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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:59,518 --> 00:01:02,056 There were times when I would look up to God, 2 00:01:02,145 --> 00:01:04,888 and I'd go, "Why is this happening to me?" 3 00:01:11,613 --> 00:01:13,400 And then these dreams. 4 00:01:13,490 --> 00:01:15,903 I would have these dreams about being on a bridge, 5 00:01:15,993 --> 00:01:18,610 and the bridge going back and forth and swaying. 6 00:01:18,704 --> 00:01:21,492 There's a big storm coming. 7 00:01:21,582 --> 00:01:23,790 I'm always running from this giant. 8 00:01:23,875 --> 00:01:26,333 I'm always running from this big man. 9 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:28,958 I know I can make it. I know I can make it. 10 00:01:29,047 --> 00:01:30,788 I know I can make it. 11 00:01:32,676 --> 00:01:34,383 My mother always says, "You know, 12 00:01:34,469 --> 00:01:36,756 that's nothing but the devil. He's just trying to get you. 13 00:01:36,847 --> 00:01:38,884 He just wants your soul." 14 00:01:38,974 --> 00:01:40,715 And in a sense, it's true. 15 00:01:40,809 --> 00:01:45,429 There's been several times the devil has tried to get me. 16 00:01:45,522 --> 00:01:47,855 But he never gets me. 17 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:49,477 And it's funny, when I wake up, 18 00:01:49,568 --> 00:01:52,402 I'm always exhausted from running. 19 00:02:02,831 --> 00:02:05,699 The news about Whitney Houston is crackling through 20 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:08,079 the music world and the news is good. 21 00:02:08,170 --> 00:02:10,537 Her mother is singer Cissy Houston, 22 00:02:10,631 --> 00:02:12,623 but at age 21, Whitney Houston 23 00:02:12,716 --> 00:02:16,426 is blazing her own trail with style and sizzle. 24 00:02:19,264 --> 00:02:22,098 The most successful debut solo album in history. 25 00:02:22,184 --> 00:02:24,267 She's quickly becoming the new queen of pop. 26 00:02:24,353 --> 00:02:26,310 Crowned the prom queen of soul. 27 00:02:26,396 --> 00:02:28,308 It will take an Act of Congress 28 00:02:28,398 --> 00:02:30,606 to keep this woman from becoming a megastar. 29 00:02:30,692 --> 00:02:34,356 ♪ There's a boy I know ♪ 30 00:02:34,446 --> 00:02:36,859 ♪ He's the one I dream of ♪ 31 00:02:36,948 --> 00:02:38,530 America is working. 32 00:02:38,617 --> 00:02:40,734 ♪ When I wake ♪ 33 00:02:40,827 --> 00:02:42,193 ♪ From dreamin' ♪ 34 00:02:42,287 --> 00:02:44,620 ♪ Tell me Is it really love? ♪ 35 00:02:46,792 --> 00:02:48,328 ♪ Ooh ♪ 36 00:02:48,418 --> 00:02:49,909 ♪ How will I know? ♪ 37 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:52,336 ♪ Don't trust Your feelings ♪ 38 00:02:52,422 --> 00:02:55,130 ♪ How will I know? ♪ 39 00:02:55,217 --> 00:02:59,131 ♪ How will I know If he really loves me? ♪ 40 00:02:59,221 --> 00:03:02,931 ♪ I say a prayer With every heartbeat ♪ 41 00:03:06,853 --> 00:03:08,264 Keep it down, son! 42 00:03:17,322 --> 00:03:19,780 We lived in Newark, and then the riots took place 43 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:21,698 - in the '60s. - Do you remember them? 44 00:03:21,785 --> 00:03:23,777 Oh, yeah. Absolutely. 45 00:03:23,870 --> 00:03:26,487 I remember lying on the floor and eating off the floor. 46 00:03:26,581 --> 00:03:28,163 For the bullets, you know, 47 00:03:28,250 --> 00:03:30,162 the bullets would fly and go through you. 48 00:03:30,252 --> 00:03:33,165 I grew up in the ghetto. I mean, that's where I grew up. 49 00:03:38,218 --> 00:03:41,677 ♪ All that you deserve To have ♪ 50 00:03:43,807 --> 00:03:46,766 ♪ Oh, that's why I say ♪ 51 00:03:48,687 --> 00:03:51,976 ♪ Hear me, baby When I say ♪ 52 00:03:52,065 --> 00:03:56,981 ♪ I'm telling you, here... Here I am... ♪ 53 00:03:57,571 --> 00:03:59,654 I hear John's voice, "Hey, Bae." 54 00:04:00,782 --> 00:04:02,364 I said, "What? Is Cissy okay?" 55 00:04:02,451 --> 00:04:04,738 He said, "Yeah." He said, "She had the baby." 56 00:04:06,413 --> 00:04:09,201 He said, "Bae, you're not gonna believe this baby. 57 00:04:09,291 --> 00:04:12,375 She looks unreal, she's so beautiful." 58 00:04:16,047 --> 00:04:20,257 She was sassy, smart mouth... 59 00:04:20,343 --> 00:04:22,881 always following me, you know. 60 00:04:22,971 --> 00:04:24,803 And my father made the point, you know, 61 00:04:24,890 --> 00:04:27,303 "Listen, you got to watch her and take care of her. 62 00:04:27,392 --> 00:04:30,760 If something happens to her, don't come home." 63 00:04:30,854 --> 00:04:32,641 And we became just like, you know... 64 00:04:32,731 --> 00:04:34,393 She was my best friend. 65 00:04:36,735 --> 00:04:39,899 She'd leave the house, and she would be clean-haired. 66 00:04:39,988 --> 00:04:41,604 Then she'd come home, 67 00:04:41,698 --> 00:04:45,157 just dirty pants, dirty shirt, hair messed up, 68 00:04:45,243 --> 00:04:47,951 'cause she always wanted to be rough and tough. 69 00:04:51,374 --> 00:04:54,867 Always music on in the house, especially on Sundays. 70 00:04:54,961 --> 00:04:58,079 Gospel all day long, you know. And then there was always, 71 00:04:58,173 --> 00:05:00,506 you know, the music that my mother was recording. 72 00:05:00,592 --> 00:05:05,178 ♪ You told me To leave you alone ♪ 73 00:05:05,388 --> 00:05:07,254 ♪ My father said... ♪ 74 00:05:07,349 --> 00:05:09,511 My mother is known all over the world, 75 00:05:09,601 --> 00:05:12,389 and she sang background for everybody. 76 00:05:14,147 --> 00:05:17,231 She worked her ass off and spent time away from us 77 00:05:17,317 --> 00:05:20,060 in order to make things better. 78 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:22,816 I remember me and my sister crying, sitting on the damn curb, 79 00:05:22,906 --> 00:05:25,865 every time my mother would pull off to go. 80 00:05:25,951 --> 00:05:28,193 So we stayed with a lot of different people. 81 00:05:28,286 --> 00:05:31,199 Me and my brother and my sister stayed with a lot of... 82 00:05:31,289 --> 00:05:33,121 I mean, four or five different families 83 00:05:33,208 --> 00:05:35,666 and different people who took care of us. 84 00:05:37,796 --> 00:05:40,539 I wanted to become a singer when I was about 13. 85 00:05:40,632 --> 00:05:42,464 That's when I realized I wanted to be 86 00:05:42,551 --> 00:05:45,840 a professional singer, but prior to that I just sang. 87 00:05:45,929 --> 00:05:47,670 I sang at church, and I loved it. 88 00:05:47,764 --> 00:05:49,659 Remember the first song you ever sang in church? 89 00:05:49,683 --> 00:05:51,549 Yes, I remember. 90 00:05:51,643 --> 00:05:58,265 ♪ Guide me, O, thou ♪ 91 00:05:58,358 --> 00:06:00,975 ♪ Great Jehov... ♪ 92 00:06:01,069 --> 00:06:04,938 - ...hovah ♪ - Man: Mm. 93 00:06:05,031 --> 00:06:07,899 ♪ Feed me till ♪ 94 00:06:07,993 --> 00:06:13,864 ♪ I want no more ♪ 95 00:06:13,957 --> 00:06:16,825 Yeah. 96 00:06:21,464 --> 00:06:24,548 My mother, well, she raised us in church. 97 00:06:24,634 --> 00:06:27,342 You had to go to church whether you liked it or not. 98 00:06:27,429 --> 00:06:30,422 But, growing up, I loved it. 99 00:06:30,515 --> 00:06:32,381 I loved to sing. 100 00:06:32,475 --> 00:06:34,216 I loved the choir. 101 00:06:34,311 --> 00:06:37,395 I knew that, whatever this God was, he sure liked singing. 102 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:40,097 He loved people to sing. He loved to be praised. 103 00:06:48,909 --> 00:06:54,826 ♪...The Lord ♪ 104 00:06:54,915 --> 00:06:58,283 ♪ Yes, he will, oh ♪ 105 00:06:58,376 --> 00:07:04,839 ♪ The Lord... ♪ 106 00:07:04,925 --> 00:07:08,293 ♪ Well, if you just... ♪ 107 00:07:08,386 --> 00:07:10,378 - ♪ Have a little talk ♪ - ♪ A little talk ♪ 108 00:07:10,472 --> 00:07:11,679 ♪ With Jesus ♪ 109 00:07:16,478 --> 00:07:18,686 I used to be the directress 110 00:07:18,772 --> 00:07:21,105 of all of the music in this church, 111 00:07:21,191 --> 00:07:23,353 but now I'm retired. 112 00:07:25,028 --> 00:07:27,691 When she was a girl, what was Whitney like? 113 00:07:27,781 --> 00:07:29,864 She was beautiful. 114 00:07:29,950 --> 00:07:32,067 She was a good baby. 115 00:07:35,163 --> 00:07:36,654 Mm-hm. 116 00:07:36,748 --> 00:07:39,491 Everybody loved her. 117 00:07:39,584 --> 00:07:41,325 Except those who were jealous of her. 118 00:07:41,419 --> 00:07:44,036 There were girls who liked to run her home. 119 00:07:44,130 --> 00:07:46,918 But I was always waiting outside for them. 120 00:07:48,301 --> 00:07:50,338 I'm a fighter, okay. 121 00:07:51,596 --> 00:07:53,553 All right, so you bother my kids, 122 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,723 you've then bothered me. 123 00:07:55,809 --> 00:07:57,641 In the neighborhood we lived in, 124 00:07:57,727 --> 00:08:00,140 there was a lot of dark-skinned, colored people, 125 00:08:00,230 --> 00:08:02,392 and Whitney used to get picked on all the time 126 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:04,724 for being light-skinned... A little white girl. 127 00:08:04,818 --> 00:08:06,775 'cause my mother would dress her nice. 128 00:08:06,861 --> 00:08:09,820 She was a quiet, sweet kid. 129 00:08:09,906 --> 00:08:12,614 She didn't have very many friends. 130 00:08:12,701 --> 00:08:17,241 She was very involved in the church, um... would just go to school, 131 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:19,322 and she would just hang out with her brothers. 132 00:08:19,416 --> 00:08:21,032 Better hurry, Dorothy. 133 00:08:21,126 --> 00:08:23,539 You know how the Jacobs are when we keep them waiting. 134 00:08:23,628 --> 00:08:25,085 Oh, I'm ready, George. 135 00:08:25,171 --> 00:08:27,066 You know, I think it's safe to say there won't be 136 00:08:27,090 --> 00:08:28,330 a handsomer couple at the party. 137 00:08:28,383 --> 00:08:30,090 Or a happier one. 138 00:08:30,176 --> 00:08:32,088 Where did the name "Whitney" come from? 139 00:08:32,178 --> 00:08:36,798 My mother says something about this white sitcom, 140 00:08:36,891 --> 00:08:38,757 but I never called her Whitney. 141 00:08:38,852 --> 00:08:41,139 Always called her Nippy. 142 00:08:41,229 --> 00:08:43,642 Nippy is me. I am Nippy. 143 00:08:43,732 --> 00:08:45,815 My father gave me that nickname, 144 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:48,517 and I've been Nippy since I can remember. 145 00:08:56,870 --> 00:08:59,112 Whitney's father, John Houston, 146 00:08:59,205 --> 00:09:01,822 was a key player in the 1970s 147 00:09:01,916 --> 00:09:03,953 around the Gibson administration, 148 00:09:04,044 --> 00:09:07,037 and he was a real deal-maker. 149 00:09:07,130 --> 00:09:09,543 A deal-maker or a hustler? 150 00:09:09,632 --> 00:09:12,921 Well, it depends on which side of the deal you're on. Ha, ha. 151 00:09:14,095 --> 00:09:16,255 He was the head of central planning and zoning 152 00:09:16,306 --> 00:09:17,797 in that administration, 153 00:09:17,891 --> 00:09:20,429 which was a very corrupt administration, 154 00:09:20,518 --> 00:09:22,475 and to get a building put up, 155 00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:24,303 you had to go through my father. 156 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:26,559 So... you do the math. 157 00:09:27,650 --> 00:09:29,141 He did enough for us, 158 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:30,897 along with my mother, working hard, 159 00:09:30,987 --> 00:09:32,694 for us to get out of Newark 160 00:09:32,781 --> 00:09:34,818 and go to a house in East Orange. 161 00:09:39,370 --> 00:09:42,989 We had a better school, a pool, a backyard. 162 00:09:46,669 --> 00:09:49,912 They were striving to become middle class. 163 00:09:50,006 --> 00:09:52,589 They had a really nice house. 164 00:09:52,675 --> 00:09:57,090 They were the Cosbys of Dodd Street. 165 00:09:57,180 --> 00:10:00,639 But East Orange was 20 blocks from Newark, heh. 166 00:10:00,725 --> 00:10:02,717 You can live in a mansion all you want, 167 00:10:02,811 --> 00:10:04,723 but when you come outside, you gonna be amongst 168 00:10:04,813 --> 00:10:07,021 the motherfucking wolves and bears. 169 00:10:09,025 --> 00:10:11,813 Now, for the three people that haven't read about you, 170 00:10:11,903 --> 00:10:14,691 your mother is Cissy Houston of The... 171 00:10:14,781 --> 00:10:16,192 - Sweet Inspirations. - Right. 172 00:10:16,282 --> 00:10:18,649 - Your aunt is...? - My cousin is Dionne Warwick. 173 00:10:18,743 --> 00:10:21,451 Who was your father? Duke Ellington? 174 00:10:23,164 --> 00:10:25,030 ♪ Just lift God up ♪ 175 00:10:25,125 --> 00:10:27,492 I come from a family of singers. 176 00:10:27,585 --> 00:10:29,918 ♪ From eternal tears ♪ 177 00:10:30,004 --> 00:10:32,747 The family gathered at Christmastime, Thanksgiving. 178 00:10:32,841 --> 00:10:34,628 And after dinner, instead of talking, 179 00:10:34,717 --> 00:10:36,504 we'd all go around the piano and sing. 180 00:10:36,594 --> 00:10:40,008 ♪ If you see me walking down the street ♪ 181 00:10:40,098 --> 00:10:42,806 ♪ And I start to cry ♪ 182 00:10:42,892 --> 00:10:44,804 ♪ Each time we meet ♪ 183 00:10:44,894 --> 00:10:47,307 ♪ Walk on by ♪ 184 00:10:49,524 --> 00:10:52,733 ♪ What can you do? ♪ 185 00:10:54,237 --> 00:10:58,356 ♪ What can you say? ♪ 186 00:10:58,449 --> 00:11:01,408 And your mother also tried to have a solo career herself? 187 00:11:01,494 --> 00:11:03,235 She tried to have a solo career. 188 00:11:03,329 --> 00:11:05,446 It didn't turn out to be what she wanted it to be. 189 00:11:05,540 --> 00:11:07,782 I think she poured a lot of that disappointment 190 00:11:07,876 --> 00:11:09,287 into Whitney, for sure. 191 00:11:09,377 --> 00:11:12,666 ♪ When I first saw you ♪ 192 00:11:15,592 --> 00:11:18,801 ♪ I said, "Oh, my" ♪ 193 00:11:18,887 --> 00:11:22,346 ♪ I said, "Oh, my" ♪ 194 00:11:23,391 --> 00:11:26,225 ♪ There's my dream ♪ 195 00:11:27,770 --> 00:11:31,013 ♪ That's my dream ♪ 196 00:11:32,233 --> 00:11:34,816 ♪ I needed a dream ♪ 197 00:11:34,903 --> 00:11:39,989 ♪ To make me strong ♪ 198 00:11:40,074 --> 00:11:44,409 Nobody could touch Whitney, as far as singing, except my mom. 199 00:11:44,495 --> 00:11:48,489 My mom's voice... And she taught Whitney 200 00:11:48,583 --> 00:11:50,575 everything she knew about how to use that voice. 201 00:11:50,668 --> 00:11:53,126 You have three places to sing from. 202 00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:56,001 From your abdomen, your chest and your head. 203 00:11:57,425 --> 00:11:59,667 She learned them all. 204 00:11:59,761 --> 00:12:03,345 Cissy sang from her heart... 205 00:12:03,431 --> 00:12:05,969 and she taught Nippy to sing from her heart. 206 00:12:06,059 --> 00:12:08,142 Heart. 207 00:12:09,812 --> 00:12:11,348 Mind. 208 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,181 Guts. 209 00:12:15,235 --> 00:12:17,978 She loved her mother dearly. 210 00:12:18,071 --> 00:12:23,533 But her mother was, um... the disciplinarian. 211 00:12:23,618 --> 00:12:28,033 Her mother was hard on her when she was training her, 212 00:12:28,122 --> 00:12:31,490 would make her do it over and over and over again 213 00:12:31,584 --> 00:12:33,325 to get it right. 214 00:12:33,419 --> 00:12:35,502 She was a little tough on Whitney 215 00:12:35,588 --> 00:12:37,705 because she knew what Whitney had. 216 00:12:37,799 --> 00:12:40,712 They would come home a lot of times mad at each other. 217 00:12:40,802 --> 00:12:42,418 Whitney'd come in stomping, 218 00:12:42,512 --> 00:12:44,970 cursing, go to her room and slam the door. 219 00:12:45,056 --> 00:12:47,673 My mother telling her, "Listen, if you wanna sing, 220 00:12:47,767 --> 00:12:49,303 this is what's got to happen. 221 00:12:49,394 --> 00:12:51,761 If you don't, tell me now. I won't waste my time." 222 00:13:01,322 --> 00:13:04,065 Why was she sent to that private girls' school? 223 00:13:04,158 --> 00:13:06,024 To put her in a safe environment, 224 00:13:06,119 --> 00:13:09,157 away from the bullying. 225 00:13:09,247 --> 00:13:11,034 This was the investment 226 00:13:11,124 --> 00:13:14,162 John and Cissy were making in their daughter. 227 00:13:14,252 --> 00:13:15,959 They wanted her to be educated, 228 00:13:16,045 --> 00:13:19,538 sophisticated, and not streetwise. 229 00:13:27,348 --> 00:13:30,637 You know, it sounds like I'm giving you the gas, 230 00:13:30,727 --> 00:13:32,309 but so help me. 231 00:13:32,395 --> 00:13:36,435 They had a really great family dynamic going on. 232 00:13:36,524 --> 00:13:39,062 But I've also heard that she was bullied a lot. 233 00:13:39,152 --> 00:13:41,064 Did other things happen to her as a child 234 00:13:41,154 --> 00:13:42,520 that might help to explain 235 00:13:42,613 --> 00:13:44,696 why she became such a troubled person? 236 00:13:44,782 --> 00:13:47,741 No, Nippy didn't have nothing bad in her childhood. 237 00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:50,535 I sound a little defensive, I know. 238 00:13:50,621 --> 00:13:52,157 No, no. I'm just asking... 239 00:13:52,248 --> 00:13:55,036 Nippy, she did not have anything in her childhood. 240 00:13:55,126 --> 00:13:58,244 She had an idyllic childhood. 241 00:13:59,464 --> 00:14:00,875 She loved my father. 242 00:14:00,965 --> 00:14:03,082 Loved my father and loved my mother. 243 00:14:03,176 --> 00:14:05,793 Them breaking up and getting divorced really bothered her. 244 00:14:05,887 --> 00:14:07,469 It bothered me. 245 00:14:07,555 --> 00:14:09,592 What was it that drove them apart? 246 00:14:09,682 --> 00:14:11,139 I don't know. 247 00:14:12,852 --> 00:14:15,595 Infidelity. 248 00:14:15,688 --> 00:14:19,773 My dad, despite whatever philandering 249 00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:22,977 he might have been doing, was extremely jealous. 250 00:14:23,071 --> 00:14:24,687 He had tapped the phone, 251 00:14:24,781 --> 00:14:26,943 so he's sitting back in his office 252 00:14:27,033 --> 00:14:30,071 listening to Cissy's conversations on the wiretap. 253 00:14:35,416 --> 00:14:39,126 The truth is Cissy did have an affair 254 00:14:39,212 --> 00:14:41,829 with the minister at her church. 255 00:14:41,923 --> 00:14:45,257 I think about my Father's house. 256 00:14:45,343 --> 00:14:47,801 - Yes, sir! - In my Father's house, 257 00:14:47,887 --> 00:14:49,594 there's food. 258 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,388 You know, you're in church, and you hear whispers. 259 00:14:52,475 --> 00:14:56,219 None of them would ever really get over it. 260 00:14:57,772 --> 00:15:00,435 Her heart was broken. 261 00:15:00,525 --> 00:15:04,644 That church had been Whitney's second family. 262 00:15:06,030 --> 00:15:08,864 And she was angry with her mother. 263 00:15:08,950 --> 00:15:12,660 Whitney moved out as soon as she was 18 years old. 264 00:15:12,745 --> 00:15:16,864 I don't think Cissy even knew where she moved to. 265 00:15:16,958 --> 00:15:18,745 We had a good, tight-knit family, 266 00:15:18,835 --> 00:15:21,543 but there were always a lot of secrets in our lives. 267 00:15:21,629 --> 00:15:23,416 You know, there were a lot of secrets. 268 00:15:23,506 --> 00:15:26,294 When you don't resolve things, you don't deal with things, 269 00:15:26,384 --> 00:15:28,671 they never go away. 270 00:15:28,761 --> 00:15:30,548 They never go away. 271 00:15:37,019 --> 00:15:39,102 When I first started working with her, 272 00:15:39,188 --> 00:15:41,305 she was modelling... 273 00:15:41,399 --> 00:15:45,439 ...and she hated it because she knew that she was gonna be a singer. 274 00:15:45,528 --> 00:15:46,894 That's what she knew. 275 00:15:46,988 --> 00:15:49,150 What did she like to do? 276 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,732 She liked to sleep. 277 00:15:51,826 --> 00:15:53,317 She liked to party. 278 00:15:53,411 --> 00:15:54,993 She liked to hang out with Robyn. 279 00:15:55,079 --> 00:15:57,571 And she liked her cats. 280 00:15:57,665 --> 00:15:59,873 She had a cat named Misty Blue. 281 00:16:01,544 --> 00:16:03,627 It was obvious that John and Cissy 282 00:16:03,713 --> 00:16:06,547 saw an opportunity in Whitney. 283 00:16:06,632 --> 00:16:09,545 The plan was to get her a record deal, 284 00:16:09,635 --> 00:16:11,718 but they didn't rush. 285 00:16:11,804 --> 00:16:15,172 For a long time she was just singing background 286 00:16:15,266 --> 00:16:17,474 in Cissy's show. 287 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,553 At that time, there was a teenage star 288 00:16:20,646 --> 00:16:24,139 rising the charts, and Whitney was angry. 289 00:16:24,233 --> 00:16:29,069 She'd literally said she could do that ten times better... 290 00:16:29,155 --> 00:16:31,112 and her parents were holding her back. 291 00:16:31,199 --> 00:16:33,282 I sat down with her at the McDonald's 292 00:16:33,367 --> 00:16:35,029 across the street from their home 293 00:16:35,119 --> 00:16:38,863 to explain to her the music that she was envious of 294 00:16:38,956 --> 00:16:40,743 was fad music... 295 00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:43,576 and what her parents were preparing her for 296 00:16:43,669 --> 00:16:45,911 was legacy music. 297 00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:47,667 My mother was grooming her. 298 00:16:47,757 --> 00:16:51,296 When I look back, I remember my mother grooming her. 299 00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:10,102 Is it true that you were sort of tricked into 300 00:17:10,196 --> 00:17:12,108 doing a solo performance? 301 00:17:12,198 --> 00:17:15,908 We were playing at this great iconic R&B club in New York 302 00:17:15,993 --> 00:17:17,200 called Mikell's. 303 00:17:17,286 --> 00:17:19,369 Cissy called Whitney... 304 00:17:19,455 --> 00:17:21,492 She said, "Whitney, I can't sing." 305 00:17:21,582 --> 00:17:23,744 She wasn't gonna be able to do the show at Mikell's. 306 00:17:23,834 --> 00:17:26,497 My mom says, "You gotta do the show. I can't let this gig go." 307 00:17:26,587 --> 00:17:29,330 I go, "Oh, my God, I can't do this, I'm 16... 17." 308 00:17:29,423 --> 00:17:32,916 And it was packed, and she was adorable 309 00:17:33,010 --> 00:17:37,345 because she basically mimicked her mom's everything, 310 00:17:37,431 --> 00:17:40,640 her patter. And just substituted her own name 311 00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:43,639 for... you know, "Thanks for coming to see Cissy." 312 00:17:43,729 --> 00:17:45,891 She'd go, "Thanks for coming out to hear Whitney." 313 00:17:51,988 --> 00:17:55,732 I remember feeling like a tornado, like a wind, 314 00:17:55,825 --> 00:17:58,408 a monsoon of rain and wind just hit me 315 00:17:58,494 --> 00:18:00,235 and, like, was just throwing me back. 316 00:18:00,329 --> 00:18:03,447 That's how blown away I was by this girl's voice. 317 00:18:03,541 --> 00:18:05,498 I'd never heard anything like it. 318 00:18:13,551 --> 00:18:20,515 ♪ I am ♪ 319 00:18:24,186 --> 00:18:27,850 ♪ I'm trying to ♪ 320 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:31,604 So next day she calls, she says, "Hey, how you doing?" 321 00:18:31,694 --> 00:18:33,856 I said, "You." I said, "What's wrong with you? 322 00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:35,482 You were sick." She goes, "No. 323 00:18:35,573 --> 00:18:38,065 I just wanted to see if you could cut it." 324 00:18:46,876 --> 00:18:49,493 She blew the roof off the place. 325 00:18:52,548 --> 00:18:55,882 And after that, we started to seriously court 326 00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:58,426 the record companies. 327 00:18:58,512 --> 00:19:01,004 At that time, there were no singers... 328 00:19:01,098 --> 00:19:04,512 that just stood up and sang, 329 00:19:04,602 --> 00:19:07,140 a mic and a light, you know. 330 00:19:07,229 --> 00:19:08,561 There were bands. 331 00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:10,355 What she was doing, 332 00:19:10,441 --> 00:19:12,524 it wasn't something that the record industry 333 00:19:12,610 --> 00:19:16,524 was interested in, but bit by bit we got offers. 334 00:19:16,614 --> 00:19:19,448 Eventually, the two labels offering good deals 335 00:19:19,533 --> 00:19:22,822 were Elektra, which was Bruce Lundvall, 336 00:19:22,912 --> 00:19:25,029 and Arista, which was Clive Davis. 337 00:19:25,122 --> 00:19:29,162 Every night, one of the labels would come down to the show. 338 00:19:29,251 --> 00:19:32,244 The next day, one of the offers would get bigger. 339 00:19:32,338 --> 00:19:34,250 And the next night, Bruce Lundvall 340 00:19:34,340 --> 00:19:36,582 would come down to the show with flowers. 341 00:19:36,676 --> 00:19:39,840 The next night, Clive would come back again with flowers, 342 00:19:39,929 --> 00:19:41,670 and then the offer would get bigger. 343 00:19:41,764 --> 00:19:45,383 She was innocent-looking, yet soulful. 344 00:19:45,476 --> 00:19:49,220 Her voice was like no voice I had ever heard. 345 00:19:49,313 --> 00:19:54,024 When she stepped forward to do "The Greatest Love OfAll," 346 00:19:54,110 --> 00:19:56,443 I was totally knocked out. 347 00:19:56,529 --> 00:19:59,772 Whitney found meaning in that song that I was sure 348 00:19:59,865 --> 00:20:02,403 even the composers didn't know were there. 349 00:20:04,078 --> 00:20:05,910 ♪ The children ♪ 350 00:20:07,581 --> 00:20:09,573 ♪ Are our future ♪ 351 00:20:11,877 --> 00:20:15,587 ♪ Teach them well and ♪ 352 00:20:16,465 --> 00:20:19,583 ♪ Let them ♪ 353 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:25,135 ♪ Lead the way ♪ 354 00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:28,308 The two offers were pretty even. 355 00:20:28,394 --> 00:20:29,976 But we decided to go with Clive. 356 00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:32,270 ♪ Show them all... ♪ 357 00:20:32,356 --> 00:20:35,349 You know, you get that spine tingle... 358 00:20:35,443 --> 00:20:37,730 when you know you're in the presence 359 00:20:37,820 --> 00:20:39,903 of somebody very special. 360 00:20:39,989 --> 00:20:41,525 And that genius, 361 00:20:41,615 --> 00:20:44,073 that vocal interpretive genius, 362 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,324 had a profound impact on me. 363 00:20:47,413 --> 00:20:50,247 ♪ Give them a sense... ♪ 364 00:20:50,332 --> 00:20:53,325 The urban legend that Clive created Whitney 365 00:20:53,419 --> 00:20:55,251 is really not true. 366 00:20:55,337 --> 00:20:56,999 Clive packaged it all, 367 00:20:57,089 --> 00:21:00,628 but if anyone created Whitney's taste, it was Cissy. 368 00:21:00,718 --> 00:21:04,007 That's where Whitney got her influences from. 369 00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:06,429 ♪ Easier ♪ 370 00:21:08,476 --> 00:21:09,808 ♪ Let... ♪ 371 00:21:09,894 --> 00:21:12,227 John and Cissy had understood 372 00:21:12,313 --> 00:21:15,181 that to be successful in America 373 00:21:15,274 --> 00:21:16,936 as an African American, 374 00:21:17,026 --> 00:21:20,064 to be successful in the larger culture, 375 00:21:20,154 --> 00:21:22,316 you've got to learn the ways of the culture, 376 00:21:22,406 --> 00:21:24,193 speak the language of the culture, 377 00:21:24,283 --> 00:21:26,115 wear the clothing of the culture. 378 00:21:27,995 --> 00:21:31,238 You have to have double consciousness, 379 00:21:31,332 --> 00:21:33,324 and that can cause you to wonder, 380 00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:35,329 "Who is the real me? 381 00:21:35,419 --> 00:21:40,414 Am I an extension of that, or is that an extension of me?" 382 00:21:40,508 --> 00:21:42,795 There was Lena Horne. There's Dionne Warwick, 383 00:21:42,885 --> 00:21:45,923 but if the mantle is to pass to somebody who's 19, 384 00:21:46,013 --> 00:21:48,847 who's elegant, who's sensuous, who's innocent, 385 00:21:48,933 --> 00:21:51,175 who's got an incredible range of talent, 386 00:21:51,268 --> 00:21:54,056 but guts and soul at the same time, 387 00:21:54,146 --> 00:21:56,354 it will be Whitney Houston, in my opinion. 388 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,103 She also happens to be a model. 389 00:21:59,193 --> 00:22:01,025 Yes, she is. She's a beautiful girl. 390 00:22:01,111 --> 00:22:05,856 And her poise doesn't hurt, but it's her natural charm. 391 00:22:05,950 --> 00:22:08,363 I mean, you either got it, or you don't have it. 392 00:22:08,452 --> 00:22:10,034 - She's got it. - She got it. 393 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:12,703 Wait till you hear her. Here's Whitney Houston. 394 00:22:19,547 --> 00:22:22,585 ♪ When I think of home ♪ 395 00:22:24,051 --> 00:22:26,589 ♪ I think of a place ♪ 396 00:22:28,389 --> 00:22:33,305 ♪ Where there's Love overflowing ♪ 397 00:22:35,271 --> 00:22:38,105 ♪ I wish I was home ♪ 398 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,938 ♪ I wish I was back there ♪ 399 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:47,064 ♪ With the things ♪ 400 00:22:47,157 --> 00:22:49,820 ♪ I've been knowing ♪ 401 00:22:49,910 --> 00:22:53,244 ♪ Oh, I know You're listening, God ♪ 402 00:22:53,330 --> 00:22:58,291 ♪ So won't you please try Not to make it hard to know ♪ 403 00:22:58,377 --> 00:23:00,664 ♪ I shouldn't believe Everything ♪ 404 00:23:00,754 --> 00:23:03,462 ♪ Everything that I see ♪ 405 00:23:05,342 --> 00:23:10,713 ♪ A world full of love ♪ 406 00:23:10,806 --> 00:23:12,672 ♪ Like yours, like ♪ 407 00:23:12,766 --> 00:23:18,103 ♪ Like mine ♪ 408 00:23:18,188 --> 00:23:25,061 ♪ Like home ♪ 409 00:23:25,696 --> 00:23:29,940 ♪ Home ♪ 410 00:23:40,210 --> 00:23:43,044 There's a lot of competition. What makes you think 411 00:23:43,130 --> 00:23:45,372 you're gonna beat the odds with your album? 412 00:23:45,466 --> 00:23:47,298 God gave me something really great, 413 00:23:47,384 --> 00:23:49,091 and he doesn't give it to everybody. 414 00:23:49,178 --> 00:23:52,342 And since I decided to spread it worldwide, 415 00:23:52,431 --> 00:23:54,172 I think that I'm gonna beat it. Heh. 416 00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:55,757 ♪ Ah ♪ 417 00:23:58,395 --> 00:23:59,886 ♪ Yeah ♪ 418 00:24:00,564 --> 00:24:02,271 ♪ Woo! ♪ 419 00:24:04,735 --> 00:24:06,601 ♪ Hey, yeah ♪ 420 00:24:06,695 --> 00:24:08,857 ♪ Ah ♪ 421 00:24:08,948 --> 00:24:10,689 ♪ Yeah ♪ 422 00:24:12,034 --> 00:24:15,027 ♪ Clock strikes Upon the hour ♪ 423 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:18,739 ♪ And the sun Begins to fade ♪ 424 00:24:18,832 --> 00:24:19,868 Whitney Houston! 425 00:24:19,959 --> 00:24:21,370 ♪ Still enough time ♪ 426 00:24:21,460 --> 00:24:23,122 ♪ To figure out ♪ 427 00:24:23,212 --> 00:24:25,955 ♪ How to chase My blues away ♪ 428 00:24:26,048 --> 00:24:27,914 Whitney Houston! 429 00:24:28,008 --> 00:24:31,752 ♪ I've done all right Up till now ♪ 430 00:24:31,845 --> 00:24:35,555 ♪ It's the light of day That shows me how ♪ 431 00:24:35,641 --> 00:24:38,384 ♪ And when the night falls ♪ 432 00:24:38,477 --> 00:24:41,185 ♪ The loneliness calls ♪ 433 00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:45,269 ♪ Oh, I wanna dance With somebody ♪ 434 00:24:46,860 --> 00:24:50,479 ♪ I wanna feel the heat With somebody ♪ 435 00:24:50,572 --> 00:24:53,440 ♪ Yeah, I wanna dance With somebody ♪ 436 00:24:54,994 --> 00:24:58,078 ♪ With somebody Who loves me ♪ 437 00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:01,497 ♪ Oh, I wanna dance With somebody ♪ 438 00:25:03,085 --> 00:25:06,374 ♪ I wanna feel the heat ♪ 439 00:25:06,463 --> 00:25:09,547 ♪ Yeah, I wanna dance With somebody ♪ 440 00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:14,469 ♪ With somebody Who loves me ♪ 441 00:25:14,555 --> 00:25:17,389 ♪ I need a man Who'll take a chance ♪ 442 00:25:17,474 --> 00:25:21,764 ♪ On a love that burns Hot enough to last ♪ 443 00:25:21,854 --> 00:25:24,972 ♪ So when the night falls ♪ 444 00:25:25,065 --> 00:25:28,775 ♪ My lonely heart calls ♪ 445 00:25:28,861 --> 00:25:33,105 ♪ Oh, I wanna dance With somebody ♪ 446 00:25:33,198 --> 00:25:35,781 ♪ I wanna feel the heat With somebody ♪ 447 00:25:36,952 --> 00:25:40,116 ♪ Yeah, I wanna dance With somebody ♪ 448 00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:44,241 ♪ With somebody Who loves me ♪ 449 00:25:44,334 --> 00:25:46,246 ♪ Don'tcha wanna dance? Say you wanna dance ♪ 450 00:25:46,336 --> 00:25:48,077 ♪ Don'tcha wanna dance? ♪ ♪ Dance ♪ 451 00:25:48,172 --> 00:25:50,380 ♪ Don'tcha wanna dance? Say you wanna dance ♪ 452 00:25:50,466 --> 00:25:52,128 ♪ Don'tcha wanna dance? ♪ ♪ Dance ♪ 453 00:25:52,217 --> 00:25:55,176 ♪ Don'tcha wanna dance? Say you wanna dance ♪ 454 00:25:55,262 --> 00:25:57,345 ♪ Ah-ha ♪ ♪ Dance ♪ 455 00:25:57,431 --> 00:26:01,015 ♪ With somebody Who loves me ♪ 456 00:26:01,101 --> 00:26:02,683 The meteoric rise to superstar. 457 00:26:02,770 --> 00:26:04,261 Seven consecutive... 458 00:26:04,354 --> 00:26:05,954 More consecutive number one hits 459 00:26:06,023 --> 00:26:07,605 than Elvis or The Beatles. 460 00:26:07,691 --> 00:26:09,557 Most successful debut solo album! 461 00:26:09,651 --> 00:26:13,270 - Platinum six times over. - Heartbeat of America. 462 00:26:20,788 --> 00:26:23,952 Jack, did you ever find this one here on the street? 463 00:26:24,041 --> 00:26:26,624 - Many times. - How much was she? 464 00:26:26,710 --> 00:26:28,952 She was simple. When Whitney was at home, 465 00:26:29,046 --> 00:26:30,912 Whitney wouldn't even sleep in her bedroom. 466 00:26:31,006 --> 00:26:34,545 She would sleep on the couch in the family room and watch TV. 467 00:26:34,635 --> 00:26:36,046 You'd see her out there, 468 00:26:36,136 --> 00:26:38,594 making herself a little pallet on the couch, 469 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,013 and that's where she would sleep at. 470 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:45,014 Very simple. Very, very simple. 471 00:26:45,104 --> 00:26:49,439 It was almost like... she became Whitney Houston 472 00:26:49,525 --> 00:26:52,393 when it was time for her to get on stage. 473 00:26:52,486 --> 00:26:56,480 And when she came off, you know, she became Nippy again. 474 00:26:56,573 --> 00:26:58,610 What about a boyfriend? Anybody special? 475 00:26:58,700 --> 00:27:00,783 - No, not at the moment. No. - Oh. 476 00:27:00,869 --> 00:27:03,327 So who do you think about 477 00:27:03,413 --> 00:27:05,245 when you're singing something like that? 478 00:27:05,332 --> 00:27:06,823 People. People in general. 479 00:27:06,917 --> 00:27:09,500 - She's saving it. - Hey! 480 00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:11,873 What's going on between you and Eddie Murphy? 481 00:27:11,964 --> 00:27:13,580 There's no deep intimate feelings? 482 00:27:13,674 --> 00:27:16,462 There are deep feelings. And sometimes we are intimate. 483 00:27:16,552 --> 00:27:18,088 Whoa. 484 00:27:18,178 --> 00:27:20,670 Most recently, the gossip magazines report 485 00:27:20,764 --> 00:27:23,507 Houston and NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham 486 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,138 are an item and ready to marry. 487 00:27:26,228 --> 00:27:28,390 Do you think she liked sex? 488 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,813 Yes, she did. She talked about it. 489 00:27:30,899 --> 00:27:34,688 She liked it way more than I needed to know. 490 00:27:34,778 --> 00:27:36,314 Yes. 491 00:27:36,405 --> 00:27:39,694 To the point I was, like, scared for her, 492 00:27:39,783 --> 00:27:42,321 so I actually bought her a vibrator 493 00:27:42,411 --> 00:27:44,619 for Christmas one year. 494 00:27:44,705 --> 00:27:48,119 You know, you're a celebrity, and you're a woman and you... 495 00:27:48,208 --> 00:27:49,915 She couldn't just date anybody. 496 00:27:50,002 --> 00:27:52,085 You didn't know if these people were honest, 497 00:27:52,171 --> 00:27:56,131 and they're getting high. I'm like, "If you wanna... 498 00:27:56,216 --> 00:27:59,425 have sex and nobody's there, or what... take this." 499 00:27:59,511 --> 00:28:02,595 I heard Robert De Niro was following you all over. 500 00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:04,047 He'd been on my case. 501 00:28:04,141 --> 00:28:06,098 He'd been sweating me for a little while. 502 00:28:06,185 --> 00:28:08,552 Let me break that down. He was chasing this woman. 503 00:28:08,645 --> 00:28:11,137 The one that she might have gotten closest to 504 00:28:11,231 --> 00:28:13,564 maybe thinking she was gonna marry... 505 00:28:13,650 --> 00:28:15,266 could have been Brad Johnson. 506 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:19,104 Can you imagine being a 30-year-old single guy, 507 00:28:19,198 --> 00:28:21,235 living in New York City, and you're in your car, 508 00:28:21,325 --> 00:28:22,987 headed up the West Side Highway 509 00:28:23,076 --> 00:28:25,013 to pick up Whitney Houston to take her out for dinner. 510 00:28:25,037 --> 00:28:28,747 And it's 1987, and you just feel like you're on top of the world. 511 00:28:28,832 --> 00:28:31,370 I don't know why I like him. 512 00:28:32,002 --> 00:28:33,334 I just do. 513 00:28:40,427 --> 00:28:43,386 Just a very sweet, somewhat shy... 514 00:28:43,472 --> 00:28:44,929 I hesitate to say "innocent" 515 00:28:45,015 --> 00:28:47,052 because she had an old soul. 516 00:28:47,142 --> 00:28:49,179 She was wise in a way. 517 00:28:49,269 --> 00:28:51,386 But then she was still this 23-year-old girl 518 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,018 who would, you know, grab your arm in a scary movie 519 00:28:54,107 --> 00:28:56,975 and, you know, curl up right next to you. 520 00:28:57,069 --> 00:29:00,608 I never saw a dark moment with her. 521 00:29:00,697 --> 00:29:03,690 She just laughed. She had this great laugh, 522 00:29:03,784 --> 00:29:05,992 and she would kind of squint her eyes. 523 00:29:06,078 --> 00:29:08,491 ♪ I've been waiting For the phone to ring... ♪ 524 00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:10,697 Robyn was always very friendly to me. 525 00:29:10,791 --> 00:29:13,704 She was protective, but I felt it was appropriate. 526 00:29:13,794 --> 00:29:15,831 She didn't know me, and of the people 527 00:29:15,921 --> 00:29:19,460 close to Whitney, she was the closest. 528 00:29:19,549 --> 00:29:23,168 I was 16 and we were working at summerjobs. 529 00:29:23,262 --> 00:29:24,753 I remember thinking, "Wow, 530 00:29:24,846 --> 00:29:26,929 this is really gonna be a trip this summer." 531 00:29:27,015 --> 00:29:29,883 I don't have any friends." And then here comes Robyn 532 00:29:29,977 --> 00:29:32,560 with this beautiful, beautiful afro. 533 00:29:32,646 --> 00:29:34,512 She was tall and very statuesque, 534 00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:36,598 and I was like, "Wow, man." 535 00:29:36,692 --> 00:29:39,526 She stood up for me, and I remember thinking: 536 00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:42,479 "I've known this person seems like all my life." 537 00:29:44,199 --> 00:29:46,942 At 18, she left her parents' home, 538 00:29:47,035 --> 00:29:49,448 and Whitney and Robyn moved in together. 539 00:29:49,538 --> 00:29:51,325 Tell me about Robyn Crawford. 540 00:29:51,415 --> 00:29:53,907 I don't know... What do you want to know about Robyn Crawford? 541 00:29:54,001 --> 00:29:56,414 - Who was she? - Robyn was a nobody. 542 00:29:56,503 --> 00:29:57,960 She was a nobody. 543 00:29:58,046 --> 00:30:00,914 She was an opportunist. She was a wannabe. 544 00:30:01,008 --> 00:30:05,343 She was a nobody, really. And she happened to involve herself with Nippy, 545 00:30:05,429 --> 00:30:07,921 you know, for whatever reasons, you know. 546 00:30:08,015 --> 00:30:09,631 I've never seen them do anything, 547 00:30:09,725 --> 00:30:12,559 but I knew that she was, uh... She was something 548 00:30:12,644 --> 00:30:15,637 that I didn't want my sister to be involved with. 549 00:30:15,731 --> 00:30:17,814 It was evil. It was wicked. 550 00:30:17,899 --> 00:30:22,894 ♪ Happy birthday Dear Robyn ♪ 551 00:30:24,072 --> 00:30:30,911 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 552 00:30:39,087 --> 00:30:41,670 I knew she was a lesbian. Yes, yes, I did. 553 00:30:41,757 --> 00:30:44,170 For sure I knew. I was the first one to know her. 554 00:30:44,259 --> 00:30:46,046 I knew what she was. 555 00:30:46,136 --> 00:30:48,970 And I tried to tell my sister to leave her alone. 556 00:30:51,058 --> 00:30:54,051 Whitney and her relationships. Okay, so... 557 00:30:54,144 --> 00:30:56,852 As far as Whitney and Robyn... 558 00:30:56,938 --> 00:31:00,602 the relationship was her safety net. 559 00:31:00,692 --> 00:31:02,934 - Hi, Robbie. - Hi. 560 00:31:04,780 --> 00:31:06,863 That was a whole separate world 561 00:31:06,948 --> 00:31:10,112 from who she needed to be in the public, 562 00:31:10,202 --> 00:31:12,319 for her parents, her family. 563 00:31:12,412 --> 00:31:15,325 The other relationships outside of that, 564 00:31:15,415 --> 00:31:19,375 be it Eddie Murphy or Randall Cunningham or Brad Johnson, 565 00:31:19,461 --> 00:31:22,875 she had those because those were expected of her. 566 00:31:22,964 --> 00:31:25,456 And she liked men too. 567 00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:30,841 What they say now, in this time, is that she's fluid. 568 00:31:30,931 --> 00:31:35,050 She flows. She goes whatever way she goes. She loves. 569 00:31:36,311 --> 00:31:37,677 What? 570 00:31:37,771 --> 00:31:40,479 Robyn, I'll kick your camera and break it. 571 00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:42,557 - Robyn! - I wouldn't do that. 572 00:31:42,651 --> 00:31:45,268 Robyn! 573 00:31:45,362 --> 00:31:47,854 When I first started working with Whitney, 574 00:31:47,948 --> 00:31:51,908 the press loved her. She was the black princess. 575 00:31:51,993 --> 00:31:53,450 That also included, 576 00:31:53,537 --> 00:31:56,154 "Oh, and look how great her family life is, 577 00:31:56,248 --> 00:31:59,741 and look how wonderful her parents are and her siblings." 578 00:31:59,835 --> 00:32:02,327 I mean, for years people didn't even know 579 00:32:02,421 --> 00:32:04,333 that John and Cissy were divorced. 580 00:32:04,423 --> 00:32:06,585 You know, they showed up at events together, 581 00:32:06,675 --> 00:32:09,213 playacting the perfect family. 582 00:32:09,302 --> 00:32:11,715 But then stories started to appear 583 00:32:11,805 --> 00:32:13,967 about Whitney and Robyn. 584 00:32:14,057 --> 00:32:16,094 Not too long ago, I was in Detroit. 585 00:32:16,184 --> 00:32:17,846 I did a radio show for over an hour. 586 00:32:17,936 --> 00:32:20,349 About 30 calls came in. They really just wanted to know, 587 00:32:20,439 --> 00:32:22,305 "Well, what is the story of Whitney? 588 00:32:22,399 --> 00:32:24,186 Is she gay or is she not?" 589 00:32:24,276 --> 00:32:27,735 Whitney is not gay, ahem. That is the story on that. 590 00:32:27,821 --> 00:32:30,029 The only gayness I feel is when I'm happy, honey. 591 00:32:30,115 --> 00:32:32,075 - That's it. - And that's all that really matters. 592 00:32:32,117 --> 00:32:33,528 That's all that matters, yes. 593 00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:36,486 No one in this organization 594 00:32:36,580 --> 00:32:38,572 wanted anything to disrupt 595 00:32:38,665 --> 00:32:42,124 this bullet train that was Whitney Houston. 596 00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:43,872 John didn't like it. 597 00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:46,375 He painted this picture for her to be 598 00:32:46,465 --> 00:32:49,958 this pristine teenage girl, no faults. 599 00:32:50,051 --> 00:32:52,213 That was the image he tried to create. 600 00:32:52,304 --> 00:32:55,763 And the way he looked at it, that was a black eye. 601 00:32:55,849 --> 00:32:58,683 Some of the family might have been homophobic, 602 00:32:58,768 --> 00:33:01,556 but, really, it was about control. 603 00:33:01,646 --> 00:33:04,389 Robyn was the only one that could get Whitney out of bed. 604 00:33:04,483 --> 00:33:06,850 She was the only one that Whitney would listen to. 605 00:33:06,943 --> 00:33:09,435 And anyone who had influence was a threat. 606 00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:13,440 Did John ever try and get rid of Robyn? 607 00:33:13,533 --> 00:33:16,025 - He talked about it. - What would he say? 608 00:33:16,119 --> 00:33:18,532 He said, if he could, he would break them up, 609 00:33:18,622 --> 00:33:20,454 any way he can. 610 00:33:20,540 --> 00:33:22,907 He wanted somebody to scare her. 611 00:33:26,671 --> 00:33:28,458 We refrained from that 612 00:33:28,548 --> 00:33:31,336 because you never know what the outcome is going to be 613 00:33:31,426 --> 00:33:34,760 when you send people like that, you know, to do something. 614 00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:36,929 You just never know what's going to happen. 615 00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:40,179 What did you make of John? 616 00:33:40,268 --> 00:33:45,059 He could be very charming, but he was an opportunist. 617 00:33:45,148 --> 00:33:49,734 And so he didn't hesitate to get my dad out of there. 618 00:33:49,819 --> 00:33:52,277 He wanted to be running the show. 619 00:33:52,364 --> 00:33:55,277 He didn't like the idea of anyone else being in charge? 620 00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:57,780 No, he was head, you know, he was Captain Houston. 621 00:33:57,869 --> 00:34:01,328 Shit, are you kidding me? 622 00:34:01,414 --> 00:34:03,656 He loved being a boss. 623 00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:06,367 You had to kiss the ring, and I mean that literally. 624 00:34:06,461 --> 00:34:08,202 He had a big-ass gold ring. 625 00:34:08,296 --> 00:34:10,233 You're saying literally he would ask people to kiss his ring? 626 00:34:10,257 --> 00:34:13,000 Yeah, exactly. I'll never forget it. 627 00:34:13,093 --> 00:34:15,210 And they did. 628 00:34:15,303 --> 00:34:17,215 Nobody said, "Kiss my ass." 629 00:34:17,305 --> 00:34:21,470 I was young, but you still have to question, you know, 630 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:23,802 when someone says to you... 631 00:34:25,772 --> 00:34:27,138 "You know you made it 632 00:34:27,232 --> 00:34:29,269 when you got white people working for you." 633 00:34:29,359 --> 00:34:31,817 A lot of times I look at Whitney, 634 00:34:31,903 --> 00:34:34,566 and I can still see her in braids, 635 00:34:34,656 --> 00:34:37,990 pigtails... walking around. 636 00:34:38,076 --> 00:34:42,116 It's hard for me to deal with her as a star. 637 00:34:42,205 --> 00:34:44,037 It's very hard for me to deal with her. 638 00:34:44,124 --> 00:34:47,993 I talk to her as a daughter. She talks to me as her father. 639 00:34:48,086 --> 00:34:49,543 Suddenly he had a dream job. 640 00:34:49,629 --> 00:34:53,589 From $500 a week to $500,000... 641 00:34:53,675 --> 00:34:56,008 ...a year. 642 00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:59,428 Hi, Whitney. 643 00:34:59,514 --> 00:35:02,723 - Was that a good show, Daddy? - That was a great show. 644 00:35:02,809 --> 00:35:06,223 John Houston was a civil servant in New Jersey, 645 00:35:06,313 --> 00:35:09,101 running over to Manhattan, hanging out in the clubs, 646 00:35:09,190 --> 00:35:11,102 trying to find some people to manage. 647 00:35:11,192 --> 00:35:13,650 And then all of a sudden, his daughter... 648 00:35:13,737 --> 00:35:17,026 becomes one of the biggest stars in the world, 649 00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:19,653 so John became a king too. 650 00:35:19,743 --> 00:35:21,700 And John loved the fact 651 00:35:21,786 --> 00:35:25,450 that he could call anybody in Hollywood, 652 00:35:25,540 --> 00:35:28,203 and they would take the meeting immediately. 653 00:35:28,293 --> 00:35:31,707 It's a power he never thought he would ever have. 654 00:35:33,715 --> 00:35:36,128 Once John took over, everybody in the family 655 00:35:36,217 --> 00:35:37,958 except Cissy was on the payroll, 656 00:35:38,053 --> 00:35:41,637 and all the decisions were just about, 657 00:35:41,723 --> 00:35:44,841 you know, the money. 658 00:35:44,934 --> 00:35:47,426 Just playing a few cards here. So there you go. 659 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,263 Try and do a couple of hands. 660 00:35:50,357 --> 00:35:52,895 I remember her putting me and my brother 661 00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:56,352 on the payroll when we didn't even work for her at the time. 662 00:35:58,281 --> 00:36:01,524 So we got a check every week in the mail, $200. 663 00:36:01,618 --> 00:36:03,484 And then we went on tour. 664 00:36:03,578 --> 00:36:05,365 And from there, we got a salary, 665 00:36:05,455 --> 00:36:08,994 and then we had a retainer when we weren't working. 666 00:36:09,084 --> 00:36:11,542 She felt that when you love somebody, 667 00:36:11,628 --> 00:36:13,189 when they're family, this is what you do. 668 00:36:13,213 --> 00:36:15,045 This is how we were brought up. 669 00:36:15,131 --> 00:36:17,919 Our 6'5" senior from East Orange, New Jersey, 670 00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:21,047 number 24, Gary Garland. 671 00:36:21,137 --> 00:36:24,756 Gary had just finished a career in the NBA. 672 00:36:24,849 --> 00:36:27,057 He was drafted to the Denver Nuggets, 673 00:36:27,143 --> 00:36:29,601 and it was stated in the papers 674 00:36:29,688 --> 00:36:31,304 that he was dropped from the team 675 00:36:31,398 --> 00:36:34,106 for failing a drug test. 676 00:36:34,192 --> 00:36:35,979 That must have been devastating. 677 00:36:36,069 --> 00:36:37,685 I went through hell. 678 00:36:37,779 --> 00:36:39,896 I was depressed for nine months. 679 00:36:39,989 --> 00:36:41,275 I'm talking about numb. 680 00:36:43,243 --> 00:36:46,031 Then '85 came, that's when my sister became a star, 681 00:36:46,121 --> 00:36:48,738 and I started singing with her. 682 00:36:48,832 --> 00:36:52,416 I wasn't Gary anymore. I was Whitney's brother. 683 00:36:54,754 --> 00:36:56,666 For Gary, having to sing 684 00:36:56,756 --> 00:37:01,091 after having a basketball career, was a letdown. 685 00:37:01,177 --> 00:37:05,467 On the outside, he wanted to show he was having fun. 686 00:37:05,557 --> 00:37:07,799 I think he was dying inside. 687 00:37:07,892 --> 00:37:09,884 You get it? You get it now, right? 688 00:37:09,978 --> 00:37:12,140 After your two-beat freeze, you go... 689 00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:14,893 ♪ Joy ♪ 690 00:37:14,983 --> 00:37:17,475 ♪ Joy ♪ 691 00:37:19,154 --> 00:37:22,522 Michael was the fun-loving younger brother, 692 00:37:22,615 --> 00:37:24,823 had everyone laughing all the time. 693 00:37:24,909 --> 00:37:28,073 He had a job as the road manager, 694 00:37:28,163 --> 00:37:30,200 or tour manager, something like that. 695 00:37:32,834 --> 00:37:34,791 It was a family affair, man. 696 00:37:45,597 --> 00:37:46,838 That's it. 697 00:37:50,393 --> 00:37:53,977 Ooh! 698 00:37:54,063 --> 00:37:56,976 All right, y'all. We're getting ready for the first show. 699 00:37:57,066 --> 00:37:59,558 It was amazing. We traveled all over the world. 700 00:37:59,652 --> 00:38:01,985 And we took care of Whitney, me and my brother. 701 00:38:02,071 --> 00:38:05,109 We were her bodyguards. We took care of her baggage. 702 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,943 We made sure she was safe, and she was. 703 00:38:11,706 --> 00:38:14,574 The idea was that they could watch over her, 704 00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:16,750 and they could protect her. 705 00:38:16,836 --> 00:38:18,702 But both of them were... 706 00:38:20,256 --> 00:38:21,963 you know, were doing drugs. 707 00:38:22,050 --> 00:38:26,761 I was using drugs... deeply then. 708 00:38:26,846 --> 00:38:29,008 After being on tour for five or six months, 709 00:38:29,098 --> 00:38:31,681 I come home, you know. 710 00:38:31,768 --> 00:38:34,681 I spent time with my family, but most times I was running. 711 00:38:34,771 --> 00:38:38,230 A lot of parties to go to, a lot of chicks... 712 00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:40,558 ...a lot of drugs. 713 00:38:40,652 --> 00:38:44,862 You're Whitney's brother... so the door is open. 714 00:38:44,948 --> 00:38:46,926 You probably interviewed a whole bunch of motherfuckers 715 00:38:46,950 --> 00:38:49,863 I sat and got high with. They know who they are. 716 00:38:51,913 --> 00:38:54,405 Whitney and I were very close, like I said, 717 00:38:54,499 --> 00:38:56,240 and we spent a lot of time together. 718 00:38:56,334 --> 00:38:58,747 And it wasn't like I was ten years older than her, 719 00:38:58,837 --> 00:39:01,750 and I introduced her to drugs, "Here, little girl." No. 720 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:05,174 We graduated from marijuana together. 721 00:39:05,260 --> 00:39:08,298 She wanted to try it after I tried it, and we tried it. 722 00:39:08,388 --> 00:39:10,630 If anything was gonna be done, 723 00:39:10,723 --> 00:39:12,965 I was gonna be the one to show her. 724 00:39:14,227 --> 00:39:17,061 Her age was probably around 16. 725 00:39:19,899 --> 00:39:22,437 It was her birthday... 726 00:39:22,527 --> 00:39:26,316 and... I gave her a bag of weed... 727 00:39:27,615 --> 00:39:31,325 and a little toke of some cocaine. 728 00:39:31,411 --> 00:39:35,155 I had fun, and that's all that matters. 729 00:39:35,248 --> 00:39:37,661 Don't you know that? 730 00:39:37,750 --> 00:39:39,958 That it's about having fun? 731 00:39:40,044 --> 00:39:42,036 Did I have a lot of fun? 732 00:39:43,756 --> 00:39:46,169 I was the one that went out and got drugs, 733 00:39:46,259 --> 00:39:48,751 you know, when we went to different cities. 734 00:39:51,014 --> 00:39:53,176 'Sup? 735 00:39:53,266 --> 00:39:55,508 I got drugs in Japan. 736 00:39:55,602 --> 00:39:58,936 In Japan it's a no-no. It's a taboo. 737 00:39:59,022 --> 00:40:01,435 Coming into the'80s, everybody was doing it. 738 00:40:01,524 --> 00:40:03,607 It was out in the open. 739 00:40:03,693 --> 00:40:06,936 When you went to clubs, it was right on the table. 740 00:40:07,030 --> 00:40:09,067 It was like... It was crazy. 741 00:40:09,157 --> 00:40:11,945 It was like... Like it wasn't a bad word. 742 00:40:12,035 --> 00:40:15,119 Like it wasn't a bad thing, you know what I'm saying? 743 00:40:15,204 --> 00:40:17,662 And... little did you know. 744 00:40:18,541 --> 00:40:20,032 Straight up killer. 745 00:40:20,126 --> 00:40:22,584 Do not be like the horse or the mule, 746 00:40:22,670 --> 00:40:24,252 which have no understanding 747 00:40:24,339 --> 00:40:27,582 but must be controlled by bit and bridle, 748 00:40:27,675 --> 00:40:29,837 - or they will not come to you. - Mm. 749 00:40:29,928 --> 00:40:31,464 Many are the woes of the wicked, 750 00:40:31,554 --> 00:40:33,136 but the Lord's unfailing love 751 00:40:33,222 --> 00:40:35,214 surrounds the man who trusts in Him. 752 00:40:35,308 --> 00:40:36,469 Thank you for that. 753 00:40:38,645 --> 00:40:41,763 ♪ Be your baby tonight ♪ 754 00:40:43,274 --> 00:40:46,733 Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 755 00:40:53,743 --> 00:40:55,234 And seven, eight. 756 00:40:55,328 --> 00:40:59,072 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. 757 00:40:59,165 --> 00:41:01,077 ♪ You got the magic And I gotta have it ♪ 758 00:41:01,167 --> 00:41:03,409 ♪ I don't want the pieces I want every single part ♪ 759 00:41:03,503 --> 00:41:05,244 ♪ I'll be your angel I'm ready and able ♪ 760 00:41:05,338 --> 00:41:07,000 ♪ Whatever you want is fine ♪ 761 00:41:07,090 --> 00:41:09,377 ♪ Whenever you're ready Just call on your lady ♪ 762 00:41:09,467 --> 00:41:13,882 ♪ I'll be your baby tonight ♪ 763 00:41:15,390 --> 00:41:17,256 It's time to chill. 764 00:41:17,350 --> 00:41:18,386 ♪ But anyway ♪ 765 00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:20,012 ♪ My name is not Susan ♪ 766 00:41:22,647 --> 00:41:25,139 On the dance floor. 767 00:41:25,233 --> 00:41:27,646 ♪ And it goes a little Something like this ♪ 768 00:41:27,735 --> 00:41:29,192 ♪ Who do you love? ♪ 769 00:41:29,278 --> 00:41:31,065 ♪ Say, who do you love? ♪ 770 00:41:31,155 --> 00:41:33,192 ♪ Say, who do you love? ♪ 771 00:41:33,282 --> 00:41:35,365 ♪ Say, who do you love? ♪ 772 00:41:35,451 --> 00:41:37,738 ♪ Say, who do you love? ♪ 773 00:41:37,829 --> 00:41:39,821 ♪ Who do you love? ♪ 774 00:41:39,914 --> 00:41:41,621 ♪ Say, who do you love? ♪ 775 00:41:41,708 --> 00:41:43,449 ♪ Say, who do you love? ♪ 776 00:41:43,543 --> 00:41:45,660 ♪ Say, who do you love? ♪ 777 00:41:45,753 --> 00:41:47,619 ♪ Say, who do you love? ♪ 778 00:41:47,714 --> 00:41:49,546 ♪ Say, who do you love? ♪ 779 00:41:49,632 --> 00:41:51,840 ♪ Say, who do you love? ♪ 780 00:41:55,346 --> 00:41:56,587 - ♪ Yeah ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪ 781 00:41:56,681 --> 00:41:58,297 - ♪ Yeah ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪ 782 00:41:58,391 --> 00:41:59,632 - ♪ Yeah ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪ 783 00:41:59,726 --> 00:42:01,217 ♪ I wanna know right now ♪ 784 00:42:01,310 --> 00:42:02,676 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 785 00:42:02,770 --> 00:42:06,184 ♪ Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah ♪ 786 00:42:06,274 --> 00:42:10,268 ♪ I wanna know who ♪ 787 00:42:12,697 --> 00:42:15,781 You miss something if you don't see her live. 788 00:42:15,867 --> 00:42:17,733 She could just let it go, 789 00:42:17,827 --> 00:42:20,444 maybe feel like she was in church again. 790 00:42:20,997 --> 00:42:22,238 Thank you. 791 00:42:22,331 --> 00:42:25,199 Come on, let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. 792 00:42:25,293 --> 00:42:27,205 Come on. 793 00:42:27,295 --> 00:42:28,911 Watch yourself. 794 00:42:39,265 --> 00:42:42,008 It's kind of make you wonder how a song like 795 00:42:42,101 --> 00:42:45,344 "Things That Make You Go Hmmmm" could be a hit, huh? 796 00:43:04,624 --> 00:43:06,456 This we're gonna have to edit, Mom. 797 00:43:06,542 --> 00:43:09,660 Well, let me let you all know who that was. 798 00:43:09,754 --> 00:43:12,087 First of all... 799 00:43:12,173 --> 00:43:14,506 Put that... Get out of here, Robyn! 800 00:43:19,514 --> 00:43:21,301 Cissy Houston talking, folks. 801 00:43:21,390 --> 00:43:23,473 Been in this business for over 30 years. 802 00:43:23,559 --> 00:43:25,266 That's right. 803 00:43:31,943 --> 00:43:34,276 Never, Mom. 804 00:43:34,362 --> 00:43:36,149 Never change, baby. Stay the same. 805 00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:38,526 You're beautiful. Love ya. 806 00:43:38,616 --> 00:43:40,858 What was the business like, Mrs. Houston, 807 00:43:40,952 --> 00:43:42,989 when you we were very active and recording? 808 00:43:43,079 --> 00:43:45,241 - Hard. - Hard? 809 00:44:12,233 --> 00:44:14,520 I don't wanna be in a business that ain't true. 810 00:44:14,610 --> 00:44:16,693 I don't want to be in it like that. 811 00:44:16,779 --> 00:44:17,940 Honey... 812 00:44:20,324 --> 00:44:24,819 I know, Mom, I know. I know, Mom, I know. 813 00:44:24,912 --> 00:44:26,619 - I know. - My baby. 814 00:44:26,706 --> 00:44:28,948 And I'm not gonna change. 815 00:44:29,041 --> 00:44:31,749 I'm not gonna do it. 816 00:44:31,836 --> 00:44:34,419 ♪ I will not sell out ♪ 817 00:44:34,505 --> 00:44:36,667 Don't sell out, kid. 818 00:44:37,675 --> 00:44:39,587 Don't sell out. 819 00:44:39,677 --> 00:44:42,465 Is it open? 820 00:44:46,017 --> 00:44:47,349 Ma, that's ugly. 821 00:45:09,749 --> 00:45:11,786 A lot of your black audience 822 00:45:11,876 --> 00:45:14,163 has been a little bit critical in the last year 823 00:45:14,253 --> 00:45:16,119 about you singing songs that were less 824 00:45:16,214 --> 00:45:18,331 in a soul tradition or in a gospel tradition. 825 00:45:18,424 --> 00:45:20,666 And you went a little too far to the pop side. 826 00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:23,594 How do you feel about that kind of criticism? 827 00:45:23,679 --> 00:45:26,387 I don't know. What do they want? 828 00:45:26,474 --> 00:45:29,091 What do they want me to do? I think music is music. 829 00:45:29,185 --> 00:45:30,767 You know? I mean, 830 00:45:30,853 --> 00:45:32,970 how do I sing more black, or how do I sing... 831 00:45:33,064 --> 00:45:35,181 What am I doing that's making me sound white? 832 00:45:35,274 --> 00:45:36,435 I don't understand. 833 00:45:36,525 --> 00:45:38,141 I'm singing music from my heart, 834 00:45:38,236 --> 00:45:39,818 from my soul, and that's it. 835 00:45:41,781 --> 00:45:44,114 Al Sharpton, he's out protesting 836 00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:45,691 with signs in front of the hotel 837 00:45:45,785 --> 00:45:47,697 saying "Whitey" Whitney. 838 00:45:47,787 --> 00:45:50,370 At first she thought he was saying Whitney Houston. 839 00:45:50,456 --> 00:45:52,601 She couldn't connect it until, you know, it was really brought 840 00:45:52,625 --> 00:45:54,787 to her attention, "No, he's calling you 'Whitey."' 841 00:45:54,877 --> 00:45:57,369 What is the deal in the past 842 00:45:57,463 --> 00:46:00,922 when you've had the friction at the Soul Train Awards? 843 00:46:01,008 --> 00:46:02,874 They booed me at the Soul Train Awards. 844 00:46:02,969 --> 00:46:05,336 Yeah, and I'm not exactly sure... 845 00:46:05,429 --> 00:46:07,796 You can't ask a whole crowd what was that about? 846 00:46:07,890 --> 00:46:09,347 Yeah. 847 00:46:09,433 --> 00:46:12,301 Yeah, I wanted to say that and some other things but... 848 00:46:12,395 --> 00:46:15,229 The nominees for Best R&B Urban Contemporary Single 849 00:46:15,314 --> 00:46:16,725 by a Female are... 850 00:46:16,816 --> 00:46:20,935 ♪ Now I know... ♪ 851 00:46:21,028 --> 00:46:23,315 "Where Do Broken Hearts Go?" Whitney Houston. 852 00:46:26,867 --> 00:46:28,654 She was so upset. 853 00:46:28,744 --> 00:46:31,452 She said to me, "It would be one thing 854 00:46:31,539 --> 00:46:34,031 if they were booing me because they didn't like 855 00:46:34,125 --> 00:46:36,367 the way I sing, Aunt Bae." 856 00:46:36,460 --> 00:46:38,292 She said, "But they were booing me 857 00:46:38,379 --> 00:46:41,713 for something altogether different." 858 00:46:41,799 --> 00:46:44,883 And I think it goes back to her childhood 859 00:46:44,969 --> 00:46:47,336 when she was being bullied in school. 860 00:46:47,430 --> 00:46:49,763 She was really torn up about it. 861 00:46:49,849 --> 00:46:52,842 And I think the difference in how the crowd reacted to me 862 00:46:52,935 --> 00:46:54,597 and how they reacted to her 863 00:46:54,687 --> 00:46:56,974 played a part in our connection. 864 00:46:57,064 --> 00:46:58,521 It's not hard to figure out 865 00:46:58,607 --> 00:47:01,315 who the hottest young solo male artist is. 866 00:47:01,402 --> 00:47:04,395 His name is Bobby Brown! 867 00:47:09,577 --> 00:47:11,944 Is this an awards show? 868 00:47:12,038 --> 00:47:14,576 Are you all ready to party? 869 00:47:16,417 --> 00:47:17,874 I was sitting in the front row. 870 00:47:19,337 --> 00:47:21,670 - She just kept nudging me. - Get busy! 871 00:47:21,756 --> 00:47:24,294 I said, "Excuse me." She said, "Yeah." 872 00:47:26,135 --> 00:47:28,218 It was just really funny how she said it, 873 00:47:28,304 --> 00:47:30,216 like, you know, with this attitude. 874 00:47:32,308 --> 00:47:33,719 I was conceited at the time. 875 00:47:33,809 --> 00:47:37,098 - ♪ That's my prerogative ♪ - Listen here. 876 00:47:37,188 --> 00:47:40,022 ♪ Well, they say I'm crazy ♪ 877 00:47:40,107 --> 00:47:42,064 ♪ I really don't care... ♪ 878 00:47:42,151 --> 00:47:44,689 So then in walks Bobby Brown. 879 00:47:44,779 --> 00:47:48,113 He was black. Absolutely for sure. 880 00:47:48,199 --> 00:47:49,781 He was straight. 881 00:47:49,867 --> 00:47:52,780 ♪ Would you make me go Unh, unh? ♪ 882 00:47:52,870 --> 00:47:55,203 Even straighter than straight. 883 00:47:55,289 --> 00:47:58,248 People thought, "That's so odd. 884 00:47:58,334 --> 00:48:00,451 She's sophisticated, 885 00:48:00,544 --> 00:48:04,003 and he's unrefined, that Bobby Brown." 886 00:48:04,090 --> 00:48:06,047 We're from the hood, 887 00:48:06,133 --> 00:48:09,592 and Bobby was a black boy from the hood. 888 00:48:09,678 --> 00:48:13,217 The type my mother always kept away from her. 889 00:48:13,307 --> 00:48:15,139 He's both of her brothers. 890 00:48:15,226 --> 00:48:16,842 All rolled into one. 891 00:48:18,687 --> 00:48:21,395 Bobby was a really funny and fun guy 892 00:48:21,482 --> 00:48:24,771 to hang around with, you know, he made her laugh. 893 00:48:24,860 --> 00:48:28,979 Yeah, baby! Yeah, baby! 894 00:48:29,073 --> 00:48:31,941 She truly loved him. She truly loved him. 895 00:48:34,286 --> 00:48:36,403 - Wait. I gotta make my wish. - Shh. 896 00:48:40,918 --> 00:48:43,331 Wait! 897 00:48:46,173 --> 00:48:48,335 Yes! 898 00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:52,756 Robert Barisford Brown, 899 00:48:52,847 --> 00:48:55,840 do you take this woman to be your wedded wife, 900 00:48:55,933 --> 00:49:00,268 and do you solemnly promise before God and these witnesses 901 00:49:00,354 --> 00:49:02,471 that you will love her and comfort her, 902 00:49:02,565 --> 00:49:06,855 forsaking all others for her alone? 903 00:49:06,944 --> 00:49:08,526 I do. 904 00:49:26,839 --> 00:49:31,129 I think that was a very difficult time for Robyn. 905 00:49:33,637 --> 00:49:36,801 When you love someone, you want the best for them, 906 00:49:36,891 --> 00:49:39,178 even if it's not the best for you. 907 00:49:40,519 --> 00:49:44,604 You know that, "If I leave, 908 00:49:44,690 --> 00:49:47,524 I can't think of anyone that would protect her 909 00:49:47,610 --> 00:49:50,853 from these landmines that are all around." 910 00:49:55,534 --> 00:49:57,821 Whitney believed that if she got married, 911 00:49:57,912 --> 00:49:59,574 everything would be wonderful, 912 00:49:59,663 --> 00:50:01,825 and she'd have this great family. 913 00:50:01,916 --> 00:50:06,251 She'd have her baby, and she'd just live happily ever after. 914 00:50:08,339 --> 00:50:10,626 She absolutely had that fairytale. 915 00:50:12,593 --> 00:50:17,964 To me, she was a little girl wishing upon a star. 916 00:50:18,057 --> 00:50:21,016 She was always trying to find her way back home. 917 00:50:23,896 --> 00:50:27,435 This here is a photograph of us in Italy. 918 00:50:27,525 --> 00:50:30,188 It was a time when, you know, they were just married. 919 00:50:30,277 --> 00:50:33,941 We was on honeymoon, and they were into dressing alike. 920 00:50:34,031 --> 00:50:36,398 I guess that was the thing at that time. 921 00:50:36,492 --> 00:50:40,031 She was extremely happy. 922 00:50:40,120 --> 00:50:43,409 And looking forward to starting her life with her husband. 923 00:50:47,753 --> 00:50:50,291 She called me when she was on her honeymoon, 924 00:50:50,381 --> 00:50:51,838 and she said: 925 00:50:51,924 --> 00:50:57,670 "Aunt Bae, I didn't get my period. I'm pregnant." 926 00:50:59,807 --> 00:51:02,140 Anyway, Krissi was born, 927 00:51:02,226 --> 00:51:05,060 and I'll never forget that day. 928 00:51:05,145 --> 00:51:06,886 She came home early 929 00:51:06,981 --> 00:51:09,689 because she didn't want to stay in the hospital. 930 00:51:09,775 --> 00:51:12,233 She came to the door, and she was bent over. 931 00:51:12,319 --> 00:51:15,687 And she had Krissi in her arm. 932 00:51:15,781 --> 00:51:17,693 And I said, "Nippy, what are you doing?" 933 00:51:17,783 --> 00:51:21,072 She said, "Aunt Bae, will you bathe her?" 934 00:51:21,161 --> 00:51:23,244 So I said, "Of course I'll bathe her," 935 00:51:23,330 --> 00:51:25,447 so I took the baby from her. 936 00:51:27,042 --> 00:51:29,159 I never gave her back. 937 00:51:32,006 --> 00:51:38,219 She slept in a crib for about two or three months... 938 00:51:38,304 --> 00:51:43,140 and then one night she was colicky and gassy, 939 00:51:43,225 --> 00:51:44,932 and I put her in the bed with me. 940 00:51:45,019 --> 00:51:47,727 And she slept with me in that bed, 941 00:51:47,813 --> 00:51:52,774 wherever we were... for the next eight years. 942 00:52:01,660 --> 00:52:05,279 - Point to the baby, Mommy. - That's my daughter. 943 00:52:05,372 --> 00:52:07,238 That's me and Bobby's little girl. 944 00:52:07,333 --> 00:52:10,326 She looks just like her father, doesn't she? 945 00:52:13,297 --> 00:52:14,833 I think, in the beginning, 946 00:52:14,923 --> 00:52:16,960 she was a good parent. 947 00:52:18,886 --> 00:52:21,469 Whitney hated leaving Krissi. 948 00:52:21,555 --> 00:52:24,172 It's hard when you're working, when you're traveling. 949 00:52:24,266 --> 00:52:26,724 She had the same situation as her mom. 950 00:52:26,810 --> 00:52:30,144 But she insisted on taking Krissi on tour. 951 00:52:30,230 --> 00:52:33,223 Hey, baby, Krissi. 952 00:52:33,317 --> 00:52:35,525 Oh, you're the best kid in the world. 953 00:52:35,611 --> 00:52:39,571 Thanks. You're the best kid in the world! 954 00:52:39,657 --> 00:52:41,899 Thank you, Mama. Thank you. 955 00:52:43,494 --> 00:52:45,156 The best kid in the world. 956 00:52:45,245 --> 00:52:46,986 Thank you, Lord Jesus. 957 00:52:47,081 --> 00:52:50,290 Her mother was pulled away from her so much, 958 00:52:50,376 --> 00:52:54,495 she was always vying for her mother's attention. 959 00:52:54,588 --> 00:52:56,830 Not her love, but her attention. 960 00:52:56,924 --> 00:52:59,416 You all know who this is, huh? 961 00:53:01,512 --> 00:53:04,846 ♪ Bobbi, Bobbi, Bobbi Bobbi, Bobbi, Bobbi, Bobbi ♪ 962 00:53:04,932 --> 00:53:06,389 ♪ My baby ♪ 963 00:53:06,475 --> 00:53:09,058 ♪ My little girl ♪ 964 00:53:10,229 --> 00:53:12,471 ♪ She inspires me ♪ 965 00:53:13,649 --> 00:53:16,392 ♪ And she's giving me joy ♪ 966 00:53:16,485 --> 00:53:19,569 ♪ Joy, joy, joy, joy, joy ♪ 967 00:53:20,614 --> 00:53:23,607 ♪ A little goddess ♪ 968 00:53:23,701 --> 00:53:26,694 ♪ And Mommy loves you, girl ♪ 969 00:53:26,787 --> 00:53:29,530 ♪ You don't have to worry About a thing ♪ 970 00:53:29,623 --> 00:53:34,163 ♪ Because I'm standing Right by your side ♪ 971 00:53:38,132 --> 00:53:39,418 ♪ Don't worry ♪ 972 00:53:39,508 --> 00:53:41,124 - Can you shoop? - Mm. 973 00:53:43,053 --> 00:53:45,340 It's not a place for children to grow up, 974 00:53:45,431 --> 00:53:46,797 on the road. 975 00:53:46,890 --> 00:53:48,677 It's just not. 976 00:53:48,767 --> 00:53:51,305 A kid needs stability, needs school. 977 00:53:51,395 --> 00:53:53,136 Being around other children. 978 00:53:53,230 --> 00:53:55,313 Krissi spent a lot of time around grown-ups. 979 00:53:55,399 --> 00:53:57,311 Therefore, you grow up fast, 980 00:53:57,401 --> 00:53:59,188 and you become grown before your time. 981 00:54:07,119 --> 00:54:08,826 The battle has been joined. 982 00:54:11,039 --> 00:54:13,326 I get a call from Whitney's dad. 983 00:54:13,417 --> 00:54:17,707 "Hey, son, we're gonna do the Super Bowl this year." 984 00:54:17,796 --> 00:54:19,753 Super Sunday is on its way, 985 00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:23,174 and most of us will be glued to our television sets. 986 00:54:23,260 --> 00:54:25,752 I talked to Whitney about how it should feel. 987 00:54:25,846 --> 00:54:28,509 We always talked about the feeling first. 988 00:54:28,599 --> 00:54:30,841 She talked about Marvin Gaye 989 00:54:30,934 --> 00:54:33,392 and how he had done the National Anthem 990 00:54:33,479 --> 00:54:35,436 at the NBA all-star game. 991 00:54:37,900 --> 00:54:41,439 Marvin had this idea to make it soulful, 992 00:54:41,528 --> 00:54:45,112 so he had this drum machine, and he would just float in and out, 993 00:54:45,199 --> 00:54:47,942 and just sang however he felt at that moment. 994 00:54:48,035 --> 00:54:49,867 ♪ Oh, say ♪ 995 00:54:50,746 --> 00:54:55,992 ♪ Can you see... ♪ 996 00:54:56,084 --> 00:54:59,168 And I think Whitney definitely saw then, like, 997 00:54:59,254 --> 00:55:01,462 he was just free. 998 00:55:01,548 --> 00:55:06,418 ♪ Early light... ♪ 999 00:55:08,388 --> 00:55:10,004 So I said, "I understand. 1000 00:55:10,098 --> 00:55:12,636 If I give you one beat extra for each measure, 1001 00:55:12,726 --> 00:55:14,934 it's gonna allow you more freedom 1002 00:55:15,020 --> 00:55:16,886 to hold the notes a little longer 1003 00:55:16,980 --> 00:55:20,064 and have gospel flavorings and jazz flavorings. 1004 00:55:20,150 --> 00:55:23,143 They switched the meter for the song 1005 00:55:23,237 --> 00:55:26,275 from a waltz 3/4 count to 4/4. 1006 00:55:26,365 --> 00:55:29,529 That might seem simple enough, but for someone 1007 00:55:29,618 --> 00:55:31,450 steeped in the gospel and black tradition, 1008 00:55:31,537 --> 00:55:33,119 all black music is 4/4. 1009 00:55:33,205 --> 00:55:35,948 Today the Air Force has been using its so-called smart bombs... 1010 00:55:36,041 --> 00:55:39,375 I remember this was during the Persian Gulf war, 1011 00:55:39,461 --> 00:55:41,453 a patriotic time in this country. 1012 00:55:47,052 --> 00:55:50,341 And when I hand the music to the orchestra, 1013 00:55:50,430 --> 00:55:52,467 and they play it... 1014 00:55:52,558 --> 00:55:54,845 They hate it. 1015 00:55:54,935 --> 00:55:59,555 It's "dissonant", it's..."sacrilegious." 1016 00:55:59,648 --> 00:56:02,265 ♪ Made in America ♪ 1017 00:56:02,359 --> 00:56:05,602 ♪ That means a lot to me ♪ 1018 00:56:05,696 --> 00:56:10,191 I sent her the recording, and I never heard from her. 1019 00:56:10,284 --> 00:56:14,528 A week before the Super Bowl, Whitney comes to town. 1020 00:56:14,621 --> 00:56:16,954 I'm excited. I'm, like, pacing the studio. 1021 00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:21,580 And I'm like... "So did you hear it?" 1022 00:56:21,670 --> 00:56:24,208 You know, "You hear it? You ready?" 1023 00:56:24,298 --> 00:56:26,039 She says... 1024 00:56:26,133 --> 00:56:28,967 "No, I haven't listened to it yet but just put it up, baby. 1025 00:56:29,052 --> 00:56:30,418 It'll be fine." 1026 00:56:30,512 --> 00:56:33,550 Holding my breath, I push play... 1027 00:56:33,640 --> 00:56:37,725 and she sits there, eyes closed, listening. 1028 00:56:39,897 --> 00:56:44,437 She says, "All right, I got it." I'm like, "You got it?" 1029 00:56:45,444 --> 00:56:47,026 I roll the tape... 1030 00:56:47,112 --> 00:56:51,197 and what the world heard was the first take. 1031 00:56:51,283 --> 00:56:53,024 Whitney Houston! 1032 00:56:55,287 --> 00:56:57,449 I can feel that same emotion right now, 1033 00:56:57,539 --> 00:57:00,202 like you just witnessed something magical. 1034 00:57:03,503 --> 00:57:09,170 ♪ O say can you see ♪ 1035 00:57:09,259 --> 00:57:14,880 ♪ By the dawn's early light ♪ 1036 00:57:14,973 --> 00:57:20,765 ♪ What so proudly we hailed ♪ 1037 00:57:20,854 --> 00:57:26,566 ♪ At the twilight's Last gleaming ♪ 1038 00:57:26,652 --> 00:57:33,024 ♪ Whose broad stripes And bright stars... ♪ 1039 00:57:33,116 --> 00:57:35,984 Black people have always had a very fraught relationship 1040 00:57:36,078 --> 00:57:37,740 to "The Star-Spangled Banner." 1041 00:57:40,832 --> 00:57:43,199 It's essentially a song about war, 1042 00:57:43,293 --> 00:57:46,161 and the organs of state violence 1043 00:57:46,254 --> 00:57:48,962 in the United States have just as often been used 1044 00:57:49,049 --> 00:57:52,292 against black people as they have been against enemies. 1045 00:57:52,386 --> 00:57:58,599 ♪ And the rockets' Red glare ♪ 1046 00:57:58,684 --> 00:58:04,806 ♪ The bombs bursting in air ♪ 1047 00:58:04,898 --> 00:58:07,015 She had the radical impact 1048 00:58:07,109 --> 00:58:09,101 of highlighting the theme of freedom. 1049 00:58:10,404 --> 00:58:13,897 And for... black people, 1050 00:58:13,991 --> 00:58:16,074 that's the most important concept 1051 00:58:16,159 --> 00:58:19,152 that you live under in this country. 1052 00:58:19,246 --> 00:58:26,244 ♪ O say does that Star-spangled ♪ 1053 00:58:26,336 --> 00:58:33,334 ♪ Banner yet wave ♪ 1054 00:58:35,095 --> 00:58:37,929 ♪ O'er the land ♪ 1055 00:58:38,015 --> 00:58:43,010 ♪ Of the free ♪ 1056 00:58:43,103 --> 00:58:45,971 ♪ And the home ♪ 1057 00:58:46,064 --> 00:58:52,982 ♪ Of the brave... ♪ 1058 00:59:00,787 --> 00:59:03,279 She brought the spirit to it. 1059 00:59:03,373 --> 00:59:04,864 When you go to the right church, 1060 00:59:04,958 --> 00:59:06,449 even as a Jewish person, 1061 00:59:06,543 --> 00:59:08,580 you might accept Jesus in your life 1062 00:59:08,670 --> 00:59:10,662 after hearing the right choir. 1063 00:59:10,756 --> 00:59:13,339 And at that particular point, 1064 00:59:13,425 --> 00:59:16,008 in hearing her sing "The Star-Spangled Banner," 1065 00:59:16,094 --> 00:59:20,179 she made people proud that they were Americans. 1066 00:59:20,265 --> 00:59:22,552 - Hi, sweetheart. How are you? - Good. 1067 00:59:22,642 --> 00:59:24,495 - What do you think about Whitney Houston? - I like her. 1068 00:59:24,519 --> 00:59:25,930 What does she mean to you? 1069 00:59:26,021 --> 00:59:27,887 She's the greatest female entertainer 1070 00:59:27,981 --> 00:59:29,392 of the 20th century. 1071 00:59:29,483 --> 00:59:31,645 So much soul and so much spirit. 1072 00:59:31,735 --> 00:59:33,046 America. Every time I think of her, 1073 00:59:33,070 --> 00:59:34,922 - I think of "The Star-Spangled Banner." - "The Star-Spangled Banner," yeah. 1074 00:59:34,946 --> 00:59:37,008 - What's your favorite Whitney tune? - "The Star-Spangled Banner." 1075 00:59:37,032 --> 00:59:38,193 That was the greatest. 1076 00:59:38,283 --> 00:59:40,946 I couldn't stop the tears from rolling down my cheeks. 1077 00:59:41,036 --> 00:59:42,368 She sang with all her heart. 1078 00:59:42,454 --> 00:59:45,367 A beautiful singer, a beautiful person. A good Christian girl. 1079 00:59:45,457 --> 00:59:47,894 If you could say anything you wanted to say to her, what would you say? 1080 00:59:47,918 --> 00:59:49,329 I love you, Whitney. 1081 00:59:51,630 --> 00:59:55,795 The first time I met her, she was wearing big black glasses. 1082 00:59:55,884 --> 00:59:58,627 And she kind of pretended to be tough 1083 00:59:58,720 --> 01:00:03,055 and answered in one word, like, "How are you?" "Good." 1084 01:00:03,141 --> 01:00:05,178 "So you want to do movies?" "Yep." 1085 01:00:05,268 --> 01:00:07,760 So I said, "Take off your glasses. 1086 01:00:07,854 --> 01:00:09,595 I want to see your eyes." 1087 01:00:09,689 --> 01:00:12,397 And she said, "That's exactly why I have them on, 1088 01:00:12,484 --> 01:00:14,350 so you don't see my eyes." 1089 01:00:14,444 --> 01:00:17,278 So I reached over and took off her glasses. 1090 01:00:17,364 --> 01:00:20,152 She was kind of shocked, 1091 01:00:20,242 --> 01:00:22,905 but then I looked at her and I thought: 1092 01:00:22,994 --> 01:00:28,581 "You know, even if she's a singer, I think she has..." 1093 01:00:29,793 --> 01:00:31,250 She had a spirit. 1094 01:00:31,336 --> 01:00:33,498 And I thought, "I'm gonna try this." 1095 01:00:33,588 --> 01:00:35,045 The Bodyguard? The Bodyguard. 1096 01:00:35,132 --> 01:00:37,235 What do you play in it? I mean, you're with Kevin Costner. 1097 01:00:37,259 --> 01:00:39,876 Well, I'm not the bodyguard. No, you wouldn't be that. 1098 01:00:39,970 --> 01:00:44,931 No, I play an entertainer, um, a rock star, pop star, 1099 01:00:45,016 --> 01:00:46,678 um, who is an actress, 1100 01:00:46,768 --> 01:00:51,638 who is haunted and hunted by this maniac killer. 1101 01:00:51,731 --> 01:00:53,438 - Oh. - Yeah. 1102 01:00:53,525 --> 01:00:56,609 It's kind of like "love me to death" kind of thing. You know? 1103 01:00:56,695 --> 01:00:58,527 What's Kevin Costner playing in it? 1104 01:00:58,613 --> 01:01:02,607 He's the bodyguard. Yes, he's hired to guard my body. 1105 01:01:02,701 --> 01:01:05,068 Oh, what a nice job! 1106 01:01:08,081 --> 01:01:10,949 She had never done a movie. I had never done a movie. 1107 01:01:11,042 --> 01:01:12,954 But we learned quick. 1108 01:01:13,044 --> 01:01:17,209 For me, I'm like the most I dealt with white people 1109 01:01:17,299 --> 01:01:19,666 was like at the store when they was, like, 1110 01:01:19,759 --> 01:01:21,216 "You show us your credit card." 1111 01:01:21,303 --> 01:01:22,760 You know what I mean? 1112 01:01:22,846 --> 01:01:24,883 Like, that's how I was used to being treated. 1113 01:01:24,973 --> 01:01:26,464 So to come on a movie set 1114 01:01:26,558 --> 01:01:30,017 and mostly white people telling you what to do, 1115 01:01:30,103 --> 01:01:31,344 we were afraid. 1116 01:01:31,438 --> 01:01:32,974 Not that we were afraid of them. 1117 01:01:33,064 --> 01:01:35,306 We were afraid not to be able to live up to 1118 01:01:35,400 --> 01:01:37,813 what it was that we were supposed to do. 1119 01:01:40,030 --> 01:01:42,317 The idea that she was my leading woman 1120 01:01:42,407 --> 01:01:45,946 seemed to be a very big deal in the black community. 1121 01:01:46,036 --> 01:01:47,948 I never, um, saw that. 1122 01:01:48,038 --> 01:01:51,622 I simply saw she was the cutest, 1123 01:01:51,708 --> 01:01:53,791 most beautiful girl that could sing. 1124 01:01:53,877 --> 01:01:55,960 - You okay? - Yeah. I'm okay. 1125 01:01:56,046 --> 01:01:58,789 And she happened to be black. 1126 01:01:58,882 --> 01:02:01,215 ♪ I'll think of you... ♪ 1127 01:02:01,301 --> 01:02:04,465 And then I realized that she asks the plane to stop. 1128 01:02:06,264 --> 01:02:07,380 Wait! 1129 01:02:07,474 --> 01:02:08,681 She ran down the steps 1130 01:02:08,767 --> 01:02:10,224 that every white woman has run down 1131 01:02:10,310 --> 01:02:11,926 to kiss Cary Grant or whatever. 1132 01:02:12,020 --> 01:02:14,637 ♪ I... ♪ 1133 01:02:14,731 --> 01:02:16,222 And the camera went around 1134 01:02:16,316 --> 01:02:18,683 the way it went around white people kissing 1135 01:02:18,777 --> 01:02:21,440 throughout the history of Hollywood. 1136 01:02:21,529 --> 01:02:24,613 And we forgot about what color anybody was. 1137 01:02:24,699 --> 01:02:26,691 That did change everything. 1138 01:02:35,543 --> 01:02:38,877 What was the fun aspect for you being in a film? 1139 01:02:38,964 --> 01:02:40,626 Being a woman, being a black woman, 1140 01:02:40,715 --> 01:02:42,126 playing a very strong part. 1141 01:02:42,217 --> 01:02:43,879 I think that's exciting enough. 1142 01:02:43,969 --> 01:02:46,427 When it was screened in South Africa, 1143 01:02:46,513 --> 01:02:48,470 people cheered when they kissed. 1144 01:02:48,556 --> 01:02:50,923 That was amazing. 1145 01:02:51,017 --> 01:02:54,681 ♪ That I'll think of you ♪ 1146 01:02:56,356 --> 01:02:58,439 ♪ Every step of ♪ 1147 01:03:00,694 --> 01:03:04,062 ♪ The way... ♪ 1148 01:03:40,734 --> 01:03:45,274 ♪ And I ♪ 1149 01:03:45,989 --> 01:03:47,571 ♪ Ooh, I ♪ 1150 01:03:48,700 --> 01:03:51,238 ♪ Will always ♪ 1151 01:03:51,328 --> 01:03:55,868 ♪ Love you ♪ 1152 01:03:58,001 --> 01:04:00,209 ♪ Will always ♪ 1153 01:04:00,295 --> 01:04:03,379 ♪ Love you ♪ 1154 01:04:04,632 --> 01:04:10,253 ♪ Bittersweet memories ♪ 1155 01:04:11,348 --> 01:04:15,137 ♪ That is all I'm taking ♪ 1156 01:04:16,311 --> 01:04:18,644 ♪ With me ♪ 1157 01:04:19,397 --> 01:04:21,889 ♪ So goodbye ♪ 1158 01:04:21,983 --> 01:04:25,192 ♪ Please don't cry ♪ 1159 01:04:26,029 --> 01:04:28,146 ♪ We both know ♪ 1160 01:04:28,239 --> 01:04:30,401 ♪ I'm not what you ♪ 1161 01:04:30,492 --> 01:04:33,280 ♪ You need ♪ 1162 01:04:33,370 --> 01:04:37,205 ♪ And I... ♪ 1163 01:04:39,042 --> 01:04:44,254 ♪ Will always love you ♪ 1164 01:04:44,339 --> 01:04:46,331 ♪ I ♪ 1165 01:04:46,424 --> 01:04:50,043 ♪ Will always love you ♪ 1166 01:04:50,136 --> 01:04:52,970 ♪ And you, and you, and you And you, and you, and you ♪ 1167 01:04:53,056 --> 01:04:55,264 ♪ And you, and you, and you ♪ 1168 01:04:55,350 --> 01:04:57,137 ♪ Ah ♪ 1169 01:05:00,730 --> 01:05:04,223 The Bodyguard took Whitney into the stratosphere. 1170 01:05:04,317 --> 01:05:07,856 Every country in the world played that song. 1171 01:05:07,946 --> 01:05:09,437 Behind these walls, 1172 01:05:09,531 --> 01:05:12,114 the row over a chart-topping hit rumbles on. 1173 01:05:12,200 --> 01:05:14,112 ♪ And I... ♪ 1174 01:05:14,202 --> 01:05:16,569 John and Suzanne Handley hated Whitney Houston 1175 01:05:16,663 --> 01:05:17,995 blaring through their walls. 1176 01:05:18,081 --> 01:05:19,822 They called it psychological torture. 1177 01:05:19,916 --> 01:05:21,782 Today at their home there was no comment 1178 01:05:21,876 --> 01:05:23,663 on the prison sentence handed out 1179 01:05:23,753 --> 01:05:26,166 to the neighbor they'd taken to court. 1180 01:05:26,256 --> 01:05:28,919 All she did was play a Whitney Houston record, 1181 01:05:29,008 --> 01:05:31,967 and she's serving seven days in prison for that. 1182 01:05:49,320 --> 01:05:53,485 It's dark. It's dark. 1183 01:05:53,575 --> 01:05:55,783 Under the candlelight... 1184 01:05:55,869 --> 01:05:59,533 Under the candlelight we see that there is a woman in here. 1185 01:05:59,622 --> 01:06:02,114 We don't know her name yet... 1186 01:06:02,208 --> 01:06:04,621 but she's a fantastic recording artist, 1187 01:06:04,711 --> 01:06:06,247 one of the best. 1188 01:06:06,337 --> 01:06:08,374 Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Whitney Houston. 1189 01:06:08,465 --> 01:06:10,923 Yeah, I'm on camera. They got me on camera. 1190 01:06:11,009 --> 01:06:13,467 - And that's Pat. - Hi. 1191 01:06:13,553 --> 01:06:15,840 That's my sister-in-law. 1192 01:06:15,930 --> 01:06:18,047 This is Bobby. 1193 01:06:18,141 --> 01:06:21,100 Whether you know it or not, yeah, it's me. How you doing? 1194 01:06:21,186 --> 01:06:25,351 She was the superstar, and he had a couple of hits, 1195 01:06:25,440 --> 01:06:28,854 so kind of equal, close enough. 1196 01:06:28,943 --> 01:06:31,777 And then The Bodyguard hit. 1197 01:06:33,615 --> 01:06:35,948 And she shot off into the stratosphere, 1198 01:06:36,034 --> 01:06:41,996 and he knew instinctively he would never get there. 1199 01:06:43,082 --> 01:06:44,994 And he just kinda shut down. 1200 01:06:45,084 --> 01:06:46,950 When you got people in the media 1201 01:06:47,045 --> 01:06:48,456 talking about Mr. Houston 1202 01:06:48,546 --> 01:06:50,378 instead of Mr. Brown, you know. 1203 01:06:50,465 --> 01:06:52,923 Instead of saying... Like I say, "Fuck 'em," 1204 01:06:53,009 --> 01:06:54,671 he let it get to him. 1205 01:06:54,761 --> 01:06:57,128 Can I just ask you real quick, Miss Houston? 1206 01:06:57,222 --> 01:06:59,384 - Mrs. Brown, man. - Mrs. Houston-Brown? 1207 01:06:59,474 --> 01:07:00,743 - Don't make that mistake. - Yes, darlin'? 1208 01:07:00,767 --> 01:07:03,180 Let's go, Laurie. 1209 01:07:03,269 --> 01:07:05,306 Bobby was jealous, 1210 01:07:05,396 --> 01:07:08,480 and he could not recognize that emotion. 1211 01:07:10,026 --> 01:07:13,736 He was always now the plus one. 1212 01:07:13,821 --> 01:07:18,282 For him, in a black man's mind, it was tearing him up. 1213 01:07:18,368 --> 01:07:20,360 We didn't think about who was bigger 1214 01:07:20,453 --> 01:07:21,739 or who sold more records. 1215 01:07:21,829 --> 01:07:23,946 We thought about our talents 1216 01:07:24,040 --> 01:07:26,532 and how they matched so well. 1217 01:07:26,626 --> 01:07:29,039 - ♪ Gotta go through... ♪ - ♪ The fire ♪ 1218 01:07:29,128 --> 01:07:30,994 - ♪ The... ♪ - ♪ The rain ♪ 1219 01:07:33,132 --> 01:07:36,296 You're crazy. Bobby, you're crazy. 1220 01:07:36,386 --> 01:07:39,254 What? 1221 01:07:39,347 --> 01:07:41,509 Because, I was about to sing your line. 1222 01:07:41,599 --> 01:07:43,135 I know, I know. You know what? 1223 01:07:43,226 --> 01:07:46,685 He'll sing this whole phrase if I'm not careful. 1224 01:07:46,771 --> 01:07:48,808 Bobby, your part is, "Gotta go through." 1225 01:07:48,898 --> 01:07:50,810 - All right. - The rain, the joy... 1226 01:07:53,069 --> 01:07:55,436 - ♪ Gotta go through ♪ - ♪ The fire ♪ 1227 01:07:55,530 --> 01:07:57,192 - ♪ The fire ♪ - ♪ The rain ♪ 1228 01:07:57,282 --> 01:08:00,571 - ♪ The rain ♪ - Bobby. Bobby, you go... 1229 01:08:00,660 --> 01:08:04,654 Gotta go through... the rain... the joy. 1230 01:08:04,747 --> 01:08:06,225 I'm gonna play you the reference one more time. 1231 01:08:06,249 --> 01:08:07,785 Don't play me the reference. 1232 01:08:07,875 --> 01:08:10,788 She wanted to keep the marriage, 1233 01:08:10,878 --> 01:08:15,714 and eventually, she stepped down to lift him up. 1234 01:08:15,800 --> 01:08:20,044 Initially, I named her movie company Houston Productions. 1235 01:08:20,138 --> 01:08:22,596 She's one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. 1236 01:08:22,682 --> 01:08:24,890 And a few months in, she said, 1237 01:08:24,976 --> 01:08:27,184 "We need to change the name to BROWNHOUSE." 1238 01:08:29,814 --> 01:08:33,603 She went so far as to, "Okay, well, you can manage me," 1239 01:08:33,693 --> 01:08:36,276 trying to give him some leverage in different things 1240 01:08:36,362 --> 01:08:39,605 to try to make him feel important again. 1241 01:08:39,699 --> 01:08:41,565 That's just not where his heart was. 1242 01:08:41,659 --> 01:08:44,493 He wanted to be on the stage. He wanted to be in the forefront. 1243 01:08:44,579 --> 01:08:48,698 Bobby! Bobby! Bobby! 1244 01:08:48,791 --> 01:08:51,204 He did things on purpose to hurt her, 1245 01:08:51,294 --> 01:08:53,752 because he wasn't the star. 1246 01:08:53,838 --> 01:08:56,546 Bobby Brown is behind bars today. 1247 01:08:56,633 --> 01:08:58,169 ...accused of hitting his wife... 1248 01:08:58,259 --> 01:08:59,903 ...totaling a Porsche on Ocean Drive in Hollywood. 1249 01:08:59,927 --> 01:09:01,509 People were ringing the doorbell, 1250 01:09:01,596 --> 01:09:04,213 young ladies saying, "Oh, this is his baby." 1251 01:09:04,307 --> 01:09:06,173 Bobby! 1252 01:09:06,267 --> 01:09:10,136 Sexual harassment lawsuits from some of the employees. 1253 01:09:10,229 --> 01:09:11,265 Bobby. 1254 01:09:11,356 --> 01:09:13,939 He would expose himself to them. 1255 01:09:14,025 --> 01:09:16,108 The R&B singer burst into tears. 1256 01:09:16,194 --> 01:09:18,356 Urinated on the back seat of the deputy's patrol car. 1257 01:09:18,446 --> 01:09:20,028 What took you so long? 1258 01:09:20,114 --> 01:09:23,027 Constantly, it was always something. 1259 01:09:23,117 --> 01:09:24,983 This isn't fair. 1260 01:09:25,078 --> 01:09:26,694 This ain't fair, man. 1261 01:09:26,788 --> 01:09:29,075 I remember being in Europe and sitting with her, 1262 01:09:29,165 --> 01:09:30,952 looking at a European newspaper, 1263 01:09:31,042 --> 01:09:32,499 and Bobby's being arrested 1264 01:09:32,585 --> 01:09:35,999 for sexual harassment back in California. 1265 01:09:36,089 --> 01:09:40,880 And she's begging him to come on tour. 1266 01:09:40,968 --> 01:09:42,960 She's begging him to come be with her. 1267 01:09:43,054 --> 01:09:45,967 And I look at her and I go, "What are you doing?" 1268 01:09:47,642 --> 01:09:49,759 Between the press and everybody saying 1269 01:09:49,852 --> 01:09:53,220 this is not gonna last, it was constantly biting at her. 1270 01:09:54,065 --> 01:09:56,102 Yay! 1271 01:09:56,192 --> 01:10:00,277 But she didn't want to be like her mother, a divorcée. 1272 01:10:00,363 --> 01:10:03,572 She was going to prove that she could do it. 1273 01:10:05,410 --> 01:10:07,402 Do you believe in total fidelity? 1274 01:10:07,495 --> 01:10:09,031 Do I believe in what? 1275 01:10:09,122 --> 01:10:10,988 Total fidelity? 1276 01:10:11,082 --> 01:10:12,914 Being faithful? 1277 01:10:13,000 --> 01:10:16,869 Oh, I am faithful. That's why I got married. 1278 01:10:16,963 --> 01:10:19,626 Told you. 1279 01:10:19,716 --> 01:10:22,333 Wouldn't have got married if... 1280 01:10:22,427 --> 01:10:24,635 You know... 1281 01:10:24,721 --> 01:10:27,134 - I think I got it. - I hope so. 1282 01:10:27,223 --> 01:10:29,636 Were they in love, do you think? 1283 01:10:29,726 --> 01:10:34,141 They loved each other, but a strange love. 1284 01:10:36,315 --> 01:10:37,977 I think she might have believed 1285 01:10:38,067 --> 01:10:39,854 she was in love with Bobby, 1286 01:10:39,944 --> 01:10:42,857 but I really think it was more of a co-dependent relationship. 1287 01:10:42,947 --> 01:10:46,156 To the point where Bobbi Kristina was even left out. 1288 01:10:55,293 --> 01:11:00,789 Somewhere around The Bodyguard tour, '93, '94, 1289 01:11:00,882 --> 01:11:04,375 I remember her not showing up in the rehearsals. 1290 01:11:04,469 --> 01:11:05,926 And then, when she came, 1291 01:11:06,012 --> 01:11:08,800 she would struggle with her voice. 1292 01:11:08,890 --> 01:11:11,678 It wasn't the Whitney I knew. 1293 01:11:11,768 --> 01:11:14,602 There was definitely agitation. 1294 01:11:16,564 --> 01:11:19,147 All of the noise around her, 1295 01:11:19,233 --> 01:11:21,316 all of the things coming at her, 1296 01:11:21,402 --> 01:11:25,612 she just wanted to escape the pressure. 1297 01:11:25,698 --> 01:11:29,237 Can we talk about Whitney's drug problem? When did that...? 1298 01:11:29,327 --> 01:11:30,784 I don't wanna talk about that. 1299 01:11:30,870 --> 01:11:33,328 That has nothing to do with this documentary 1300 01:11:33,414 --> 01:11:36,157 or anything that I want to speak about. 1301 01:11:36,250 --> 01:11:38,458 Okay, if you don't wanna talk about it. 1302 01:11:38,544 --> 01:11:39,938 - But obviously it's... - Not at all. 1303 01:11:39,962 --> 01:11:41,703 It's the thing that killed her, 1304 01:11:41,798 --> 01:11:42,858 so it's important, isn't it? 1305 01:11:42,882 --> 01:11:44,839 That's not what killed her. 1306 01:11:46,886 --> 01:11:48,752 Whenever you were with Whitney, 1307 01:11:48,846 --> 01:11:50,462 were you taking drugs every day? 1308 01:11:50,556 --> 01:11:52,548 Hell, yeah, every day. 1309 01:11:52,642 --> 01:11:55,305 A lot every day. Shit that usually kills motherfuckers, 1310 01:11:55,394 --> 01:11:58,102 and you survive it. So you keep rocking. Ha, ha. 1311 01:11:58,189 --> 01:11:59,771 What about Bobby? 1312 01:11:59,857 --> 01:12:02,315 Let's just say Bobby was a fucking lightweight... 1313 01:12:02,401 --> 01:12:04,393 when it came to motherfucking drugs. 1314 01:12:04,487 --> 01:12:07,446 Bobby was not someone who could do, you know... 1315 01:12:07,532 --> 01:12:11,867 We used to pass Bobby, fucking, by lapping him. 1316 01:12:11,953 --> 01:12:13,364 Trust me. 1317 01:12:13,454 --> 01:12:14,570 What was Whitney's 1318 01:12:14,664 --> 01:12:15,950 drug of choice at that time? 1319 01:12:16,040 --> 01:12:17,827 I'm sure it was cocaine, you know. 1320 01:12:17,917 --> 01:12:20,250 - Marijuana and cocaine. - Was she smoking it? 1321 01:12:20,336 --> 01:12:23,044 I'm sure she smoked it inside the marijuana. 1322 01:12:23,130 --> 01:12:24,792 If we can't talk about drugs, 1323 01:12:24,882 --> 01:12:26,623 that makes it very hard to talk about 1324 01:12:26,717 --> 01:12:28,253 the last years of her life. 1325 01:12:28,344 --> 01:12:29,585 Mm. 1326 01:12:31,472 --> 01:12:34,306 I think we've just talked about her life, you know. 1327 01:12:34,392 --> 01:12:36,850 Drugs has nothing to do with her life. 1328 01:12:38,312 --> 01:12:41,476 She was kind and soft and sweet. 1329 01:12:41,566 --> 01:12:45,105 And then she was somebody different. 1330 01:12:45,194 --> 01:12:46,275 Tell it. 1331 01:12:47,363 --> 01:12:48,363 M a n: 1332 01:12:51,826 --> 01:12:54,068 What did you hear? 1333 01:12:59,584 --> 01:13:00,995 Shh. 1334 01:13:06,090 --> 01:13:08,173 That you had what? 1335 01:13:21,105 --> 01:13:23,438 I wouldn't fuck her with mine, dawg. 1336 01:13:27,695 --> 01:13:29,778 No. 1337 01:13:29,864 --> 01:13:31,981 She started canceling dates. 1338 01:13:32,074 --> 01:13:33,986 I can recall one particular time 1339 01:13:34,076 --> 01:13:36,864 she was scheduled to perform in California, 1340 01:13:36,954 --> 01:13:38,570 and she was in California. 1341 01:13:38,664 --> 01:13:41,247 But she was at the airport, sitting on a jet. 1342 01:13:41,334 --> 01:13:43,166 They had been getting high, 1343 01:13:43,252 --> 01:13:46,165 and Bobby made the phone call saying, "Tell the promoters 1344 01:13:46,255 --> 01:13:48,838 to bring over X amount of dollars, and we'll show up." 1345 01:13:48,925 --> 01:13:50,507 I said, "Well, that ain't gonna happen. 1346 01:13:50,593 --> 01:13:52,696 So y'all might as well take off then, 'cause that ain't gonna happen. 1347 01:13:52,720 --> 01:13:54,427 That ain't how it works." You know? 1348 01:13:54,513 --> 01:13:55,970 "That is not how it works. 1349 01:13:56,057 --> 01:13:59,425 Ain't nobody bringing you a bag of cash!" 1350 01:13:59,518 --> 01:14:03,182 Everything began to spiral out of control. 1351 01:14:04,732 --> 01:14:06,348 I talked to her father. 1352 01:14:06,442 --> 01:14:09,105 I talked to her mother. I talked to Donna Houston. 1353 01:14:09,195 --> 01:14:12,233 Every person that you're gonna interview. 1354 01:14:12,323 --> 01:14:16,533 And I was able to get Cissy to do an intervention. 1355 01:14:16,619 --> 01:14:19,862 First of all, we walked in to do it, and Whitney was stoned. 1356 01:14:19,956 --> 01:14:23,495 Then after it was over, when she had agreed to go to rehab, 1357 01:14:23,584 --> 01:14:25,541 she phoned her father, and he told her: 1358 01:14:25,628 --> 01:14:28,086 "You don't have to go." 1359 01:14:28,172 --> 01:14:30,380 Why didn't Cissy do more? 1360 01:14:30,466 --> 01:14:32,628 She didn't want Whitney mad at her. 1361 01:14:32,718 --> 01:14:35,426 Because she'd already been mad at her earlier in her life? 1362 01:14:35,513 --> 01:14:39,257 Yeah. And when she tried, she would go up to her house, 1363 01:14:39,350 --> 01:14:42,468 but Whitney wouldn't let her in. 1364 01:14:42,561 --> 01:14:45,850 You had to get permission to go through that gate. 1365 01:14:45,940 --> 01:14:48,432 Why would nobody confront the situation? 1366 01:14:48,526 --> 01:14:51,860 Money. Their jobs. Their nice houses. 1367 01:14:51,946 --> 01:14:54,279 Their access to other celebrities. 1368 01:14:54,365 --> 01:14:55,981 The fact that, in my opinion, 1369 01:14:56,075 --> 01:14:57,782 they had no marketable skill set, 1370 01:14:57,868 --> 01:15:00,861 other than being a Houston or related to a Houston. 1371 01:15:00,955 --> 01:15:03,823 I mean, that's a lot. That's hard to give up. 1372 01:15:03,916 --> 01:15:06,784 They probably felt, I guess, a little bit in their defense, 1373 01:15:06,877 --> 01:15:08,539 that "She's choosing to do this. 1374 01:15:08,629 --> 01:15:10,541 Why should I give up my lifestyle?" 1375 01:15:10,631 --> 01:15:14,250 I once talked about why she didn't stop, 1376 01:15:14,343 --> 01:15:16,255 and she said, "I like it. 1377 01:15:16,345 --> 01:15:18,803 And I'm gonna do it until I want to stop." 1378 01:15:21,892 --> 01:15:24,350 I really empathize with her pain. 1379 01:15:26,105 --> 01:15:29,018 She was running away from her demons. 1380 01:15:30,151 --> 01:15:32,188 ♪ I can run ♪ 1381 01:15:32,278 --> 01:15:34,395 ♪ I'm guaranteed his love ♪ 1382 01:15:35,823 --> 01:15:39,282 ♪ When there's food On my table ♪ 1383 01:15:39,368 --> 01:15:41,701 - ♪ I'll hasten ♪ - ♪ Hasten to ♪ 1384 01:15:41,787 --> 01:15:43,744 ♪ I'll hasten ♪ 1385 01:15:43,831 --> 01:15:45,367 ♪ I'm not gonna waste any time ♪ 1386 01:15:45,458 --> 01:15:47,825 ♪ I'm gonna run gonna run ♪ 1387 01:15:47,918 --> 01:15:50,831 - ♪ I'll run, I'll run ♪ - ♪ I'll hasten to ♪ 1388 01:15:50,921 --> 01:15:52,913 - ♪ I'll run, I'll run ♪ - ♪ His love ♪ 1389 01:15:53,007 --> 01:15:56,171 ♪ I'll run, I'll run I'll run, I'll run ♪ 1390 01:15:56,260 --> 01:15:59,253 - ♪ I'll hasten to ♪ - ♪ I'm gonna run ♪ 1391 01:15:59,346 --> 01:16:03,465 - ♪ I'm gonna run, I'm gonna run ♪ - ♪ His love ♪ 1392 01:16:03,559 --> 01:16:05,221 ♪ Oh-ho-oh-oh ♪ 1393 01:16:05,311 --> 01:16:08,224 - ♪ I'll hasten to ♪ - ♪ I'm gonna run ♪ 1394 01:16:08,314 --> 01:16:12,684 - ♪ I'm gonna run ♪ - ♪ His love ♪ 1395 01:16:14,403 --> 01:16:15,610 Fuck! 1396 01:16:16,906 --> 01:16:18,738 ♪ I'm gonna run ♪ 1397 01:16:19,784 --> 01:16:24,825 ♪ Ah, oh ♪ 1398 01:16:24,914 --> 01:16:27,782 ♪ Sure I will ♪ 1399 01:16:27,875 --> 01:16:29,992 ♪ Do you know You can run? ♪ 1400 01:16:35,633 --> 01:16:37,795 ♪ Did you think Of running? ♪ 1401 01:16:37,885 --> 01:16:39,751 ♪ You're gonna have to ♪ 1402 01:16:39,845 --> 01:16:41,711 ♪ Be strong ♪ 1403 01:16:41,806 --> 01:16:44,014 ♪ Where will I go? ♪ 1404 01:16:44,642 --> 01:16:46,508 ♪ Oh-oh ♪ 1405 01:16:46,602 --> 01:16:48,935 ♪ That's where I'm going ♪ 1406 01:16:49,021 --> 01:16:51,104 ♪ To his ♪ 1407 01:16:51,190 --> 01:16:56,402 ♪ Throne... ♪ 1408 01:16:59,782 --> 01:17:01,364 ♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪ 1409 01:17:06,539 --> 01:17:08,872 There were so many layers to reach her. 1410 01:17:08,958 --> 01:17:10,574 I don't even think she knew 1411 01:17:10,668 --> 01:17:13,627 the layers that were being created by others. 1412 01:17:13,712 --> 01:17:14,998 One day we were told 1413 01:17:15,089 --> 01:17:17,126 we had to send everything through Sheldon. 1414 01:17:17,216 --> 01:17:19,128 The next day it was through Tony. 1415 01:17:19,218 --> 01:17:22,052 Some days, we were told we can't copy Robyn. 1416 01:17:22,138 --> 01:17:23,925 Where is she? There she is. 1417 01:17:24,014 --> 01:17:25,471 Ready? One, two, three. 1418 01:17:25,558 --> 01:17:27,641 Of all the people working for Whitney, 1419 01:17:27,726 --> 01:17:29,592 Robyn was always putting 1420 01:17:29,687 --> 01:17:32,270 Whitney's considerations first. 1421 01:17:32,356 --> 01:17:34,894 Gotta get some respect around here. 1422 01:17:36,318 --> 01:17:38,275 They don't give me any respect. 1423 01:17:38,362 --> 01:17:42,072 Robyn became very important to Whitney's career. 1424 01:17:42,158 --> 01:17:44,866 She dealt with the record company. 1425 01:17:44,952 --> 01:17:48,411 She was the creative force involved in costume, 1426 01:17:48,497 --> 01:17:52,116 stage design, developing Whitney's image. 1427 01:17:52,209 --> 01:17:55,668 ♪ If tomorrow is Judgment Day ♪ 1428 01:17:55,754 --> 01:17:57,837 Sing, Mommy. 1429 01:17:57,923 --> 01:18:01,087 ♪ And I'm standing on the front line ♪ 1430 01:18:01,177 --> 01:18:03,635 ♪ Mm ♪ 1431 01:18:03,721 --> 01:18:07,556 ♪ And the Lord asks me what I did with my life ♪ 1432 01:18:08,225 --> 01:18:10,217 ♪ I will say ♪ 1433 01:18:10,311 --> 01:18:12,177 ♪ I spent it with you ♪ 1434 01:18:12,271 --> 01:18:14,433 - ♪ Yeah, it's all so right ♪ - ♪ It's all right ♪ 1435 01:18:14,523 --> 01:18:16,731 It became a real power struggle 1436 01:18:16,817 --> 01:18:18,649 between Bobby and Robyn, 1437 01:18:18,736 --> 01:18:22,571 Bobby not wanting Robyn around, feeling insecure. 1438 01:18:22,656 --> 01:18:24,488 - You gotta understand. - Yeah. 1439 01:18:24,575 --> 01:18:27,318 I love this woman too much. If y'all fuck around... 1440 01:18:27,411 --> 01:18:28,868 - Bobby! - ...I will kill you. 1441 01:18:28,954 --> 01:18:30,820 - ♪ Baby, you... ♪ - Do me a favor. 1442 01:18:30,915 --> 01:18:32,531 I will fucking bury you. 1443 01:18:32,625 --> 01:18:35,208 I'll bury you in my backyard and put lime on your ass. 1444 01:18:35,294 --> 01:18:36,580 Do you understand me? 1445 01:18:36,670 --> 01:18:38,457 It was extremely stressful, 1446 01:18:38,547 --> 01:18:41,460 them always at each other's throat. 1447 01:18:41,550 --> 01:18:45,214 Robyn felt that Bobby was a bad influence. 1448 01:18:45,304 --> 01:18:47,887 She really and truly felt he was a bad influence, 1449 01:18:47,973 --> 01:18:50,431 and that he would destroy her. 1450 01:18:50,517 --> 01:18:52,224 Robyn gave her an ultimatum. 1451 01:18:52,311 --> 01:18:55,395 "It's gonna be me or him." 1452 01:18:55,481 --> 01:18:59,691 Whitney said, "Tell her that I accept her resignation." 1453 01:18:59,777 --> 01:19:01,439 I called Robyn up and said: 1454 01:19:01,528 --> 01:19:04,191 "I spoke with Whitney, and she wanted me to tell you 1455 01:19:04,281 --> 01:19:06,193 that she accepts your resignation." 1456 01:19:12,289 --> 01:19:14,531 And they didn't speak for years. 1457 01:19:21,799 --> 01:19:26,510 When Robyn left, John finally had total control. 1458 01:19:29,223 --> 01:19:32,387 She loved her daddy, and she trusted him. 1459 01:19:32,476 --> 01:19:37,312 But that allowed for a lot of foxes to come in the henhouse. 1460 01:19:37,398 --> 01:19:39,310 She seemed to be a bit of an ATM 1461 01:19:39,400 --> 01:19:41,437 for a lot of people that I saw around her. 1462 01:19:41,527 --> 01:19:45,441 I don't see how an accountant, you know, 1463 01:19:45,531 --> 01:19:48,319 drives a Ferrari and has a yacht 1464 01:19:48,409 --> 01:19:50,492 and only has one client. 1465 01:19:52,579 --> 01:19:56,243 My understanding was that and 1466 01:19:56,333 --> 01:19:58,416 got together and started stealing money. 1467 01:19:58,502 --> 01:19:59,834 A lot of money. 1468 01:19:59,920 --> 01:20:02,082 Was John himself stealing money? 1469 01:20:04,008 --> 01:20:06,125 Hm. Um... 1470 01:20:10,848 --> 01:20:14,091 She found out about it. All the money he stole. 1471 01:20:14,893 --> 01:20:17,180 She hated it. 1472 01:20:17,271 --> 01:20:19,228 She cut him off. 1473 01:20:19,315 --> 01:20:21,728 That's what she did. 1474 01:20:21,817 --> 01:20:24,230 Last September, the biggest blow of all, 1475 01:20:24,320 --> 01:20:27,313 Houston's father, who managed his daughter's finances, 1476 01:20:27,406 --> 01:20:30,319 joined his business partner in a lawsuit against her, 1477 01:20:30,409 --> 01:20:33,447 demanding $100 million. 1478 01:20:33,537 --> 01:20:37,406 In 1999, Whitney signed the biggest deal 1479 01:20:37,499 --> 01:20:42,164 that any recording artist had ever received. 1480 01:20:42,254 --> 01:20:46,089 John felt that he was the one that brokered the deal. 1481 01:20:46,175 --> 01:20:47,586 As a commission, 1482 01:20:47,676 --> 01:20:52,262 he felt that he should be paid $100 million. 1483 01:20:52,348 --> 01:20:54,590 I'm tired of being hurt. 1484 01:20:57,269 --> 01:21:01,058 I'm tired of being in a neglected state. 1485 01:21:01,148 --> 01:21:03,435 You get your act together, honey... 1486 01:21:04,777 --> 01:21:06,769 And you pay me the money that you owe me. 1487 01:21:06,862 --> 01:21:09,730 She was daddy's little girl, and then daddy turned around 1488 01:21:09,823 --> 01:21:11,655 and wanted to sue her for $100 million. 1489 01:21:11,742 --> 01:21:14,450 That would break anybody's heart. 1490 01:21:14,536 --> 01:21:16,493 She just held onto it. 1491 01:21:16,580 --> 01:21:18,788 And it ate her up inside. 1492 01:21:20,125 --> 01:21:21,957 When I knew he was dying, 1493 01:21:22,044 --> 01:21:25,833 I called and she promised me she was coming, 1494 01:21:25,923 --> 01:21:29,087 'cause I wanted them to get it together 1495 01:21:29,176 --> 01:21:30,792 before he went away. 1496 01:21:30,886 --> 01:21:34,300 I said, "Nip's on her way. She's gonna come." 1497 01:21:34,390 --> 01:21:37,133 He said, "No, she's not. She's not coming." 1498 01:21:37,226 --> 01:21:39,343 And really she didn't come. 1499 01:21:45,359 --> 01:21:49,569 Whitney didn't come to her dad's funeral. 1500 01:21:49,655 --> 01:21:54,025 She came the night before and did her personal goodbyes. 1501 01:21:54,118 --> 01:21:57,907 She didn't want the spectacle. She didn't want the cameras. 1502 01:21:59,873 --> 01:22:04,163 That's when she began to close herself and... 1503 01:22:05,587 --> 01:22:07,704 "It's me against the world." 1504 01:22:31,238 --> 01:22:33,651 This is Whitney's house outside. 1505 01:22:36,410 --> 01:22:38,743 ♪ If the way I hold you... ♪ 1506 01:22:40,873 --> 01:22:43,411 This is our first cigarette today. 1507 01:22:52,217 --> 01:22:53,333 What's wrong with that? 1508 01:22:53,427 --> 01:22:55,009 ♪ No words of consolation ♪ 1509 01:22:55,095 --> 01:22:56,711 The dining room. 1510 01:22:58,474 --> 01:23:03,094 ♪ Is gonna make me miss you less... ♪ 1511 01:23:06,523 --> 01:23:13,066 ♪ Make it easy on yourself ♪ 1512 01:23:14,239 --> 01:23:16,105 ♪ Make it easy... ♪ 1513 01:23:16,200 --> 01:23:19,409 I always felt compassion and empathy for her. 1514 01:23:19,495 --> 01:23:23,489 Deep down, she was a girl in pain. 1515 01:23:23,582 --> 01:23:26,791 But at the same time, she was so fun. 1516 01:23:29,963 --> 01:23:31,704 She was full of laughter, 1517 01:23:31,798 --> 01:23:35,257 and that smile just made you feel warm all the time. 1518 01:23:36,553 --> 01:23:38,840 Well, here she is, everybody. 1519 01:23:38,931 --> 01:23:41,969 Wait! I gotta get you! 1520 01:23:42,059 --> 01:23:44,346 We need you to rock it, Whitney! Come back! 1521 01:23:44,436 --> 01:23:47,520 She was the first person that I worked with in A&R. 1522 01:23:47,606 --> 01:23:49,063 You can't run from the studio! 1523 01:23:49,149 --> 01:23:51,106 I'm leaving! 1524 01:23:51,193 --> 01:23:54,106 We recorded wherever they wanted to go. 1525 01:23:54,196 --> 01:23:55,812 You know, we'd go to Miami 1526 01:23:55,906 --> 01:23:57,442 because the weather would be better. 1527 01:23:57,533 --> 01:23:59,525 I think we were there three months, 1528 01:23:59,618 --> 01:24:01,985 and we recorded less than two songs. 1529 01:24:02,079 --> 01:24:03,365 Wow, what was...? 1530 01:24:03,455 --> 01:24:05,993 What was happening for those three months? 1531 01:24:06,083 --> 01:24:07,619 Um... 1532 01:24:07,709 --> 01:24:09,871 She said to me once... 1533 01:24:09,962 --> 01:24:11,874 After that, she said, "Baby, 1534 01:24:11,964 --> 01:24:14,752 I don't think I slept 45 minutes this summer." 1535 01:24:16,468 --> 01:24:18,255 She would go behind the hotel door 1536 01:24:18,345 --> 01:24:22,510 and not open it for 10 days or two weeks. 1537 01:24:22,599 --> 01:24:24,135 When she opened it, 1538 01:24:24,226 --> 01:24:26,434 I could tell that she lost weight. 1539 01:24:26,520 --> 01:24:30,309 She wasn't looking healthy, and I would take her and say, 1540 01:24:30,399 --> 01:24:34,268 "Come on, Nippy, let's go. Let's go get some soup." 1541 01:24:34,361 --> 01:24:36,648 How long did this all go on for? 1542 01:24:37,322 --> 01:24:39,484 A few years. 1543 01:24:39,575 --> 01:24:42,238 - A few years? - Yeah. 1544 01:24:42,327 --> 01:24:44,444 How much do you think you spent? 1545 01:24:44,538 --> 01:24:48,202 I hate to say. 1546 01:24:49,209 --> 01:24:50,996 Millions. 1547 01:24:51,086 --> 01:24:52,622 Five? 1548 01:24:54,715 --> 01:24:56,456 Probably more. 1549 01:24:56,550 --> 01:24:59,133 Expensive hotels, jets, 1550 01:24:59,219 --> 01:25:02,178 studios that were booked that weren't used. 1551 01:25:02,264 --> 01:25:04,426 Why didn't the label put a stop to this? 1552 01:25:04,516 --> 01:25:06,974 Well, the world wanted to hear her again, 1553 01:25:07,060 --> 01:25:10,679 and of course, the label wanted to put out that record. 1554 01:25:13,108 --> 01:25:15,771 There was so much money spent on that album, 1555 01:25:15,861 --> 01:25:18,604 you must have known about the drug use. 1556 01:25:18,697 --> 01:25:24,034 Uh, you know what? I never knew there was any addiction. 1557 01:25:24,119 --> 01:25:25,610 I never knew it. 1558 01:25:25,704 --> 01:25:28,447 Um, it was just kinda kept... 1559 01:25:28,540 --> 01:25:30,532 I don't know if it was kept away from me 1560 01:25:30,626 --> 01:25:33,289 because I was, at the time, the president of the label, 1561 01:25:33,378 --> 01:25:34,494 or, you know... 1562 01:25:39,217 --> 01:25:43,052 ♪ Oh, you ♪ 1563 01:25:43,138 --> 01:25:45,801 ♪ Light up my life ♪ 1564 01:25:47,809 --> 01:25:49,971 ♪ You give me hope ♪ 1565 01:25:50,062 --> 01:25:53,396 ♪ To carry on ♪ 1566 01:25:53,482 --> 01:25:56,566 ♪ Oh, you light up my day, Lord ♪ 1567 01:25:56,652 --> 01:26:00,145 ♪ And fill my night ♪ 1568 01:26:00,238 --> 01:26:02,696 ♪ With song... ♪ 1569 01:26:02,783 --> 01:26:05,241 She was having problems with her voice, 1570 01:26:05,327 --> 01:26:09,446 but the magic still showed up... now and then. 1571 01:26:09,539 --> 01:26:12,748 One time I was in Newport recording a song. 1572 01:26:12,834 --> 01:26:16,669 That day, it was just like the old, young... 1573 01:26:16,755 --> 01:26:19,873 beautiful voice coming out of Whitney 1574 01:26:19,966 --> 01:26:22,379 that we all grew up with. 1575 01:26:22,469 --> 01:26:25,962 And it was so magical that it brought me to tears. 1576 01:26:26,056 --> 01:26:27,672 It was just like... 1577 01:26:27,766 --> 01:26:29,758 I mean, I even have goosebumps right now 1578 01:26:29,851 --> 01:26:31,183 just thinking about it. 1579 01:26:31,269 --> 01:26:33,682 I can just feel them taking over my body, 1580 01:26:33,772 --> 01:26:37,391 'cause it was so wonderful. And I was just... 1581 01:26:37,484 --> 01:26:40,022 I was like, "This is it. This is what we need." 1582 01:26:40,112 --> 01:26:44,356 And there was just a few hours of that, that was just like... 1583 01:26:44,449 --> 01:26:45,815 That was one of the highlights 1584 01:26:45,909 --> 01:26:49,448 of the entire four years that I was around her. 1585 01:26:53,709 --> 01:26:55,701 ♪ If you can't feed your baby ♪ 1586 01:26:55,794 --> 01:26:57,501 ♪ Then don't have a baby ♪ 1587 01:26:57,587 --> 01:26:59,453 ♪ And don't think maybe ♪ 1588 01:26:59,548 --> 01:27:03,588 We denied rumors about her drug-taking for years. 1589 01:27:03,677 --> 01:27:06,590 But four days before 9/11, 1590 01:27:06,680 --> 01:27:10,173 Whitney did a concert for Michael Jackson. 1591 01:27:10,267 --> 01:27:13,135 She looked so bad. 1592 01:27:13,228 --> 01:27:14,890 The cat was out of the bag. 1593 01:27:17,649 --> 01:27:20,892 The record company felt she had to do a sit-down interview 1594 01:27:20,986 --> 01:27:22,568 and talk about this. 1595 01:27:22,654 --> 01:27:24,691 Everybody watching this is 1596 01:27:24,781 --> 01:27:27,945 is gonna be staring at you physically. 1597 01:27:28,034 --> 01:27:30,868 And they're gonna be saying, "How thin is she now?" 1598 01:27:30,954 --> 01:27:32,536 - Yeah. - "Is she sick?" 1599 01:27:32,622 --> 01:27:35,239 I'm not sick, Diane. 1600 01:27:35,333 --> 01:27:36,949 I am not sick. 1601 01:27:37,043 --> 01:27:39,706 The bones. That's real. 1602 01:27:39,796 --> 01:27:41,412 Yeah, my bones, yeah. 1603 01:27:41,506 --> 01:27:45,841 - I'm 5'7" and thin. - But that's not just thin. 1604 01:27:45,927 --> 01:27:49,762 No? What is it, Diane? Tell me. 1605 01:27:49,848 --> 01:27:52,841 Is it alcohol? Is it marijuana? 1606 01:27:52,934 --> 01:27:54,971 Is it cocaine? Is it pills? 1607 01:27:57,731 --> 01:28:00,223 It has been. At times. 1608 01:28:00,317 --> 01:28:01,853 All? 1609 01:28:01,943 --> 01:28:03,809 At times. 1610 01:28:03,904 --> 01:28:05,736 I was in the room... 1611 01:28:08,366 --> 01:28:12,781 And it just made me start sweating. 1612 01:28:12,871 --> 01:28:16,035 If you had to name the devil, for you, 1613 01:28:16,124 --> 01:28:18,741 the biggest devil among them? 1614 01:28:20,670 --> 01:28:22,957 That would be me. 1615 01:28:25,717 --> 01:28:28,380 I knew it was a disaster. 1616 01:28:28,470 --> 01:28:30,587 Crack is cheap. 1617 01:28:30,680 --> 01:28:32,763 I make too much money to ever smoke crack. 1618 01:28:32,849 --> 01:28:34,966 Let's get that straight, okay? 1619 01:28:35,060 --> 01:28:36,892 We don't do crack. 1620 01:28:36,978 --> 01:28:40,096 We don't do that. Crack is whack. 1621 01:28:40,190 --> 01:28:43,433 I saw that interview, and I thought, "Why are we here? 1622 01:28:43,527 --> 01:28:45,018 Why are we doing this?" 1623 01:28:45,111 --> 01:28:47,319 I always thought, "Why are we doing this? 1624 01:28:47,405 --> 01:28:49,488 Why are we not doing the one thing 1625 01:28:49,574 --> 01:28:52,282 that would make the difference for her life?" 1626 01:28:53,161 --> 01:28:54,868 Which was getting well. 1627 01:28:54,955 --> 01:28:57,163 I pray every day, Diane. 1628 01:28:59,709 --> 01:29:01,291 I'm not the strongest every day, 1629 01:29:01,378 --> 01:29:03,040 but I'm not the weakest either. 1630 01:29:03,129 --> 01:29:05,337 And I won't break. 1631 01:29:05,423 --> 01:29:07,540 It's Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown! 1632 01:29:07,634 --> 01:29:09,375 Whoo! 1633 01:29:09,469 --> 01:29:11,711 After our interview with Diane Sawyer 1634 01:29:11,805 --> 01:29:14,092 I... I haven't been able to sleep. 1635 01:29:14,182 --> 01:29:17,346 Yeah, and I haven't been able to stop sweating. 1636 01:29:17,435 --> 01:29:18,892 Your favorite song 1637 01:29:18,979 --> 01:29:21,312 sung by America's sweetheart, Whitney Houston. 1638 01:29:21,398 --> 01:29:23,560 Come on, Daddy, I... I need my fix. 1639 01:29:23,650 --> 01:29:24,891 Remember the deal, Whitney. 1640 01:29:24,985 --> 01:29:27,068 First you sing, then you get your precious cocaine. 1641 01:29:27,153 --> 01:29:30,646 She's high, and we've recorded her on her double CD collection. 1642 01:29:30,740 --> 01:29:33,733 Listen as she screws up one song after another. 1643 01:29:33,827 --> 01:29:35,193 I need help, baby. 1644 01:29:35,287 --> 01:29:36,949 I need to get off this touring crap. 1645 01:29:37,038 --> 01:29:40,247 ♪ No matter what they take from me ♪ 1646 01:29:40,333 --> 01:29:44,748 ♪ They can't take away my dignity ♪ 1647 01:29:44,838 --> 01:29:47,751 Come on, Whitney, go get it. 1648 01:29:47,841 --> 01:29:50,208 It's just a joke to people? Really? 1649 01:29:51,636 --> 01:29:53,502 Whitney Houston is a joke to you now? 1650 01:29:53,597 --> 01:29:56,214 You're gonna laugh? Well, fuck you. 1651 01:29:58,059 --> 01:30:00,676 This is the greatest singer that ever walked the earth. 1652 01:30:00,770 --> 01:30:04,639 Beloved by millions and millions all over the world. 1653 01:30:04,733 --> 01:30:06,190 She's not a tabloid star. 1654 01:30:07,819 --> 01:30:10,653 It's hard to understand the isolation 1655 01:30:10,739 --> 01:30:13,356 of that kind of tabloid fame. 1656 01:30:13,450 --> 01:30:15,817 Michael Jackson would call her sometimes, 1657 01:30:15,911 --> 01:30:20,451 and she would go over and sit with him in his hotel room. 1658 01:30:20,540 --> 01:30:23,374 And they wouldn't even say anything to each other. 1659 01:30:23,460 --> 01:30:24,917 But they just... 1660 01:30:25,003 --> 01:30:27,040 They understood each other. 1661 01:30:27,130 --> 01:30:29,622 They both... They were... 1662 01:30:29,716 --> 01:30:31,378 two of the few people in the world 1663 01:30:31,468 --> 01:30:35,758 who could understand what their circumstances were. 1664 01:30:35,847 --> 01:30:38,840 And it was just being close to each other. 1665 01:30:40,518 --> 01:30:43,135 Whitney Houston has checked into rehab again. 1666 01:30:43,229 --> 01:30:45,812 Houston last checked herself into a rehabilitation center 1667 01:30:45,899 --> 01:30:47,515 a year ago. 1668 01:30:47,609 --> 01:30:49,441 Houston said she is using the power of prayer 1669 01:30:49,527 --> 01:30:51,393 to help her get over her addiction. 1670 01:30:51,488 --> 01:30:53,696 A number of times she went away into rehab, 1671 01:30:53,782 --> 01:30:55,865 and she never managed to get clean. 1672 01:30:55,951 --> 01:30:57,943 I know it's a pretty complicated answer, 1673 01:30:58,036 --> 01:31:00,073 - but why was that? - No, I don't think... 1674 01:31:00,163 --> 01:31:01,620 It's not complicated. 1675 01:31:01,706 --> 01:31:05,040 Because... to go into treatment, 1676 01:31:05,126 --> 01:31:07,243 you have to go for you. 1677 01:31:07,337 --> 01:31:10,000 Not for someone else. 1678 01:31:10,090 --> 01:31:13,674 And you have to tell the real problem. 1679 01:31:18,974 --> 01:31:21,762 I think there's always something in your childhood 1680 01:31:21,851 --> 01:31:23,843 that makes you do drugs. 1681 01:31:26,481 --> 01:31:29,224 Is there something in your childhood that's made it 1682 01:31:29,317 --> 01:31:32,435 particularly difficult to escape the addiction? 1683 01:31:32,529 --> 01:31:34,486 I remember a lot of different things 1684 01:31:34,572 --> 01:31:36,859 going on in my life that were different. 1685 01:31:36,950 --> 01:31:38,987 What sort of things? 1686 01:31:39,077 --> 01:31:42,445 You know, being a... being a child, 1687 01:31:42,539 --> 01:31:44,075 being 8 or 9 years old... 1688 01:31:44,165 --> 01:31:45,872 Seven, 8, 9 years old, 1689 01:31:45,959 --> 01:31:50,249 and being kinda molested by a female... 1690 01:31:50,338 --> 01:31:53,922 a family member of mine. You know. 1691 01:31:54,009 --> 01:31:56,422 - That bothered you a lot? - Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. 1692 01:31:56,511 --> 01:31:59,174 My mother and father were gone a lot. 1693 01:31:59,264 --> 01:32:01,802 So we stayed with a lot of different people. 1694 01:32:01,891 --> 01:32:03,974 Me and my brother and my sister stayed with 1695 01:32:04,060 --> 01:32:07,019 four or five different families who took care of us. 1696 01:32:09,357 --> 01:32:12,600 Gary told me that he suffered sexual abuse as a child. 1697 01:32:12,694 --> 01:32:14,435 Did you ever hear that the same thing 1698 01:32:14,529 --> 01:32:16,020 happened to Whitney? 1699 01:32:16,781 --> 01:32:18,613 I have heard it. 1700 01:32:20,785 --> 01:32:23,323 I have heard it. 1701 01:32:23,413 --> 01:32:27,828 I couldn't figure out why she would always be on my case 1702 01:32:27,917 --> 01:32:30,830 about my daughter Reya. 1703 01:32:30,920 --> 01:32:33,128 If we were doing a business trip, 1704 01:32:33,214 --> 01:32:38,710 she never liked the idea of me leaving her behind. 1705 01:32:39,888 --> 01:32:41,800 And then, as mothers, 1706 01:32:41,890 --> 01:32:45,349 we talked, and she explained to me why. 1707 01:32:49,189 --> 01:32:50,976 We was talking one day, 1708 01:32:51,066 --> 01:32:52,807 'cause she knows my sister, 1709 01:32:52,901 --> 01:32:57,066 and my sister was molested at an early age. 1710 01:32:57,155 --> 01:32:58,942 And she looked up at me, 1711 01:32:59,032 --> 01:33:02,446 and she says, "Mary, I was too." 1712 01:33:02,535 --> 01:33:04,117 I said, "Huh?" 1713 01:33:04,204 --> 01:33:07,868 She said, "Yeah, I was molested at a young age too." 1714 01:33:07,957 --> 01:33:11,792 She said, "But it wasn't a man, it was a woman." 1715 01:33:12,921 --> 01:33:15,129 And she had tears in her eyes. 1716 01:33:15,215 --> 01:33:18,674 She says, "Mommy don't know the things we went through." 1717 01:33:20,720 --> 01:33:24,430 I said, "Nip, have you ever told your mother?" 1718 01:33:24,516 --> 01:33:27,759 She says, "No." 1719 01:33:27,852 --> 01:33:30,390 I said, "Well, maybe you need to tell her." 1720 01:33:30,480 --> 01:33:32,312 She said, "You don't know my mother. 1721 01:33:32,398 --> 01:33:36,233 My mother would hurt somebody if I told her who it was." 1722 01:33:37,779 --> 01:33:40,647 And she just had tears rolling down her eyes, 1723 01:33:40,740 --> 01:33:42,823 and I just hugged her. 1724 01:33:42,909 --> 01:33:45,322 I said, "Well, one day, when you get the nerve, 1725 01:33:45,411 --> 01:33:47,431 you need to tell your mother, and it will lift the burden. 1726 01:33:47,455 --> 01:33:50,289 I'm telling you, it will lift the burden off you." 1727 01:33:52,836 --> 01:33:54,748 What makes you angry? 1728 01:33:54,838 --> 01:33:56,625 Child abuse makes me angry. 1729 01:33:56,714 --> 01:33:59,127 Why child abuse? You come from a loving family. 1730 01:33:59,217 --> 01:34:02,301 'Cause, I hate to see kids... 'Cause for children... 1731 01:34:02,387 --> 01:34:06,757 It bothers me that children who are helpless, 1732 01:34:06,850 --> 01:34:08,887 who depend on adults, 1733 01:34:08,977 --> 01:34:11,185 for their security and for their caring, 1734 01:34:11,271 --> 01:34:13,513 and for their love... 1735 01:34:13,606 --> 01:34:16,394 It just... It bothers me. It makes me angry. 1736 01:34:20,321 --> 01:34:22,529 Did she tell you who it was? 1737 01:34:26,119 --> 01:34:29,203 Yes. She did. 1738 01:34:31,166 --> 01:34:33,158 She did. 1739 01:34:33,251 --> 01:34:35,789 Gary told me that it was Dee Dee Warwick, 1740 01:34:35,879 --> 01:34:37,711 his aunt, Dionne's sister. 1741 01:34:37,797 --> 01:34:39,663 Is that what she told you? 1742 01:34:39,757 --> 01:34:42,374 Yeah, that's what she told me. 1743 01:34:42,468 --> 01:34:44,755 "It was Dee Dee." And I said, "What?" 1744 01:34:44,846 --> 01:34:46,803 She said, "Yeah." 1745 01:34:53,271 --> 01:34:56,435 ♪ What can you do? ♪ 1746 01:34:57,901 --> 01:35:00,609 ♪ What can you say? ♪ 1747 01:35:02,488 --> 01:35:06,778 ♪ When you find love ♪ 1748 01:35:06,868 --> 01:35:09,952 ♪ Slipping away? ♪ 1749 01:35:17,629 --> 01:35:21,213 I think she was ashamed. 1750 01:35:21,299 --> 01:35:23,541 She used to say, "I wondered did I do something 1751 01:35:23,635 --> 01:35:25,797 to make her think I wanted her." 1752 01:35:25,887 --> 01:35:29,380 And I had to say, "Stop it. Stop it." 1753 01:35:32,227 --> 01:35:34,810 "A predator is a predator." 1754 01:35:36,397 --> 01:35:38,935 If Cissy had have known it was happening, 1755 01:35:39,025 --> 01:35:41,859 she would have done something about it. 1756 01:35:41,945 --> 01:35:45,313 Because Cissy loves her children. 1757 01:35:45,406 --> 01:35:47,648 What do you think the long-term effects 1758 01:35:47,742 --> 01:35:49,153 of the abuse were? 1759 01:35:49,244 --> 01:35:55,366 It made her question her sexual... preference. 1760 01:35:55,458 --> 01:35:59,748 And I think that's why she really wanted a family, 1761 01:35:59,837 --> 01:36:01,874 a husband, children, 1762 01:36:01,965 --> 01:36:06,756 to make her feel that this is what's supposed to happen. 1763 01:36:06,844 --> 01:36:09,507 Do you think she understood herself? 1764 01:36:09,597 --> 01:36:12,180 No. 1765 01:36:12,267 --> 01:36:14,850 I think she was trying to find herself. 1766 01:36:17,313 --> 01:36:20,431 She was a good actress. 1767 01:36:20,525 --> 01:36:22,232 I always used to tell them: 1768 01:36:22,318 --> 01:36:25,311 "Whitney's in there somewhere, but she's trapped." 1769 01:36:28,283 --> 01:36:30,741 Wake up! Wake up, Nippy! 1770 01:36:30,827 --> 01:36:32,284 Nippy! 1771 01:36:32,370 --> 01:36:34,157 Are you in there? 1772 01:36:34,247 --> 01:36:38,537 Whitney calling Nippy, Whitney calling Nippy. Whitney calling Nippy. 1773 01:36:38,626 --> 01:36:42,085 She won't answer. She's really being non-cooperative today. 1774 01:36:42,171 --> 01:36:44,879 - When she's ready to go... - Nippy calling Whitney. 1775 01:36:44,966 --> 01:36:46,673 Yes, hi! 1776 01:36:46,759 --> 01:36:49,297 See, Nippy can call Whitney, but Whitney can't call Nippy. 1777 01:36:49,387 --> 01:36:52,221 It would be too dangerous for everyone. 1778 01:36:54,142 --> 01:36:55,678 Oh, my God. 1779 01:36:55,768 --> 01:36:58,101 All that praise. All that money. 1780 01:36:58,187 --> 01:36:59,644 She'd reaped all these things 1781 01:36:59,731 --> 01:37:01,688 from that talent and that beauty, 1782 01:37:01,774 --> 01:37:06,314 but it still wasn't gonna be enough for what she really... 1783 01:37:06,404 --> 01:37:10,114 she really wanted. 1784 01:37:10,199 --> 01:37:13,988 If you can't know who you are, nothing's gonna save you. 1785 01:37:15,580 --> 01:37:16,866 I feel like... 1786 01:37:16,956 --> 01:37:19,289 ♪ You and me against the world ♪ 1787 01:37:19,375 --> 01:37:21,913 ♪ Sometimes it feels like ♪ 1788 01:37:22,003 --> 01:37:25,997 ♪ Just me against this whole motherfucking world ♪ 1789 01:37:26,090 --> 01:37:28,707 I'm sure you've never seen me like this before. 1790 01:37:28,801 --> 01:37:30,633 $150 and a water bottle... 1791 01:37:30,720 --> 01:37:33,554 Just as beautiful as every other day of your life. 1792 01:37:33,639 --> 01:37:35,221 Ah. 1793 01:37:36,434 --> 01:37:38,517 Ah... 1794 01:37:38,603 --> 01:37:42,187 In the end, there was no drive, there was no interest. 1795 01:37:43,399 --> 01:37:45,516 There seemed to be no vanity. 1796 01:37:55,787 --> 01:37:59,030 Someone who's not really alive, right? 1797 01:37:59,123 --> 01:38:02,036 Like a zombie... in some ways. 1798 01:38:02,126 --> 01:38:04,413 I mean, not feeding off anyone but... 1799 01:38:06,130 --> 01:38:07,746 Roaming. 1800 01:38:45,920 --> 01:38:49,334 She went to Georgia to get away from everybody. 1801 01:38:51,759 --> 01:38:54,672 She could run away from her mother. 1802 01:38:54,762 --> 01:38:57,550 She could run away from me. 1803 01:38:57,640 --> 01:38:59,882 She could run away from the people that would say: 1804 01:38:59,976 --> 01:39:04,061 "No, goddamn it, it ain't happening this way." 1805 01:39:04,147 --> 01:39:05,763 She went down there to visit 1806 01:39:05,857 --> 01:39:08,770 and never came back home. Ha-ha-ha. 1807 01:39:08,860 --> 01:39:13,321 Her home here in New Jersey was still completely packed. 1808 01:39:13,406 --> 01:39:16,194 There was food in the refrigerator. 1809 01:39:16,284 --> 01:39:18,276 There were clothes in the drawers. 1810 01:39:20,788 --> 01:39:23,075 Did you live in the Georgia house with them? 1811 01:39:23,166 --> 01:39:26,659 No, sir. Wouldn't have if I was asked. 1812 01:39:27,670 --> 01:39:30,583 It was dark and evilness. 1813 01:39:31,966 --> 01:39:34,208 You know, she always... And I'd go in, 1814 01:39:34,302 --> 01:39:36,715 I said, "No, we gotta open the blinds. 1815 01:39:36,804 --> 01:39:39,012 Evil dwell in the dark." 1816 01:39:42,310 --> 01:39:44,927 Bobby would say awful things to her. 1817 01:39:46,481 --> 01:39:49,064 She would come in with tears running, 1818 01:39:49,150 --> 01:39:51,187 and I said, "Come on in here with me. 1819 01:39:51,277 --> 01:39:54,270 Let him calm down." 1820 01:39:54,363 --> 01:39:57,447 And I said, "You can't keep letting him do this to you." 1821 01:39:57,533 --> 01:39:59,525 "I know, I know, I know, Mary." 1822 01:40:01,954 --> 01:40:03,661 I used to try to keep Krissi 1823 01:40:03,748 --> 01:40:06,491 out of her mother and father's room. 1824 01:40:06,584 --> 01:40:08,951 One day I came, and she had been in there. 1825 01:40:09,045 --> 01:40:10,832 She was looking at me, and I said: 1826 01:40:10,922 --> 01:40:12,663 "Krissi, why did you go in the room?" 1827 01:40:12,757 --> 01:40:15,875 "Well, I was looking for something, Auntie Mary." 1828 01:40:15,968 --> 01:40:17,800 She said, "What the hell...?" 1829 01:40:17,887 --> 01:40:19,970 I said, "Krissi..." 1830 01:40:20,056 --> 01:40:21,718 What did she see? 1831 01:40:21,807 --> 01:40:26,598 Oh, her father used to like to... draw 1832 01:40:26,687 --> 01:40:32,934 all these devils and demons on the floors and the walls. 1833 01:40:33,027 --> 01:40:37,613 And... it was something out of a storybook to me. 1834 01:40:39,617 --> 01:40:41,779 It was... Wow. 1835 01:40:53,464 --> 01:40:57,549 She was the best mother she knew how to be. 1836 01:40:57,635 --> 01:41:00,378 But you've got to have that motherly love, 1837 01:41:00,471 --> 01:41:03,339 and I just don't know if she knew how to give it. 1838 01:41:07,520 --> 01:41:09,933 The things Krissi had to endure, 1839 01:41:10,022 --> 01:41:12,435 no one would ever imagine. 1840 01:41:15,319 --> 01:41:18,437 They didn't take care of Krissi. 1841 01:41:18,531 --> 01:41:20,989 They just left her to the wolves. 1842 01:41:22,493 --> 01:41:24,951 She never had a chance. 1843 01:41:32,461 --> 01:41:34,578 She'd never seen a normal life. 1844 01:41:36,799 --> 01:41:41,294 She was the companion of an alcoholic and a drug addict. 1845 01:41:41,387 --> 01:41:43,674 And that was what she learned to be. 1846 01:41:52,106 --> 01:41:55,770 Whitney asked me to meet her at the hospital. 1847 01:41:57,361 --> 01:42:01,822 Krissi had taken a knife and slashed her arms. 1848 01:42:06,454 --> 01:42:08,446 That's awful. 1849 01:42:10,124 --> 01:42:13,538 - Why did she do it? - She hated her life. 1850 01:42:14,837 --> 01:42:17,625 She hated her mother. 1851 01:42:17,715 --> 01:42:19,923 She even went as far as writing: 1852 01:42:20,009 --> 01:42:22,968 "I wish I could find a way to kill her 1853 01:42:23,054 --> 01:42:25,137 and no one find out about it." 1854 01:42:27,975 --> 01:42:30,183 The very public and very troubled marriage 1855 01:42:30,269 --> 01:42:31,976 has come to an end. 1856 01:42:32,063 --> 01:42:33,725 Whitney Houston has filed for divorce 1857 01:42:33,814 --> 01:42:35,225 from her husband Bobby Brown. 1858 01:42:35,316 --> 01:42:37,228 The two singers, who have one child, 1859 01:42:37,318 --> 01:42:39,310 have been married for 14 years. 1860 01:42:39,403 --> 01:42:40,735 I'm surprised it lasted that long. 1861 01:42:40,821 --> 01:42:42,562 Anderson, back to you. 1862 01:42:42,657 --> 01:42:44,899 A lot of people felt it was coming. 1863 01:42:44,992 --> 01:42:47,075 I appreciate that. We'll check in with you 1864 01:42:47,161 --> 01:42:49,118 for other headlines coming up. 1865 01:42:49,205 --> 01:42:52,039 That was a hard battle to come back from. 1866 01:42:52,124 --> 01:42:55,083 People saying, "I told you so. I told you so." 1867 01:42:57,922 --> 01:43:04,135 ♪ So I'm saving all my love for you ♪ 1868 01:43:06,889 --> 01:43:11,054 I remember Whitney crying about Bobby. 1869 01:43:11,143 --> 01:43:13,351 Krissi would go over and just rock her 1870 01:43:13,437 --> 01:43:15,679 and say, "Oh, Ma, it's okay. 1871 01:43:15,773 --> 01:43:18,186 It's okay, Ma, don't cry. 1872 01:43:18,275 --> 01:43:22,110 He's gone so we gonna let him be gone." 1873 01:43:22,196 --> 01:43:25,109 She said, "I'm a failure. I failed." 1874 01:43:29,495 --> 01:43:31,737 But then she started getting it together. 1875 01:43:31,831 --> 01:43:36,041 And started biting to make it right for Bobbi Kristina. 1876 01:43:37,712 --> 01:43:39,169 For the very first time, 1877 01:43:39,255 --> 01:43:41,668 she was determined to become clean. 1878 01:43:43,008 --> 01:43:45,751 She went to rehab in California 1879 01:43:45,845 --> 01:43:47,962 for about seven to eight months, 1880 01:43:48,055 --> 01:43:49,887 but she couldn't complete the program 1881 01:43:49,974 --> 01:43:53,012 because she didn't have any money, nothing. 1882 01:43:53,102 --> 01:43:55,389 She'd gone dry. 1883 01:43:55,479 --> 01:43:57,687 It was tour time. 1884 01:43:57,773 --> 01:44:00,265 They went from ka-ching to ka-trouble. 1885 01:44:00,359 --> 01:44:03,147 Now Whitney Houston is trying to turn it all around 1886 01:44:03,237 --> 01:44:05,900 and pop back to profitability. 1887 01:44:05,990 --> 01:44:08,073 She says, "Don't call it a comeback," 1888 01:44:08,159 --> 01:44:10,262 but it's kind of what people are talking about, so it sort of is a comeback. 1889 01:44:10,286 --> 01:44:12,824 When we heard about the final tour, 1890 01:44:12,913 --> 01:44:14,905 nobody wanted her to go. 1891 01:44:14,999 --> 01:44:18,117 Clive begged for her not to go. 1892 01:44:18,210 --> 01:44:20,827 But at that point, management felt 1893 01:44:20,921 --> 01:44:23,834 that without that money, she'd be homeless. 1894 01:44:23,924 --> 01:44:25,790 The wait is almost over. 1895 01:44:25,885 --> 01:44:27,877 Fans at the Brisbane Entertainment Center 1896 01:44:27,970 --> 01:44:30,587 walked out on her performance in disgust. 1897 01:44:30,681 --> 01:44:33,298 Whitney Houston's comeback tour has hit yet another snag, 1898 01:44:33,392 --> 01:44:36,851 as hundreds of fans walked out of a recent show in Denmark. 1899 01:44:36,937 --> 01:44:39,771 Words like "shambolic" and "horrendous" have been bandied about. 1900 01:44:39,857 --> 01:44:42,144 Definitely not worth $165. 1901 01:44:42,234 --> 01:44:44,851 She couldn't entertain a dead rat. 1902 01:44:44,945 --> 01:44:48,154 ♪ And I... ♪ 1903 01:44:50,409 --> 01:44:52,275 ♪ I will always ♪ 1904 01:44:52,369 --> 01:44:54,782 ♪ Love you ♪ 1905 01:44:54,872 --> 01:44:56,238 ♪ You ♪ 1906 01:44:56,332 --> 01:45:00,372 ♪ I will always ♪ 1907 01:45:00,461 --> 01:45:02,703 ♪ Love you ♪ 1908 01:45:04,173 --> 01:45:06,005 ♪ You always ♪ 1909 01:45:06,091 --> 01:45:08,128 ♪ Always love ♪ 1910 01:45:08,219 --> 01:45:11,428 ♪ Love you ♪ 1911 01:45:12,056 --> 01:45:14,969 ♪ You, I ♪ 1912 01:45:15,059 --> 01:45:17,802 ♪ I'll always love ♪ 1913 01:45:17,895 --> 01:45:20,603 ♪ You ♪ 1914 01:45:31,075 --> 01:45:34,534 Whitney meant so much to black America. 1915 01:45:35,788 --> 01:45:37,529 We had a service for her 1916 01:45:37,623 --> 01:45:40,411 at Abyssinian Baptist church in New York. 1917 01:45:40,501 --> 01:45:43,289 I suspected there'd be a couple of dozen people there. 1918 01:45:43,379 --> 01:45:47,293 The church was packed, 2000 people on a weeknight, 1919 01:45:47,383 --> 01:45:49,716 to pray for Whitney Houston. 1920 01:45:52,012 --> 01:45:55,050 I mean, by that time, her demons were public. 1921 01:45:55,140 --> 01:45:59,054 By that time, we were all concerned about her future. 1922 01:45:59,144 --> 01:46:01,932 And just the people who don't know her 1923 01:46:02,022 --> 01:46:06,517 gather because when one Whitney Houston emerges, 1924 01:46:06,610 --> 01:46:11,730 black America clings to that star. 1925 01:46:11,824 --> 01:46:13,781 It's about much more than music. 1926 01:46:13,868 --> 01:46:17,782 ♪ Through the storm, through the night ♪ 1927 01:46:17,872 --> 01:46:19,579 ♪ Lead me home... ♪ 1928 01:46:19,665 --> 01:46:21,531 Whitney Houston will be back 1929 01:46:21,625 --> 01:46:25,494 on big screens across America, starring in Sparkle, 1930 01:46:25,588 --> 01:46:27,454 a remake of her favorite film, 1931 01:46:27,548 --> 01:46:29,835 one she would watch over and over as a teen 1932 01:46:29,925 --> 01:46:31,666 back in the '70s. 1933 01:46:42,646 --> 01:46:44,103 You got five minutes. 1934 01:46:46,233 --> 01:46:48,020 She wanted to do the movie. 1935 01:46:50,362 --> 01:46:52,479 She needed the job. 1936 01:46:53,991 --> 01:46:57,610 There was no more music career. 1937 01:46:57,703 --> 01:47:02,323 The deal was that she would have a drug test every week. 1938 01:47:02,416 --> 01:47:03,952 You look tired. 1939 01:47:05,502 --> 01:47:07,585 She's climbing out of a hole. 1940 01:47:08,756 --> 01:47:10,998 I am. 1941 01:47:11,091 --> 01:47:14,051 It was like, "If this is what I have to do, it's what I have to do." 1942 01:47:15,638 --> 01:47:17,755 In the first rehearsal, she looked terrible. 1943 01:47:17,848 --> 01:47:20,556 She was bloated, she was slurry. 1944 01:47:20,643 --> 01:47:25,354 And then she cleaned herself up. 1945 01:47:27,733 --> 01:47:29,349 When she wasn't working, 1946 01:47:29,443 --> 01:47:32,857 she'd sit on set just to hang out with people. 1947 01:47:32,947 --> 01:47:35,781 Saturday night, took all the cast out to celebrate. 1948 01:47:35,866 --> 01:47:38,279 I invited her. She showed up. 1949 01:47:38,369 --> 01:47:41,032 She went to the football game with some of the guys. 1950 01:47:41,121 --> 01:47:44,865 I mean, she really, really, really was there. 1951 01:47:47,878 --> 01:47:50,837 I remember midway through the shoot, 1952 01:47:50,923 --> 01:47:53,165 and I'd walk towards the hair and makeup trailer, 1953 01:47:53,258 --> 01:47:56,092 and I'd hear this gospel music blasting. 1954 01:47:56,178 --> 01:47:58,010 It's, like, 5:00 in the morning, 1955 01:47:58,097 --> 01:48:00,259 and she's in there singing, 1956 01:48:00,349 --> 01:48:02,181 bright-eyed... 1957 01:48:02,267 --> 01:48:04,475 You know, happy. 1958 01:48:04,561 --> 01:48:07,099 I said, "What are you on?" 1959 01:48:07,189 --> 01:48:09,647 And both of us looked at each other and burst out laughing 1960 01:48:09,733 --> 01:48:11,395 because she wasn't on anything. 1961 01:48:11,485 --> 01:48:13,351 This was joy, 1962 01:48:13,445 --> 01:48:17,064 and I think it was the joy of having a purpose. 1963 01:48:17,157 --> 01:48:20,275 Of being able to get up in the morning 1964 01:48:20,369 --> 01:48:22,406 and know you had a job. 1965 01:48:22,496 --> 01:48:25,284 You had people who wanted to be around you. 1966 01:48:25,374 --> 01:48:27,457 You were a part of a community. 1967 01:48:27,543 --> 01:48:31,753 And I really saw her come back to life. 1968 01:48:31,839 --> 01:48:35,207 - ♪ I sing ♪ - ♪ I sing ♪ 1969 01:48:35,300 --> 01:48:38,839 - ♪ I sing because ♪ - ♪ Because ♪ 1970 01:48:38,929 --> 01:48:42,843 - ♪ I'm happy ♪ - Choir: ♪ Happy ♪ 1971 01:48:42,933 --> 01:48:45,016 - ♪ Hallelujah ♪ - All: Hallelujah. 1972 01:48:45,102 --> 01:48:47,469 - ♪ I sing ♪ - Choir: ♪ I sing ♪ 1973 01:48:47,563 --> 01:48:50,351 - ♪ I sing because ♪ - Choir: ♪ Because ♪ 1974 01:48:50,441 --> 01:48:55,186 - ♪ I'm free ♪ - Choir: ♪ I'm free ♪ 1975 01:48:55,279 --> 01:48:58,238 On the last day, she said: 1976 01:48:58,323 --> 01:48:59,814 "I got an idea for our next movie. 1977 01:48:59,908 --> 01:49:01,649 It's gonna be David and Bathsheba. 1978 01:49:01,744 --> 01:49:03,451 Me and Mel Gibson." 1979 01:49:03,537 --> 01:49:06,951 I was like, "Well, Whitney, I don't know about that one." 1980 01:49:07,041 --> 01:49:09,078 I said, you know, "I think..." 1981 01:49:09,168 --> 01:49:11,034 She was... had an early morning flight. 1982 01:49:11,128 --> 01:49:12,369 "This is gonna be great. 1983 01:49:12,463 --> 01:49:13,920 We'll figure out other stuff to do. 1984 01:49:14,006 --> 01:49:16,214 You just go back home." 1985 01:49:16,300 --> 01:49:19,793 It wasn't until her wake... 1986 01:49:19,887 --> 01:49:23,972 that her bodyguard came over to me and he said... 1987 01:49:25,476 --> 01:49:28,344 "You know, she didn't take that flight." 1988 01:49:28,437 --> 01:49:30,599 I mean, nobody ever told me. 1989 01:49:31,815 --> 01:49:34,558 She didn't want to leave. 1990 01:49:34,651 --> 01:49:40,568 She, um... She stayed, like, an extra three or four days... 1991 01:49:40,657 --> 01:49:45,368 And finally, she had him drive her back to Atlanta. 1992 01:49:47,581 --> 01:49:51,120 I just don't think she wanted to leave. 1993 01:49:51,210 --> 01:49:55,124 Because she had purpose and people who loved her. 1994 01:49:55,214 --> 01:50:00,881 And I can just see her going back to, you know, Alpharetta 1995 01:50:00,969 --> 01:50:03,586 and waking up in the morning... 1996 01:50:03,680 --> 01:50:08,175 Or, more likely, in the afternoon... 1997 01:50:08,268 --> 01:50:10,681 with no reason to get out of bed 1998 01:50:10,771 --> 01:50:12,763 and nothing on the horizon. 1999 01:50:12,856 --> 01:50:16,190 And I just think she went home and went back in the hole. 2000 01:50:19,571 --> 01:50:21,654 Well... 2001 01:50:21,740 --> 01:50:23,527 we've finally come... 2002 01:50:24,576 --> 01:50:26,613 ♪ To an end ♪ 2003 01:50:27,830 --> 01:50:29,571 ♪ Oh, well ♪ 2004 01:50:29,665 --> 01:50:31,702 ♪ We've finally come ♪ 2005 01:50:32,459 --> 01:50:34,451 ♪ To the end ♪ 2006 01:50:36,171 --> 01:50:39,664 ♪ Story is over ♪ 2007 01:50:39,758 --> 01:50:42,296 No, we haven't come to the end. 2008 01:50:42,386 --> 01:50:45,845 - When is the end? - When you say so. 2009 01:50:48,892 --> 01:50:50,508 Mm. 2010 01:51:04,908 --> 01:51:09,573 She came to my room early... of the morning in question. 2011 01:51:11,582 --> 01:51:16,748 And she started talking about... John the Baptist. 2012 01:51:16,837 --> 01:51:19,124 And she said... She laid her head on my shoulder, 2013 01:51:19,214 --> 01:51:20,876 and she had her arm around my waist. 2014 01:51:20,966 --> 01:51:23,674 She said, "We're gonna be together one day, Ray." 2015 01:51:23,760 --> 01:51:25,672 She says, "Mary... 2016 01:51:28,056 --> 01:51:31,345 ...I gotta get my shit together." 2017 01:51:31,435 --> 01:51:33,802 She said, "'Cause I got to see Jesus." 2018 01:51:36,648 --> 01:51:39,686 And I gave her this look, like, "Right." 2019 01:51:39,776 --> 01:51:41,984 She asked me to set up my box up for her, 2020 01:51:42,070 --> 01:51:43,686 so she could listen to the music. 2021 01:51:43,780 --> 01:51:46,363 Because she always listened to music before she go on stage, 2022 01:51:46,450 --> 01:51:48,157 or whatever she getting ready to do. 2023 01:51:48,243 --> 01:51:50,485 She would listen to some Fred Hammond. 2024 01:51:51,747 --> 01:51:53,739 So I ran the water. 2025 01:51:53,832 --> 01:51:55,448 She got in the tub. 2026 01:51:56,793 --> 01:51:59,035 And she wanted these cupcakes. 2027 01:51:59,129 --> 01:52:02,543 She said, "Mary, I just want a sprinkle cupcake, I swear. 2028 01:52:02,633 --> 01:52:05,250 Get two, but I won't eat but one." 2029 01:52:05,344 --> 01:52:08,712 And I left her smiling and brushing her hair in the tub. 2030 01:52:12,351 --> 01:52:14,718 I... 2031 01:52:14,811 --> 01:52:17,975 I wasn't gone but 30 minutes. 2032 01:52:28,283 --> 01:52:29,899 ♪ I ♪ 2033 01:52:29,993 --> 01:52:31,905 I'm always running from this giant. 2034 01:52:31,995 --> 01:52:34,282 I'm always running from this big man. 2035 01:52:35,415 --> 01:52:36,656 My mother always says: 2036 01:52:36,750 --> 01:52:38,550 "Well, you know, that's nothing but the devil. 2037 01:52:38,627 --> 01:52:41,665 He's just tryin' to get you. He just wants your soul." 2038 01:52:42,839 --> 01:52:44,705 But he never gets me. 2039 01:52:48,387 --> 01:52:51,801 When I got back, there were no lights on. 2040 01:52:51,890 --> 01:52:53,973 I said, "What the hell?" 2041 01:52:55,310 --> 01:53:00,977 And I proceeded to step... in the bedroom. 2042 01:53:09,533 --> 01:53:11,490 Water came to my ankle. 2043 01:53:11,576 --> 01:53:13,488 I said, "What the hell?" 2044 01:53:17,416 --> 01:53:19,703 I saw my baby floating in there, 2045 01:53:19,793 --> 01:53:22,001 just face down in the water. 2046 01:53:32,723 --> 01:53:34,009 Breaking News. 2047 01:53:34,099 --> 01:53:35,965 Whitney Houston is dead. 2048 01:53:36,059 --> 01:53:37,891 The death of singing star Whitney Houston. 2049 01:53:37,978 --> 01:53:39,435 Cause of death is drowning. 2050 01:53:39,521 --> 01:53:41,183 Heaven just got another beautiful voice 2051 01:53:41,273 --> 01:53:42,389 added to the choir. 2052 01:53:42,482 --> 01:53:44,064 Due to cocaine use. 2053 01:53:44,151 --> 01:53:46,017 One of the true legends. 2054 01:53:46,111 --> 01:53:48,603 I would hope that all the negative press 2055 01:53:48,697 --> 01:53:51,110 would take a pause and remember this great talent. 2056 01:54:03,128 --> 01:54:05,871 ♪ When I think of home ♪ 2057 01:54:07,424 --> 01:54:09,586 ♪ I think of a place ♪ 2058 01:54:11,887 --> 01:54:16,507 ♪ Where there's love overflowing ♪ 2059 01:54:19,102 --> 01:54:21,685 ♪ I wish I was home ♪ 2060 01:54:22,981 --> 01:54:25,098 ♪ I wish I was back there ♪ 2061 01:54:26,777 --> 01:54:30,396 ♪ With the things ♪ 2062 01:54:30,489 --> 01:54:33,778 ♪ I've been knowing ♪ 2063 01:54:33,867 --> 01:54:36,655 ♪ I know you're listening, God ♪ 2064 01:54:36,745 --> 01:54:41,365 ♪ So won't you please try not to make it hard to know ♪ 2065 01:54:41,458 --> 01:54:44,371 ♪ I shouldn't believe everything ♪ 2066 01:54:44,461 --> 01:54:46,669 ♪ Everything that I see ♪ 2067 01:54:48,882 --> 01:54:53,593 ♪ A world full of love ♪ 2068 01:54:53,678 --> 01:54:56,170 ♪ Like yours, like ♪ 2069 01:54:56,264 --> 01:55:01,510 ♪ Like mine ♪ 2070 01:55:01,603 --> 01:55:08,567 ♪ Like home ♪ 2071 01:55:08,652 --> 01:55:13,898 ♪ Home ♪ 2072 01:55:21,164 --> 01:55:24,373 You won't forget that name! Whitney Houston! 2073 01:55:48,024 --> 01:55:52,018 ♪ Share my life ♪ 2074 01:55:52,112 --> 01:55:58,074 ♪ Take me for what I am ♪ 2075 01:55:58,160 --> 01:56:04,248 ♪ 'Cause I'll never change all my colors for you ♪ 2076 01:56:07,127 --> 01:56:11,337 ♪ I said take my love ♪ 2077 01:56:11,423 --> 01:56:16,214 ♪ I'll never ask for too much ♪ 2078 01:56:16,303 --> 01:56:19,387 ♪ Just all that you are ♪ 2079 01:56:20,557 --> 01:56:24,426 ♪ And everything that you do ♪ 2080 01:56:24,519 --> 01:56:26,852 ♪ You, you ♪ 2081 01:56:26,938 --> 01:56:31,808 ♪ I don't really need to look very much further ♪ 2082 01:56:31,902 --> 01:56:36,522 ♪ I don't wanna have to go where you don't follow ♪ 2083 01:56:36,615 --> 01:56:40,825 ♪ I won't hold it back again this passion inside ♪ 2084 01:56:40,911 --> 01:56:47,875 ♪ I can't run from myself there's nowhere to hide ♪ 2085 01:56:48,752 --> 01:56:53,872 ♪ Don't make me close one more door ♪ 2086 01:56:53,965 --> 01:56:58,175 ♪ I don't wanna hurt anymore ♪ 2087 01:56:58,261 --> 01:57:02,972 ♪ Stay in my arms if you dare ♪ 2088 01:57:03,058 --> 01:57:07,928 ♪ Or must I imagine you there? ♪ 2089 01:57:08,021 --> 01:57:13,312 ♪ Don't walk away from me ♪ 2090 01:57:13,401 --> 01:57:18,146 ♪ I have nothing nothing, nothing ♪ 2091 01:57:18,240 --> 01:57:24,703 ♪ If I don't have you ♪ 2092 01:57:26,206 --> 01:57:29,745 ♪ You see through ♪ 2093 01:57:29,834 --> 01:57:33,953 ♪ Right to the heart of me ♪ 2094 01:57:35,173 --> 01:57:38,541 ♪ You break down my walls ♪ 2095 01:57:38,635 --> 01:57:41,878 ♪ With the strength of your love ♪ 2096 01:57:41,972 --> 01:57:44,840 ♪ Mm, oh ♪ 2097 01:57:44,933 --> 01:57:48,097 ♪ I never knew ♪ 2098 01:57:48,186 --> 01:57:53,352 ♪ Love like I've known it with you ♪ 2099 01:57:53,441 --> 01:57:57,276 ♪ Will a memory survive ♪ 2100 01:57:57,362 --> 01:58:02,107 ♪ One I can hold on to? ♪ 2101 01:58:03,910 --> 01:58:08,371 ♪ I don't really need to look very much further ♪ 2102 01:58:08,456 --> 01:58:12,951 ♪ I don't wanna have to go where you don't follow ♪ 2103 01:58:13,044 --> 01:58:17,334 ♪ I won't hold it back again this passion inside ♪ 2104 01:58:17,424 --> 01:58:19,837 ♪ I can't run from myself ♪ 2105 01:58:19,926 --> 01:58:23,886 ♪ There's nowhere to hide ♪ 2106 01:58:23,972 --> 01:58:29,388 ♪ Your love I'll remember forever ♪ 2107 01:58:29,477 --> 01:58:34,768 ♪ Don't make me close one more door ♪ 2108 01:58:34,858 --> 01:58:39,023 ♪ I don't wanna hurt anymore ♪ 2109 01:58:39,112 --> 01:58:43,527 ♪ Stay in my arms if you dare ♪ 2110 01:58:43,617 --> 01:58:48,487 ♪ Or must I imagine you there? ♪ 2111 01:58:48,580 --> 01:58:53,621 ♪ Don't walk away from me ♪ 2112 01:58:53,710 --> 01:59:00,298 ♪ I have nothing nothing, nothing ♪ 2113 01:59:00,383 --> 01:59:07,347 ♪ Don't make me close one more door ♪ 2114 01:59:07,432 --> 01:59:11,847 ♪ I don't wanna hurt anymore ♪ 2115 01:59:11,936 --> 01:59:16,647 ♪ Stay in my arms if you dare ♪ 2116 01:59:16,733 --> 01:59:21,398 ♪ Or must I imagine you there? ♪ 2117 01:59:21,488 --> 01:59:25,107 ♪ Don't walk away from me ♪ 2118 01:59:25,200 --> 01:59:26,316 ♪ No ♪ 2119 01:59:26,409 --> 01:59:30,119 ♪ Don't walk away from me ♪ 2120 01:59:30,205 --> 01:59:34,324 ♪ Don't you dare walk away from me ♪ 2121 01:59:36,044 --> 01:59:42,041 ♪ I have nothing nothing, nothing ♪ 2122 01:59:42,133 --> 01:59:46,594 ♪ If I don't have you ♪ 2123 01:59:47,389 --> 01:59:51,053 ♪ You ♪ 2124 01:59:51,142 --> 01:59:55,477 ♪ If I don't have you ♪ 2125 01:59:56,523 --> 02:00:00,517 ♪ Oh, you ♪ 168404

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