interview
with Diane Sawyer
1379
01:29:11,806 --> 01:29:14,100
I... I haven't
been able to sleep.
1380
01:29:14,183 --> 01:29:17,353
Yeah, and I haven't been able
to stop sweating.
1381
01:29:17,436 --> 01:29:18,896
Your favorite song
1382
01:29:18,980 --> 01:29:21,315
sung by America's sweetheart,
Whitney Houston.
1383
01:29:21,399 --> 01:29:23,568
Come on, Daddy, I--
I need my fix.
1384
01:29:23,651 --> 01:29:24,902
Remember the deal,
Whitney.
1385
01:29:24,986 --> 01:29:27,071
First you sing, then you get
your precious cocaine.
1386
01:29:27,155 --> 01:29:30,658
Man:
She's high, and we've recorded
her on her double CD collection.
1387
01:29:30,741 --> 01:29:33,744
Listen as she screws up
one song after another.
1388
01:29:33,828 --> 01:29:35,204
I need help, baby.
1389
01:29:35,288 --> 01:29:36,956
I need to get off
this touring crap.
1390
01:29:44,839 --> 01:29:47,758
Come on, Whitney,
go get it.
1391
01:29:47,842 --> 01:29:50,219
It's just a joke to people?
Really?
1392
01:29:51,637 --> 01:29:53,514
Whitney Houston
is a joke to you now?
1393
01:29:53,598 --> 01:29:56,225
You're gonna laugh?
Well, fuck you.
1394
01:29:58,060 --> 01:30:00,688
This is the greatest singer
that ever walked the earth.
1395
01:30:00,771 --> 01:30:04,650
Beloved by millions and
millions all over the world.
1396
01:30:04,734 --> 01:30:06,194
She's not a tabloid star.
1397
01:30:07,820 --> 01:30:10,656
Debra:
It's hard to understand the isolation
1398
01:30:10,740 --> 01:30:13,367
of that kind of
tabloid fame.
1399
01:30:13,451 --> 01:30:15,828
Michael Jackson
would call her sometimes,
1400
01:30:15,912 --> 01:30:20,458
and she would go over and sit
with him in his hotel room.
1401
01:30:20,541 --> 01:30:23,377
And they wouldn't even
say anything to each other.
1402
01:30:23,461 --> 01:30:24,921
But they just...
1403
01:30:25,004 --> 01:30:27,048
They understood each other.
1404
01:30:27,131 --> 01:30:29,634
They both--They were...
1405
01:30:29,717 --> 01:30:31,385
two of the few people
in the world
1406
01:30:31,469 --> 01:30:35,765
who could understand
what their circumstances were.
1407
01:30:35,848 --> 01:30:38,851
And it was just being close
to each other.
1408
01:30:40,519 --> 01:30:43,147
Reporter:
Whitney Houston
has checked into rehab again.
1409
01:30:43,231 --> 01:30:45,816
Houston last checked herself
into a rehabilitation center
1410
01:30:45,900 --> 01:30:47,526
a year ago.
1411
01:30:47,610 --> 01:30:49,445
Houston said she is using
the power of prayer
1412
01:30:49,528 --> 01:30:51,405
to help her get over
her addiction.
1413
01:30:51,489 --> 01:30:53,699
Kevin:
A number of times
she went away into rehab,
1414
01:30:53,783 --> 01:30:55,868
and she never managed
to get clean.
1415
01:30:55,952 --> 01:30:57,954
I know it's
a pretty complicated answer,
1416
01:30:58,037 --> 01:31:00,081
- but why was that?
- No, I don't think--
1417
01:31:00,164 --> 01:31:01,624
It's not complicated.
1418
01:31:01,707 --> 01:31:05,044
Because...
to go into treatment,
1419
01:31:05,127 --> 01:31:07,255
you have to go for you.
1420
01:31:07,338 --> 01:31:10,007
Not for someone else.
1421
01:31:10,091 --> 01:31:13,678
And you have to tell
the real problem.
1422
01:31:18,975 --> 01:31:21,769
Michael:
I think there's always
something in your childhood
1423
01:31:21,852 --> 01:31:23,854
that makes you do drugs.
1424
01:31:26,482 --> 01:31:29,235
Kevin:
Is there something in
your childhood that's made it
1425
01:31:29,318 --> 01:31:32,446
particularly difficult
to escape the addiction?
1426
01:31:32,530 --> 01:31:34,490
Gary:
I remember a lot of different things
1427
01:31:34,573 --> 01:31:36,867
going on in my life
that were different.
1428
01:31:36,951 --> 01:31:38,995
Kevin:
What sort of things?
1429
01:31:39,078 --> 01:31:42,456
You know, being a--
being a child,
1430
01:31:42,540 --> 01:31:44,083
being 8 or 9 years old--
1431
01:31:44,166 --> 01:31:45,876
Seven, 8, 9 years old,
1432
01:31:45,960 --> 01:31:50,256
and being kinda molested
by a female...
1433
01:31:50,339 --> 01:31:53,926
a family member of mine.
You know.
1434
01:31:54,010 --> 01:31:56,429
- Kevin:
That bothered you a lot?
- Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
1435
01:31:56,512 --> 01:31:59,181
My mother and father
were gone a lot.
1436
01:31:59,265 --> 01:32:01,809
So we stayed with
a lot of different people.
1437
01:32:01,892 --> 01:32:03,978
Me and my brother
and my sister stayed with
1438
01:32:04,061 --> 01:32:07,023
four or five different
families who took care of us.
1439
01:32:09,358 --> 01:32:12,611
Kevin:
Gary told me that he suffered
sexual abuse as a child.
1440
01:32:12,695 --> 01:32:14,447
Did you ever hear
that the same thing
1441
01:32:14,530 --> 01:32:16,032
happened to Whitney?
1442
01:32:16,782 --> 01:32:18,617
I have heard it.
1443
01:32:20,786 --> 01:32:23,331
I have heard it.
1444
01:32:23,414 --> 01:32:27,835
I couldn't figure out why she
would always be on my case
1445
01:32:27,918 --> 01:32:30,838
about my daughter Reya.
1446
01:32:30,921 --> 01:32:33,132
If we were doing
a business trip,
1447
01:32:33,215 --> 01:32:38,721
she never liked the idea
of me leaving her behind.
1448
01:32:39,889 --> 01:32:41,807
And then, as mothers,
1449
01:32:41,891 --> 01:32:45,353
we talked,
and she explained to me why.
1450
01:32:49,190 --> 01:32:50,983
Mary:
We was talking one day,
1451
01:32:51,067 --> 01:32:52,818
'cause she knows my sister,
1452
01:32:52,902 --> 01:32:57,073
and my sister was molested
at an early age.
1453
01:32:57,156 --> 01:32:58,949
And she looked up at me,
1454
01:32:59,033 --> 01:33:02,453
and she says,
"Mary, I was too."
1455
01:33:02,536 --> 01:33:04,121
I said, "Huh?"
1456
01:33:04,205 --> 01:33:07,875
She said, "Yeah, I was
molested at a young age too."
1457
01:33:07,958 --> 01:33:11,796
She said, "But it wasn't
a man, it was a woman."
1458
01:33:12,922 --> 01:33:15,132
And she had tears
in her eyes.
1459
01:33:15,216 --> 01:33:18,677
She says, "Mommy don't know
the things we went through."
1460
01:33:20,721 --> 01:33:24,433
I said, "Nip, have you
ever told your mother?"
1461
01:33:24,517 --> 01:33:27,770
She says, "No."
1462
01:33:27,853 --> 01:33:30,398
I said, "Well, maybe
you need to tell her."
1463
01:33:30,481 --> 01:33:32,316
She said,
"You don't know my mother.
1464
01:33:32,400 --> 01:33:36,237
My mother would hurt somebody
if I told her who it was."
1465
01:33:37,780 --> 01:33:40,658
And she just had tears
rolling down her eyes,
1466
01:33:40,741 --> 01:33:42,827
and I just hugged her.
1467
01:33:42,910 --> 01:33:45,329
I said, "Well, one day,
when you get the nerve,
1468
01:33:45,413 --> 01:33:47,373
you need to tell your mother,
and it will lift the burden.
1469
01:33:47,456 --> 01:33:50,292
I'm telling you,
it will lift the burden off you."
1470
01:33:52,837 --> 01:33:54,755
Man:
What makes you angry?
1471
01:33:54,839 --> 01:33:56,632
Whitney:
Child abuse makes me angry.
1472
01:33:56,715 --> 01:33:59,135
Man:
Why child abuse?
You come from a loving family.
1473
01:33:59,218 --> 01:34:02,304
Whitney: '
Cause, I hate to see kids--
'Cause for children...
1474
01:34:02,388 --> 01:34:06,767
It bothers me that
children who are helpless,
1475
01:34:06,851 --> 01:34:08,894
who depend on adults,
1476
01:34:08,978 --> 01:34:11,188
for their security
and for their caring,
1477
01:34:11,272 --> 01:34:13,524
and for their love...
1478
01:34:13,607 --> 01:34:16,402
It just--It bothers me.
It makes me angry.
1479
01:34:20,322 --> 01:34:22,533
Kevin:
Did she tell you who it was?
1480
01:34:26,120 --> 01:34:29,206
Yes. She did.
1481
01:34:31,167 --> 01:34:33,169
She did.
1482
01:34:33,252 --> 01:34:35,796
Kevin:
Gary told me that it was
Dee Dee Warwick,
1483
01:34:35,880 --> 01:34:37,715
his aunt, Dionne's sister.
1484
01:34:37,798 --> 01:34:39,675
Is that what she told you?
1485
01:34:39,758 --> 01:34:42,386
Yeah, that's what
she told me.
1486
01:34:42,470 --> 01:34:44,763
"It was Dee Dee."
And I said, "What?"
1487
01:34:44,847 --> 01:34:46,807
She said, "Yeah."
1488
01:35:17,630 --> 01:35:21,217
Mary:
I think she was ashamed.
1489
01:35:21,300 --> 01:35:23,552
She used to say,
"I wondered did I do something
1490
01:35:23,636 --> 01:35:25,804
to make her think
I wanted her."
1491
01:35:25,888 --> 01:35:29,391
And I had to say,
"Stop it. Stop it."
1492
01:35:32,228 --> 01:35:34,813
"A predator is a predator."
1493
01:35:36,398 --> 01:35:38,943
If Cissy had have known
it was happening,
1494
01:35:39,026 --> 01:35:41,862
she would have
done something about it.
1495
01:35:41,946 --> 01:35:45,324
Because Cissy
loves her children.
1496
01:35:45,407 --> 01:35:47,660
Kevin:
What do you think the long-term effects
1497
01:35:47,743 --> 01:35:49,161
of the abuse were?
1498
01:35:49,245 --> 01:35:55,376
It made her question
her sexual... preference.
1499
01:35:55,459 --> 01:35:59,755
And I think that's why
she really wanted a family,
1500
01:35:59,838 --> 01:36:01,882
a husband, children,
1501
01:36:01,966 --> 01:36:06,762
to make her feel that this is
what's supposed to happen.
1502
01:36:06,845 --> 01:36:09,515
Kevin:
Do you think she understood herself?
1503
01:36:09,598 --> 01:36:12,184
No.
1504
01:36:12,268 --> 01:36:14,853
I think she was trying
to find herself.
1505
01:36:17,314 --> 01:36:20,442
She was a good actress.
1506
01:36:20,526 --> 01:36:22,236
I always used to tell them:
1507
01:36:22,319 --> 01:36:25,322
"Whitney's in there somewhere,
but she's trapped."
1508
01:36:28,284 --> 01:36:30,744
Wake up! Wake up, Nippy!
1509
01:36:30,828 --> 01:36:32,288
Nippy!
1510
01:36:32,371 --> 01:36:34,164
Are you in there?
1511
01:36:34,248 --> 01:36:38,544
Whitney calling Nippy, Whitney
calling Nippy. Whitney calling Nippy.
1512
01:36:38,627 --> 01:36:42,089
She won't answer. She's really
being non-cooperative today.
1513
01:36:42,172 --> 01:36:44,883
- Woman:
When she's ready to go...
- Nippy calling Whitney.
1514
01:36:44,967 --> 01:36:46,677
Yes, hi!
1515
01:36:46,760 --> 01:36:49,305
See, Nippy can call Whitney,
but Whitney can't call Nippy.
1516
01:36:49,388 --> 01:36:52,224
It would be too dangerous
for everyone.
1517
01:36:54,143 --> 01:36:55,686
Oh, my God.
1518
01:36:55,769 --> 01:36:58,105
Lapuk:
All that praise. All that money.
1519
01:36:58,188 --> 01:36:59,648
She'd reaped
all these things
1520
01:36:59,732 --> 01:37:01,692
from that talent
and that beauty,
1521
01:37:01,775 --> 01:37:06,322
but it still wasn't gonna be
enough for what she really...
1522
01:37:06,405 --> 01:37:10,117
she really wanted.
1523
01:37:10,200 --> 01:37:13,996
If you can't know who you are,
nothing's gonna save you.
1524
01:37:15,581 --> 01:37:16,874
I feel like...
1525
01:37:26,091 --> 01:37:28,719
I'm sure you've never seen me
like this before.
1526
01:37:28,802 --> 01:37:30,638
Man:
$150 and a water bottle...
1527
01:37:30,721 --> 01:37:33,557
Woman:
Just as beautiful
as every other day of your life.
1528
01:37:33,641 --> 01:37:35,225
Ah.
1529
01:37:36,435 --> 01:37:38,520
Ah...
1530
01:37:38,604 --> 01:37:42,191
Lapuk:
In the end, there was no drive,
there was no interest.
1531
01:37:43,400 --> 01:37:45,527
There seemed to be no vanity.
1532
01:37:55,788 --> 01:37:59,041
Someone who's not
really alive, right?
1533
01:37:59,124 --> 01:38:02,044
Like a zombie... in some ways.
1534
01:38:02,127 --> 01:38:04,421
I mean,
not feeding off anyone but...
1535
01:38:06,131 --> 01:38:07,758
Roaming.
1536
01:38:45,921 --> 01:38:49,341
Aunt Bae:
She went to Georgia
to get away from everybody.
1537
01:38:51,760 --> 01:38:54,680
She could run away
from her mother.
1538
01:38:54,763 --> 01:38:57,558
She could run away from me.
1539
01:38:57,641 --> 01:38:59,893
She could run away from
the people that would say:
1540
01:38:59,977 --> 01:39:04,064
"No, goddamn it,
it ain't happening this way."
1541
01:39:04,148 --> 01:39:05,774
Pat:
She went down there to visit
1542
01:39:05,858 --> 01:39:08,777
and never came back home.
Ha-ha-ha.
1543
01:39:08,861 --> 01:39:13,323
Her home here in New Jersey
was still completely packed.
1544
01:39:13,407 --> 01:39:16,201
There was food
in the refrigerator.
1545
01:39:16,285 --> 01:39:18,287
There were clothes
in the drawers.
1546
01:39:20,789 --> 01:39:23,083
Kevin:
Did you live in
the Georgia house with them?
1547
01:39:23,167 --> 01:39:26,670
Mary:
No, sir. Wouldn't have if I was asked.
1548
01:39:27,671 --> 01:39:30,591
It was dark and evilness.
1549
01:39:31,967 --> 01:39:34,219
You know, she always--
And I'd go in,
1550
01:39:34,303 --> 01:39:36,722
I said, "No, we gotta
open the blinds.
1551
01:39:36,805 --> 01:39:39,016
Evil dwell in the dark."
1552
01:39:42,311 --> 01:39:44,938
Bobby would say
awful things to her.
1553
01:39:46,482 --> 01:39:49,067
She would come in
with tears running,
1554
01:39:49,151 --> 01:39:51,195
and I said,
"Come on in here with me.
1555
01:39:51,278 --> 01:39:54,281
Let him calm down."
1556
01:39:54,364 --> 01:39:57,451
And I said, "You can't keep
letting him do this to you."
1557
01:39:57,534 --> 01:39:59,536
"I know, I know,
I know, Mary."
1558
01:40:01,955 --> 01:40:03,665
I used to try to keep Krissi
1559
01:40:03,749 --> 01:40:06,502
out of her mother
and father's room.
1560
01:40:06,585 --> 01:40:08,962
One day I came,
and she had been in there.
1561
01:40:09,046 --> 01:40:10,839
She was looking at me,
and I said:
1562
01:40:10,923 --> 01:40:12,674
"Krissi, why did you
go in the room?"
1563
01:40:12,758 --> 01:40:15,886
"Well, I was looking for
something, Auntie Mary."
1564
01:40:15,969 --> 01:40:17,805
She said, "What the hell--?"
1565
01:40:17,888 --> 01:40:19,973
I said, "Krissi..."
1566
01:40:20,057 --> 01:40:21,725
Kevin:
What did she see?
1567
01:40:21,809 --> 01:40:26,605
Oh, her father
used to like to... draw
1568
01:40:26,688 --> 01:40:32,945
all these devils and demons
on the floors and the walls.
1569
01:40:33,028 --> 01:40:37,616
And... it was something
out of a storybook to me.
1570
01:40:39,618 --> 01:40:41,787
It was... Wow.
1571
01:40:53,465 --> 01:40:57,553
She was the best mother
she knew how to be.
1572
01:40:57,636 --> 01:41:00,389
But you've got to have
that motherly love,
1573
01:41:00,472 --> 01:41:03,350
and I just don't know
if she knew how to give it.
1574
01:41:07,521 --> 01:41:09,940
The things Krissi
had to endure,
1575
01:41:10,023 --> 01:41:12,442
no one would ever imagine.
1576
01:41:15,320 --> 01:41:18,448
They didn't take care
of Krissi.
1577
01:41:18,532 --> 01:41:20,993
They just left her to the wolves.
1578
01:41:22,494 --> 01:41:24,955
She never had a chance.
1579
01:41:32,462 --> 01:41:34,590
Nicole:
She'd never seen a normal life.
1580
01:41:36,800 --> 01:41:41,305
She was the companion of an
alcoholic and a drug addict.
1581
01:41:41,388 --> 01:41:43,682
And that was what
she learned to be.
1582
01:41:52,107 --> 01:41:55,777
Pat:
Whitney asked me
to meet her at the hospital.
1583
01:41:57,362 --> 01:42:01,825
Krissi had taken a knife
and slashed her arms.
1584
01:42:06,455 --> 01:42:08,457
Kevin:
That's awful.
1585
01:42:10,125 --> 01:42:13,545
- Why did she do it?
- Pat:
She hated her life.
1586
01:42:14,838 --> 01:42:17,633
She hated her mother.
1587
01:42:17,716 --> 01:42:19,927
She even went
as far as writing:
1588
01:42:20,010 --> 01:42:22,971
"I wish I could find
a way to kill her
1589
01:42:23,055 --> 01:42:25,140
and no one
find out about it."
1590
01:42:27,976 --> 01:42:30,187
Man:
The very public
and very troubled marriage
1591
01:42:30,270 --> 01:42:31,980
has come to an end.
1592
01:42:32,064 --> 01:42:33,732
Whitney Houston
has filed for divorce
1593
01:42:33,815 --> 01:42:35,233
from her husband
Bobby Brown.
1594
01:42:35,317 --> 01:42:37,235
The two singers,
who have one child,
1595
01:42:37,319 --> 01:42:39,321
have been married
for 14 years.
1596
01:42:39,404 --> 01:42:40,739
I'm surprised
it lasted that long.
1597
01:42:40,822 --> 01:42:42,574
Anderson, back to you.
1598
01:42:42,658 --> 01:42:44,910
Man:
A lot of people felt it was coming.
1599
01:42:44,993 --> 01:42:47,079
I appreciate that.
We'll check in with you
1600
01:42:47,162 --> 01:42:49,122
for other headlines
coming up.
1601
01:42:49,206 --> 01:42:52,042
Pat:
That was a hard battle
to come back from.
1602
01:42:52,125 --> 01:42:55,087
People saying,
"I told you so. I told you so."
1603
01:43:06,890 --> 01:43:11,061
Mary:
I remember Whitney
crying about Bobby.
1604
01:43:11,144 --> 01:43:13,355
Krissi would go over
and just rock her
1605
01:43:13,438 --> 01:43:15,691
and say,
"Oh, Ma, it's okay.
1606
01:43:15,774 --> 01:43:18,193
It's okay, Ma, don't cry.
1607
01:43:18,276 --> 01:43:22,114
He's gone so we gonna
let him be gone."
1608
01:43:22,197 --> 01:43:25,117
She said,
"I'm a failure. I failed."
1609
01:43:29,496 --> 01:43:31,748
But then she started
getting it together.
1610
01:43:31,832 --> 01:43:36,044
And started biting to make
it right for Bobbi Kristina.
1611
01:43:37,713 --> 01:43:39,172
For the very first time,
1612
01:43:39,256 --> 01:43:41,675
she was determined
to become clean.
1613
01:43:43,010 --> 01:43:45,762
She went to rehab
in California
1614
01:43:45,846 --> 01:43:47,973
for about seven
to eight months,
1615
01:43:48,056 --> 01:43:49,891
but she couldn't
complete the program
1616
01:43:49,975 --> 01:43:53,020
because she didn't have
any money, nothing.
1617
01:43:53,103 --> 01:43:55,397
She'd gone dry.
1618
01:43:55,480 --> 01:43:57,691
It was tour time.
1619
01:43:57,774 --> 01:44:00,277
Reporter:
They went from ka-ching to ka-trouble.
1620
01:44:00,360 --> 01:44:03,155
Now Whitney Houston is trying
to turn it all around
1621
01:44:03,238 --> 01:44:05,907
and pop back
to profitability.
1622
01:44:05,991 --> 01:44:08,076
She says,
"Don't call it a comeback,"
1623
01:44:08,160 --> 01:44:10,203
but it's kind of what people are talking
about, so it sort of is a comeback.
1624
01:44:10,287 --> 01:44:12,831
Nicole:
When we heard
about the final tour,
1625
01:44:12,914 --> 01:44:14,916
nobody wanted her to go.
1626
01:44:15,000 --> 01:44:18,128
Clive begged for her
not to go.
1627
01:44:18,211 --> 01:44:20,839
But at that point,
management felt
1628
01:44:20,922 --> 01:44:23,842
that without that money,
she'd be homeless.
1629
01:44:23,925 --> 01:44:25,802
Man:
The wait is almost over.
1630
01:44:25,886 --> 01:44:27,888
Fans at the Brisbane
Entertainment Center
1631
01:44:27,971 --> 01:44:30,599
walked out on her performance
in disgust.
1632
01:44:30,682 --> 01:44:33,310
Whitney Houston's comeback tour
has hit yet another snag,
1633
01:44:33,393 --> 01:44:36,855
as hundreds of fans walked out
of a recent show in Denmark.
1634
01:44:36,938 --> 01:44:39,775
Words like "shambolic" and
"horrendous" have been bandied about.
1635
01:44:39,858 --> 01:44:42,152
Definitely not worth $165.
1636
01:44:42,235 --> 01:44:44,863
She couldn't entertain
a dead rat.
1637
01:45:31,076 --> 01:45:34,538
Soaries:
Whitney meant so much to black America.
1638
01:45:35,789 --> 01:45:37,541
We had a service for her
1639
01:45:37,624 --> 01:45:40,418
at Abyssinian Baptist church
in New York.
1640
01:45:40,502 --> 01:45:43,296
I suspected there'd be a
couple of dozen people there.
1641
01:45:43,380 --> 01:45:47,300
The church was packed,
2000 people on a weeknight,
1642
01:45:47,384 --> 01:45:49,719
to pray for Whitney Houston.
1643
01:45:52,013 --> 01:45:55,058
I mean, by that time,
her demons were public.
1644
01:45:55,142 --> 01:45:59,062
By that time, we were all
concerned about her future.
1645
01:45:59,146 --> 01:46:01,940
And just the people
who don't know her
1646
01:46:02,023 --> 01:46:06,528
gather because when one
Whitney Houston emerges,
1647
01:46:06,611 --> 01:46:11,741
black America
clings to that star.
1648
01:46:11,825 --> 01:46:13,785
It's about much more
than music.
1649
01:46:19,666 --> 01:46:21,543
Woman:
Whitney Houston will be back
1650
01:46:21,626 --> 01:46:25,505
on big screens across America,
starring in Sparkle,
1651
01:46:25,589 --> 01:46:27,465
a remake of
her favorite film,
1652
01:46:27,549 --> 01:46:29,843
one she would watch
over and over as a teen
1653
01:46:29,926 --> 01:46:31,678
back in the '70s.
1654
01:46:42,647 --> 01:46:44,107
Guard:
You got five minutes.
1655
01:46:46,234 --> 01:46:48,028
Debra:
She wanted to do the movie.
1656
01:46:50,363 --> 01:46:52,490
She needed the job.
1657
01:46:53,992 --> 01:46:57,621
There was no more
music career.
1658
01:46:57,704 --> 01:47:02,334
The deal was that she would
have a drug test every week.
1659
01:47:02,417 --> 01:47:03,960
You look tired.
1660
01:47:05,503 --> 01:47:07,589
Debra:
She's climbing out of a hole.
1661
01:47:08,757 --> 01:47:11,009
I am.
1662
01:47:11,092 --> 01:47:13,762
Debra:
It was like, "If this is what I
have to do, it's what I have to do."
1663
01:47:15,639 --> 01:47:17,766
In the first rehearsal,
she looked terrible.
1664
01:47:17,849 --> 01:47:20,560
She was bloated,
she was slurry.
1665
01:47:20,644 --> 01:47:25,357
And then she
cleaned herself up.
1666
01:47:27,734 --> 01:47:29,361
When she wasn't working,
1667
01:47:29,444 --> 01:47:32,864
she'd sit on set
just to hang out with people.
1668
01:47:32,948 --> 01:47:35,784
Saturday night, took all
the cast out to celebrate.
1669
01:47:35,867 --> 01:47:38,286
I invited her.
She showed up.
1670
01:47:38,370 --> 01:47:41,039
She went to the football game
with some of the guys.
1671
01:47:41,122 --> 01:47:44,876
I mean, she really, really,
really was there.
1672
01:47:47,879 --> 01:47:50,840
I remember
midway through the shoot,
1673
01:47:50,924 --> 01:47:53,176
and I'd walk towards
the hair and makeup trailer,
1674
01:47:53,260 --> 01:47:56,096
and I'd hear
this gospel music blasting.
1675
01:47:56,179 --> 01:47:58,014
It's, like, 5:00
in the morning,
1676
01:47:58,098 --> 01:48:00,267
and she's in there singing,
1677
01:48:00,350 --> 01:48:02,185
bright-eyed...
1678
01:48:02,269 --> 01:48:04,479
You know, happy.
1679
01:48:04,562 --> 01:48:07,107
I said, "What are you on?"
1680
01:48:07,190 --> 01:48:09,651
And both of us looked at each
other and burst out laughing
1681
01:48:09,734 --> 01:48:11,403
because she wasn't
on anything.
1682
01:48:11,486 --> 01:48:13,363
This was joy,
1683
01:48:13,446 --> 01:48:17,075
and I think it was the joy
of having a purpose.
1684
01:48:17,158 --> 01:48:20,287
Of being able
to get up in the morning
1685
01:48:20,370 --> 01:48:22,414
and know you had a job.
1686
01:48:22,497 --> 01:48:25,292
You had people who wanted
to be around you.
1687
01:48:25,375 --> 01:48:27,460
You were a part of
a community.
1688
01:48:27,544 --> 01:48:31,756
And I really saw her
come back to life.
1689
01:48:55,280 --> 01:48:58,241
Debra:
On the last day, she said:
1690
01:48:58,325 --> 01:48:59,826
"I got an idea
for our next movie.
1691
01:48:59,909 --> 01:49:01,661
It's gonna be
David and Bathsheba.
1692
01:49:01,745 --> 01:49:03,455
Me and Mel Gibson."
1693
01:49:03,538 --> 01:49:06,958
I was like, "Well, Whitney,
I don't know about that one."
1694
01:49:07,042 --> 01:49:09,085
I said, you know,
"I think--"
1695
01:49:09,169 --> 01:49:11,046
She was--
had an early morning flight.
1696
01:49:11,129 --> 01:49:12,380
"This is gonna be great.
1697
01:49:12,464 --> 01:49:13,923
We'll figure out
other stuff to do.
1698
01:49:14,007 --> 01:49:16,217
You just go back home."
1699
01:49:16,301 --> 01:49:19,804
It wasn't until her wake...
1700
01:49:19,888 --> 01:49:23,975
that her bodyguard
came over to me and he said...
1701
01:49:25,477 --> 01:49:28,355
"You know,
she didn't take that flight."
1702
01:49:28,438 --> 01:49:30,607
I mean,
nobody ever told me.
1703
01:49:31,816 --> 01:49:34,569
She didn't want to leave.
1704
01:49:34,652 --> 01:49:40,575
She, um... She stayed, like,
an extra three or four days...
1705
01:49:40,658 --> 01:49:45,372
And finally, she had him
drive her back to Atlanta.
1706
01:49:47,582 --> 01:49:51,127
I just don't think
she wanted to leave.
1707
01:49:51,211 --> 01:49:55,131
Because she had purpose
and people who loved her.
1708
01:49:55,215 --> 01:50:00,887
And I can just see her going
back to, you know, Alpharetta
1709
01:50:00,970 --> 01:50:03,598
and waking up
in the morning...
1710
01:50:03,681 --> 01:50:08,186
Or, more likely,
in the afternoon...
1711
01:50:08,269 --> 01:50:10,688
with no reason
to get out of bed
1712
01:50:10,772 --> 01:50:12,774
and nothing on the horizon.
1713
01:50:12,857 --> 01:50:16,194
And I just think she went home
and went back in the hole.
1714
01:50:19,572 --> 01:50:21,658
Well...
1715
01:50:21,741 --> 01:50:23,535
we've finally come...
1716
01:50:39,759 --> 01:50:42,303
No, we haven't
come to the end.
1717
01:50:42,387 --> 01:50:45,849
- When is the end?
- Woman:
When you say so.
1718
01:50:48,893 --> 01:50:50,520
Mm.
1719
01:51:04,909 --> 01:51:09,581
She came to my room early...
of the morning in question.
1720
01:51:11,583 --> 01:51:16,754
And she started talking about...
John the Baptist.
1721
01:51:16,838 --> 01:51:19,132
And she said--She laid her
head on my shoulder,
1722
01:51:19,215 --> 01:51:20,884
and she had her arm
around my waist.
1723
01:51:20,967 --> 01:51:23,678
She said, "We're gonna be
together one day, Ray."
1724
01:51:23,761 --> 01:51:25,680
She says, "Mary...
1725
01:51:28,057 --> 01:51:31,352
...I gotta get
my shit together."
1726
01:51:31,436 --> 01:51:33,813
She said,
"'Cause I got to see Jesus."
1727
01:51:36,649 --> 01:51:39,694
And I gave her this look,
like, "Right."
1728
01:51:39,777 --> 01:51:41,988
She asked me to set up
my box up for her,
1729
01:51:42,071 --> 01:51:43,698
so she could listen
to the music.
1730
01:51:43,781 --> 01:51:46,367
Because she always listened to music
before she go on stage,
1731
01:51:46,451 --> 01:51:48,161
or whatever
she getting ready to do.
1732
01:51:48,244 --> 01:51:50,497
She would listen
to some Fred Hammond.
1733
01:51:51,748 --> 01:51:53,750
Mary:
So I ran the water.
1734
01:51:53,833 --> 01:51:55,460
She got in the tub.
1735
01:51:56,794 --> 01:51:59,047
And she wanted
these cupcakes.
1736
01:51:59,130 --> 01:52:02,550
She said, "Mary, I just want
a sprinkle cupcake, I swear.
1737
01:52:02,634 --> 01:52:05,261
Get two,
but I won't eat but one."
1738
01:52:05,345 --> 01:52:08,723
And I left her smiling and
brushing her hair in the tub.
1739
01:52:12,352 --> 01:52:14,729
I...
1740
01:52:14,812 --> 01:52:17,982
I wasn't gone but 30 minutes.
1741
01:52:29,994 --> 01:52:31,913
Whitney:
I'm always running
from this giant.
1742
01:52:31,996 --> 01:52:34,290
I'm always running
from this big man.
1743
01:52:35,416 --> 01:52:36,668
My mother always says:
1744
01:52:36,751 --> 01:52:38,545
"Well, you know, that's nothing
but the devil.
1745
01:52:38,628 --> 01:52:41,673
He's just tryin' to get you.
He just wants your soul."
1746
01:52:42,840 --> 01:52:44,717
But he never gets me.
1747
01:52:48,388 --> 01:52:51,808
Mary:
When I got back,
there were no lights on.
1748
01:52:51,891 --> 01:52:53,977
I said, "What the hell?"
1749
01:52:55,311 --> 01:53:00,984
And I proceeded to step...
in the bedroom.
1750
01:53:09,534 --> 01:53:11,494
Water came to my ankle.
1751
01:53:11,578 --> 01:53:13,496
I said, "What the hell?"
1752
01:53:17,417 --> 01:53:19,711
I saw my baby
floating in there,
1753
01:53:19,794 --> 01:53:22,005
just face down
in the water.
1754
01:53:32,724 --> 01:53:34,017
Man 1:
Breaking News.
1755
01:53:34,100 --> 01:53:35,977
Whitney Houston is dead.
1756
01:53:36,060 --> 01:53:37,895
The death of singing star
Whitney Houston.
1757
01:53:37,979 --> 01:53:39,439
Man 2:
Cause of death is drowning.
1758
01:53:39,522 --> 01:53:41,190
Heaven just got
another beautiful voice
1759
01:53:41,274 --> 01:53:42,400
added to the choir.
1760
01:53:42,483 --> 01:53:44,068
Man 3:
Due to cocaine use.
1761
01:53:44,152 --> 01:53:46,029
One of the true legends.
1762
01:53:46,112 --> 01:53:48,615
Sharpton:
I would hope that all the negative press
1763
01:53:48,698 --> 01:53:51,117
would take a pause
and remember this great talent.
1764
01:55:21,165 --> 01:55:24,377
TV host:
You won't forget that name!
Whitney Houston!
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