惠特尼(Whitney)英文字幕预览

1 00:00:54 (dramatic theme playing)
2 00:00:59 Whitney: There were timeswhen I would look up to God,
3 00:01:02 and I'd go,"Why is this happening to me?"
4 00:01:11 And then these dreams.
5 00:01:13 I would have these dreamsabout being on a bridge,
6 00:01:15 and the bridge goingback and forth and swaying.
7 00:01:18 There's a big storm coming.
8 00:01:21 I'm always runningfrom this giant.
9 00:01:23 I'm always runningfrom this big man.
10 00:01:26 I know I can make It.I know I can make it.
11 00:01:29 I know I can make it.
12 00:01:32 My mother always says,"You know,
13 00:01:34 that's nothing but the devil.He's just trying to get you.
14 00:01:36 He just wants your soul."
15 00:01:38 And in a sense, it's true.
16 00:01:40 There's been several timesthe devil has tried to get me.
17 00:01:45 But he never gets me.
18 00:01:47 And it's funny,when I wake up,
19 00:01:49 I'm always exhaustedfrom running.
20 00:01:59 (Whitney Houston's"How Will I Know?" playing
21 00:02:02 REPORTER 1: The news aboutWhitney Houston is crackling through
22 00:02:05 the music worldand the news is good.
23 00:02:08 Her mother issinger Cissy Houston,
24 00:02:10 but at age 21,Whitney Houston
25 00:02:12 is blazing her own trailwith style and sizzle.
26 00:02:16 ("How Will I Know?"continues playing)
27 00:02:19 REPORTER 2: The most successfuldebut solo album in history.
28 00:02:22 She's quickly becomingthe new queen of pop.
29 00:02:24 REPORTER 3:Crowned the prom queen of soul.
30 00:02:26 REPORTER 4:It will take an Act of Congress
31 00:02:28 to keep this womanfrom becoming a megastar.
32 00:02:30 # There's a boy I know #
33 00:02:34 # He's the one I dream of #
34 00:02:36 America is working.
35 00:02:38 # When I wake a'
36 00:02:40 # From dreamin' X
37 00:02:42 # Tell meIs it really love? a'
38 00:02:46 XOohA'
39 00:02:48 # How will I know? #
40 00:02:50 # Don't trustYour feelings a'
41 00:02:52 # How will I know? A'
42 00:02:55 # How will I knowIf he really loves me? #
43 00:02:59 # I say a prayerWith every heartbeat #
44 00:03:04 (people shoutingindistinctly)
45 00:03:06 Keep it down, son!
46 00:03:10 (shouting indistinctly)
47 00:03:12 (gunshon
48 00:03:17 Whitney: We lived in Newark,and then the riots took place
49 00:03:19 - in the '60s.- Man: Do you remember them?
50 00:03:21 Whitney:Oh, yeah. Absolutely.
51 00:03:23 I remember lying on the floorand eating off the floor.
52 00:03:26 For the bullets, you know,
53 00:03:28 the bullets would flyand go through you.
54 00:03:30 I grew up in the ghetto.I mean, that's where I grew up.
55 00:03:33 (Cissy Houston 's"Here I Am " playing)
56 00:03:38 # All that you deserveTo have #
57 00:03:43 # Oh, that's why I say a'
58 00:03:48 # Hear me, babyWhen I say A'
59 00:03:52 # I'm telling you, here--Here I am... A'
60 00:03:57 Aunt BaezI hear John's voice, "Hey, Bae."
61 00:04:00 I said,"What? ls Cissy okay?¨
62 00:04:02 He said, "Yeah."He said, "She had the baby."
63 00:04:06 He said, "Bae, you're notgonna believe this baby.
64 00:04:09 She looks unreal,she's so beautiful."
65 00:04:16 She was sassy, smart mouth...
66 00:04:20 always following me,you know.
67 00:04:22 And my father made the point,you know,
68 00:04:24 "Listen, you got to watch herand take care of her.
69 00:04:27 If something happens to her,don't come home."
70 00:04:30 And we became just like,you know--
71 00:04:32 She was my best friend.
72 00:04:34 (dramatic theme playing)
73 00:04:36 She'd leave the house,and she would be clean-haired.
74 00:04:39 Then she'd come home,
75 00:04:41 just dirty pants,dirty shirt, hair messed up,
76 00:04:45 'cause she always wanted to berough and tough.
77 00:04:48 (Aretha Franklin's"Chain Of Fools" playing)
78 00:04:51 Always music on in the house,especially on Sundays.
79 00:04:54 Gospel all day long, you know.And then there was always,
80 00:04:58 you know, the musicthat my mother was recording.
81 00:05:00 # You told meTo leave you alone #
82 00:05:05 # My father said... #
83 00:05:07 Michael:My mother is known all over the world,
84 00:05:09 and she sang backgroundfor everybody.
85 00:05:14 She worked her ass offand spent time away from us
86 00:05:17 in order tomake things better.
87 00:05:20 I remember me and my sistercrying, sitting on the damn curb,
88 00:05:22 every time my motherwould pull off to go.
89 00:05:25 So we stayed with a lotof different people.
90 00:05:28 Me and my brother and my sisterstayed with a lot of--
91 00:05:31 I mean, four or fivedifferent families
92 00:05:33 and different peoplewho took care of us.
93 00:05:37 Whitney: I wanted to becomea singer when I was about 13.
94 00:05:40 That's when I realizedI wanted to be
95 00:05:42 a professional singer,but prior to that I just sang.
96 00:05:45 I sang at church,and I loved it.
97 00:05:47 Man: Remember the first songyou ever sang in church?
98 00:05:49 Whitney:Yes, I remember.
99 00:05:51 # Guide me, O, thou a'
100 00:05:58 # Great Jehov... .1'
101 00:06:01 - ...hovah #- Man: Mm.
102 00:06:05 # Feed me till E
103 00:06:07 # I want no more A'
104 00:06:13 - Woman: Yeah.- (crowd cheering)
105 00:06:21 Whitney: My mother, well,she raised us in church.
106 00:06:24 You had to go to churchwhether you liked it or not.
107 00:06:27 But, growing up, I loved it.
108 00:06:30 I loved to sing.
109 00:06:32 I loved the choir.
110 00:06:34 I knew that, whatever this God was,he sure liked singing.
111 00:06:37 He loved people to sing.He loved to be praised.
112 00:06:40 (Whitney and choir singing
113 00:06:48 # ...The Lord #
114 00:06:54 # Yes, he will, oh #
115 00:06:58 # The Lord... #
116 00:07:04 # Well, if you just... #
117 00:07:08 - # Have a little talk #- # A little talk #
118 00:07:10 # With Jesus #
119 00:07:11 (hymn continuesindistinctly)
120 00:07:16 Cissy:I used to be the directress
121 00:07:18 of all of the musicin this church,
122 00:07:21 but now I'm retired.
123 00:07:25 Man: When she was a girl,what was Whitney like?
124 00:07:27 She was beautiful.
125 00:07:29 She was a good baby.
126 00:07:35 Mm-hm.
127 00:07:36 Everybody loved her.
128 00:07:39 Except thosewho were jealous of her.
129 00:07:41 There were girlswho liked to run her home.
130 00:07:44 But I was alwayswaiting outside for them.
131 00:07:48 I'm a fighter, okay.
132 00:07:51 All right, so you bother my kids,
133 00:07:53 you've then bothered me.
134 00:07:55 Michael:In the neighborhood we lived in,
135 00:07:57 there was a lot of dark-skinned,colored people,
136 00:08:00 and Whitney used to getpicked on all the time
137 00:08:02 for being light-skinned--A little white girl.
138 00:08:04 --'cause my motherwould dress her nice.
139 00:08:06 Donna:She was a quiet, sweet kid.
140 00:08:09 She didn't havevery many friends.
141 00:08:12 She was very involved in the church,um...would just go to school,
142 00:08:17 and she would just hang outwith her brothers.
143 00:08:19 Better hurry, Dorothy.
144 00:08:21 You know how the Jacobs arewhen we keep them waiting.
145 00:08:23 Oh, I'm ready, George.
146 00:08:25 You know, I think it's safe to saythere won't be
147 00:08:27 a handsomer coupleat the party.
148 00:08:28 Or a happier one.
149 00:08:30 Man: Where did the name"Whitney" come from?
150 00:08:32 Michael: My mother says somethingabout this white sitcom,
151 00:08:36 but I never called herWhitney.
152 00:08:38 Always called her Nippy.
153 00:08:41 Whitney:Nippy is me. I am Nippy.
154 00:08:43 My father gave methat nickname,
155 00:08:45 and I've been Nippysince I can remember.
156 00:08:48 (laughs)
157 00:08:50 (crowd cheeringand whistling)
158 00:08:56 Rev. Soarhes:Whitney's father, John Houston,
159 00:08:59 was a key playerin the 1970s
160 00:09:01 around the Gibsonadministration,
161 00:09:04 and he wasa real deal-maker.
162 00:09:07 Kevin:A deal-maker or a hustler?
163 00:09:09 Well, it depends on which sideof the deal you're on. Ha, ha.
164 00:09:14 Michael: He was the head of centralplanning and zoning
165 00:09:16 in that administration,
166 00:09:17 which was a very corruptadministration,
167 00:09:20 and to geta building put up,
168 00:09:22 you had to go throughmy father.
169 00:09:24 So...you do the math.
170 00:09:27 He did enough for us,
171 00:09:29 along with my mother,working hard,
172 00:09:30 for us to get out of Newark
173 00:09:32 and go to a housein East Orange.
174 00:09:39 We had a better school,a pool, a backyard.
175 00:09:46 Aunt Baez They werestriving to become middle class.
176 00:09:50 They hada really nice house.
177 00:09:52 They were the Cosbysof Dodd Street.
178 00:09:57 Michael: But East Orangewas 20 blocks from Newark, heh.
179 00:10:00 You can live in a mansionall you want,
180 00:10:02 but when you come outside,you gonna be amongst
181 00:10:04 the motherfucking wolvesand bears.
182 00:10:07 (applause and cheering
183 00:10:09 Now, for the three peoplethat haven't read about you,
184 00:10:11 your motheris Cissy Houston of The...
185 00:10:14 - Sweet Inspirations.- Right.
186 00:10:16 - Your aunt is...?- My cousin is Dionne Warwick.
187 00:10:18 Who was your father?Duke Ellington?
188 00:10:23 # Just lift God up #
189 00:10:25 Whitney: I comefrom a family of singers.
190 00:10:27 # From eternal tears #
191 00:10:30 The family gathered atChristmastime, Thanksgiving.
192 00:10:32 And after dinner,instead of talking,
193 00:10:34 we'd all go aroundthe piano and sing.
194 00:10:36 # If you see mewalking down the street #
195 00:10:40 - # And I start to cry #- (cheering and whistling)
196 00:10:42 # Each time we meet #
197 00:10:44 # Walk on by #
198 00:10:49 # What can you do? #
199 00:10:54 # What can you say? #
200 00:10:58 Man: And your mother also triedto have a solo career herself?
201 00:11:01 Gary:She tried to have a solo career.
202 00:11:03 It didn't turn out to bewhat she wanted it to be.
203 00:11:05 I think she poured a lotof that disappointment
204 00:11:07 into Whitney, for sure.
205 00:11:09 # When I first saw you #
206 00:11:12 (piano playing)
207 00:11:15 # I said, "Oh, my" #
208 00:11:18 # I said,"Oh, my" #
209 00:11:23 # There's my dream #
210 00:11:27 # That's my dream #
211 00:11:32 # I needed a dream #
212 00:11:34 # To make me strong #
213 00:11:40 Michael: Nobody could touch Whitney,as far as singing, except my mom.
214 00:11:44 My mom's voice--And she taught Whitney
215 00:11:48 everything she knewabout how to use that voice.
216 00:11:50 You have three placesto sing from.
217 00:11:53 From your abdomen,your chest and your head.
218 00:11:57 She learned them all.
219 00:11:59 Cissy sang from her heart...
220 00:12:03 and she taught Nippyto sing from her heart.
221 00:12:06 Heart.
222 00:12:09 Mind.
223 00:12:12 Guts.
224 00:12:15 She loved her mother dearly.
225 00:12:18 But her mother was, um...the disciplinarian.
226 00:12:23 Her mother was hard on herwhen she was training her,
227 00:12:28 would make her do itover and over and over again
228 00:12:31 to get it right.
229 00:12:33 Michael: She was a little tough on Whitney
230 00:12:35 because she knewwhat Whitney had.
231 00:12:37 They would come home a lotof times mad at each other.
232 00:12:40 Whitney'd come in stomping,
233 00:12:42 cursing, go to her roomand slam the door.
234 00:12:45 My mother telling her,"Listen, if you wanna sing,
235 00:12:47 this is what's got to happen.
236 00:12:49 If you don't, tell me now.I won't waste my time."
237 00:12:51 (Whitney vocalizing
238 00:13:01 Man: Why was she sentto that private girls' school?
239 00:13:04 Donna:To put her in a safe environment,
240 00:13:06 away from the bullying.
241 00:13:09 Soafles:This was the investment
242 00:13:11 John and Cissywere making in their daughter.
243 00:13:14 They wanted herto be educated,
244 00:13:16 sophisticated,and not streetwise.
245 00:13:19 (Whitney continuesvocalizing)
246 00:13:27 Aunt Baez You know,it sounds like I'm giving you the gas,
247 00:13:30 but so help me.
248 00:13:32 They had a really greatfamily dynamic going on.
249 00:13:36 Kevin: But I've also heardthat she was bullied a lot.
250 00:13:39 Did other thingshappen to her as a child
251 00:13:41 that might help to explain
252 00:13:42 why she becamesuch a troubled person?
253 00:13:44 No, Nippy didn't havenothing bad in her childhood.
254 00:13:47 I sound a little defensive, I know.
255 00:13:50 Kevin:No, no. I'm just asking--
256 00:13:52 Nippy, she did not haveanything in her childhood.
257 00:13:55 She had an idyllic childhood.
258 00:13:59 Michael:She loved my father.
259 00:14:00 Loved my fatherand loved my mother.
260 00:14:03 Them breaking up and gettingdivorced really bothered her.
261 00:14:05 It bothered me.
262 00:14:07 Kevin:What was it that drove them apart?
263 00:14:09 Michael:I don't know.
264 00:14:12 Infidelity.
265 00:14:15 My dad,despite whatever philandering
266 00:14:19 he might have been doing,was extremely jealous.
267 00:14:23 He had tapped the phone,
268 00:14:24 so he's sittingback in his office
269 00:14:27 listening to Cissy'sconversations on the wiretap.
270 00:14:30 (congregation singing)
271 00:14:35 Pat:The truth is Cissy did have an affair
272 00:14:39 with the ministerat her church.
273 00:14:41 I think aboutmy Father's house.
274 00:14:45 - Yes, sir!- In my Father's house,
275 00:14:47 there's food.
276 00:14:49 Pat: You know, you're in church,and you hear whispers.
277 00:14:52 None of them wouldever really get over it.
278 00:14:57 Donna:Her heart was broken.
279 00:15:00 That church had beenWhitney's second family.
280 00:15:06 And she was angrywith her mother.
281 00:15:08 Whitney moved out as soon asshe was 18 years old.
282 00:15:12 I don't think Cissy even knewwhere she moved to.
283 00:15:16 Gary:We had a good, tight-knit family,
284 00:15:18 but there were alwaysa lot of secrets in our lives.
285 00:15:21 You know,there were a lot of secrets.
286 00:15:23 When you don't resolve things,you don't deal with things,
287 00:15:26 (whispers)they never go away.
288 00:15:28 They never go away.
289 00:15:30 (camera clicking
290 00:15:37 Steve". When I first startedworking with her,
291 00:15:39 she was modelling...
292 00:15:41 ...and she hated it because she knewthat she was gonna be a singer.
293 00:15:45 That's what she knew.
294 00:15:46 Man:What did she like to do?
295 00:15:49 Steve:She liked to sleep. (laughs)
296 00:15:51 She liked to party.
297 00:15:53 She liked to hang outwith Robyn.
298 00:15:55 And she liked her cats.
299 00:15:57 (laughs)She had a cat named Misty Blue.
300 00:16:01 Steve". It was obviousthat John and Cissy
301 00:16:03 saw an opportunityin Whitney.
302 00:16:06 The plan wasto get her a record deal,
303 00:16:09 but they didn't rush.
304 00:16:11 For a long time she wasjust singing background
305 00:16:15 in Cissy's show.
306 00:16:17 Soafles:At that time, there was a teenage star
307 00:16:20 rising the charts,and Whitney was angry.
308 00:16:24 She'd literally said she coulddo that ten times better...
309 00:16:29 and her parentswere holding her back.
310 00:16:31 I sat down with herat the McDonald's
311 00:16:33 across the streetfrom their home
312 00:16:35 to explain to her the musicthat she was envious of
313 00:16:38 was fad music...
314 00:16:40 and what her parentswere preparing her for
315 00:16:43 was legacy music.
316 00:16:46 Michael:My mother was grooming her.
317 00:16:47 When I look back, I remembermy mother grooming her.
318 00:17:05 (applause and cheering)
319 00:17:06 Is it true that you weresort of tricked into
320 00:17:10 doing a solo performance?
321 00:17:12 We were playing at this greaticonic R&B club in New York
322 00:17:15 called Mikell's.
323 00:17:17 Cissy called Whitney...
324 00:17:19 (hoarse voice)She said, "Whitney, I can't sing."
325 00:17:21 She wasn't gonna be ableto do the show at Mikell's.
326 00:17:23 My mom says, "You gotta do theshow. I can't let this gig go."
327 00:17:26 I go, "Oh, my God,I can't do this, I'm 16...17."
328 00:17:29 And it was packed,and she was adorable
329 00:17:33 because she basically mimickedher mom's everything,
330 00:17:37 her patter. And justsubstituted her own name
331 00:17:40 for...you know,"Thanks for coming to see Cissy."
332 00:17:43 She'd go, "Thanks for coming outto hear Whitney."
333 00:17:45 (vocalizing)
334 00:17:51 Bette: I remember feeling likea tornado, like a wind,
335 00:17:55 a monsoon of rain and windjust hit me
336 00:17:58 and, like, was justthrowing me back.
337 00:18:00 That's how blown away I wasby this girl's voice.
338 00:18:03 I'd never heardanything like it.
339 00:18:05 (holding notes)
340 00:18:13 Ilam #
341 00:18:22 (crowd cheering)
342 00:18:24 # I'm trying to #
343 00:18:27 So next day she calls,she says, "Hey, how you doing?"
344 00:18:31 I said, "You." I said,"What's wrong with you?
345 00:18:33 You were sick."She goes, "No.
346 00:18:35 I just wanted to seeif you could cut it."
347 00:18:38 (sings high note)
348 00:18:42 (crowd clappingand cheering)
349 00:18:46 Bette:She blew the roof off the place.
350 00:18:52 Steve: And after that,we started to seriously court
351 00:18:55 the record companies.
352 00:18:58 At that time,there were no singers...
353 00:19:01 that just stood up and sang,
354 00:19:04 a mic and a light,you know.
355 00:19:07 There were bands.
356 00:19:08 Steve:What she was doing,
357 00:19:10 it wasn't somethingthat the record industry
358 00:19:12 was interested in,but bit by bit we got offers.
359 00:19:16 Eventually, the two labelsoffering good deals
360 00:19:19 were Elektra,which was Bruce Lundvall,
361 00:19:22 and Arista,which was Clive Davis.
362 00:19:25 Every night, one of the labelswould come down to the show.
363 00:19:29 The next day, one ofthe offers would get bigger.
364 00:19:32 And the next night,Bruce Lundvall
365 00:19:34 would come downto the show with flowers.
366 00:19:36 The next night, Clive wouldcome back again with flowers,
367 00:19:39 and then the offerwould get bigger.
368 00:19:41 She was innocent-looking,yet soulful.
369 00:19:45 Her voice was like no voiceI had ever heard.
370 00:19:49 When she stepped forward to do"The Greatest Love Of All,"
371 00:19:54 I was totally knocked out.
372 00:19:56 Whitney found meaningin that song that I was sure
373 00:19:59 even the composersdidn't know were there.
374 00:20:02 (crowd cheering and whistling)
375 00:20:04 # The children #
376 00:20:07 # Are our future #
377 00:20:09 (keyboard playing)
378 00:20:11 # Teach them well and #
379 00:20:16 # Let them .1'
380 00:20:20 # Lead the way #
381 00:20:25 Steve:The two offers were pretty even.
382 00:20:28 But we decidedto go with Clive.
383 00:20:30 # Show them all... I
384 00:20:32 Clive:You know, you get that spine tingle...
385 00:20:35 when you knowyou're in the presence
386 00:20:37 of somebody very special.
387 00:20:39 And that genius,
388 00:20:41 that vocalinterpretive genius,
389 00:20:44 had a profound impact on me.
390 00:20:47 # Give them a sense... #
391 00:20:50 Nicole: The urban legendthat Clive created Whitney
392 00:20:53 is really not true.
393 00:20:55 Steve:Clive packaged it all,
394 00:20:57 but if anyone createdWhitney's taste, it was Cissy.
395 00:21:00 That's where Whitney gother influences from.
396 00:21:04 # Easier I
397 00:21:08 # Let... #
398 00:21:09 Soafles:John and Cissy had understood
399 00:21:12 that to be successfulin America
400 00:21:15 as an African American,
401 00:21:17 to be successfulin the larger culture,
402 00:21:20 you've got to learn the waysof the culture,
403 00:21:22 speak the languageof the culture,
404 00:21:24 wear the clothingof the culture.
405 00:21:27 You have to havedouble consciousness,
406 00:21:31 and that can cause youto wonder,
407 00:21:33 "Who is the real me?
408 00:21:35 Am I an extension of that,or is that an extension of me?"
409 00:21:40 There was Lena Horne.There's Dionne Warwick,
410 00:21:42 but if the mantle is to passto somebody who's 19,
411 00:21:46 who's elegant, who's sensuous,who's innocent,
412 00:21:48 who's gotan incredible range of talent,
413 00:21:51 but guts and soulat the same time,
414 00:21:54 it will be Whitney Houston,in my opinion.
415 00:21:56 She also happensto be a model.
416 00:21:59 Yes, she is.She's a beautiful girl.
417 00:22:01 And her poise doesn't hurt,but it's her natural charm.
418 00:22:05 I mean, you either got it,or you don't have it.
419 00:22:08 - She's got it.- She got it.
420 00:22:10 Wait till you hear her.Here's Whitney Houston.
421 00:22:12 (crowd claps)
422 00:22:14 (piano intro playing)
423 00:22:19 # When I think of home #
424 00:22:24 # I think of a place #
425 00:22:28 # Where there'sLove overflowing #
426 00:22:35 # I wish I was home #
427 00:22:39 # I wish I was back there #
428 00:22:43 # With the things #
429 00:22:47 # I've been knowing #
430 00:22:49 # Oh, I knowYou're listening, God #
431 00:22:53 # So won't you please tryNot to make it hard to know #
432 00:22:58 # I shouldn't believeEverything #
433 00:23:00 # Everything that I see #
434 00:23:05 # A world full of love #
435 00:23:10 # Like yours, like #
436 00:23:12 # Like mine #
437 00:23:18 # Like home #
438 00:23:25 # Home 3
439 00:23:30 (crowd cheeringand clapping)
440 00:23:40 Reporter: There's a lot of competition.What makes you think
441 00:23:43 you're gonna beat the oddswith your album?
442 00:23:45 God gave me somethingreally great,
443 00:23:47 and he doesn't give itto everybody.
444 00:23:49 And since I decidedto spread it worldwide,
445 00:23:52 I think thatI'm gonna beat it. Heh.
446 00:23:54 (echoing)# Ah #
447 00:23:58 # Yeah #
448 00:24:00 # Woo! #
449 00:24:04 # Hey, yeah a'
450 00:24:06 FAh.¨
451 00:24:08 # Yeah #
452 00:24:12 # Clock strikesUpon the hour F
453 00:24:15 # And the sunBegins to fade a'
454 00:24:18 Whitney Houston!
455 00:24:19 # Still enough time a'
456 00:24:21 # To figure out X
457 00:24:23 # How to chaseMy blues away a'
458 00:24:26 Whitney Houston!
459 00:24:28 # I've done all rightUp till now 4'
460 00:24:31 # It's the light of dayThat shows me how A'
461 00:24:35 # And when the night falls #
462 00:24:38 # The loneliness calls #
463 00:24:42 # Oh, I wanna danceWith somebody #
464 00:24:46 # I wanna feel the heatWith somebody a'
465 00:24:50 # Yeah, I wanna danceWith somebody 4'
466 00:24:54 # With somebodyWho loves me J¨
467 00:24:58 # Oh, I wanna danceWith somebody #
468 00:25:03 # I wanna feel the heat A'
469 00:25:06 # Yeah, I wanna danceWith somebody 4'
470 00:25:11 # With somebodyWho loves me J¨
471 00:25:14 # I need a manWho'll take a chance 4'
472 00:25:17 # On a love that burnsHot enough to last A'
473 00:25:21 # So when the night falls a'
474 00:25:25 # My lonely heart calls a'
475 00:25:28 # Oh, I wanna danceWith somebody #
476 00:25:33 # I wanna feel the heatWith somebody a'
477 00:25:36 # Yeah, I wanna danceWith somebody 4'
478 00:25:41 # With somebodyWho loves me #
479 00:25:44 # Don'tcha wanna dance?Say you wanna dance F
480 00:25:46 # Don'tcha wanna dance? a'a' Dance a'
481 00:25:48 # Don'tcha wanna dance?Say you wanna dance X
482 00:25:50 # Don'tcha wanna dance? Xa' Dance a'
483 00:25:52 # Don'tcha wanna dance?Say you wanna dance X
484 00:25:55 # Ah-ha A'A' Dance A'
485 00:25:57 # With somebodyWho loves me J¨
486 00:26:01 Man 1:The meteoric rise to superstar.
487 00:26:02 Woman 1 :Seven consecutive...
488 00:26:04 Woman 2:More consecutive number one hits
489 00:26:06 than Elvis or The Beatles.
490 00:26:07 Man 2:Most successful debut solo album!
491 00:26:09 - Woman 3: Platinum six times over.- Woman 4: Heartbeat ofAmerica.
492 00:26:13 (people chattering on TVindistinctly)
493 00:26:20 Man (on TV): Jack, did you ever findthis one here on the street?
494 00:26:24 - Jack: Many times.- Man: How much was she?
495 00:26:26 Donna: She was simple.When Whitney was at home,
496 00:26:29 Whitney wouldn't evensleep in her bedroom.
497 00:26:31 She would sleep on the couchin the family room and watch TV.
498 00:26:34 You'd see her out there,
499 00:26:36 making herself a littlepallet on the couch,
500 00:26:38 and that's whereshe would sleep at.
501 00:26:41 Very simple.Very, very simple.
502 00:26:45 It was almost like...she became Whitney Houston
503 00:26:49 when it was time for herto get on stage.
504 00:26:52 And when she came off,you know, she became Nippy again.
505 00:26:56 What about a boyfriend?Anybody special?
506 00:26:58 - No, not at the moment. No.- Oh.
507 00:27:00 - (audience whistles)- So who do you think about
508 00:27:03 when you're singingsomething like that?
509 00:27:05 People. People in general.
510 00:27:06 - Arsenio: She's saving it.- Whitney: Hey!
511 00:27:09 Arsenic: What's going on between youand Eddie Murphy?
512 00:27:11 There's no deepintimate feelings?
513 00:27:13 There are deep feelings.And sometimes we are intimate.
514 00:27:16 - Man: Whoa.- (crowd whooping)
515 00:27:18 Man: Most recently,the gossip magazines report
516 00:27:20 Houston and NFL quarterbackRandall Cunningham
517 00:27:23 are an itemand ready to marry.
518 00:27:26 Kevin:Do you think she liked sex?
519 00:27:28 (laughing)Yes, she did. She talked about it.
520 00:27:30 She liked it way more thanI needed to know.
521 00:27:34 Yes.
522 00:27:36 To the pointI was, like, scared for her,
523 00:27:39 so I actually bought hera vibrator
524 00:27:42 for Christmas one year.
525 00:27:44 You know, you're a celebrity,and you're a woman and you--
526 00:27:48 She couldn't justdate anybody.
527 00:27:50 You didn't knowif these people were honest,
528 00:27:52 and they're getting high.I'm like, "if you wanna...
529 00:27:56 have sex and nobody's there,or what-- take this."
530 00:27:59 Byron". I heard Robert De Nirowas following you all over.
531 00:28:02 Whitney:He'd been on my case.
532 00:28:04 He'd been sweating mefor a little while.
533 00:28:06 Let me break that down.He was chasing this woman.
534 00:28:08 The one that she might havegotten closest to
535 00:28:11 maybe thinkingshe was gonna marry...
536 00:28:13 could have beenBrad Johnson.
537 00:28:15 Can you imagine beinga 30-year-old single guy,
538 00:28:19 living in New York City,and you're in your car,
539 00:28:21 headed upthe West Side Highway
540 00:28:23 to pick up Whitney Houstonto take her out for dinner.
541 00:28:25 And it's 1987, and you just feel likeyou're on top of the world.
542 00:28:28 Whitney:I don't know why I like him.
543 00:28:32 I just do.
544 00:28:33 (Whitney Houston's"So Emotional" playing)
545 00:28:40 Brad:Just a very sweet, somewhat shy...
546 00:28:43 I hesitate to say "innocent"
547 00:28:45 because she had an old soul.
548 00:28:47 She was wise in a way.
549 00:28:49 But then she wasstill this 23-year-old girl
550 00:28:51 who would, you know,grab your arm in a scary movie
551 00:28:54 and, you know,curl up right next to you.
552 00:28:57 I never sawa dark moment with her.
553 00:29:00 She just laughed.She had this great laugh,
554 00:29:03 and she would kind ofsquint her eyes.
555 00:29:06 # I've been waitingFor the phone to ring... a'
556 00:29:08 Robyn was alwaysvery friendly to me.
557 00:29:10 She was protective, but I feltit was appropriate.
558 00:29:13 She didn't know me,and of the people
559 00:29:15 close to Whitney,she was the closest.
560 00:29:19 Whitney: I was 16 and we wereworking at summer jobs.
561 00:29:23 I remember thinking, "Wow,
562 00:29:24 this is really gonna bea trip this summer."
563 00:29:27 I don't have any friends."And then here comes Robyn
564 00:29:29 with this beautiful,beautiful afro.
565 00:29:32 She was talland very statuesque,
566 00:29:34 and I was like, ¨Wow, man."
567 00:29:36 She stood up for me,and I remember thinking:
568 00:29:39 "I've known this personseems like all my life."
569 00:29:44 Pat:At 18, she left her parents' home,
570 00:29:47 and Whitney and Robynmoved in together.
571 00:29:49 Kevin:Tell me about Robyn Crawford.
572 00:29:51 I don't know-- What do you want to knowabout Robyn Crawford?
573 00:29:54 - Kevin: Who was she?- Robyn was a nobody.
574 00:29:56 She was a nobody.
575 00:29:58 She was an opportunist.She was a wannabe.
576 00:30:01 She was a nobody, really. And shehappened to involve herself with Nippy,
577 00:30:05 you know, for whateverreasons, you know.
578 00:30:08 I've never seen themdo anything,
579 00:30:09 but I knew that she was, uh--She was something
580 00:30:12 that I didn't want my sisterto be involved with.
581 00:30:15 It was evil. It was wicked.
582 00:30:17 Guests:E Happy birthday Dear Robyn a'
583 00:30:22 (person whistles)
584 00:30:24 # Happy birthday to you #
585 00:30:30 (guests cheering)
586 00:30:39 Gary: I knew she was a lesbian.Yes, yes, I did.
587 00:30:41 For sure I knew.I was the first one to know her.
588 00:30:44 I knew what she was.
589 00:30:46 And I tried to tell my sisterto leave her alone.
590 00:30:51 Whitney and her relationships.Okay, so...
591 00:30:54 As far as Whitneyand Robyn...
592 00:30:56 the relationshipwas her safety net.
593 00:31:00 - Whitney: Hi, Robbie.- Hi.
594 00:31:04 Ellin: That was a whole separate world
595 00:31:06 from who she neededto be in the public,
596 00:31:10 for her parents, her family.
597 00:31:12 The other relationshipsoutside of that,
598 00:31:15 be it Eddie Murphy or RandallCunningham or Brad Johnson,
599 00:31:19 she had those becausethose were expected of her.
600 00:31:22 And she liked men too.
601 00:31:25 What they say now, in this time,is that she's fluid.
602 00:31:30 She flows. She goes whateverway she goes. She loves.
603 00:31:36 Robyn:What?
604 00:31:37 Robyn, I'll kick your cameraand break it.
605 00:31:40 - Robyn!- Robyn: I wouldn't do that.
606 00:31:42 Robyn!
607 00:31:45 Lynne: When I first startedworking with Whitney,
608 00:31:47 the press loved her.She was the black princess.
609 00:31:51 That also included,
610 00:31:53 "Oh, and look how greather family life is,
611 00:31:56 and look how wonderful herparents are and her siblings."
612 00:31:59 I mean, for yearspeople didn't even know
613 00:32:02 that John and Cissywere divorced.
614 00:32:04 You know, they showed upat events together,
615 00:32:06 playactingthe perfect family.
616 00:32:09 But then storiesstarted to appear
617 00:32:11 about Whitney and Robyn.
618 00:32:14 Woman:Not too long ago, I was in Detroit.
619 00:32:16 I did a radio showfor over an hour.
620 00:32:17 About 30 calls came in.They really just wanted to know,
621 00:32:20 "Well, what is the storyof Whitney?
622 00:32:22 Is she gay or is she not?"
623 00:32:24 Whitney is not gay, ahem.That is the story on that.
624 00:32:27 The only gayness I feelis when I'm happy, honey.
625 00:32:30 - That's it.- And that's all that really matters.
626 00:32:32 That's all that matters, yes.
627 00:32:33 No one in this organization
628 00:32:36 wanted anything to disrupt
629 00:32:38 this bullet trainthat was Whitney Houston.
630 00:32:42 Keith:John didn't like it.
631 00:32:43 He painted this picturefor her to be
632 00:32:46 this pristine teenage girl,no faults.
633 00:32:50 That was the imagehe tried to create.
634 00:32:52 And the way he looked at it,that was a black eye.
635 00:32:55 Hokey: Some of the familymight have been homophobic,
636 00:32:58 but, really,it was about control.
637 00:33:01 Robyn was the only one thatcould get Whitney out of bed.
638 00:33:04 She was the only onethat Whitney would listen to.
639 00:33:06 And anyone who hadinfluence was a threat.
640 00:33:11 Kevin: Did John ever tryand get rid of Robyn?
641 00:33:13 - Keith: He talked about it.- Kevin: What would he say?
642 00:33:16 Keith: He said, if he could,he would break them up,
643 00:33:18 any way he can.
644 00:33:20 He wanted somebodyto scare her.
645 00:33:26 Gary:We refrained from that
646 00:33:28 because you never know whatthe outcome is going to be
647 00:33:31 when you send people like that,you know, to do something.
648 00:33:34 You just never knowwhat's going to happen.
649 00:33:37 Kevin:What did you make of John?
650 00:33:40 He could be very charming,but he was an opportunist.
651 00:33:45 And so he didn't hesitateto get my dad out of there.
652 00:33:49 He wanted to berunning the show.
653 00:33:52 Kevin: He didn't like the ideaof anyone else being in charge?
654 00:33:55 No, he was head, you know,he was Captain Houston.
655 00:33:57 Shit, are you kidding me?
656 00:34:01 He loved being a boss.
657 00:34:03 You had to kiss the ring,and I mean that literally.
658 00:34:06 He had a big-ass gold ring.
659 00:34:08 Kevin: You're saying literally he wouldask people to kiss his ring?
660 00:34:10 John:Yeah, exactly. I'll never forget it.
661 00:34:13 And they did.
662 00:34:15 Nobody said, "Kiss my ass."
663 00:34:17 I was young, but you still haveto question, you know,
664 00:34:21 when someone says to you...
665 00:34:25 "You know you made it
666 00:34:27 when you got white peopleworking for you."
667 00:34:29 A lot of timesI look at Whitney,
668 00:34:31 and I can still see herin braids,
669 00:34:34 pigtails... walking around.
670 00:34:38 It's hard for meto deal with her as a star.
671 00:34:42 It's very hard for meto deal with her.
672 00:34:44 I talk to her as a daughter.She talks to me as her father.
673 00:34:48 Suddenly he had a dream job.
674 00:34:49 From $500 a weekto $500,000..
675 00:34:53 (chuckles)...a year.
676 00:34:56 Hi, Whitney.
677 00:34:59 - Was that a good show, Daddy?- That was a great show.
678 00:35:02 Debra: John Houston wasa civil servant in New Jersey,
679 00:35:06 running over to Manhattan,hanging out in the clubs,
680 00:35:09 trying to findsome people to manage.
681 00:35:11 And then all of a sudden,his daughter...
682 00:35:13 becomes one of the biggeststars in the world,
683 00:35:17 so John became a king too.
684 00:35:19 And John loved the fact
685 00:35:21 that he could callanybody in Hollywood,
686 00:35:25 and they would takethe meeting immediately.
687 00:35:28 It's a power he never thoughthe would ever have.
688 00:35:33 Steve". Once John took over,everybody in the family
689 00:35:36 except Cissywas on the payroll,
690 00:35:38 and all the decisionswere just about,
691 00:35:41 you know, the money.
692 00:35:44 Just playing a few cards here.So there you go.
693 00:35:47 Try and do a couple of hands.
694 00:35:50 Michael: I remember herputting me and my brother
695 00:35:52 on the payroll when we didn'teven work for her at the time.
696 00:35:56 (both laugh)
697 00:35:58 So we got a checkevery week in the mail, $200.
698 00:36:01 And then we went on tour.
699 00:36:03 And from there,we got a salary,
700 00:36:05 and then we had a retainerwhen we weren't working.
701 00:36:09 She felt thatwhen you love somebody,
702 00:36:11 when they're family,this is what you do.
703 00:36:13 This is howwe were brought up.
704 00:36:15 Man". Our 6'5" senior fromEast Orange, New Jersey,
705 00:36:18 number 24, Gary Garland.
706 00:36:21 Rickey: Gary had just finisheda career in the NBA.
707 00:36:24 He was draftedto the Denver Nuggets,
708 00:36:27 and it was statedin the papers
709 00:36:29 that he was droppedfrom the team
710 00:36:31 for failing a drug test.
711 00:36:34 Kevin:That must have been devastating.
712 00:36:36 Gary:I went through hell.
713 00:36:37 I was depressedfor nine months.
714 00:36:39 I'm talking about numb.
715 00:36:41 (Whitney demonstratessinging)
716 00:36:43 Gary: Then '85 came,that's when my sister became a star,
717 00:36:46 and I startedsinging with her.
718 00:36:48 I wasn't Gary anymore.I was Whitney's brother.
719 00:36:52 (Whitney demonstrates singing)
720 00:36:54 Rickey:For Gary, having to sing
721 00:36:56 after having a basketballcareer, was a letdown.
722 00:37:01 On the outside, he wantedto show he was having fun.
723 00:37:05 I think he was dying inside.
724 00:37:07 Whitney:You get it? You get it now, right?
725 00:37:09 After your two-beat freeze,you go...
726 00:37:12 (harmonizing)# Joy #
727 00:37:14 IJoy #
728 00:37:19 Rickey: Michael was the fun-lovingyounger brother,
729 00:37:22 had everyone laughingall the time.
730 00:37:24 He had a jobas the road manager,
731 00:37:28 or tour manager,something like that.
732 00:37:32 Michael:It was a family affair, man.
733 00:37:34 (upbeat music blaring)
734 00:37:40 (laughing)
735 00:37:45 Woman:That's it.
736 00:37:46 (singing indistinctly)
737 00:37:50 (screeches)Ooh!
738 00:37:54 Man: All right, y'all. We're gettingready for the first show.
739 00:37:57 Gary: It was amazing.We traveled all over the world.
740 00:37:59 And we took care of Whitney,me and my brother.
741 00:38:02 We were her bodyguards.We took care of her baggage.
742 00:38:05 We made sure she was safe,and she was.
743 00:38:08 (clears throat)
744 00:38:11 Rickey: The idea was that theycould watch over her,
745 00:38:14 and they could protect her.
746 00:38:16 But both of them were...
747 00:38:20 you know, were doing drugs.
748 00:38:22 I was using drugs...deeply then.
749 00:38:26 After being on tourfor five or six months,
750 00:38:29 I come home, you know.
751 00:38:31 I spent time with my family,but most times I was running.
752 00:38:34 A lot of parties to go to,a lot of chicks...
753 00:38:38 (laughs)...a lot of drugs.
754 00:38:40 You're Whitney's brother...so the door is open.
755 00:38:44 You probably intervieweda whole bunch of motherfuckers
756 00:38:46 I sat and got high with.They know who they are.
757 00:38:51 Whitney and I were very close,like I said,
758 00:38:54 and we spenta lot of time together.
759 00:38:56 And it wasn't like I wasten years older than her,
760 00:38:58 and I introduced her to drugs,"Here, little girl." No.
761 00:39:01 We graduated frommarijuana together.
762 00:39:05 She wanted to try itafter I tried it, and we tried it.
763 00:39:08 If anythingwas gonna be done,
764 00:39:10 I was gonna be the oneto show her.
765 00:39:14 Her age was probablyaround 16.
766 00:39:17 (sniffles)
767 00:39:19 It was her birthday...
768 00:39:22 and... I gave her a bag of weed...
769 00:39:27 and a little tokeof some cocaine.
770 00:39:31 I had fun,and that's all that matters.
771 00:39:35 Don't you know that?(laughs)
772 00:39:37 That it's about having fun?
773 00:39:40 Did I have a lot of fun?
774 00:39:43 Michael: I was the onethat went out and got drugs,
775 00:39:46 you know, when we wentto different cities.
776 00:39:48 (piano playing on speakers)
777 00:39:51 'Sup'?
778 00:39:53 Michael:I got drugs in Japan.
779 00:39:55 In Japan it's a no-no.It's a taboo.
780 00:39:59 Coming into the'80s,everybody was doing it.
781 00:40:01 It was out in the open.
782 00:40:03 When you went to clubs,it was right on the table.
783 00:40:07 It was like... It was crazy.
784 00:40:09 It was like...Like it wasn't a bad word.
785 00:40:12 Like it wasn't a bad thing,you know what I'm saying?
786 00:40:15 And...little did you know.
787 00:40:18 Straight up killer.
788 00:40:20 Man: Do not be likethe horse or the mule,
789 00:40:22 which have no understanding
790 00:40:24 but must be controlledby bit and bridle,
791 00:40:27 - or they will not come to you.- Mm.
792 00:40:29 Many are the woesof the wicked,
793 00:40:31 but the Lord's unfailing love
794 00:40:33 surrounds the manwho trusts in Him.
795 00:40:35 Thank you for that.
796 00:40:38 (softly)# Be your baby tonight #
797 00:40:43 Woman:Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
798 00:40:53 And seven, eight.
799 00:40:55 One, two, three, four, five,six, seven, eight.
800 00:40:59 # You got the magicAnd I gotta have it #
801 00:41:01 # I don't want the piecesI want every single part #
802 00:41:03 I I'll be your angelI'm ready and able #
803 00:41:05 # Whatever you want is fine #
804 00:41:07 # Whenever you're readyJust call on your lady #
805 00:41:09 # I'll be your baby tonight #
806 00:41:15 Woman:It's time to chill.
807 00:41:17 # But anyway #
808 00:41:18 # My name is not Susan #
809 00:41:22 Woman:On the dance floor.
810 00:41:25 # And it goes a littleSomething like this #
811 00:41:27 # Who do you love? #
812 00:41:29 # Say, who do you love? #
813 00:41:31 # Say, who do you love? #
814 00:41:33 # Say, who do you love? #
815 00:41:35 # Say, who do you love? #
816 00:41:37 # Who do you love? #
817 00:41:39 # Say, who do you love? #
818 00:41:41 # Say, who do you love? #
819 00:41:43 # Say, who do you love? #
820 00:41:45 # Say, who do you love? #
821 00:41:47 # Say, who do you love? #
822 00:41:49 # Say, who do you love? #
823 00:41:51 (vocalizing)
824 00:41:55 - J'Yeah #- J'Yeah #
825 00:41:56 - J'Yeah #- J'Yeah #
826 00:41:58 - J'Yeah #- J'Yeah #
827 00:41:59 # I wanna know right now #
828 00:42:01 # Oh, yeah #
829 00:42:02 # Yeah, yeahYeah, yeah #
830 00:42:06 # I wanna know who #
831 00:42:12 Laurie: You miss somethingif you don't see her live.
832 00:42:15 She could just let it go,
833 00:42:17 maybe feel likeshe was in church again.
834 00:42:20 Thank you.
835 00:42:22 Come on, let's go.Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
836 00:42:25 - (crowd cheering)- Come on.
837 00:42:27 Watch yourself.
838 00:42:30 Whitney:
839 00:42:39 Cissy". It's kind of make youwonder how a song like
840 00:42:42 "Things That Make You Go Hmmmm"could be a hit, huh?
841 00:43:03 (whistles)
842 00:43:04 This we're gonna have to edit,Mom.
843 00:43:06 Cissy: Well, let me let youall know who that was.
844 00:43:09 - First of all--- (Whitney laughs)
845 00:43:12 Put that--Get out of here, Robyn!
846 00:43:14 (Whitney laughing)
847 00:43:19 Robyn:Cissy Houston talking, folks.
848 00:43:21 Been in this businessfor over 30 years.
849 00:43:23 That's right.
850 00:43:31 Never, Mom.
851 00:43:34 Never change, baby.Stay the same.
852 00:43:36 You're beautiful. Love ya.
853 00:43:38 Robyn: What was the businesslike, Mrs. Houston,
854 00:43:40 when you we werevery active and recording?
855 00:43:43 - Cissy: Hard.- Robyn: Hard?
856 00:43:45 Whitney:
857 00:43:50 Cissy'.
858 00:43:57 Cissy'.
859 00:44:04 Cissy'.
860 00:44:12 I don't wanna be ina business that ain't true.
861 00:44:14 I don't want to be in itlike that.
862 00:44:16 Cissy:Honey...
863 00:44:20 I know, Mom, I know.I know, Mom, I know.
864 00:44:24 - I know.- My baby.
865 00:44:26 And I'm not gonna change.
866 00:44:29 I'm not gonna do it.
867 00:44:31 # I will not sell out #
868 00:44:34 Don't sell out, kid.
869 00:44:37 Don't sell out.
870 00:44:39 Man:Is it open?
871 00:44:46 Robyn:Ma, that's ugly.
872 00:45:09 Woman:A lot of your black audience
873 00:45:11 has been a little bitcritical in the last year
874 00:45:14 about you singing songsthat were less
875 00:45:16 in a soul traditionor in a gospel tradition.
876 00:45:18 And you went a little too farto the pop side.
877 00:45:20 How do you feelabout that kind of criticism?
878 00:45:23 (sighs) I don't know.What do they want?
879 00:45:26 What do they want me to do?I think music is music.
880 00:45:29 You know? I mean,
881 00:45:30 how do I sing more black,or how do I sing--
882 00:45:33 What am I doing that'smaking me sound white?
883 00:45:35 I don't understand.
884 00:45:36 I'm singing musicfrom my heart,
885 00:45:38 from my soul, and that's it.
886 00:45:41 Michael:AI Sharpton, he's out protesting
887 00:45:44 with signsin front of the hotel
888 00:45:45 saying "Whitey" Whitney.
889 00:45:47 At first she thought he wassaying Whitney Houston.
890 00:45:50 She couldn't connect it until,you know, it was really brought
891 00:45:52 to her attention,"No, he's calling you 'Whitey."'
892 00:45:54 What is the dealin the past
893 00:45:57 when you've had the frictionat the Soul Train Awards?
894 00:46:01 They booed meat the Soul Train Awards.
895 00:46:02 Yeah, and I'm notexactly sure...
896 00:46:05 You can't ask a whole crowdwhat was that about?
897 00:46:07 - Yeah.- (audience laughs)
898 00:46:09 Yeah, I wanted to say thatand some other things but...
899 00:46:12 The nominees for Best R&BUrban Contemporary Single
900 00:46:15 by a Female are...
901 00:46:16 # Now I know... I
902 00:46:21 "Where Do Broken Hearts Go?"Whitney Houston.
903 00:46:23 (audience booing)
904 00:46:26 Aunt BaezShe was so upset.
905 00:46:28 She said to me,"It would be one thing
906 00:46:31 if they were booing mebecause they didn't like
907 00:46:34 the way I sing, Aunt Bae."
908 00:46:36 She said,"But they were booing me
909 00:46:38 for somethingaltogether different."
910 00:46:41 And I think it goes backto her childhood
911 00:46:44 when she was being bulliedin school.
912 00:46:47 She was reallytorn up about it.
913 00:46:49 And I think the difference inhow the crowd reacted to me
914 00:46:52 and how they reacted to her
915 00:46:54 played a partin our connection.
916 00:46:57 It's not hard to figure out
917 00:46:58 who the hottest youngsolo male artist is.
918 00:47:01 - (audience cheering)- His name is Bobby Brown!
919 00:47:04 ("My Prerogative"by Bobby Brown playing)
920 00:47:09 Is this an awards show?
921 00:47:12 - Are you all ready to party?- (crowd cheering)
922 00:47:16 I was sittingin the front row.
923 00:47:19 - She just kept nudging me.- Get busy!
924 00:47:21 I said, "Excuse me."She said, "Yeah."
925 00:47:26 It was just really funnyhow she said it,
926 00:47:28 like, you know,with this attitude.
927 00:47:32 I was conceited at the time.
928 00:47:33 - # That's my prerogative #- Listen here.
929 00:47:37 # Well, they say I'm crazy #
930 00:47:40 # I really don't care... a'
931 00:47:42 Nicole: So then in walks Bobby Brown.
932 00:47:44 He was black.Absolutely for sure.
933 00:47:48 He was straight.
934 00:47:49 # Would you make me goUnh, unh? #
935 00:47:52 Nicole:Even straighter than straight.
936 00:47:55 Rickey:People thought, "That's so odd.
937 00:47:58 She's sophisticated,
938 00:48:00 and he's unrefined,that Bobby Brown."
939 00:48:04 We're from the hood,
940 00:48:06 and Bobby was a black boyfrom the hood.
941 00:48:09 The type my motheralways kept away from her.
942 00:48:13 Rickey:He's both of her brothers.
943 00:48:15 All rolled into one.
944 00:48:16 (music blaring)
945 00:48:18 Pat:Bobby was a really funny and fun guy
946 00:48:21 to hang around with, you know,he made her laugh.
947 00:48:24 Yeah, baby! Yeah, baby!
948 00:48:29 Pat". She truly loved him.She truly loved him.
949 00:48:34 - Wait. I gotta make my wish.- Shh.
950 00:48:36 (man chuckling)
951 00:48:40 - Wait!- (all laugh)
952 00:48:46 - Yes!- (cheering and music)
953 00:48:50 Reverend:Robert Barisford Brown,
954 00:48:52 do you take this womanto be your wedded wife,
955 00:48:55 and do you solemnly promisebefore God and these witnesses
956 00:49:00 that you will love herand comfort her,
957 00:49:02 forsaking all othersfor her alone?
958 00:49:06 Bobby:I do.
959 00:49:08 (Whitney laughs)
960 00:49:11 (crowd applauding)
961 00:49:16 (tender piano music playing)
962 00:49:26 Pat". I think that was a verydifficult time for Robyn.
963 00:49:33 Rickey: When you love someone,you want the best for them,
964 00:49:36 even if it's notthe best for you.
965 00:49:40 You know that, "if I leave,
966 00:49:44 I can't think of anyonethat would protect her
967 00:49:47 from these landminesthat are all around."
968 00:49:55 Ellin: Whitney believedthat if she got married,
969 00:49:57 everything would bewonderful,
970 00:49:59 and she'd havethis great family.
971 00:50:01 She'd have her baby, and she'djust live happily ever after.
972 00:50:08 She absolutely hadthat fairytale.
973 00:50:12 Mary: To me, she was a littlegirl wishing upon a star.
974 00:50:18 She was always tryingto find her way back home.
975 00:50:23 This here isa photograph of us in Italy.
976 00:50:27 It was a time when, you know,they were just married.
977 00:50:30 We was on honeymoon, and theywere into dressing alike.
978 00:50:34 I guess that wasthe thing at that time.
979 00:50:36 She was extremely happy.
980 00:50:40 And looking forward to startingher life with her husband.
981 00:50:47 Aunt Bae". She called mewhen she was on her honeymoon,
982 00:50:50 and she said:
983 00:50:51 "Aunt Bae, I didn't getmy period. I'm pregnant."
984 00:50:59 Anyway, Krissi was born,
985 00:51:02 and I'll never forgetthat day.
986 00:51:05 She came home early
987 00:51:06 because she didn't wantto stay in the hospital.
988 00:51:09 She came to the door,and she was bent over.
989 00:51:12 And she had Krissiin her arm.
990 00:51:15 And I said, "Nippy,what are you doing?"
991 00:51:17 She said, "Aunt Bae,will you bathe her?"
992 00:51:21 So I said,"Of course I'll bathe her,"
993 00:51:23 so I took the baby from her.
994 00:51:27 I never gave her back.
995 00:51:32 She slept in a crib forabout two or three months...
996 00:51:38 and then one nightshe was colicky and gassy,
997 00:51:43 and I put her in the bedwith me.
998 00:51:45 And she slept with mein that bed,
999 00:51:47 wherever we were...for the next eight years.
1000 00:51:55 (sobs)
1001 00:52:01 - Woman: Point to the baby, Mommy.- That's my daughter.
1002 00:52:05 That's meand Bobby's little girl.
1003 00:52:07 She looks just likeher father, doesn't she?
1004 00:52:10 (woman laughs)
1005 00:52:13 Ellin:I think, in the beginning,
1006 00:52:14 she was a good parent.
1007 00:52:18 Whitney hated leaving Krissi.
1008 00:52:21 It's hard when you're working,when you're traveling.
1009 00:52:24 She had the same situationas her mom.
1010 00:52:26 But she insistedon taking Krissi on tour.
1011 00:52:30 Hey, baby, Krissi.
1012 00:52:33 Oh, you're the best kidin the world.
1013 00:52:35 Thanks. You're the best kidin the world!
1014 00:52:39 Thank you, Mama. Thank you.
1015 00:52:43 The best kid in the world.
1016 00:52:45 Thank you, Lord Jesus.
1017 00:52:47 Laurie: Her mother was pulledaway from her so much,
1018 00:52:50 she was always vyingfor her mother's attention.
1019 00:52:54 Not her love,but her attention.
1020 00:52:56 Whitney:You all know who this is, huh?
1021 00:53:01 # Bobbi, Bobbi, BobbiBobbi, Bobbi, Bobbi, Bobbi #
1022 00:53:04 # My baby 3
1023 00:53:06 # My little girl #
1024 00:53:10 # She inspires me #
1025 00:53:13 # And she's giving me joy #
1026 00:53:16 R Joy, joy, joy, ivy, ivy #
1027 00:53:20 # A little goddess #
1028 00:53:23 # And Mommy loves you, girl #
1029 00:53:26 # You don't have to worryAbout a thing #
1030 00:53:29 # Because I'm standingRight by your side #
1031 00:53:38 # Don't worry #
1032 00:53:39 - Can you shoop?- Mm.
1033 00:53:41 (audience laughs)
1034 00:53:43 Michael: It's not a placefor children to grow up,
1035 00:53:45 on the road.
1036 00:53:46 It's just not.
1037 00:53:48 A kid needs stability,needs school.
1038 00:53:51 Being around other children.
1039 00:53:53 Krissi spent a lot of timearound grown-ups.
1040 00:53:55 Therefore, you grow up fast,
1041 00:53:57 and you become grownbefore your time.
1042 00:53:59 (jet engines roaring)
1043 00:54:07 The battle has been joined.
1044 00:54:08 (gunfire and explosions)
1045 00:54:11 I get a callfrom Whitney's dad.
1046 00:54:13 "Hey, son, we're gonna dothe Super Bowl this year."
1047 00:54:17 Super Sunday is on its way,
1048 00:54:19 and most of us will be gluedto our television sets.
1049 00:54:23 Rickey: I talked to Whitneyabout how it should feel.
1050 00:54:25 We always talked aboutthe feeling first.
1051 00:54:28 She talked about Marvin Gaye
1052 00:54:30 and how he had donethe National Anthem
1053 00:54:33 at the NBA all-star game.
1054 00:54:37 Marvin had this ideato make it soulful,
1055 00:54:41 so he had this drum machine,and he would just float in and out,
1056 00:54:45 and just sang however he feltat that moment.
1057 00:54:48 # Oh, say #
1058 00:54:50 # Can you see... #
1059 00:54:56 And I think Whitneydefinitely saw then, like,
1060 00:54:59 he was just free.
1061 00:55:01 # Early light... #
1062 00:55:06 (crowd cheering)
1063 00:55:08 Rickey:So I said, "I understand.
1064 00:55:10 If I give you one beat extrafor each measure,
1065 00:55:12 it's gonna allow youmore freedom
1066 00:55:15 to hold the notesa little longer
1067 00:55:16 and have gospel flavoringsand jazz flavorings.
1068 00:55:20 They switched the meterfor the song
1069 00:55:23 from a waltz3/4 count to 4/4.
1070 00:55:26 That might seem simple enough,but for someone
1071 00:55:29 steeped in the gospeland black tradition,
1072 00:55:31 all black music is 4/4.
1073 00:55:33 Today the Air Force has been usingits so-called smart bombs...
1074 00:55:36 Rickey: I remember this wasduring the Persian Gulf war,
1075 00:55:39 a patriotic timein this country.
1076 00:55:41 (dramatic theme playing)
1077 00:55:47 And when I hand the musicto the orchestra,
1078 00:55:50 and they play it...
1079 00:55:52 They hate it.
1080 00:55:54 It's "dissonant",it's..."sacrilegious."
1081 00:55:59 # Made in America I
1082 00:56:02 # That means a lot to me X
1083 00:56:05 I sent her the recording,and I never heard from her.
1084 00:56:10 A week before the Super Bowl,Whitney comes to town.
1085 00:56:14 I'm excited.I'm, like, pacing the studio.
1086 00:56:17 And I'm like..."So did you hear it?"
1087 00:56:21 You know, "You hear it?You ready?"
1088 00:56:24 She says...
1089 00:56:26 "No, I haven't listened to ityet but just put it up, baby.
1090 00:56:29 It'll be fine."
1091 00:56:30 Holding my breath,I push play...
1092 00:56:33 and she sits there,eyes closed, listening.
1093 00:56:39 She says, "All right, I got it."I'm like, "You got it?"
1094 00:56:45 I roll the tape...
1095 00:56:47 and what the world heardwas the first take.
1096 00:56:51 Announcer (on PA):Whitney Houston!
1097 00:56:53 (crowd cheering)
1098 00:56:55 Rickey". I can feelthat same emotion right now,
1099 00:56:57 like you just witnessedsomething magical.
1100 00:57:00 (orchestra playing)
1101 00:57:03 # O say can you see #
1102 00:57:09 # By the dawn's early light #
1103 00:57:14 # What so proudly we hailed #
1104 00:57:20 # At the twilight'sLast gleaming #
1105 00:57:26 # Whose broad stripesAnd bright stars... #
1106 00:57:33 Man: Black people have always hada very fraught relationship
1107 00:57:36 to "The Star-Spangled Banner."
1108 00:57:40 It's essentiallya song about war,
1109 00:57:43 and the organsof state violence
1110 00:57:46 in the United Stateshave just as often been used
1111 00:57:49 against black people as theyhave been against enemies.
1112 00:57:52 # And the rockets'Red glare #
1113 00:57:58 # The bombs bursting in air #
1114 00:58:04 Man:She had the radical impact
1115 00:58:07 of highlightingthe theme of freedom.
1116 00:58:10 And for... black people,
1117 00:58:13 that's the mostimportant concept
1118 00:58:16 that you live underin this country.
1119 00:58:19 # 0 say does thatStar-spangled #
1120 00:58:26 # Banner yet wave #
1121 00:58:35 # O'er the land #
1122 00:58:38 # Of the free #
1123 00:58:43 # And the home #
1124 00:58:46 # Of the brave... #
1125 00:58:53 (crowd cheering)
1126 00:59:00 Babyiace:She brought the spirit to it.
1127 00:59:03 When you go tothe right church,
1128 00:59:04 even as a Jewish person,
1129 00:59:06 you might accept Jesusin your life
1130 00:59:08 after hearingthe right choir.
1131 00:59:10 And at that particular point,
1132 00:59:13 in hearing her sing"The Star-Spangled Banner,"
1133 00:59:16 she made people proudthat they were Americans.
1134 00:59:20 - Man: Hi, sweetheart. How are you?- Good.
1135 00:59:22 - What do you think aboutWhitney Houston? - I like her.
1136 00:59:24 Man:What does she mean to you?
1137 00:59:26 She's the greatestfemale entertainer
1138 00:59:27 of the 20th century.
1139 00:59:29 So much souland so much spirit.
1140 00:59:31 America.Every time I think of her,
1141 00:59:33 - I think of "The Star-Spangled Banner."- "The Star-Spangled Banner," yeah.
1142 00:59:34 - Man: What's your favorite Whitney tune?- "The Star-Spangled Banner."
1143 00:59:37 That was the greatest.
1144 00:59:38 I couldn't stop the tearsfrom rolling down my cheeks.
1145 00:59:41 She sang with all her heart.
1146 00:59:42 A beautiful singer, a beautiful person.A good Christian girl.
1147 00:59:45 Man: If you could say anything you wantedto say to her, what would you say?
1148 00:59:47 I love you, Whitney.
1149 00:59:51 Nicole: The first time I met her,she was wearing big black glasses.
1150 00:59:55 And she kind of pretendedto be tough
1151 00:59:58 and answered in one word,like, "How are you?" "Good."
1152 01:00:03 "So you want to do movies?""Yep."
1153 01:00:05 So I said,"Take off your glasses.
1154 01:00:07 I want to see your eyes."
1155 01:00:09 And she said, "That'sexactly why I have them on,
1156 01:00:12 so you don't see my eyes."
1157 01:00:14 So I reached overand took off her glasses.
1158 01:00:17 She was kind of shocked,
1159 01:00:20 but then I looked at herand I thought:
1160 01:00:22 "You know, even if she'sa singer, I think she has..."
1161 01:00:29 She had a spirit.
1162 01:00:31 And I thought,"I'm gonna try this."
1163 01:00:33 The Bodyguard?The Bodyguard.
1164 01:00:35 What do you play in it?I mean, you're with Kevin Costner.
1165 01:00:37 Well, I'm not the bodyguard.No, you wouldn't be that.
1166 01:00:39 No, I play an entertainer,um, a rock star, pop star,
1167 01:00:45 um, who is an actress,
1168 01:00:46 who is haunted and huntedby this maniac killer.
1169 01:00:51 - Oh.- (laughs) Yeah.
1170 01:00:53 It's kind of like "love me todeath" kind of thing. You know?
1171 01:00:56 What's Kevin Costnerplaying in it?
1172 01:00:58 He's the bodyguard. Yes,he's hired to guard my body.
1173 01:01:02 - Oh, what a nice job!- (crowd cheering)
1174 01:01:05 uaughs)
1175 01:01:08 Ellin: She had never done a movie.I had never done a movie.
1176 01:01:11 But we learned quick.
1177 01:01:13 For me, I'm like the mostI dealt with white people
1178 01:01:17 was like at the storewhen they was, like,
1179 01:01:19 "You show usyour credit card."
1180 01:01:21 You know what I mean?
1181 01:01:22 Like, that's how I wasused to being treated.
1182 01:01:24 So to come on a movie set
1183 01:01:26 and mostly white peopletelling you what to do,
1184 01:01:30 we were afraid.
1185 01:01:31 Not that we were afraidof them.
1186 01:01:33 We were afraidnot to be able to live up to
1187 01:01:35 what it was that we weresupposed to do.
1188 01:01:37 (people chatteringindistinctly)
1189 01:01:40 Costner". The idea that she wasmy leading woman
1190 01:01:42 seemed to be a very big dealin the black community.
1191 01:01:46 I never, um, saw that.
1192 01:01:48 I simply sawshe was the cutest,
1193 01:01:51 most beautiful girlthat could sing.
1194 01:01:53 - You okay?- Yeah. I'm okay.
1195 01:01:56 Costner:And she happened to be black.
1196 01:01:58 # I'll think of you... #
1197 01:02:01 And then I realized thatshe asks the plane to stop.
1198 01:02:06 Wait!
1199 01:02:07 She ran down the steps
1200 01:02:08 that every white womanhas run down
1201 01:02:10 to kiss Cary Grantor whatever.
1202 01:02:12 # I... A'
1203 01:02:14 And the camera went around
1204 01:02:16 the way it went aroundwhite people kissing
1205 01:02:18 throughout the historyof Hollywood.
1206 01:02:21 And we forgot aboutwhat color anybody was.
1207 01:02:24 That did change everything.
1208 01:02:29 (people chatteringindistinctly)
1209 01:02:35 Reporter: What was the fun aspectfor you being in a film?
1210 01:02:38 Being a woman,being a black woman,
1211 01:02:40 playing a very strong part.
1212 01:02:42 I think that'sexciting enough.
1213 01:02:43 Nicole: When it was screenedin South Africa,
1214 01:02:46 people cheeredwhen they kissed.
1215 01:02:48 That was amazing.
1216 01:02:51 # That I'll think of you 3
1217 01:02:56 # Every step of #
1218 01:03:00 # The way... #
1219 01:03:06 (crowd cheering)
1220 01:03:14 (vocalizes)
1221 01:03:27 (cheering continues)
1222 01:03:40 IAndH'
1223 01:03:45 XOohJa'
1224 01:03:48 # Will always #
1225 01:03:51 # Love you #
1226 01:03:58 # Will always #
1227 01:04:00 # Love you #
1228 01:04:03 (crowd cheering)
1229 01:04:04 # Bittersweet memories #
1230 01:04:11 # That is all I'm taking #
1231 01:04:16 # With me #
1232 01:04:19 # So goodbye #
1233 01:04:21 # Please don't cry #
1234 01:04:26 # We both know #
1235 01:04:28 # I'm not what you #
1236 01:04:30 # You need #
1237 01:04:33 # And I... #
1238 01:04:39 # Will always love you #
1239 01:04:44 EH'
1240 01:04:46 # Will always love you #
1241 01:04:50 # And you, and you, and youAnd you, and you, and you #
1242 01:04:53 # And you, and you, and you #
1243 01:04:55 IAhJ"
1244 01:05:00 Nicole: The Bodyguardtook Whitney into the stratosphere.
1245 01:05:04 Every country in the worldplayed that song.
1246 01:05:07 Reporter:Behind these walls,
1247 01:05:09 the row over a chart-toppinghit rumbles on.
1248 01:05:12 # And I... #
1249 01:05:14 John and Suzanne Handleyhated Whitney Houston
1250 01:05:16 blaring through their walls.
1251 01:05:18 They called itpsychological torture.
1252 01:05:19 Today at their homethere was no comment
1253 01:05:21 on the prison sentencehanded out
1254 01:05:23 to the neighborthey'd taken to court.
1255 01:05:26 All she did was playa Whitney Houston record,
1256 01:05:29 and she's servingseven days in prison for that.
1257 01:05:32 ("I Will Always Love You¨playing in Arabic)
1258 01:05:44 (crowd cheering)
1259 01:05:49 Bobby:It's dark. It's dark.
1260 01:05:53 Under the candlelight...
1261 01:05:55 Under the candlelight we seethat there is a woman in here.
1262 01:05:59 We don't know her name yet...
1263 01:06:02 but she's a fantasticrecording artist,
1264 01:06:04 one of the best.
1265 01:06:06 Ladies and gentlemen,Miss Whitney Houston.
1266 01:06:08 Yeah, I'm on camera.They got me on camera.
1267 01:06:11 - Bobby: And that's Pat.- Hi.
1268 01:06:13 Bobby:That's my sister-in-law.
1269 01:06:15 This is Bobby.
1270 01:06:18 Whether you know it or not,yeah, it's me. How you doing?
1271 01:06:21 Debra: She was the superstar,and he had a couple of hits,
1272 01:06:25 so kind of equal,close enough.
1273 01:06:28 And then The Bodyguard hit.
1274 01:06:33 And she shot offinto the stratosphere,
1275 01:06:36 and he knew instinctivelyhe would never get there.
1276 01:06:43 And he just kinda shut down.
1277 01:06:45 When you got peoplein the media
1278 01:06:47 talking about Mr. Houston
1279 01:06:48 instead of Mr. Brown,you know.
1280 01:06:50 Instead of saying--Like I say, "Fuck 'em,"
1281 01:06:53 he let it get to him.
1282 01:06:54 Man: Can I just ask you real quick,Miss Houston?
1283 01:06:57 - Mrs. Brown, man.- Man: Mrs. Houston-Brown?
1284 01:06:59 - Don't make that mistake.- Yes, darlin'?
1285 01:07:00 Let's go, Laurie.
1286 01:07:03 Pat:Bobby was jealous,
1287 01:07:05 and he could not recognizethat emotion.
1288 01:07:10 He was always nowthe plus one.
1289 01:07:13 For him, in a black man's mind,it was tearing him up.
1290 01:07:18 Bobby: We didn't think aboutwho was bigger
1291 01:07:20 or who sold more records.
1292 01:07:21 We thought about our talents
1293 01:07:24 and how they matched so well.
1294 01:07:26 - # Gotta go through... #- # The fire #
1295 01:07:29 - 4' The¨ A'- A' The rain I
1296 01:07:31 (Bobby laughs)
1297 01:07:33 You're crazy.Bobby, you're crazy.
1298 01:07:36 - What?- (continues laughing)
1299 01:07:39 Because, I was aboutto sing your line.
1300 01:07:41 I know, I know.You know what?
1301 01:07:43 He'll sing this whole phraseif I'm not careful.
1302 01:07:46 Bobby, your part is,"Gotta go through."
1303 01:07:48 - All right.- The rain, the joy...
1304 01:07:50 (music playing)
1305 01:07:53 - a' Gotta go through a'- I The fire A'
1306 01:07:55 - # The fire #- # The rain #
1307 01:07:57 - # The rain #- Bobby. Bobby, you go...
1308 01:08:00 Gotta go through...the rain... the joy.
1309 01:08:04 Man: I'm gonna play youthe reference one more time.
1310 01:08:06 Bobby: Don't play me the reference.
1311 01:08:07 Debra:She wanted to keep the marriage,
1312 01:08:10 and eventually, she steppeddown to lift him up.
1313 01:08:15 Initially, I named her moviecompany Houston Productions.
1314 01:08:20 She's one of the biggest starsin Hollywood.
1315 01:08:22 And a few months in, she said,
1316 01:08:24 "We need to change the nameto BROWNHOUSE."
1317 01:08:27 (dramatic theme playing)
1318 01:08:29 She went so far as to, "Okay,well, you can manage me,"
1319 01:08:33 trying to give him someleverage in different things
1320 01:08:36 to try to make him feelimportant again.
1321 01:08:39 That's just notwhere his heart was.
1322 01:08:41 He wanted to be on the stage.He wanted to be in the forefront.
1323 01:08:44 Reporters:Bobby! Bobby! Bobby!
1324 01:08:48 Pat:He did things on purpose to hurt her,
1325 01:08:51 because he wasn't the star.
1326 01:08:53 Woman:Bobby Brown is behind bars today.
1327 01:08:56 ...accused ofhitting his wife...
1328 01:08:58 ...totaling a Porscheon Ocean Drive in Hollywood.
1329 01:08:59 People were ringingthe doorbell,
1330 01:09:01 young ladies saying,"Oh, this is his baby."
1331 01:09:04 Man:Bobby!
1332 01:09:06 Sexual harassment lawsuitsfrom some of the employees.
1333 01:09:10 Man:Bobby.
1334 01:09:11 He would expose himselfto them.
1335 01:09:14 Man:The R&B singer burst into tears.
1336 01:09:16 Urinated on the back seatof the deputy's patrol car.
1337 01:09:18 Reporter:What took you so long?
1338 01:09:20 Constantly,it was always something.
1339 01:09:23 This isn't fair.
1340 01:09:25 This ain't fair, man.
1341 01:09:26 I remember being in Europeand sitting with her,
1342 01:09:29 looking ata European newspaper,
1343 01:09:31 and Bobby's being arrested
1344 01:09:32 for sexual harassmentback in California.
1345 01:09:36 And she's begging himto come on tour.
1346 01:09:40 She's begging himto come be with her.
1347 01:09:43 And I look at her and I go,"What are you doing?"
1348 01:09:47 Pat: Between the pressand everybody saying
1349 01:09:49 this is not gonna last, it wasconstantly biting at her.
1350 01:09:54 Woman:Yay!
1351 01:09:56 Pat: But she didn't want to belike her mother, a divorcee.
1352 01:10:00 She was going to provethat she could do it.
1353 01:10:05 Do you believein total fidelity?
1354 01:10:07 Do I believe in what?
1355 01:10:09 Barbara:Total fidelity?
1356 01:10:11 Being faithful?
1357 01:10:13 (scoffs) Oh, I am faithful.That's why I got married.
1358 01:10:16 - Told you.- (Barbara laughs)
1359 01:10:19 Wouldn't havegot married if...
1360 01:10:22 - You know--- (laughs)
1361 01:10:24 - I think I got it.- Bobby: I hope so.
1362 01:10:27 Interviewer:Were they in love, do you think?
1363 01:10:29 They loved each other,but a strange love.
1364 01:10:34 (music playing,crowd cheering)
1365 01:10:36 I think she mighthave believed
1366 01:10:38 she was in love with Bobby,
1367 01:10:39 but I really think it was moreof a co-dependent relationship.
1368 01:10:42 To the point where Bobbi Kristinawas even left out.
1369 01:10:46 (crowd cheeringand whooping)
1370 01:10:55 Rickey: Somewhere aroundThe Bodyguard tour, '93, '94,
1371 01:11:00 I remember her not showing upin the rehearsals.
1372 01:11:04 And then, when she came,
1373 01:11:06 she would strugglewith her voice.
1374 01:11:08 It wasn't the WhitneyI knew.
1375 01:11:11 There wasdefinitely agitation.
1376 01:11:16 Pat:All of the noise around her,
1377 01:11:19 all of the thingscoming at her,
1378 01:11:21 she just wantedto escape the pressure.
1379 01:11:25 Kevin: Can we talk about Whitney'sdrug problem? When did that--?
1380 01:11:29 I don't wanna talkabout that.
1381 01:11:30 That has nothing to dowith this documentary
1382 01:11:33 or anything thatI want to speak about.
1383 01:11:36 Kevin: Okay, if you don't wannatalk about it.
1384 01:11:38 - But obviously it's...- Not at all.
1385 01:11:39 Kevin:It's the thing that killed her,
1386 01:11:41 so it's important, isn't it?
1387 01:11:42 That's not what killed her.
1388 01:11:46 Kevin:Whenever you were with Whitney,
1389 01:11:48 were you taking drugsevery day?
1390 01:11:50 Michael:Hell, yeah, every day.
1391 01:11:52 A lot every clay. Shit thatusually kills motherfuckers,
1392 01:11:55 and you survive it.So you keep rocking. Ha, ha.
1393 01:11:58 Kevin:What about Bobby?
1394 01:11:59 Let's just say Bobby wasa fucking lightweight...
1395 01:12:02 when it came tomotherfucking drugs.
1396 01:12:04 Bobby was not someonewho could do, you know...
1397 01:12:07 We used to pass Bobby,fucking, by lapping him.
1398 01:12:11 Trust me.
1399 01:12:13 Kevin:What was Whitney's
1400 01:12:14 drug of choiceat that time?
1401 01:12:16 I'm sure it was cocaine,you know.
1402 01:12:17 - Marijuana and cocaine.- Kevin: Was she smoking it?
1403 01:12:20 I'm sure she smoked itinside the marijuana.
1404 01:12:23 Kevin:If we can't talk about drugs,
1405 01:12:24 that makes it very hardto talk about
1406 01:12:26 the last years of her life.
1407 01:12:28 Mm.
1408 01:12:31 I think we've just talkedabout her life, you know.
1409 01:12:34 Drugs has nothingto do with her life.
1410 01:12:38 Laurie:She was kind and soft and sweet.
1411 01:12:41 And then she wassomebody different.
1412 01:12:45 Tell it.
1413 01:12:47 Man:
1414 01:12:51 Man:What did you hear?
1415 01:12:59 Shh.
1416 01:13:06 Man:That you had what?
1417 01:13:08 -uaughs)- (burpiflg)
1418 01:13:21 Man:I wouldn't fuck her with mine, dawg.
1419 01:13:23 (both laughing)
1420 01:13:27 No.
1421 01:13:29 Pat:She started canceling dates.
1422 01:13:32 I can recallone particular time
1423 01:13:34 she was scheduledto perform in California,
1424 01:13:36 and she was in California.
1425 01:13:38 But she was at the airport,sitting on a jet.
1426 01:13:41 They had been getting high,
1427 01:13:43 and Bobby made the phone callsaying, "Tell the promoters
1428 01:13:46 to bring over X amountof dollars, and we'll show up.¨
1429 01:13:48 I said,"Well, that ain't gonna happen.
1430 01:13:50 So y'all might as well take off then,'cause that ain't gonna happen.
1431 01:13:52 That ain't how it works."You know?
1432 01:13:54 "That is not how it works.
1433 01:13:56 Ain't nobody bringing youa bag of cash!"
1434 01:13:59 Everything beganto spiral out of control.
1435 01:14:03 (inaudible dialogue)
1436 01:14:04 Nicole:I talked to her father.
1437 01:14:06 I talked to her mother.I talked to Donna Houston.
1438 01:14:09 Every personthat you're gonna interview.
1439 01:14:12 And I was able to get Cissyto do an intervention.
1440 01:14:16 First of all, we walked in to do it,and Whitney was stoned.
1441 01:14:19 Then after it was over, when shehad agreed to go to rehab,
1442 01:14:23 she phoned her father,and he told her:
1443 01:14:25 "You don't have to go."
1444 01:14:28 Kevin:Why didn't Cissy do more?
1445 01:14:30 Mary:She didn't want Whitney mad at her.
1446 01:14:32 Kevin: Because she'd alreadybeen mad at her earlier in her life?
1447 01:14:35 Mary: Yeah. And when she tried,she would go up to her house,
1448 01:14:39 but Whitney wouldn'tlet her in.
1449 01:14:42 You had to get permissionto go through that gate.
1450 01:14:45 Kevin: Why would nobodyconfront the situation?
1451 01:14:48 Money. Their 'gobs.Their nice houses.
1452 01:14:51 Their accessto other celebrities.
1453 01:14:54 The fact that,in my opinion,
1454 01:14:56 they hadno marketable skill set,
1455 01:14:57 other than being a Houstonor related to a Houston.
1456 01:15:00 I mean, that's a lot.That's hard to give up.
1457 01:15:03 They probably felt, I guess,a little bit in their defense,
1458 01:15:06 that "She's choosingto do this.
1459 01:15:08 Why should I give upmy lifestyle?"
1460 01:15:10 I once talked aboutwhy she didn't stop,
1461 01:15:14 and she said, "I like it.
1462 01:15:16 And I'm gonna do ituntil I want to stop."
1463 01:15:18 (vocalizing)
1464 01:15:21 Pat:I really empathize with her pain.
1465 01:15:26 She was running awayfrom her demons.
1466 01:15:30 Moan tuna'
1467 01:15:32 # I'm guaranteed his love #
1468 01:15:35 # When there's foodOn my table #
1469 01:15:39 - # I'll hasten #- # Hasten to #
1470 01:15:41 # I'll hasten .1'
1471 01:15:43 # I'm not gonna wasteany time I
1472 01:15:45 # I'm gonna rungonna run a'
1473 01:15:47 - # I'll run, I'll run #- # I'll hasten to #
1474 01:15:50 - A' I'll run, I'll run S- A' His love A'
1475 01:15:53 # I'll run, I'll runI'll run, I'll run 4'
1476 01:15:56 - # I'll hasten to #- # I'm gonna run #
1477 01:15:59 - S I'm gonna run, I'm gonna run r- F His love a'
1478 01:16:03 # Oh-ho-oh-oh #
1479 01:16:05 - .¨ I'll hasten to - I' I'm gonna run I
1480 01:16:08 - a' I'm gonna run a'- A' His love A'
1481 01:16:14 Fuck!
1482 01:16:16 # I'm gonna run a'
1483 01:16:19 IAh, Oh J"
1484 01:16:24 # Sure I will #
1485 01:16:27 # Do you knowYou can run? I
1486 01:16:30 (crowd cheering)
1487 01:16:35 # Did you thinkOf running? a'
1488 01:16:37 # You're gonna have to a'
1489 01:16:39 # Be strong a'
1490 01:16:41 # Where will I go? #
1491 01:16:44 # Oh-oh I
1492 01:16:46 # That's where I'm going A'
1493 01:16:49 # To his .1'
1494 01:16:51 # Throne... #
1495 01:16:59 # Oh-oh-oh-oh #
1496 01:17:02 (crowd clappingand cheering)
1497 01:17:06 Lapuk". There wereso many layers to reach her.
1498 01:17:08 I don't even think she knew
1499 01:17:10 the layers that werebeing created by others.
1500 01:17:13 One day we were told
1501 01:17:15 we had to send everythingthrough Sheldon.
1502 01:17:17 The next dayit was through Tony.
1503 01:17:19 Some days, we were toldwe can't copy Robyn.
1504 01:17:22 Whitney:Where is she? There she is.
1505 01:17:24 Ready? One, two, three.
1506 01:17:25 Of all the peopleworking for Whitney,
1507 01:17:27 Robyn was always putting
1508 01:17:29 Whitney's considerations first.
1509 01:17:32 Gotta get some respectaround here.
1510 01:17:34 (people laughing)
1511 01:17:36 They don't give meany respect.
1512 01:17:38 Lynne". Robyn became veryimportant to Whitney's career.
1513 01:17:42 She dealt withthe record company.
1514 01:17:44 She was the creative forceinvolved in costume,
1515 01:17:48 stage design,developing Whitney's image.
1516 01:17:52 # If tomorrow isJudgment Day #
1517 01:17:55 Kflssi:Sing, Mommy.
1518 01:17:57 # And I'm standingon the front line #
1519 01:18:01 Mm
1520 01:18:03 # And the Lord asks mewhat I did with my life a'
1521 01:18:08 # I will say #
1522 01:18:10 # I spent it with you #
1523 01:18:12 - # Yeah, it's all so right #- # It's all right #
1524 01:18:14 Ellin:It became a real power struggle
1525 01:18:16 between Bobby and Robyn,
1526 01:18:18 Bobby not wanting Robyn around,feeling insecure.
1527 01:18:22 - You gotta understand.- Yeah.
1528 01:18:24 I love this woman too much.If y'all fuck around...
1529 01:18:27 - Bobby!- ...l will kill you.
1530 01:18:28 - Whitney: # Baby, you... J'- Do me a favor.
1531 01:18:30 I will fucking bury you.
1532 01:18:32 I'll bury you in my backyardand put lime on your ass.
1533 01:18:35 Do you understand me?
1534 01:18:36 Ellin:It was extremely stressful,
1535 01:18:38 them always ateach other's throat.
1536 01:18:41 Donna: Robyn felt that Bobbywas a bad influence.
1537 01:18:45 She really and truly felthe was a bad influence,
1538 01:18:47 and that he woulddestroy her.
1539 01:18:50 Pat:Robyn gave her an ultimatum.
1540 01:18:52 "It's gonna be me or him."
1541 01:18:55 Whitney said, "Tell her thatI accept her resignation."
1542 01:18:59 Donna:I called Robyn up and said:
1543 01:19:01 "I spoke with Whitney,and she wanted me to tell you
1544 01:19:04 that she acceptsyour resignation."
1545 01:19:06 (dramatic theme playing)
1546 01:19:12 And they didn't speakfor years.
1547 01:19:21 Nicole: When Robyn left,John finally had total control.
1548 01:19:29 Rickey: She loved her daddy,and she trusted him.
1549 01:19:32 But that allowed for a lot offoxes to come in the henhouse.
1550 01:19:37 She seemed to bea bit of an ATM
1551 01:19:39 for a lot of peoplethat I saw around her.
1552 01:19:41 I don't see how an accountant,you know,
1553 01:19:45 drives a Ferrariand has a yacht
1554 01:19:48 and only has one client.
1555 01:19:52 My understanding wasthat (bleep) and (bleep)
1556 01:19:56 got togetherand started stealing money.
1557 01:19:58 A lot of money.
1558 01:19:59 Kevin:Was John himself stealing money?
1559 01:20:02 (dramatic theme playing)
1560 01:20:04 Hm. Um...
1561 01:20:10 Gary". She found out about it.All the money he stole.
1562 01:20:14 She hated it.
1563 01:20:17 She cut him off.
1564 01:20:19 That's what she did.
1565 01:20:21 Woman: Last September,the biggest blow of all,
1566 01:20:24 Houston's father, who managedhis daughter's finances,
1567 01:20:27 joined his business partnerin a lawsuit against her,
1568 01:20:30 demanding $100 million.
1569 01:20:33 Nicole: In 1999,Whitney signed the biggest deal
1570 01:20:37 that any recording artisthad ever received.
1571 01:20:42 Pat: John felt that he wasthe one that brokered the deal.
1572 01:20:46 As a commission,
1573 01:20:47 he felt that he should bepaid $100 million.
1574 01:20:52 I'm tired of being hurt.
1575 01:20:57 I'm tired of beingin a neglected state.
1576 01:21:01 You get your act together,honey...
1577 01:21:04 And you pay me the moneythat you owe me.
1578 01:21:06 She was daddy's little girl,and then daddy turned around
1579 01:21:09 and wanted to sue herfor $100 million.
1580 01:21:11 That would breakanybody's heart.
1581 01:21:14 She just held onto it.
1582 01:21:16 And it ate her up inside.
1583 01:21:20 Mary:When I knew he was dying,
1584 01:21:22 I called and she promised meshe was coming,
1585 01:21:25 'cause I wanted themto get it together
1586 01:21:29 before he went away.
1587 01:21:30 I said, "Nip's on her way.She's gonna come."
1588 01:21:34 He said, "No, she's not.She's not coming."
1589 01:21:37 And really she didn't come.
1590 01:21:39 (dramatic theme playing)
1591 01:21:45 Rickey: Whitney didn't cometo her dad's funeral.
1592 01:21:49 She came the night beforeand did her personal goodbyes.
1593 01:21:54 She didn't want the spectacle.She didn't want the cameras.
1594 01:21:59 Pat: That's when she beganto close herself and...
1595 01:22:05 "It's me against the world."
1596 01:22:31 Joey:This is Whitney's house outside.
1597 01:22:36 # If the way I hold you... #
1598 01:22:40 Joey:This is our first cigarette today.
1599 01:22:47 (people laughing)
1600 01:22:52 What's wrong with that?
1601 01:22:53 # No words of consolation a'
1602 01:22:55 Joey:The dining room.
1603 01:22:58 # Is gonna make memiss you less... #
1604 01:23:06 # Make it easy on yourself a'
1605 01:23:13 (Whitney clears throat)
1606 01:23:14 # Make it easy... #
1607 01:23:16 Joey: I always felt compassionand empathy for her.
1608 01:23:19 Deep down,she was a girl in pain.
1609 01:23:23 But at the same time,she was so fun.
1610 01:23:26 (funky music blaring)
1611 01:23:29 She was full of laughter,
1612 01:23:31 and that smile just made youfeel warm all the time.
1613 01:23:36 Well, here she is,everybody.
1614 01:23:38 - Glaughs)- Joey: Walt! I gotta get you!
1615 01:23:42 We need you to rock it,Whitney! Come back!
1616 01:23:44 She was the first personthat I worked with in A&R.
1617 01:23:47 You can't runfrom the studio!
1618 01:23:49 Whitney:I'm leaving!
1619 01:23:51 We recordedwherever they wanted to go.
1620 01:23:54 You know, we'd go to Miami
1621 01:23:55 because the weatherwould be better.
1622 01:23:57 I think we were therethree months,
1623 01:23:59 and we recordedless than two songs.
1624 01:24:02 Kevin:Wow, what was--?
1625 01:24:03 What was happeningfor those three months?
1626 01:24:06 Um...
1627 01:24:07 She said to me once...
1628 01:24:09 After that, she said, "Baby,
1629 01:24:11 I don't think I slept45 minutes this summer."
1630 01:24:16 She would go behindthe hotel door
1631 01:24:18 and not open itfor 10 days or two weeks.
1632 01:24:22 When she opened it,
1633 01:24:24 I could tell thatshe lost weight.
1634 01:24:26 She wasn't looking healthy,and I would take her and say,
1635 01:24:30 "Come on, Nippy, let's go.Let's go get some soup."
1636 01:24:34 Kevin:How long did this all go on for?
1637 01:24:37 A few years.
1638 01:24:39 - Kevin: A few years?- Yeah.
1639 01:24:42 Kevin:How much do you think you spent?
1640 01:24:44 (winces)I hate to say.
1641 01:24:49 Millions.
1642 01:24:51 Kevin:Five?
1643 01:24:54 Probably more.
1644 01:24:56 Expensive hotels, jets,
1645 01:24:59 studios that were bookedthat weren't used.
1646 01:25:02 Kevin: Why didn't the labelput a stop to this?
1647 01:25:04 Well, the world wantedto hear her again,
1648 01:25:07 and of course, the labelwanted to put out that record.
1649 01:25:13 Kevin: There was so much moneyspent on that album,
1650 01:25:15 you must have knownabout the drug use.
1651 01:25:18 Uh, you know what? I neverknew there was any addiction.
1652 01:25:24 I never knew it.
1653 01:25:25 Um, it was just kinda kept...
1654 01:25:28 I don't know if it waskept away from me
1655 01:25:30 because I was, at the time,the president of the label,
1656 01:25:33 or, you know...
1657 01:25:34 (Whitney singing)
1658 01:25:39 # Oh, you #
1659 01:25:43 # Light up my life #
1660 01:25:47 # You give me hope #
1661 01:25:50 # To carry on #
1662 01:25:53 # Oh, you light upmy day, Lord #
1663 01:25:56 # And fill my night #
1664 01:26:00 # With song... #
1665 01:26:02 Joey". She was having problemswith her voice,
1666 01:26:05 but the magic stillshowed up... now and then.
1667 01:26:09 One time I was in Newportrecording a song.
1668 01:26:12 That day, it was just likethe old, young...
1669 01:26:16 beautiful voicecoming out of Whitney
1670 01:26:19 that we all grew up with.
1671 01:26:22 And it was so magicalthat it brought me to tears.
1672 01:26:26 It was just like--
1673 01:26:27 I mean, I even havegoosebumps right now
1674 01:26:29 just thinking about it.
1675 01:26:31 I can just feel themtaking over my body,
1676 01:26:33 'cause it was so wonderful.And I was just--
1677 01:26:37 I was like, "This is it.This is what we need."
1678 01:26:40 And there was just a few hoursof that, that was just like...
1679 01:26:44 That was one ofthe highlights
1680 01:26:45 of the entire four yearsthat I was around her.
1681 01:26:49 (music playing,crowd cheering)
1682 01:26:53 # If you can'tfeed your baby #
1683 01:26:55 # Then don't have a baby #
1684 01:26:57 # And don't think maybe #
1685 01:26:59 Lynne". We denied rumors abouther drug-taking for years.
1686 01:27:03 But four days before 9/11,
1687 01:27:06 Whitney did a concertfor Michael Jackson.
1688 01:27:10 She looked so bad.
1689 01:27:13 The cat was out of the bag.
1690 01:27:17 The record company felt shehad to do a sit-down interview
1691 01:27:20 and talk about this.
1692 01:27:22 Everybody watching this is
1693 01:27:24 is gonna be staring at youphysically.
1694 01:27:28 And they're gonna be saying,"How thin is she now?"
1695 01:27:30 - Yeah.- "Is she sick?"
1696 01:27:32 I'm not sick, Diane.
1697 01:27:35 I am not sick.
1698 01:27:37 The bones. That's real.
1699 01:27:39 Yeah, my bones, yeah.
1700 01:27:41 - I'm 5'7" and thin.- But that's not just thin.
1701 01:27:45 No? What is it, Diane?Tell me.
1702 01:27:49 Is it alcohol?Is it marijuana?
1703 01:27:52 Is it cocaine? Is it pills?
1704 01:27:56 (gulps)
1705 01:27:57 It has been. At times.
1706 01:28:00 All?
1707 01:28:01 At times.
1708 01:28:03 I was in the room...
1709 01:28:08 And it just made mestart sweating.
1710 01:28:12 If you had to namethe devil, for you,
1711 01:28:16 the biggest devil among them?
1712 01:28:20 That would be me.
1713 01:28:25 I knew it was a disaster.
1714 01:28:28 Crack is cheap.
1715 01:28:30 I make too much moneyto ever smoke crack.
1716 01:28:32 Let's get that straight,okay?
1717 01:28:35 We don't do crack.
1718 01:28:36 We don't do that.Crack is whack.
1719 01:28:40 I saw that interview, and I thought,"Why are we here?
1720 01:28:43 Why are we doing this?"
1721 01:28:45 I always thought,"Why are we doing this?
1722 01:28:47 Why are we not doingthe one thing
1723 01:28:49 that would make the differencefor her life?"
1724 01:28:53 Which was getting well.
1725 01:28:54 I pray every day, Diane.
1726 01:28:59 I'm not the strongestevery day,
1727 01:29:01 but I'm notthe weakest either.
1728 01:29:03 And I won't break.
1729 01:29:05 It's Whitney Houstonand Bobby Brown!
1730 01:29:07 - (crowd cheering)- Whoo!
1731 01:29:09 After our interviewwith Diane Sawyer
1732 01:29:11 I... I haven'tbeen able to sleep.
1733 01:29:14 Yeah, and I haven't been ableto stop sweating.
1734 01:29:17 Your favorite song
1735 01:29:18 sung by America's sweetheart,Whitney Houston.
1736 01:29:21 Come on, Daddy, I--I need my fix.
1737 01:29:23 Remember the deal,Whitney.
1738 01:29:24 First you sing, then you getyour precious cocaine.
1739 01:29:27 Man". She's high, and we've recordedher on her double CD collection.
1740 01:29:30 Listen as she screws upone song after another.
1741 01:29:33 (laughs)I need help, baby.
1742 01:29:35 I need to get offthis touring crap.
1743 01:29:37 # No matter whatthey take from me #
1744 01:29:40 # They can't take awaymy dignity #
1745 01:29:44 Come on, Whitney,go get it.
1746 01:29:47 It's just a joke to people?Really?
1747 01:29:51 Whitney Houstonis a joke to you now?
1748 01:29:53 You're gonna laugh?Well, fuck you.
1749 01:29:58 This is the greatest singerthat ever walked the earth.
1750 01:30:00 Beloved by millions andmillions all over the world.
1751 01:30:04 She's not a tabloid star.
1752 01:30:07 Debra:It's hard to understand the isolation
1753 01:30:10 of that kind oftabloid fame.
1754 01:30:13 Michael Jacksonwould call her sometimes,
1755 01:30:15 and she would go over and sitwith him in his hotel room.
1756 01:30:20 And they wouldn't evensay anything to each other.
1757 01:30:23 But they just...
1758 01:30:25 They understood each other.
1759 01:30:27 They both-- They were...
1760 01:30:29 two of the few peoplein the world
1761 01:30:31 who could understandwhat their circumstances were.
1762 01:30:35 And it was just being closeto each other.
1763 01:30:40 Reporter". Whitney Houstonhas checked into rehab again.
1764 01:30:43 Houston last checked herselfinto a rehabilitation center
1765 01:30:45 a Year ago.
1766 01:30:47 Houston said she is usingthe power of prayer
1767 01:30:49 to help her get overher addiction.
1768 01:30:51 Kevin: A number of timesshe went away into rehab,
1769 01:30:53 and she never managedto get clean.
1770 01:30:55 I know it'sa pretty complicated answer,
1771 01:30:58 - but why was that?- No, I don't think--
1772 01:31:00 It's not complicated.
1773 01:31:01 Because".to go into treatment,
1774 01:31:05 you have to go for you.
1775 01:31:07 Not for someone else.
1776 01:31:10 And you have to tellthe real problem.
1777 01:31:13 (dramatic theme playing)
1778 01:31:18 Michael: I think there's alwayssomething in your childhood
1779 01:31:21 that makes you do drugs.
1780 01:31:26 Kevin: ls there something inyour childhood that's made it
1781 01:31:29 particularly difficultto escape the addiction?
1782 01:31:32 Gary:I remember a lot of different things
1783 01:31:34 going on in my lifethat were different.
1784 01:31:36 Kevin:What sort of things?
1785 01:31:39 You know, being a--being a child,
1786 01:31:42 being 8 or 9 years old--
1787 01:31:44 Seven, 8, 9 years old,
1788 01:31:45 and being kinda molestedby a female...
1789 01:31:50 a family member of mine.You know.
1790 01:31:54 - Kevin: That bothered you a lot?- Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
1791 01:31:56 My mother and fatherwere gone a lot.
1792 01:31:59 So we stayed witha lot of different people.
1793 01:32:01 Me and my brotherand my sister stayed with
1794 01:32:04 four or five differentfamilies who took care of us.
1795 01:32:09 Kevin: Gary told me that he sufferedsexual abuse as a child.
1796 01:32:12 Did you ever hearthat the same thing
1797 01:32:14 happened to Whitney?
1798 01:32:16 I have heard it.
1799 01:32:20 I have heard it.
1800 01:32:23 I couldn't figure out why shewould always be on my case
1801 01:32:27 about my daughter Reya.
1802 01:32:30 If we were doinga business trip,
1803 01:32:33 she never liked the ideaof me leaving her behind.
1804 01:32:39 And then, as mothers,
1805 01:32:41 we talked,and she explained to me why.
1806 01:32:45 (dramatic theme playing)
1807 01:32:49 Mary:We was talking one day,
1808 01:32:51 'cause she knows my sister,
1809 01:32:52 and my sister was molestedat an early age.
1810 01:32:57 And she looked up at me,
1811 01:32:59 and she says,"Mary, I was too."
1812 01:33:02 I said, "Huh?"
1813 01:33:04 She said, "Yeah, I wasmolested at a young age too."
1814 01:33:07 She said, "But it wasn'ta man, it was a woman."
1815 01:33:12 And she had tearsin her eyes.
1816 01:33:15 She says, "Mommy don't knowthe things we went through."
1817 01:33:20 I said, "Nip, have youever told your mother?"
1818 01:33:24 She says, "No."
1819 01:33:27 I said, "Well, maybeyou need to tell her."
1820 01:33:30 She said,"You don't know my mother.
1821 01:33:32 My mother would hurt somebodyif I told her who it was."
1822 01:33:37 And she just had tearsrolling down her eyes,
1823 01:33:40 and I just hugged her.
1824 01:33:42 I said, "Well, one day,when you get the nerve,
1825 01:33:45 you need to tell your mother,and it will lift the burden.
1826 01:33:47 I'm telling you,it will lift the burden off you."
1827 01:33:52 Man:What makes you angry?
1828 01:33:54 Whitney".Child abuse makes me angry.
1829 01:33:56 Man: Why child abuse?You come from a loving family.
1830 01:33:59 Whitney: 'Cause, I hate to see kids--'Cause for children...
1831 01:34:02 it bothers me thatchildren who are helpless,
1832 01:34:06 who depend on adults,
1833 01:34:08 for their securityand for their caring,
1834 01:34:11 and for their love...
1835 01:34:13 It just-- It bothers me.It makes me angry.
1836 01:34:20 Kevin:Did she tell you who it was?
1837 01:34:23 (sighs)
1838 01:34:26 Yes. She did.
1839 01:34:31 She did.
1840 01:34:33 Kevin: Gary told me that it wasDee Dee Warwick,
1841 01:34:35 his aunt, Dionne's sister.
1842 01:34:37 Is that what she told you?
1843 01:34:39 Yeah, that's whatshe told me.
1844 01:34:42 "It was Dee Dee."And I said, "What?"
1845 01:34:44 She said, "Yeah."
1846 01:34:47 (music playing)
1847 01:34:53 # What can you do? #
1848 01:34:57 # What can you say? #
1849 01:35:02 # When you find love #
1850 01:35:06 R Slipping away? #
1851 01:35:11 (music fades
1852 01:35:17 Mary:I think she was ashamed.
1853 01:35:21 She used to say,"I wondered did I do something
1854 01:35:23 to make her thinkI wanted her."
1855 01:35:25 And I had to say,"Stop it. Stop it."
1856 01:35:32 "A predator is a predator."
1857 01:35:36 if Cissy had have knownit was happening,
1858 01:35:39 she would havedone something about it.
1859 01:35:41 Because Cissyloves her children.
1860 01:35:45 Kevin:What do you think the long-term effects
1861 01:35:47 of the abuse were?
1862 01:35:49 It made her questionher sexual... preference.
1863 01:35:55 And I think that's whyshe really wanted a family,
1864 01:35:59 a husband, children,
1865 01:36:01 to make her feel that this iswhat's supposed to happen.
1866 01:36:06 Kevin:Do you think she understood herself?
1867 01:36:09 No.
1868 01:36:12 I think she was tryingto find herself.
1869 01:36:14 (dramatic theme playing)
1870 01:36:17 She was a good actress.
1871 01:36:20 I always used to tell them:
1872 01:36:22 "Whitney's in there somewhere,but she's trapped."
1873 01:36:28 Wake up! Wake up, Nippy!
1874 01:36:30 Nippy!
1875 01:36:32 Are you in there?
1876 01:36:34 Whitney calling Nippy, Whitneycalling Nippy. Whitney calling Nippy.
1877 01:36:38 She won't answer. She's reallybeing non-cooperative today.
1878 01:36:42 - Woman: When she's ready to go...- Nippy calling Whitney.
1879 01:36:44 Yes, hi!
1880 01:36:46 See, Nippy can call Whitney,but Whitney can't call Nippy.
1881 01:36:49 It would be too dangerousfor everyone.
1882 01:36:52 (sighs)
1883 01:36:54 Oh, my God.
1884 01:36:55 Lapuk:All that praise. All that money.
1885 01:36:58 She'd reapedall these things
1886 01:36:59 from that talentand that beauty,
1887 01:37:01 but it still wasn't gonna beenough for what she really...
1888 01:37:06 she really wanted.
1889 01:37:10 If you can't know who you are,nothing's gonna save you.
1890 01:37:15 I feel like...
1891 01:37:16 # You and meagainst the world #
1892 01:37:19 # Sometimes it feels like #
1893 01:37:22 # Just me against this wholemotherfucking world #
1894 01:37:26 I'm sure you've never seen melike this before.
1895 01:37:28 Man (on TV}:$150 and a water bottle...
1896 01:37:30 Woman: Just as beautifulas every other day of your life.
1897 01:37:33 Ah.
1898 01:37:36 (weakly)Ah...
1899 01:37:38 Lapuk: In the end, there was no drive,there was no interest.
1900 01:37:43 There seemed to be no vanity.
1901 01:37:45 (dramatic theme playing)
1902 01:37:55 Someone who's notreally alive, right?
1903 01:37:59 Like a zombie... in some ways.
1904 01:38:02 I mean,not feeding off anyone but...
1905 01:38:06 Roaming.
1906 01:38:45 Aunt Baez She went to Georgiato get away from everybody.
1907 01:38:51 She could run awayfrom her mother.
1908 01:38:54 She could run away from me.
1909 01:38:57 She could run away fromthe people that would say:
1910 01:38:59 "No, goddamn it,it ain't happening this way."
1911 01:39:04 Pat:She went down there to visit
1912 01:39:05 and never came back home.Ha-ha-ha.
1913 01:39:08 Her home here in New Jerseywas still completely packed.
1914 01:39:13 There was foodin the refrigerator.
1915 01:39:16 There were clothesin the drawers.
1916 01:39:20 Kevin: Did you live inthe Georgia house with them?
1917 01:39:23 Mary:No, sir. Wouldn't have if I was asked.
1918 01:39:27 It was dark and evilness.
1919 01:39:31 You know, she always--And I'd go in,
1920 01:39:34 I said, "No, we gottaopen the blinds.
1921 01:39:36 Evil dwell in the dark."
1922 01:39:42 Bobby would sayawful things to her.
1923 01:39:46 She would come inwith tears running,
1924 01:39:49 and I said,"Come on in here with me.
1925 01:39:51 Let him calm down."
1926 01:39:54 And I said, "You can't keepletting him do this to you."
1927 01:39:57 "I know, I know,I know, Mary."
1928 01:40:01 I used to try to keep Krissi
1929 01:40:03 out of her motherand father's room.
1930 01:40:06 One day I came,and she had been in there.
1931 01:40:09 She was looking at me,and I said:
1932 01:40:10 "Krissi, why did yougo in the room?"
1933 01:40:12 "Well, I was looking forsomething, Auntie Mary."
1934 01:40:15 She said, "What the hell--?"
1935 01:40:17 I said, "Krissi..."
1936 01:40:20 Kevin:What did she see?
1937 01:40:21 Oh, her fatherused to like to... draw
1938 01:40:26 all these devils and demonson the floors and the walls.
1939 01:40:33 And... it was somethingout of a storybook to me.
1940 01:40:39 It was... Wow.
1941 01:40:42 (dramatic theme playing)
1942 01:40:53 She was the best mothershe knew how to be.
1943 01:40:57 But you've got to havethat motherly love,
1944 01:41:00 and I just don't knowif she knew how to give it.
1945 01:41:07 The things Krissihad to endure,
1946 01:41:10 no one would ever imagine.
1947 01:41:15 They didn't take careof Krissi.
1948 01:41:18 (voice breaking)They just left her to the wolves.
1949 01:41:21 (sniffles)
1950 01:41:22 She never had a chance.
1951 01:41:32 Nicole: She'd never seen a normal life.
1952 01:41:36 She was the companion of analcoholic and a drug addict.
1953 01:41:41 And that was whatshe learned to be.
1954 01:41:52 Pat: Whitney asked meto meet her at the hospital.
1955 01:41:57 Krissi had taken a knifeand slashed her arms.
1956 01:42:06 Kevin:That's awful.
1957 01:42:10 - Why did she do it?- Pat: She hated her life.
1958 01:42:14 She hated her mother.
1959 01:42:17 She even wentas far as writing:
1960 01:42:20 "I wish I could finda way to kill her
1961 01:42:23 and no onefind out about it."
1962 01:42:27 Man: The very publicand very troubled marriage
1963 01:42:30 has come to an end.
1964 01:42:32 Whitney Houstonhas filed for divorce
1965 01:42:33 from her husbandBobby Brown.
1966 01:42:35 The two singers,who have one child,
1967 01:42:37 have been marriedfor 14 years.
1968 01:42:39 I'm surprisedit lasted that long.
1969 01:42:40 Anderson, back to you.
1970 01:42:42 Man (on TV):A lot of people felt it was coming.
1971 01:42:44 I appreciate that.We'll check in with you
1972 01:42:47 for other headlinescoming up.
1973 01:42:49 Pat: That was a hard battleto come back from.
1974 01:42:52 People saying,¨I told you so. I told you so."
1975 01:42:57 (softly)# So I'm saving all my love for you #
1976 01:43:06 Mary: I remember Whitneycrying about Bobby.
1977 01:43:11 Krissi would go overand just rock her
1978 01:43:13 and say,"Oh, Ma, it's okay.
1979 01:43:15 It's okay, Ma, don't cry.
1980 01:43:18 He's gone so we gonnalet him be gone."
1981 01:43:22 She said,"I'm a failure. I failed."
1982 01:43:25 (people chattering indistinctly)
1983 01:43:29 But then she startedgetting it together.
1984 01:43:31 And started biting to makeit right for Bobbi Kristina.
1985 01:43:37 For the very first time,
1986 01:43:39 she was determinedto become clean.
1987 01:43:43 She went to rehabin California
1988 01:43:45 for about sevento eight months,
1989 01:43:48 but she couldn'tcomplete the program
1990 01:43:49 because she didn't haveany money, nothing.
1991 01:43:53 She'd gone dry.
1992 01:43:55 It was tour time.
1993 01:43:57 Reporter:They went from ka-ching to ka-trouble.
1994 01:44:00 Now Whitney Houston is tryingto turn it all around
1995 01:44:03 and pop backto profitability.
1996 01:44:05 She says,"Don't call it a comeback,"
1997 01:44:08 but it's kind of what people are talkingabout, so it sort of is a comeback.
1998 01:44:10 Nicole: When we heardabout the final tour,
1999 01:44:12 nobody wanted her to go.
2000 01:44:14 Clive begged for hernot to go.
2001 01:44:18 But at that point,management felt
2002 01:44:20 that without that money,she'd be homeless.
2003 01:44:23 Man:The wait is almost over.
2004 01:44:25 Fans at the BrisbaneEntertainment Center
2005 01:44:27 walked out on her performancein disgust.
2006 01:44:30 Whitney Houston's comeback tourhas hit yet another snag,
2007 01:44:33 as hundreds of fans walked outof a recent show in Denmark.
2008 01:44:36 Words like "shambolic" and"horrendous" have been bandied about.
2009 01:44:39 Definitely not worth $165.
2010 01:44:42 She couldn't entertaina dead rat.
2011 01:44:44 (forced)# And I... #
2012 01:44:50 # I will always #
2013 01:44:52 # Love you #
2014 01:44:54 IYou #
2015 01:44:56 # I will always #
2016 01:45:00 # Love you #
2017 01:45:04 # You always #
2018 01:45:06 # Always love #
2019 01:45:08 # Love you #
2020 01:45:12 IYou, I #
2021 01:45:15 # I'll always love #
2022 01:45:17 IYou #
2023 01:45:20 (crowd whistling)
2024 01:45:31 Soafles:Whitney meant so much to black America.
2025 01:45:35 We had a service for her
2026 01:45:37 at Abyssinian Baptist churchin New York.
2027 01:45:40 I suspected there'd be acouple of dozen people there.
2028 01:45:43 The church was packed,2000 people on a weeknight,
2029 01:45:47 to pray for Whitney Houston.
2030 01:45:52 I mean, by that time,her demons were public.
2031 01:45:55 By that time, we were allconcerned about her future.
2032 01:45:59 And just the peoplewho don't know her
2033 01:46:02 gather because when oneWhitney Houston emerges,
2034 01:46:06 black Americaclings to that star.
2035 01:46:11 It's about much morethan music.
2036 01:46:13 Choir:# Through the storm, through the night J¨
2037 01:46:17 # Lead me home... A'
2038 01:46:19 Woman:Whitney Houston will be back
2039 01:46:21 on big screens across America,starring in Sparkle,
2040 01:46:25 a remake ofher favorite film,
2041 01:46:27 one she would watchover and over as a teen
2042 01:46:29 back in the '70s.
2043 01:46:34 (door buzzes)
2044 01:46:36 (dramatic theme playing)
2045 01:46:42 Guard:You got five minutes.
2046 01:46:46 Debra:She wanted to do the movie.
2047 01:46:50 She needed the job.
2048 01:46:53 There was no moremusic career.
2049 01:46:57 The deal was that she wouldhave a drug test every week.
2050 01:47:02 You look tired.
2051 01:47:05 Debra:She's climbing out of a hole.
2052 01:47:08 lam.
2053 01:47:11 Debra: It was like, "if this is what Ihave to do, it's what I have to do."
2054 01:47:15 In the first rehearsal,she looked terrible.
2055 01:47:17 She was bloated,she was slurry.
2056 01:47:20 And then shecleaned herself up.
2057 01:47:27 When she wasn't working,
2058 01:47:29 she'd sit on setjust to hang out with people.
2059 01:47:32 Saturday night, took allthe cast out to celebrate.
2060 01:47:35 I invited her.She showed up.
2061 01:47:38 She went to the football gamewith some of the guys.
2062 01:47:41 I mean, she really, really,really was there.
2063 01:47:47 I remembermidway through the shoot,
2064 01:47:50 and I'd walk towardsthe hair and makeup trailer,
2065 01:47:53 and I'd hearthis gospel music blasting.
2066 01:47:56 It's, like, 5:00in the morning,
2067 01:47:58 and she's in there singing,
2068 01:48:00 bright-eyed...
2069 01:48:02 You know, happy-
2070 01:48:04 I said, "What are you on?"
2071 01:48:07 And both of us looked at eachother and burst out laughing
2072 01:48:09 because she wasn'ton anything.
2073 01:48:11 This was joy,
2074 01:48:13 and I think it was the joyof having a purpose.
2075 01:48:17 Of being ableto get up in the morning
2076 01:48:20 and know you had a job.
2077 01:48:22 You had people who wantedto be around you.
2078 01:48:25 You were a part ofa community.
2079 01:48:27 And I really saw hercome back to life.
2080 01:48:31 In. nn SS In.
2081 01:48:35 - Whitney: # I sing because J'- J' Because #
2082 01:48:38 - # I'm happy #- Choir: # Happy #
2083 01:48:42 - # Hallelujah #- All: Hallelujah.
2084 01:48:45 - Whitney: # I sing #- Choir: # I sing #
2085 01:48:47 - Whitney: # I sing because #- Choir: # Because #
2086 01:48:50 - # I'm free #- Choir: # I'm free #
2087 01:48:55 Debra:On the last day, she said:
2088 01:48:58 "I got an ideafor our next movie.
2089 01:48:59 It's gonna beDavid and Bathsheba.
2090 01:49:01 Me and Mel Gibson."
2091 01:49:03 I was like, "Well, Whitney,I don't know about that one."
2092 01:49:07 I said, you know,"I think--"
2093 01:49:09 She was--had an early morning flight.
2094 01:49:11 "This is gonna be great.
2095 01:49:12 We'll figure outother stuff to do.
2096 01:49:14 You just go back home."
2097 01:49:16 It wasn't until her wake...
2098 01:49:19 that her bodyguardcame over to me and he said...
2099 01:49:25 "You know,she didn't take that flight."
2100 01:49:28 I mean,nobody ever told me.
2101 01:49:31 She didn't want to leave.
2102 01:49:34 She, um... She stayed, like,an extra three or four days...
2103 01:49:40 And finally, she had himdrive her back to Atlanta.
2104 01:49:47 I just don't thinkshe wanted to leave.
2105 01:49:51 Because she had purposeand people who loved her.
2106 01:49:55 And I can just see her goingback to, you know, Alpharetta
2107 01:50:00 and waking upin the morning...
2108 01:50:03 Or, more likely,in the afternoon...
2109 01:50:08 with no reasonto get out of bed
2110 01:50:10 and nothing on the horizon.
2111 01:50:12 And I just think she went homeand went back in the hole.
2112 01:50:19 Well...
2113 01:50:21 we've finally come...
2114 01:50:24 a' To an end X
2115 01:50:27 # Oh, well #
2116 01:50:29 # We've finally come #
2117 01:50:32 # To the end #
2118 01:50:36 # Story is over #
2119 01:50:39 No, we haven'tcome to the end.
2120 01:50:42 - When is the end?- Woman: When you say so.
2121 01:50:45 (bell dings)
2122 01:50:48 Mm.
2123 01:50:50 (dramatic theme playing)
2124 01:51:04 She came to my room early...of the morning in question.
2125 01:51:11 And she started talking about...John the Baptist.
2126 01:51:16 And she said-- She laid herhead on my shoulder,
2127 01:51:19 and she had her armaround my waist.
2128 01:51:20 She said, "We're gonna betogether one day, Ray."
2129 01:51:23 She says, "Mary...
2130 01:51:25 (sniffles)
2131 01:51:28 ...I gotta getmy shit together."
2132 01:51:31 She said,"'Cause I got to see Jesus."
2133 01:51:36 And I gave her this look,like, "Right."
2134 01:51:39 She asked me to set upmy box up for her,
2135 01:51:42 so she could listento the music.
2136 01:51:43 Because she always listened to musicbefore she go on stage,
2137 01:51:46 or whatevershe getting ready to do.
2138 01:51:48 She would listento some Fred Hammond.
2139 01:51:51 Mary:So I ran the water.
2140 01:51:53 She got in the tub.
2141 01:51:56 And she wantedthese cupcakes.
2142 01:51:59 She said, "Mary, I just wanta sprinkle cupcake, I swear.
2143 01:52:02 Get two,but I won't eat but one."
2144 01:52:05 And I left her smiling andbrushing her hair in the tub.
2145 01:52:12 .---
2146 01:52:14 I wasn't gone but 30 minutes.
2147 01:52:28 EH'
2148 01:52:29 Whitney: I'm always runningfrom this giant.
2149 01:52:31 I'm always runningfrom this big man.
2150 01:52:35 My mother always says:
2151 01:52:36 "Well, you know, that's nothingbut the devil.
2152 01:52:38 He's just tryin' to get you.He just wants your soul."
2153 01:52:42 But he never gets me.
2154 01:52:48 Mary". When I got back,there were no lights on.
2155 01:52:51 I said, "What the hell?"
2156 01:52:55 And I proceeded to step...in the bedroom.
2157 01:53:09 Water came to my ankle.
2158 01:53:11 I said, "What the hell?"
2159 01:53:17 I saw my babyfloating in there,
2160 01:53:19 just face downin the water.
2161 01:53:32 Man 1:Breaking News.
2162 01:53:34 Whitney Houston is dead.
2163 01:53:36 The death of singing starWhitney Houston.
2164 01:53:37 Man 2:Cause of death is drowning.
2165 01:53:39 Heaven just gotanother beautiful voice
2166 01:53:41 added to the choir.
2167 01:53:42 Man 3:Due to cocaine use.
2168 01:53:44 One of the true legends.
2169 01:53:46 Sharpton (on phone):I would hope that all the negative press
2170 01:53:48 would take a pauseand remember this great talent.
2171 01:53:51 (siren wailing)
2172 01:53:53 (cameras clicking)
2173 01:53:55 (Whitney Houston's"Home" playing
2174 01:54:03 # When I think of home a'
2175 01:54:07 # I think of a place #
2176 01:54:11 # Where there'slove overflowing I'
2177 01:54:19 # I wish I was home #
2178 01:54:22 # I wish I was back there E
2179 01:54:26 # With the things I
2180 01:54:30 # I've been knowing S'
2181 01:54:33 # I knowyou're listening, God a'
2182 01:54:36 # So won't you please trynot to make it hard to know 3
2183 01:54:41 # I shouldn'tbelieve everything a'
2184 01:54:44 # Everything that I see X
2185 01:54:48 # A world full of love #
2186 01:54:53 # Like yours, like A'
2187 01:54:56 # Like mine #
2188 01:55:01 # Like home #
2189 01:55:08 # Home 3
2190 01:55:13 (crowd cheering)
2191 01:55:21 TV host: You won't forget that name!Whitney Houston!
2192 01:55:48 # Share my life #
2193 01:55:52 # Take me for what I am #
2194 01:55:58 # 'Cause I'll never changeall my colors for you #
2195 01:56:07 # I saidtake my love #
2196 01:56:11 # I'll never askfor too much #
2197 01:56:16 # Just all that you are #
2198 01:56:20 # And everythingthat you do #
2199 01:56:24 # You, you #
2200 01:56:26 # I don't really need to lookvery much further #
2201 01:56:31 # I don't wanna have to gowhere you don't follow #
2202 01:56:36 # I won't hold it back againthis passion inside #
2203 01:56:40 # I can't run from myselfthere's nowhere to hide #
2204 01:56:48 # Don't make me closeone more door #
2205 01:56:53 # I don't wanna hurtanymore #
2206 01:56:58 # Stay in my armsif you dare #
2207 01:57:03 # Or must I imagineyou there? #
2208 01:57:08 # Don't walk away from me #
2209 01:57:13 # I have nothingnothing, nothing #
2210 01:57:18 # If I don't have you #
2211 01:57:26 # You see through a'
2212 01:57:29 # Right to the heartof me A'
2213 01:57:35 # You break down my walls a¨
2214 01:57:38 # With the strengthof your love 4'
2215 01:57:41 # Mm, oh #
2216 01:57:44 # I never knew S
2217 01:57:48 # Love like I've known itwith you A'
2218 01:57:53 # Will a memory survive a'
2219 01:57:57 # One I can hold on to? I
2220 01:58:03 # I don't really need to lookvery much further 4'
2221 01:58:08 # I don't wanna have to gowhere you don't follow I
2222 01:58:13 # I won't hold it back againthis passion inside I'
2223 01:58:17 # I can't run from myself a¨
2224 01:58:19 # There's nowhere to hide #
2225 01:58:23 # Your loveI'll remember forever I
2226 01:58:29 # Don't make me closeone more door a'
2227 01:58:34 # I don't wanna hurtanymore 4'
2228 01:58:39 # Stay in my armsif you dare F
2229 01:58:43 # Or must I imagineyou there? #
2230 01:58:48 # Don't walk away from me a'
2231 01:58:53 # I have nothingnothing, nothing a'
2232 01:59:00 # Don't make me closeone more door a'
2233 01:59:07 # I don't wanna hurtanymore 4'
2234 01:59:11 # Stay in my armsif you dare F
2235 01:59:16 # Or must I imagineyou there? #
2236 01:59:21 # Don't walk away from me a'
2237 01:59:25 XNQX
2238 01:59:26 # Don't walk away from me a'
2239 01:59:30 # Don't you darewalk away from me a'
2240 01:59:36 # I have nothingnothing, nothing a'
2241 01:59:42 a' If I don't have you A'
2242 01:59:47 fYouf
2243 01:59:51 a' If I don't have you A'
2244 01:59:56 # Oh, you a'