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Improved By: FidelPerez
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Sub Upload Date: October 2, 2018

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(DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING)

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WHITNEY: There were times
when I would look up to God,

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and I'd go, "Why is this
happening to me?"

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And then these dreams.

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I would have these dreams
about being on a bridge,

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and the bridge going
back and forth and swaying.

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There's a big storm coming.

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I'm always running
from this giant.

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I'm always running
from this big man.

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I know I can make it.
I know I can make it.

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I know I can make it.

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My mother always says,
"You know,

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that's the devil.
He's just trying to get you.

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(LAUGHS)
He just wants your soul."

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And in a sense, it's true.

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There's been several times
the devil has tried to get me.

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But he never gets me.

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And it's funny,
when I wake up,

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I'm always exhausted
from running.

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(WHITNEY HOUSTON'S
"HOW WILL I KNOW?" PLAYING)

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REPORTER #1: The news about Whitney
Houston is crackling through

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the music world
and the news is good.

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Her mother is
singer Cissy Houston,

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but at age 21,
Whitney Houston

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is blazing her own trail
with style and sizzle.

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("HOW WILL I KNOW?"
CONTINUES PLAYING)

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REPORTER #2: The most successful
debut solo album in history.

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She's quickly becoming
the new queen of pop.

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REPORTER #3: Crowned the
prom queen of soul.

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REPORTER #4: It will
take an Act of Congress

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to keep this woman
from becoming a megastar.

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♫ There's a boy I know ♫

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♫ He's the one I dream of ♫

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America is working.

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♫ When I wake ♫

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♫ From dreamin' ♫

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♫ Tell me
Is it really love? ♫

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♫ Ooh ♫

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♫ How will I know? ♫

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♫ Don't trust
Your feelings ♫

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♫ How will I know? ♫

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♫ How will I know
If he really loves me? ♫

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♫ I say a prayer
With every heartbeat ♫

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(PEOPLE SHOUTING
INDISTINCTLY)

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- Keep it down, son.
- Gimme that stuff.

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(SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

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(GUNSHOT)

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WHITNEY: We lived in Newark,
and then the riots took place

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- in the '60s.
- MAN: Do you remember them?

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WHITNEY:
Oh, yeah. Absolutely.

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I remember lying on the floor
and eating off the floor.

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For the bullets, you know,

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the bullets would fly
and go through you.

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I grew up in the ghetto.
I mean, that's where I grew up.

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(CISSY HOUSTON'S
"HERE I AM" PLAYING)

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♫ All that you deserve
To have ♫

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♫ Oh, that's why I say ♫

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♫ Hear me, baby
When I say ♫

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♫ I'm telling you, here...
Here I am... ♫

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AUNT BAE: I hear John's
voice, "Hey, Bae."

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I said, "What?
Is Cissy okay?"

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He said, "Yeah."
He said, "She had the baby."

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He said, "Bae, you're not
gonna believe this baby.

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She looks unreal,
she's so beautiful."

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(EXHALES)

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She was sassy, smart mouth...

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always following me,
you know.

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And my father made the point,
you know,

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"Listen, you got to watch her
and take care of her.

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If something happens to her,
don't come home."

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And we became just like,
you know...

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She was my best friend.

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(DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING)

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She'd leave the house,
and she would be clean-haired.

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Then she'd come home

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just dirty pants,
dirty shirt, hair messed up,

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'cause she always wanted to be
rough and tough.

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(ARETHA FRANKLIN'S
"CHAIN OF FOOLS" PLAYING)

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Always music on in the house,
especially on Sundays.

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Gospel all day long, you know.
And then there was always,

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you know, the music
that my mother was recording.

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♫ You told me
To leave you alone ♫

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♫ My father said... ♫

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MICHAEL: My mother is
known all over the world,

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and she sang background
for everybody.

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She worked her ass off
and spent time away from us

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in order to
make things better.

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I remember me and my sister
crying, sitting on the curb,

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every time my mother
would pull off to go.

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So we stayed with a lot
of different people, you know.

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Me and my brother and my
sister stayed with a lot of...

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I mean, four or five
different families

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and different people
who took care of us.

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WHITNEY: I wanted to become a
singer when I was about 13.

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That's when I realized
I wanted to be

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a professional singer,
but prior to that

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I just sang, you know.

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I sang at church,
and I loved it.

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MAN: Remember the first
song you sang in church?

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WHITNEY:
Yes, I remember.

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♫ Guide me, O, thou ♫

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♫ Great Jehov... ♫

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- ♫ ...hovah ♫
- MAN: Mm.

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♫ Feed me till ♫

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♫ I want no more ♫

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- WOMAN: Yeah.
- (CROWD CHEERING)

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WHITNEY: My mother, well,
she raised us in church.

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You had to go to church
whether you liked it or not.

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But, growing up, I loved it.

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I loved to sing.

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I loved the choir.

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I knew that, whatever this God
was, he sure liked singing.

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He loved people to sing.
He loved to be praised.

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(WHITNEY AND CHOIR SINGING)

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♫ ...The Lord ♫

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♫ Yes, he will, oh ♫

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♫ The Lord... ♫

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♫ Well, if you just... ♫

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- ♫ Have a little talk ♫
- ♫ A little talk ♫

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♫ With Jesus ♫

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(HYMN CONTINUES
INDISTINCTLY)

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CISSY:
I used to be the directress

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of all of the music
in this church,

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but now I'm retired.

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MAN: When she was a girl,
what was Whitney like?

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She was beautiful.

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She was a good baby.

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Mm-hm.

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Everybody loved her.

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Except those
who were jealous of her.

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There were girls
who liked to run her home.

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But I was always
waiting outside for them.

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I'm a fighter, okay.

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All right, so
you bother my kids,

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you've then bothered me.

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MICHAEL:
The neighborhood we lived in

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was a lot of dark-skinned,
colored people,

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and Whitney used to get
picked on all the time

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for being light-skinned...
A little white girl.

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...'cause my mother
would dress her nice.

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DONNA:
She was a quiet, sweet kid.

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She didn't have
very many friends.

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She was very involved
in the church,

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um... would just go to school,

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and she would just hang out
with her brothers.

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Better hurry, Dorothy.

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You know how the Jacobs are
when we keep them waiting.

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Oh, I'm ready, George.

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I think it's safe to say
there won't be

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a handsomer couple
at the party.

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Or a happier one.

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MAN: Where did the name
"Whitney" come from?

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MICHAEL: My mother says something
about this white sitcom,

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but I never called her
Whitney.

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Always called her Nippy.

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WHITNEY:
Nippy is me. I am Nippy.

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My father gave me
that nickname,

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and I've been Nippy
since I can remember.

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(LAUGHS)

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(CROWD CHEERING
AND WHISTLING)

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SOARIES: Whitney's
father, John Houston,

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was a key player
in the 1970s

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around the Gibson
administration,

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and he was
a real deal-maker.

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KEVIN:
A deal-maker or a hustler?

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Well, it depends on which side
of the deal you're on. Ha, ha.

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MICHAEL: He was the head of
central planning and zoning

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in that administration,

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which was a very corrupt
administration,

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and to get
a building put up,

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you had to go through
my father.

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So... you do the math.

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He did enough for us,

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along with my mother,
working hard,

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for us to get out of Newark

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and go to a house
in East Orange.

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(FLUTTERING)

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We had a better school,
a pool, a backyard.

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(MELANCHOLIC THEME PLAYING)

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AUNT BAE: They were striving
to become middle class.

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They had
a really nice house.

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They were the Cosbys
of Dodd Street.

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MICHAEL: But East Orange was
20 blocks from Newark, heh.

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You can live in a mansion
all you want.

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When you come outside,
you gonna be amongst

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the motherfucking wolves
and bears.

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(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)

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Now, for the three people
that haven't read about you,

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your mother is Cissy Houston
of The...

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- Sweet Inspirations.
- Right.

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- Your aunt is...?
- My cousin is Dionne Warwick.

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Who was your father?
Duke Ellington?

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- ♫ Just lift him up ♫
- ♫ Lift the savior up ♫

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♫ Just lift up ♫

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WHITNEY: I come from
a family of singers.

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♫ From eternal tears ♫

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The family gathered at
Christmas time, Thanksgiving.

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And after dinner,
instead of talking,

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we'd all go around
the piano and sing.

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♫ If you see me
Walking down the street ♫

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- ♫ And I start to cry ♫
- (CHEERING AND WHISTLING)

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♫ Each time we meet ♫

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♫ Walk on by ♫

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♫ What can you do? ♫

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♫ What can you say? ♫

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MAN: And your mother also tried
to have a solo career herself?

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GARY: She tried to
have a solo career.

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It didn't turn out to be
what she wanted.

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I think she poured a lot
of that disappointment

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into Whitney, for sure.

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♫ When I first saw you ♫

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(PIANO PLAYING)

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♫ I said, "Oh, my" ♫

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♫ I said, "Oh, my ♫

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♫ There's my dream ♫

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♫ That's my dream" ♫

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♫ I needed a dream ♫

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♫ To make me strong ♫

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Nobody could touch Whitney, as
far as singing, except my mom.

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My mom's voice...
And she taught Whitney

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everything she knew
about how to use that voice.

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You have three places
to sing from.

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From your abdomen,
your chest and your head.

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She learned them all.

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Cissy sang from her heart...

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and she taught Nippy
to sing from her heart.

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Heart.

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Mind.

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Guts.

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She loved her mother dearly.

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But her mother was, um...
the disciplinarian.

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Her mother was hard on her
when she was training her,

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would make her do it
over and over and over again

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to get it right.

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MICHAEL: She was a
little tough on Whitney

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because she knew
what Whitney had.

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They would come home a lot
of times mad at each other.

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Whitney'd come in stomping,

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cursing, go to her room
and slam the door.

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My mother telling her,
"Listen, if you wanna sing,

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this is what's got to happen.

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If you don't, tell me now.
I won't waste my time."

244
00:12:38,092 --> 00:12:40,361
(WHITNEY VOCALIZING)

245
00:12:42,263 --> 00:12:43,730
(WHITNEY CLEARS THROAT)

246
00:12:47,468 --> 00:12:50,335
MAN: Why was she sent to
that private girls' school?

247
00:12:50,337 --> 00:12:52,304
DONNA: To put her in
a safe environment,

248
00:12:52,306 --> 00:12:55,407
away from the bullying.

249
00:12:55,409 --> 00:12:57,309
SOARIES:
This was the investment

250
00:12:57,311 --> 00:13:00,413
John and Cissy
were making in their daughter.

251
00:13:00,415 --> 00:13:02,247
They wanted her
to be educated,

252
00:13:02,249 --> 00:13:05,918
sophisticated,
and not streetwise.

253
00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:09,156
(WHITNEY CONTINUES
VOCALIZING)

254
00:13:13,494 --> 00:13:16,995
AUNT BAE: You know, it sounds
like I'm giving you the gas,

255
00:13:16,997 --> 00:13:18,530
but so help me.

256
00:13:18,532 --> 00:13:22,833
They had a really great
family dynamic going on.

257
00:13:22,835 --> 00:13:25,338
KEVIN: But I've also heard
that she was bullied a lot.

258
00:13:25,340 --> 00:13:27,340
Did other things
happen to her as a child

259
00:13:27,342 --> 00:13:28,907
that might help to explain

260
00:13:28,909 --> 00:13:31,044
why she became
such a troubled person?

261
00:13:31,046 --> 00:13:34,079
No, Nippy didn't have
nothing bad in her childhood.

262
00:13:34,081 --> 00:13:36,915
I sound a little defensive,
you know.

263
00:13:36,917 --> 00:13:38,418
KEVIN:
No, no. I'm just asking...

264
00:13:38,420 --> 00:13:41,321
Nippy, she did not have
anything in her childhood.

265
00:13:41,323 --> 00:13:44,392
She had an idyllic childhood.

266
00:13:45,793 --> 00:13:47,193
MICHAEL:
She loved my father.

267
00:13:47,195 --> 00:13:49,362
Loved my father
and loved my mother.

268
00:13:49,364 --> 00:13:52,131
Them breaking up and getting
divorced really bothered her.

269
00:13:52,133 --> 00:13:53,866
It bothered me.

270
00:13:53,868 --> 00:13:55,969
KEVIN: What was it
that drove them apart?

271
00:13:55,971 --> 00:13:57,305
MICHAEL:
I don't know.

272
00:13:59,107 --> 00:14:01,975
Infidelity.

273
00:14:01,977 --> 00:14:06,112
My dad,
despite whatever philandering

274
00:14:06,114 --> 00:14:09,282
he might have been doing,
was extremely jealous.

275
00:14:09,284 --> 00:14:11,050
He had tapped the phone,

276
00:14:11,052 --> 00:14:13,254
so he's sitting
back in this office

277
00:14:13,256 --> 00:14:16,357
listening to Cissy's
conversations on the wiretap.

278
00:14:16,359 --> 00:14:18,294
(CONGREGATION SINGING)

279
00:14:21,564 --> 00:14:25,399
PAT: The truth is Cissy
did have an affair

280
00:14:25,401 --> 00:14:28,167
with the minister
at her church.

281
00:14:28,169 --> 00:14:31,505
I think about
my Father's house.

282
00:14:31,507 --> 00:14:34,140
- Yes, sir!
- In my Father's house,

283
00:14:34,142 --> 00:14:36,110
there's food.

284
00:14:36,112 --> 00:14:38,613
PAT: You know, you're in
church, and you hear whispers.

285
00:14:38,615 --> 00:14:40,983
None of them would
ever really get over it.

286
00:14:44,053 --> 00:14:46,854
DONNA:
Her heart was broken.

287
00:14:46,856 --> 00:14:52,259
That church had been
Whitney's second family.

288
00:14:52,261 --> 00:14:55,195
And she was angry
with her mother.

289
00:14:55,197 --> 00:14:59,032
Whitney moved out as soon as
she was 18 years old.

290
00:14:59,034 --> 00:15:03,204
I don't think Cissy even knew
where she moved to.

291
00:15:03,206 --> 00:15:05,105
GARY: We had a good,
tight-knit family,

292
00:15:05,107 --> 00:15:07,941
but there were always
a lot of secrets in our lives.

293
00:15:07,943 --> 00:15:09,644
You know,
there were a lot of secrets.

294
00:15:09,646 --> 00:15:12,547
When you don't resolve things,
you don't deal with things,

295
00:15:12,549 --> 00:15:15,049
(WHISPERS)
they never go away.

296
00:15:15,051 --> 00:15:16,950
They never go away.

297
00:15:16,952 --> 00:15:18,354
(CAMERA CLICKING)

298
00:15:23,260 --> 00:15:25,393
STEVE: When I first
started working with her,

299
00:15:25,395 --> 00:15:27,562
she was modelling...

300
00:15:27,564 --> 00:15:29,230
and she hated it

301
00:15:29,232 --> 00:15:31,399
because she knew that she
was gonna be a singer.

302
00:15:31,401 --> 00:15:33,368
That's what she knew.

303
00:15:33,370 --> 00:15:37,038
- MAN: What did she like to do?
- STEVE: She liked to sleep.

304
00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,574
(LAUGHS)
She liked to party.

305
00:15:39,576 --> 00:15:41,309
She liked to hang out
with Robyn.

306
00:15:41,311 --> 00:15:43,977
And she liked her cats.

307
00:15:43,979 --> 00:15:47,550
(LAUGHS) She had a
cat named Misty Blue.

308
00:15:47,552 --> 00:15:50,018
MAN: It was obvious
that John and Cissy

309
00:15:50,020 --> 00:15:52,954
saw an opportunity
in Whitney.

310
00:15:52,956 --> 00:15:55,957
The plan was
to get her a record deal,

311
00:15:55,959 --> 00:15:58,093
but they didn't rush.

312
00:15:58,095 --> 00:16:01,463
For a long time she was
just singing background

313
00:16:01,465 --> 00:16:03,699
in Cissy's show.

314
00:16:03,701 --> 00:16:06,968
SOARIES: At that time,
there was a teenage star

315
00:16:06,970 --> 00:16:10,438
rising the charts,
and Whitney was angry.

316
00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:15,378
She'd literally said she could
do that ten times better...

317
00:16:15,380 --> 00:16:17,413
and her parents
were holding her back.

318
00:16:17,415 --> 00:16:19,548
I sat down with her
at the McDonald's

319
00:16:19,550 --> 00:16:21,350
across the street
from their home

320
00:16:21,352 --> 00:16:25,221
to explain to her the music
that she was envious of

321
00:16:25,223 --> 00:16:27,123
was fad music...

322
00:16:27,125 --> 00:16:29,991
and what her parents
were preparing her for

323
00:16:29,993 --> 00:16:32,261
was legacy music.

324
00:16:32,263 --> 00:16:34,062
MICHAEL: My mother
was grooming her.

325
00:16:34,064 --> 00:16:37,567
When I look back, I remember
my mother grooming her.

326
00:16:37,569 --> 00:16:39,505
CISSY:

327
00:16:51,082 --> 00:16:53,149
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING)

328
00:16:53,151 --> 00:16:56,419
Is it true that you were
sort of tricked into

329
00:16:56,421 --> 00:16:58,421
doing a solo performance?

330
00:16:58,423 --> 00:17:02,259
We were playing at this great
iconic R&B club in New York

331
00:17:02,261 --> 00:17:03,493
called Mikell's.

332
00:17:03,495 --> 00:17:05,429
Cissy called Whitney...

333
00:17:05,431 --> 00:17:07,731
She said, "Whitney,
I can't sing, I can't sing."

334
00:17:07,733 --> 00:17:10,133
She wasn't gonna be able
to do the show.

335
00:17:10,135 --> 00:17:12,736
My mom says, "You gotta do the
show. I can't let this gig go.

336
00:17:12,738 --> 00:17:15,605
I'm like, "Oh, my God,
I can't do this, I'm 16... 17."

337
00:17:15,607 --> 00:17:19,275
And it was packed,
and she was adorable

338
00:17:19,277 --> 00:17:23,614
because she basically mimicked
her mom's everything,

339
00:17:23,616 --> 00:17:27,050
her patter. And just
substituted her own name

340
00:17:27,052 --> 00:17:30,053
for... you know, "Thanks
for coming to see Cissy."

341
00:17:30,055 --> 00:17:32,255
She'd go, "Thanks for coming
to hear Whitney."

342
00:17:32,257 --> 00:17:34,193
(VOCALIZING)

343
00:17:38,263 --> 00:17:42,132
BETTE: I remember feeling
like a tornado, like a wind,

344
00:17:42,134 --> 00:17:44,668
a monsoon of rain and wind
just hit me

345
00:17:44,670 --> 00:17:46,536
and, like, was just
throwing me back.

346
00:17:46,538 --> 00:17:49,707
That's how blown away I was
by this girl's voice.

347
00:17:49,709 --> 00:17:51,742
I'd never heard
anything like it.

348
00:17:51,744 --> 00:17:55,215
(HOLDING NOTES)

349
00:17:59,719 --> 00:18:07,560
♫ I am ♫

350
00:18:08,661 --> 00:18:10,427
(CROWD CHEERING)

351
00:18:10,429 --> 00:18:14,232
♫ I'm trying to ♫

352
00:18:14,234 --> 00:18:17,836
So next day she calls,
she says, "Hey, how you doing?"

353
00:18:17,838 --> 00:18:20,238
I said, "You." I said,
"What's wrong with you?

354
00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:21,740
You were sick."
She goes, "No.

355
00:18:21,742 --> 00:18:24,408
I just wanted to see
if you could cut it."

356
00:18:24,410 --> 00:18:28,479
(SINGS HIGH NOTE)

357
00:18:28,481 --> 00:18:30,416
(CROWD CLAPPING
AND CHEERING)

358
00:18:33,186 --> 00:18:35,623
BETTE: She blew the
roof off the place.

359
00:18:38,726 --> 00:18:42,261
STEVE: And after that, we
started to seriously court

360
00:18:42,263 --> 00:18:44,696
the record companies.

361
00:18:44,698 --> 00:18:47,366
At that time,
there were no singers

362
00:18:47,368 --> 00:18:50,636
that just stood up and sang,

363
00:18:50,638 --> 00:18:53,472
a mic and a light,
you know.

364
00:18:53,474 --> 00:18:54,806
There were bands.

365
00:18:54,808 --> 00:18:56,642
STEVE:
What she was doing,

366
00:18:56,644 --> 00:18:58,777
it wasn't something
that the record industry

367
00:18:58,779 --> 00:19:02,782
was interested in,
but bit by bit we got offers.

368
00:19:02,784 --> 00:19:05,717
Eventually, the two labels
offering good deals

369
00:19:05,719 --> 00:19:09,221
were Elektra,
which was Bruce Lundvall,

370
00:19:09,223 --> 00:19:11,390
and Arista,
which was Clive Davis.

371
00:19:11,392 --> 00:19:15,494
Every night, one of the labels
would come down to the show.

372
00:19:15,496 --> 00:19:18,564
The next day, one of
the offers would get bigger.

373
00:19:18,566 --> 00:19:20,566
And the next night,
Bruce Lundvall

374
00:19:20,568 --> 00:19:22,834
would come down
to the show with flowers.

375
00:19:22,836 --> 00:19:26,239
The next night, Clive would
come back again with flowers,

376
00:19:26,241 --> 00:19:27,907
and then the offer
would get bigger.

377
00:19:27,909 --> 00:19:31,377
She was innocent-looking,
yet soulful.

378
00:19:31,379 --> 00:19:35,548
Her voice was like no voice
I had ever heard.

379
00:19:35,550 --> 00:19:40,385
When she stepped forward to do
"The Greatest Love Of All,"

380
00:19:40,387 --> 00:19:42,722
I was totally knocked out.

381
00:19:42,724 --> 00:19:46,191
Whitney found meaning
in that song that I was sure

382
00:19:46,193 --> 00:19:48,695
even the composers
didn't know were there.

383
00:19:48,697 --> 00:19:50,363
(CROWD CHEERING
AND WHISTLING)

384
00:19:50,365 --> 00:19:52,167
♫ The children ♫

385
00:19:53,768 --> 00:19:55,835
♫ Are our future ♫

386
00:19:55,837 --> 00:19:58,204
(KEYBOARD PLAYING)

387
00:19:58,206 --> 00:20:01,710
♫ Teach them well and ♫

388
00:20:02,677 --> 00:20:05,714
♫ Let them ♫

389
00:20:06,881 --> 00:20:11,485
♫ Lead the way ♫

390
00:20:11,487 --> 00:20:14,622
STEVE: The two offers
were pretty even.

391
00:20:14,624 --> 00:20:16,356
But we decided
to go with Clive.

392
00:20:16,358 --> 00:20:18,592
♫ Show them all... ♫

393
00:20:18,594 --> 00:20:21,662
CLIVE: You know, you get
that spine tingle...

394
00:20:21,664 --> 00:20:23,964
when you know
you're in the presence

395
00:20:23,966 --> 00:20:26,299
of somebody very special.

396
00:20:26,301 --> 00:20:27,801
And that genius,

397
00:20:27,803 --> 00:20:30,436
that vocal
interpretive genius,

398
00:20:30,438 --> 00:20:33,640
had a profound impact on me.

399
00:20:33,642 --> 00:20:36,577
♫ Give them a sense... ♫

400
00:20:36,579 --> 00:20:39,647
NICOLE: The urban legend
that Clive created Whitney

401
00:20:39,649 --> 00:20:41,582
is really not true.

402
00:20:41,584 --> 00:20:43,384
STEVE:
Clive packaged it all,

403
00:20:43,386 --> 00:20:46,887
but if anyone created
Whitney's taste, it was Cissy.

404
00:20:46,889 --> 00:20:50,391
That's where Whitney got
her influences from.

405
00:20:50,393 --> 00:20:52,595
♫ Easier ♫

406
00:20:54,697 --> 00:20:56,229
♫ Let... ♫

407
00:20:56,231 --> 00:20:58,565
SOARIES: John and
Cissy had understood

408
00:20:58,567 --> 00:21:01,536
that to be successful
in America

409
00:21:01,538 --> 00:21:03,337
as an African American,

410
00:21:03,339 --> 00:21:06,440
to be successful
in the larger culture,

411
00:21:06,442 --> 00:21:08,643
you've got to learn the ways
of the culture,

412
00:21:08,645 --> 00:21:10,544
speak the language
of the culture,

413
00:21:10,546 --> 00:21:12,381
wear the clothing
of the culture.

414
00:21:14,316 --> 00:21:17,584
You have to have
double consciousness,

415
00:21:17,586 --> 00:21:19,653
and that can cause you
to wonder,

416
00:21:19,655 --> 00:21:21,655
"Who is the real me?

417
00:21:21,657 --> 00:21:26,728
Am I an extension of that,
or is that an extension of me?"

418
00:21:26,730 --> 00:21:29,031
There was Lena Horne.
There's Dionne Warwick,

419
00:21:29,033 --> 00:21:32,333
but if the mantle is to pass
to somebody who's 19,

420
00:21:32,335 --> 00:21:35,270
who's elegant, who's sensuous,
who's innocent,

421
00:21:35,272 --> 00:21:37,539
who's got
an incredible range of talent,

422
00:21:37,541 --> 00:21:40,442
but guts and soul
at the same time,

423
00:21:40,444 --> 00:21:42,677
it will be Whitney Houston,
in my opinion.

424
00:21:42,679 --> 00:21:45,480
She also happens
to be a model.

425
00:21:45,482 --> 00:21:47,415
Yes, she is.
She's a beautiful girl.

426
00:21:47,417 --> 00:21:52,287
And her poise doesn't hurt,
but it's her natural charm.

427
00:21:52,289 --> 00:21:54,690
I mean, you either got it,
or you don't have it.

428
00:21:54,692 --> 00:21:56,424
- She's got it.
- She got it.

429
00:21:56,426 --> 00:21:58,961
Wait till you hear her.
Here's Whitney Houston.

430
00:21:58,963 --> 00:22:00,763
(CROWD CLAPS)

431
00:22:00,765 --> 00:22:02,699
(PIANO INTRO PLAYING)

432
00:22:05,769 --> 00:22:08,739
♫ When I think of home ♫

433
00:22:10,373 --> 00:22:12,744
♫ I think of a place ♫

434
00:22:14,645 --> 00:22:19,517
♫ Where there's
Love overflowing ♫

435
00:22:21,552 --> 00:22:24,355
♫ I wish I was home ♫

436
00:22:25,656 --> 00:22:28,025
♫ I wish I was back there ♫

437
00:22:29,594 --> 00:22:33,461
♫ With the things ♫

438
00:22:33,463 --> 00:22:36,066
♫ I've been knowing ♫

439
00:22:36,068 --> 00:22:39,602
♫ Oh, I know
You're listening, God ♫

440
00:22:39,604 --> 00:22:44,640
♫ So won't you please try
Not to make it hard to know ♫

441
00:22:44,642 --> 00:22:46,943
♫ I shouldn't believe
Everything ♫

442
00:22:46,945 --> 00:22:49,647
♫ Everything that I see ♫

443
00:22:51,616 --> 00:22:56,986
♫ A world full of love ♫

444
00:22:56,988 --> 00:22:58,955
♫ Like yours, like ♫

445
00:22:58,957 --> 00:23:04,494
♫ Like mine ♫

446
00:23:04,496 --> 00:23:11,335
♫ Like home ♫

447
00:23:11,904 --> 00:23:16,372
♫ Home ♫

448
00:23:16,374 --> 00:23:18,309
(CROWD CHEERING
AND CLAPPING)

449
00:23:26,518 --> 00:23:29,452
REPORTER: There's a lot of competition.
What makes you think

450
00:23:29,454 --> 00:23:31,721
you're gonna beat the odds
with your album?

451
00:23:31,723 --> 00:23:33,657
God gave me something
really great,

452
00:23:33,659 --> 00:23:35,492
and he doesn't give it
to everybody.

453
00:23:35,494 --> 00:23:38,695
And since I decided
to spread it worldwide,

454
00:23:38,697 --> 00:23:40,564
I think that
I'm gonna beat it. Heh.

455
00:23:40,566 --> 00:23:41,900
(ECHOING)
♫ Ah ♫

456
00:23:44,670 --> 00:23:46,004
♫ Yeah ♫

457
00:23:46,806 --> 00:23:48,541
♫ Woo! ♫

458
00:23:50,944 --> 00:23:52,910
♫ Hey, yeah ♫

459
00:23:52,912 --> 00:23:55,112
♫ Ah ♫

460
00:23:55,114 --> 00:23:56,850
♫ Yeah ♫

461
00:23:58,184 --> 00:24:01,451
♫ Clock strikes
Upon the hour ♫

462
00:24:01,453 --> 00:24:05,022
♫ And the sun
Begins to fade ♫

463
00:24:05,024 --> 00:24:06,123
Whitney Houston!

464
00:24:06,125 --> 00:24:07,725
♫ Still enough time ♫

465
00:24:07,727 --> 00:24:09,526
♫ To figure out ♫

466
00:24:09,528 --> 00:24:12,197
♫ How to chase
My blues away ♫

467
00:24:12,199 --> 00:24:14,166
Whitney Houston!

468
00:24:14,168 --> 00:24:17,602
♫ I've done all right
Up till now ♫

469
00:24:17,604 --> 00:24:21,873
♫ It's the light of day
That shows me how ♫

470
00:24:21,875 --> 00:24:24,742
♫ And when the night falls ♫

471
00:24:24,744 --> 00:24:28,746
♫ The loneliness calls ♫

472
00:24:28,748 --> 00:24:31,551
♫ Oh, I wanna dance
With somebody ♫

473
00:24:33,052 --> 00:24:36,822
♫ I wanna feel the heat
With somebody ♫

474
00:24:36,824 --> 00:24:39,693
♫ Yeah, I wanna dance
With somebody ♫

475
00:24:41,161 --> 00:24:44,495
♫ With somebody
Who loves me ♫

476
00:24:44,497 --> 00:24:47,735
♫ Oh, I wanna dance
With somebody ♫

477
00:24:49,236 --> 00:24:52,738
♫ I wanna feel the heat ♫

478
00:24:52,740 --> 00:24:55,775
♫ Yeah, I wanna dance
With somebody ♫

479
00:24:57,177 --> 00:25:00,812
♫ With somebody
Who loves me ♫

480
00:25:00,814 --> 00:25:03,782
♫ I need a man
Who'll take a chance ♫

481
00:25:03,784 --> 00:25:08,053
♫ On a love that burns
Hot enough to last ♫

482
00:25:08,055 --> 00:25:11,224
♫ So when the night falls ♫

483
00:25:11,226 --> 00:25:15,060
♫ My lonely heart calls ♫

484
00:25:15,062 --> 00:25:19,531
♫ Oh, I wanna dance
With somebody ♫

485
00:25:19,533 --> 00:25:23,136
♫ I wanna feel the heat
With somebody ♫

486
00:25:23,138 --> 00:25:26,207
♫ Yeah, I wanna dance
With somebody ♫

487
00:25:27,676 --> 00:25:30,643
♫ With somebody
Who loves me ♫

488
00:25:30,645 --> 00:25:32,645
♫ Don'tcha wanna dance?
Say you wanna dance ♫

489
00:25:32,647 --> 00:25:34,513
♫ Don'tcha wanna dance?
Dance ♫

490
00:25:34,515 --> 00:25:36,749
♫ Don'tcha wanna dance?
Say you wanna dance ♫

491
00:25:36,751 --> 00:25:38,550
♫ Don'tcha wanna dance?
Dance ♫

492
00:25:38,552 --> 00:25:41,586
♫ Don'tcha wanna dance?
Say you wanna dance ♫

493
00:25:41,588 --> 00:25:43,722
♫ Ah-ha
Dance ♫

494
00:25:43,724 --> 00:25:47,261
♫ With somebody
Who loves me ♫

495
00:25:47,263 --> 00:25:48,995
MAN #1: The meteoric
rise to superstar.

496
00:25:48,997 --> 00:25:50,663
WOMAN #1:
Seven consecutive...

497
00:25:50,665 --> 00:25:52,199
WOMAN #2: More consecutive
number one hits

498
00:25:52,201 --> 00:25:53,933
than Elvis or The Beatles.

499
00:25:53,935 --> 00:25:55,902
MAN #2: Most successful
debut solo album!

500
00:25:55,904 --> 00:25:59,672
- WOMAN #3: Platinum six times.
- WOMAN #4: Heartbeat of America.

501
00:25:59,674 --> 00:26:01,609
(PEOPLE CHATTERING ON TV
INDISTINCTLY)

502
00:26:07,015 --> 00:26:10,216
MAN: (ON TV) Jack, did you ever
find this one here on the street?

503
00:26:10,218 --> 00:26:12,953
- JACK: Many times.
- MAN: How much was she?

504
00:26:12,955 --> 00:26:15,222
DONNA: She was simple.
When Whitney was at home,

505
00:26:15,224 --> 00:26:17,590
Whitney wouldn't even
sleep in her bedroom.

506
00:26:17,592 --> 00:26:20,828
She'd sleep on the couch in
the family room and watch TV.

507
00:26:20,830 --> 00:26:22,296
You'd see her out there,

508
00:26:22,298 --> 00:26:24,932
making herself a little
pallet on the couch,

509
00:26:24,934 --> 00:26:27,267
and that's where
she would sleep at.

510
00:26:27,269 --> 00:26:31,271
Very simple.
Very, very simple.

511
00:26:31,273 --> 00:26:35,809
It was almost like...
she became Whitney Houston

512
00:26:35,811 --> 00:26:38,779
when it was time for her
to get on stage.

513
00:26:38,781 --> 00:26:42,850
And when she came off, you
know, she became Nippy again.

514
00:26:42,852 --> 00:26:44,952
What about a boyfriend?
Anybody special?

515
00:26:44,954 --> 00:26:47,087
- No, not at the moment. No.
- Oh.

516
00:26:47,089 --> 00:26:49,723
- (AUDIENCE WHISTLES)
- So who do you think about

517
00:26:49,725 --> 00:26:51,658
when you're singing
something like that?

518
00:26:51,660 --> 00:26:53,127
People. People in general.

519
00:26:53,129 --> 00:26:55,629
- ARSENIO: She's saving it.
- WHITNEY: Hey!

520
00:26:55,631 --> 00:26:58,165
ARSENIO: What's going on
between you and Eddie Murphy?

521
00:26:58,167 --> 00:26:59,934
There's no deep
intimate feelings?

522
00:26:59,936 --> 00:27:02,837
There are deep feelings.
And sometimes we are intimate.

523
00:27:02,839 --> 00:27:04,671
- MAN: Whoa.
- (CROWD WHOOPING)

524
00:27:04,673 --> 00:27:07,008
MAN: Most recently, the
gossip magazines report

525
00:27:07,010 --> 00:27:09,878
Houston and NFL quarterback
Randall Cunningham

526
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:12,380
are an item
and ready to marry.

527
00:27:12,382 --> 00:27:14,782
KEVIN:
Do you think she liked sex?

528
00:27:14,784 --> 00:27:17,118
(LAUGHING) Yes, she did.
She talked about it.

529
00:27:17,120 --> 00:27:21,021
She liked it way more than
I needed to know.

530
00:27:21,023 --> 00:27:22,724
Yes.

531
00:27:22,726 --> 00:27:26,027
To the point
I was, like, scared for her,

532
00:27:26,029 --> 00:27:28,730
so I actually bought her
a vibrator

533
00:27:28,732 --> 00:27:30,965
for Christmas one year.

534
00:27:30,967 --> 00:27:34,369
You know, you're a celebrity,
and you're a woman and you...

535
00:27:34,371 --> 00:27:36,204
She couldn't just
date anybody.

536
00:27:36,206 --> 00:27:38,339
You didn't know
if these people were honest,

537
00:27:38,341 --> 00:27:42,377
and they're getting high.
I'm like, "If you wanna...

538
00:27:42,379 --> 00:27:45,814
have sex and nobody's there,
or what... Take this."

539
00:27:45,816 --> 00:27:47,183
BYRON:
I heard Robert De Niro

540
00:27:47,185 --> 00:27:48,951
was following you all over.

541
00:27:48,953 --> 00:27:50,319
WHITNEY:
He'd been on my case.

542
00:27:50,321 --> 00:27:52,354
He'd been sweating me
for a little while.

543
00:27:52,356 --> 00:27:54,924
Let me break that down.
He was chasing this woman.

544
00:27:54,926 --> 00:27:57,393
The one that she might have
gotten closest to

545
00:27:57,395 --> 00:27:59,928
maybe thinking
she was gonna marry...

546
00:27:59,930 --> 00:28:01,696
could have been
Brad Johnson.

547
00:28:01,698 --> 00:28:05,367
Can you imagine being
a 30-year-old single guy,

548
00:28:05,369 --> 00:28:07,836
living in New York City,
and you're in your car,

549
00:28:07,838 --> 00:28:09,271
headed up
the West Side Highway

550
00:28:09,273 --> 00:28:11,841
to pick up Whitney Houston
to take her for dinner.

551
00:28:11,843 --> 00:28:13,776
And it's 1987,
and you just feel like

552
00:28:13,778 --> 00:28:15,077
you're on top of the world.

553
00:28:15,079 --> 00:28:17,682
WHITNEY:
I don't know why I like it.

554
00:28:18,216 --> 00:28:19,748
I just do.

555
00:28:19,750 --> 00:28:22,620
(WHITNEY HOUSTON'S
"SO EMOTIONAL" PLAYING)

556
00:28:26,757 --> 00:28:29,792
BRAD: Just a very
sweet, somewhat shy...

557
00:28:29,794 --> 00:28:31,227
I hesitate to say "innocent"

558
00:28:31,229 --> 00:28:33,329
because she had an old soul.

559
00:28:33,331 --> 00:28:35,432
She was wise in a way.

560
00:28:35,434 --> 00:28:37,800
But then she was
still this 23-year-old girl

561
00:28:37,802 --> 00:28:40,303
who would, you know,
grab your arm in a scary movie

562
00:28:40,305 --> 00:28:43,273
and, you know,
curl up right next to you.

563
00:28:43,275 --> 00:28:46,976
I never saw
a dark moment with her.

564
00:28:46,978 --> 00:28:50,045
She just laughed.
She had this great laugh,

565
00:28:50,047 --> 00:28:52,282
and she would kind of
squint her eyes.

566
00:28:52,284 --> 00:28:54,884
♫ I've been waiting
For the phone to ring... ♫

567
00:28:54,886 --> 00:28:57,052
Robyn was always
very friendly to me.

568
00:28:57,054 --> 00:29:00,056
She was protective, but I felt
it was appropriate.

569
00:29:00,058 --> 00:29:02,159
She didn't know me,
and of the people

570
00:29:02,161 --> 00:29:05,862
close to Whitney,
she was the closest.

571
00:29:05,864 --> 00:29:09,432
WHITNEY: I was 16 and we
were working at summer jobs.

572
00:29:09,434 --> 00:29:11,101
I remember thinking, "Wow,

573
00:29:11,103 --> 00:29:13,236
this is really gonna be
a trip this summer."

574
00:29:13,238 --> 00:29:16,206
I don't have any friends."
And then here comes Robyn

575
00:29:16,208 --> 00:29:18,942
with this beautiful,
beautiful afro.

576
00:29:18,944 --> 00:29:20,911
She was tall
and very statuesque,

577
00:29:20,913 --> 00:29:22,980
and I was like, "Wow, man."

578
00:29:22,982 --> 00:29:25,916
She stood up for me,
and I remember thinking:

579
00:29:25,918 --> 00:29:28,787
"I've known this person
seems like all my life."

580
00:29:30,390 --> 00:29:33,257
PAT: At 18, she left
her parents' home,

581
00:29:33,259 --> 00:29:35,859
and Whitney and Robyn
moved in together.

582
00:29:35,861 --> 00:29:37,761
KEVIN:
Tell me about Robyn Crawford.

583
00:29:37,763 --> 00:29:40,230
What do you want to know
about Robyn Crawford?

584
00:29:40,232 --> 00:29:42,832
- KEVIN: Who was she?
- Robyn was a nobody.

585
00:29:42,834 --> 00:29:44,267
She was a nobody.

586
00:29:44,269 --> 00:29:47,205
She was an opportunist.
She was a wannabe.

587
00:29:47,207 --> 00:29:48,873
She was a nobody, really.

588
00:29:48,875 --> 00:29:51,776
And she happened to
involve herself with Nippy,

589
00:29:51,778 --> 00:29:54,245
you know, for whatever
reasons, you know.

590
00:29:54,247 --> 00:29:56,013
I've never seen them
do anything,

591
00:29:56,015 --> 00:29:58,950
but I knew that she was, uh...
She was something

592
00:29:58,952 --> 00:30:02,019
that I didn't want my sister
to be involved with.

593
00:30:02,021 --> 00:30:04,155
It was evil. It was wicked.

594
00:30:04,157 --> 00:30:09,193
GUESTS: ♫ Happy
birthday Dear Robyn ♫

595
00:30:09,195 --> 00:30:10,295
(PERSON WHISTLES)

596
00:30:10,297 --> 00:30:17,236
♫ Happy birthday to you ♫

597
00:30:17,238 --> 00:30:19,172
(GUESTS CHEERING)

598
00:30:25,311 --> 00:30:28,045
GARY: I knew she was a lesbian.
Yes, yes, I did.

599
00:30:28,047 --> 00:30:30,448
For sure I knew. I was
the first one to know her.

600
00:30:30,450 --> 00:30:32,350
I knew what she was.

601
00:30:32,352 --> 00:30:35,155
And I tried to tell my sister
to leave her alone.

602
00:30:37,291 --> 00:30:40,359
Whitney and her relationships.
Okay, so...

603
00:30:40,361 --> 00:30:43,195
As far as Whitney
and Robyn...

604
00:30:43,197 --> 00:30:46,999
the relationship
was her safety net.

605
00:30:47,001 --> 00:30:49,136
- WHITNEY: Hi, Robbie.
- Hi.

606
00:30:51,071 --> 00:30:53,205
ELLIN: That was a
whole separate world

607
00:30:53,207 --> 00:30:56,408
from who she needed
to be in the public,

608
00:30:56,410 --> 00:30:58,578
for her parents, her family.

609
00:30:58,580 --> 00:31:01,581
The other relationships
outside of that,

610
00:31:01,583 --> 00:31:05,618
be it Eddie Murphy or Randall
Cunningham or Brad Johnson,

611
00:31:05,620 --> 00:31:09,221
she had those because
those were expected of her.

612
00:31:09,223 --> 00:31:11,890
And she liked men too.

613
00:31:11,892 --> 00:31:17,195
What they say now, in this time,
is that she's fluid.

614
00:31:17,197 --> 00:31:21,268
She flows. She goes whatever
way she goes. She loves.

615
00:31:22,504 --> 00:31:24,070
ROBYN: What?

616
00:31:24,072 --> 00:31:26,906
Robyn, I'll kick your camera
and break it.

617
00:31:26,908 --> 00:31:28,975
- Robyn!
- ROBYN: I wouldn't do that.

618
00:31:28,977 --> 00:31:31,544
Robyn!

619
00:31:31,546 --> 00:31:34,213
LYNNE: When I first started
working with Whitney,

620
00:31:34,215 --> 00:31:38,251
the press loved her.
She was the black princess.

621
00:31:38,253 --> 00:31:39,885
That also included,

622
00:31:39,887 --> 00:31:42,455
"Oh, and look how great
her family life is,

623
00:31:42,457 --> 00:31:46,124
and look how wonderful her
parents are and her siblings."

624
00:31:46,126 --> 00:31:48,595
I mean, for years
people even didn't know

625
00:31:48,597 --> 00:31:50,597
that John and Cissy
were divorced.

626
00:31:50,599 --> 00:31:52,999
You know, they showed up
at events together,

627
00:31:53,001 --> 00:31:55,502
playacting
the perfect family.

628
00:31:55,504 --> 00:31:58,104
But then stories
started to appear

629
00:31:58,106 --> 00:32:00,306
about Whitney and Robyn.

630
00:32:00,308 --> 00:32:02,408
WOMAN: Not too long
ago, I was in Detroit.

631
00:32:02,410 --> 00:32:04,210
I did a radio show
for over an hour.

632
00:32:04,212 --> 00:32:06,612
About 30 calls came in.
They really wanted to know,

633
00:32:06,614 --> 00:32:08,581
"What is the story
of Whitney?

634
00:32:08,583 --> 00:32:10,484
Is she gay or is she not?"

635
00:32:10,486 --> 00:32:14,121
Whitney is not gay, ahem.
That is the story on that.

636
00:32:14,123 --> 00:32:16,357
The only gayness I feel
is when I'm happy.

637
00:32:16,359 --> 00:32:18,359
- That's it.
- And that's all that matters.

638
00:32:18,361 --> 00:32:19,959
That's all that matters, yes.

639
00:32:19,961 --> 00:32:22,929
No one in this organization

640
00:32:22,931 --> 00:32:24,997
wanted anything to disrupt

641
00:32:24,999 --> 00:32:28,435
this bullet train
that was Whitney Houston.

642
00:32:28,437 --> 00:32:30,237
KEITH:
John didn't like it.

643
00:32:30,239 --> 00:32:32,639
He painted this picture
for her to be

644
00:32:32,641 --> 00:32:36,310
this pristine teenage girl,
no faults.

645
00:32:36,312 --> 00:32:38,513
That was the image
he tried to create.

646
00:32:38,515 --> 00:32:42,149
And the way he looked at it,
that was a black guy.

647
00:32:42,151 --> 00:32:45,085
RICKEY: Some of the family
might have been homophobic,

648
00:32:45,087 --> 00:32:47,988
but, really,
it was about control.

649
00:32:47,990 --> 00:32:50,657
Robyn was the only one that
could get Whitney out of bed.

650
00:32:50,659 --> 00:32:53,227
She was the only one
that Whitney would listen to.

651
00:32:53,229 --> 00:32:55,564
And anyone who had
influence was a threat.

652
00:32:57,533 --> 00:32:59,701
KEVIN: Did John ever try
and get rid of Robyn?

653
00:32:59,703 --> 00:33:02,370
- KEITH: He talked about it.
- KEVIN: What would he say?

654
00:33:02,372 --> 00:33:04,972
KEITH: He said, if he could,
he would break them up,

655
00:33:04,974 --> 00:33:06,708
any way he can.

656
00:33:06,710 --> 00:33:08,944
He wanted somebody
to scare her.

657
00:33:13,015 --> 00:33:14,716
GARY:
We refrained from that

658
00:33:14,718 --> 00:33:17,619
because you never know what
the outcome is going to be

659
00:33:17,621 --> 00:33:21,155
when you send people like that,
you know, to do something.

660
00:33:21,157 --> 00:33:23,291
You just never know
what's going to happen.

661
00:33:23,293 --> 00:33:26,494
KEVIN:
What did you make of John?

662
00:33:26,496 --> 00:33:31,399
He could be very charming,
but he was an opportunist.

663
00:33:31,401 --> 00:33:36,137
And so he didn't hesitate
to get my dad out of there.

664
00:33:36,139 --> 00:33:38,573
He wanted to be
running the show.

665
00:33:38,575 --> 00:33:41,576
KEVIN: He didn't like the idea
of anyone else being in charge?

666
00:33:41,578 --> 00:33:44,179
No, he was head, you know,
he was Captain Houston.

667
00:33:44,181 --> 00:33:47,616
Shit, are you kidding me?
Ha-ha-ha.

668
00:33:47,618 --> 00:33:50,085
He loved being a boss.

669
00:33:50,087 --> 00:33:52,655
You had to kiss the ring,
and I mean that literally.

670
00:33:52,657 --> 00:33:54,523
He had a big-ass gold ring.

671
00:33:54,525 --> 00:33:56,492
KEVIN: He would ask
people to kiss his ring?

672
00:33:56,494 --> 00:33:59,361
JOHN: Yeah, exactly.
I'll never forget it.

673
00:33:59,363 --> 00:34:01,530
And they did.

674
00:34:01,532 --> 00:34:03,532
Nobody said, "Kiss my ass."

675
00:34:03,534 --> 00:34:07,736
I was young, but you still have
to question, you know,

676
00:34:07,738 --> 00:34:10,074
when someone says to you...

677
00:34:12,109 --> 00:34:13,476
"You know you made it

678
00:34:13,478 --> 00:34:15,578
when you got white people
working for you."

679
00:34:15,580 --> 00:34:18,214
A lot of times
I look at Whitney,

680
00:34:18,216 --> 00:34:20,817
and I can still see her
in braids,

681
00:34:20,819 --> 00:34:24,353
pigtails... walking around.

682
00:34:24,355 --> 00:34:28,457
It's hard for me
to deal with her as a star.

683
00:34:28,459 --> 00:34:30,392
It's very hard for me
to deal with her.

684
00:34:30,394 --> 00:34:34,364
I talk to her as a daughter.
She talks to me as her father.

685
00:34:34,366 --> 00:34:35,799
Suddenly he had a dream job.

686
00:34:35,801 --> 00:34:39,836
From $500 a week
to $500,000...

687
00:34:39,838 --> 00:34:42,372
(CHUCKLES)
...a year.

688
00:34:42,374 --> 00:34:45,709
Hi, Whitney.

689
00:34:45,711 --> 00:34:49,144
- Was that a good show, Daddy?
- That was a great show.

690
00:34:49,146 --> 00:34:52,549
DEBRA: John Houston was a
civil servant in New Jersey,

691
00:34:52,551 --> 00:34:55,451
running over to Manhattan,
hanging out in the clubs,

692
00:34:55,453 --> 00:34:57,453
trying to find
some people to manage.

693
00:34:57,455 --> 00:35:00,090
And then all of a sudden,
his daughter...

694
00:35:00,092 --> 00:35:03,393
becomes one of the biggest
stars in the world,

695
00:35:03,395 --> 00:35:06,096
so John became a king too.

696
00:35:06,098 --> 00:35:08,131
And John loved the fact

697
00:35:08,133 --> 00:35:11,735
that he could call
anybody in Hollywood,

698
00:35:11,737 --> 00:35:14,538
and they would take
the meeting immediately.

699
00:35:14,540 --> 00:35:18,042
It's a power he never thought
he would ever have.

700
00:35:19,878 --> 00:35:22,480
STEVE: Once John took over,
everybody in the family

701
00:35:22,482 --> 00:35:24,348
except Cissy
was on the payroll,

702
00:35:24,350 --> 00:35:27,885
and all the decisions
were just about,

703
00:35:27,887 --> 00:35:31,254
you know, the money.

704
00:35:31,256 --> 00:35:33,724
Just playing a few cards here.
So there you go.

705
00:35:33,726 --> 00:35:36,594
Try and do a couple of hands.

706
00:35:36,596 --> 00:35:39,296
MICHAEL: I remember her
putting me and my brother

707
00:35:39,298 --> 00:35:42,667
on the payroll, when we didn't
even work for her at the time.

708
00:35:42,669 --> 00:35:44,534
(BOTH LAUGH)

709
00:35:44,536 --> 00:35:47,806
So we got a check
every week in the mail, $200.

710
00:35:47,808 --> 00:35:49,774
And then we went on tour.

711
00:35:49,776 --> 00:35:51,676
And from there,
we got a salary,

712
00:35:51,678 --> 00:35:55,379
and then we had a retainer
when we weren't working.

713
00:35:55,381 --> 00:35:57,815
She felt that
when you love somebody,

714
00:35:57,817 --> 00:35:59,483
when you're family,
this is what you do.

715
00:35:59,485 --> 00:36:01,419
This is how
we were brought up.

716
00:36:01,421 --> 00:36:04,322
MAN: Our 6'5" senior from
East Orange, New Jersey,

717
00:36:04,324 --> 00:36:07,425
number 24, Gary Garland.

718
00:36:07,427 --> 00:36:11,195
RICKEY: Gary had just
finished a career in the NBA.

719
00:36:11,197 --> 00:36:13,432
He was drafted to
the Denver Nuggets,

720
00:36:13,434 --> 00:36:15,867
and it was stated
in the papers

721
00:36:15,869 --> 00:36:17,636
that he was dropped
from the team

722
00:36:17,638 --> 00:36:20,471
for failing a drug test.

723
00:36:20,473 --> 00:36:22,373
KEVIN: That must have
been devastating.

724
00:36:22,375 --> 00:36:23,942
GARY:
I went through hell.

725
00:36:23,944 --> 00:36:26,310
I was depressed
for nine months.

726
00:36:26,312 --> 00:36:27,612
I'm talking about numb.

727
00:36:27,614 --> 00:36:29,513
(WHITNEY DEMONSTRATES
SINGING)

728
00:36:29,515 --> 00:36:32,416
GARY: Then '85 came, when
my sister became a star,

729
00:36:32,418 --> 00:36:35,187
and I started
singing with her.

730
00:36:35,189 --> 00:36:38,724
I wasn't Gary.
I was Whitney's brother.

731
00:36:38,726 --> 00:36:40,926
(WHITNEY DEMONSTRATES
SINGING)

732
00:36:40,928 --> 00:36:42,928
RICKEY:
For Gary, having to sing

733
00:36:42,930 --> 00:36:47,466
after having a basketball
career, was a letdown.

734
00:36:47,468 --> 00:36:51,770
On the outside, he wanted
to show he was having fun.

735
00:36:51,772 --> 00:36:54,238
I think he was dying inside.

736
00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:56,307
WHITNEY: You get it?
You get it now, right?

737
00:36:56,309 --> 00:36:58,511
After your two-beat freeze,
you go...

738
00:36:58,513 --> 00:37:01,313
(HARMONIZING)
♫ Joy ♫

739
00:37:01,315 --> 00:37:05,450
♫ Joy ♫

740
00:37:05,452 --> 00:37:08,821
RICKEY: Michael was the
fun-loving younger brother,

741
00:37:08,823 --> 00:37:11,256
had everyone laughing
all the time.

742
00:37:11,258 --> 00:37:14,459
He had a job
as the road manager,

743
00:37:14,461 --> 00:37:16,463
or tour manager,
something like that.

744
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,233
MICHAEL:
It was a family affair, man.

745
00:37:21,235 --> 00:37:23,171
(UPBEAT MUSIC BLARING)

746
00:37:26,608 --> 00:37:28,543
(LAUGHING)

747
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:33,279
WOMAN: That's it.

748
00:37:33,281 --> 00:37:36,649
(SINGING INDISTINCTLY)

749
00:37:36,651 --> 00:37:40,386
(SCREECHES) Ooh!

750
00:37:40,388 --> 00:37:43,388
MAN: All right, y'all. We're
getting ready for the first show.

751
00:37:43,390 --> 00:37:45,859
GARY: It was amazing. We
traveled all over the world.

752
00:37:45,861 --> 00:37:48,394
And we took care of Whitney,
me and my brother.

753
00:37:48,396 --> 00:37:51,497
We were her bodyguards.
We took care of her baggage.

754
00:37:51,499 --> 00:37:54,367
We made sure she was safe,
and she was.

755
00:37:54,369 --> 00:37:55,905
(CLEARS THROAT)

756
00:37:57,907 --> 00:38:00,874
RICKEY: The idea was that
they could watch over her,

757
00:38:00,876 --> 00:38:03,010
and they could protect her.

758
00:38:03,012 --> 00:38:04,879
But both of them were...

759
00:38:06,548 --> 00:38:08,381
you know, were doing drugs.

760
00:38:08,383 --> 00:38:13,020
I was using drugs...
deeply then.

761
00:38:13,022 --> 00:38:15,422
After being on tour
for five or six months,

762
00:38:15,424 --> 00:38:17,958
I come home, you know.

763
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,961
I spent time with my family,
but most times I was running.

764
00:38:20,963 --> 00:38:24,598
A lot of parties to go to,
a lot of chicks...

765
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,867
(LAUGHS)
...a lot of drugs.

766
00:38:26,869 --> 00:38:31,304
You're Whitney's brother...
so the door is open.

767
00:38:31,306 --> 00:38:33,306
You probably interviewed
motherfuckers

768
00:38:33,308 --> 00:38:35,979
I sat and got high with.
They know who they are.

769
00:38:38,081 --> 00:38:40,748
Whitney and I were very close,
like I said,

770
00:38:40,750 --> 00:38:42,616
and we spent
a lot of time together.

771
00:38:42,618 --> 00:38:45,019
And it wasn't like I was
ten years older than her,

772
00:38:45,021 --> 00:38:48,022
and I introduced her to drugs,
"Here, little girl." No.

773
00:38:48,024 --> 00:38:51,558
We graduated from
marijuana together.

774
00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,661
She wanted to try it.
I tried it. We tried it.

775
00:38:54,663 --> 00:38:56,930
If anything
was gonna be done,

776
00:38:56,932 --> 00:38:59,269
I was gonna be the one
to show her.

777
00:39:00,537 --> 00:39:03,471
Her age was probably
around 16.

778
00:39:03,473 --> 00:39:04,574
(SNIFFLES)

779
00:39:06,076 --> 00:39:08,777
It was her birthday...

780
00:39:08,779 --> 00:39:12,549
and... I gave her
a bag of weed...

781
00:39:13,850 --> 00:39:17,685
and a little toke
of some cocaine.

782
00:39:17,687 --> 00:39:21,555
I had fun,
and that's all that matters.

783
00:39:21,557 --> 00:39:23,959
Don't you know that?
(LAUGHS)

784
00:39:23,961 --> 00:39:26,394
That it's about having fun?

785
00:39:26,396 --> 00:39:29,965
Did I have a lot of fun?

786
00:39:29,967 --> 00:39:32,567
MICHAEL: I was the one that
went out and got drugs,

787
00:39:32,569 --> 00:39:35,037
you know, when we went
to different cities.

788
00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:37,372
(PIANO PLAYING ON SPEAKERS)

789
00:39:37,374 --> 00:39:39,574
'Sup? Ha-ha-ha.

790
00:39:39,576 --> 00:39:41,843
MICHAEL:
I got drugs in Japan.

791
00:39:41,845 --> 00:39:45,380
In Japan it's a no-no.
It's a taboo.

792
00:39:45,382 --> 00:39:47,783
Coming into the'80s,
everybody was doing it.

793
00:39:47,785 --> 00:39:49,919
It was out in the open.

794
00:39:49,921 --> 00:39:53,388
When you went to clubs,
it was right on the table.

795
00:39:53,390 --> 00:39:55,491
It was like... It was crazy.

796
00:39:55,493 --> 00:39:58,393
It was like...
Like it wasn't a bad word.

797
00:39:58,395 --> 00:40:01,529
Like it wasn't a bad thing,
you know what I'm saying?

798
00:40:01,531 --> 00:40:03,835
And... pfft...
little did you know.

799
00:40:04,802 --> 00:40:06,467
Straight up killed her.

800
00:40:06,469 --> 00:40:08,904
MAN: Do not be like the
horse or the mule,

801
00:40:08,906 --> 00:40:10,639
which have no understanding

802
00:40:10,641 --> 00:40:13,910
but must be controlled
by bit and bridle,

803
00:40:13,912 --> 00:40:16,112
- or they will not come to you.
- Mm.

804
00:40:16,114 --> 00:40:17,813
Many are the woes
of the wicked,

805
00:40:17,815 --> 00:40:19,548
but the Lord's unfailing love

806
00:40:19,550 --> 00:40:21,784
surrounds the man
who trusts in him.

807
00:40:21,786 --> 00:40:22,720
Thank you for that.

808
00:40:24,889 --> 00:40:29,592
(SOFTLY)
♫ Be your baby tonight ♫

809
00:40:29,594 --> 00:40:32,930
WOMAN: Two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.

810
00:40:39,972 --> 00:40:41,638
And seven, eight.

811
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:45,507
One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight.

812
00:40:45,509 --> 00:40:47,509
♫ You got the magic
And I gotta have it ♫

813
00:40:47,511 --> 00:40:49,779
♫ I don't want the pieces
I want every single part ♫

814
00:40:49,781 --> 00:40:51,647
♫ I'll be your angel
I'm ready and able ♫

815
00:40:51,649 --> 00:40:53,449
♫ Whatever you want is fine ♫

816
00:40:53,451 --> 00:40:55,751
♫ Whenever you're ready
Just call on your lady ♫

817
00:40:55,753 --> 00:41:00,026
♫ I'll be your baby tonight ♫

818
00:41:01,693 --> 00:41:03,660
WOMAN:
It's time to chill.

819
00:41:03,662 --> 00:41:04,761
♫ But anyway ♫

820
00:41:04,763 --> 00:41:06,132
♫ My name is not Susan ♫

821
00:41:08,901 --> 00:41:11,568
WOMAN:
On the dance floor.

822
00:41:11,570 --> 00:41:13,970
♫ And it goes a little
Something like this ♫

823
00:41:13,972 --> 00:41:15,605
♫ Who do you love? ♫

824
00:41:15,607 --> 00:41:17,507
♫ Say, who do you love? ♫

825
00:41:17,509 --> 00:41:19,609
♫ Say, who do you love? ♫

826
00:41:19,611 --> 00:41:21,746
♫ Say, who do you love? ♫

827
00:41:21,748 --> 00:41:24,048
♫ Say, who do you love? ♫

828
00:41:24,050 --> 00:41:26,117
♫ Who do you love? ♫

829
00:41:26,119 --> 00:41:27,952
♫ Say, who do you love? ♫

830
00:41:27,954 --> 00:41:29,820
♫ Say, who do you love? ♫

831
00:41:29,822 --> 00:41:31,989
♫ Say, who do you love? ♫

832
00:41:31,991 --> 00:41:33,958
♫ Say, who do you love? ♫

833
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:35,893
♫ Say, who do you love? ♫

834
00:41:35,895 --> 00:41:38,129
♫ Say, who do you love? ♫

835
00:41:38,131 --> 00:41:39,731
(VOCALIZING)

836
00:41:41,667 --> 00:41:42,933
- ♫ Yeah ♫
- ♫ Yeah ♫

837
00:41:42,935 --> 00:41:44,701
- ♫ Yeah ♫
- ♫ Yeah ♫

838
00:41:44,703 --> 00:41:45,970
- ♫ Yeah ♫
- ♫ Yeah ♫

839
00:41:45,972 --> 00:41:47,638
♫ I wanna know right now ♫

840
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:49,006
♫ Oh, yeah ♫

841
00:41:49,008 --> 00:41:52,610
♫ Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah ♫

842
00:41:52,612 --> 00:41:56,549
♫ I wanna know who ♫

843
00:41:58,952 --> 00:42:02,086
LAURIE: You miss something
if you don't see her live.

844
00:42:02,088 --> 00:42:04,055
She could just let it go,

845
00:42:04,057 --> 00:42:06,693
maybe feel like
she was in church again.

846
00:42:07,260 --> 00:42:08,659
Thank you.

847
00:42:08,661 --> 00:42:11,630
Come on, let's go. Let's go.

848
00:42:11,632 --> 00:42:13,631
- (CROWD CHEERING)
- Come on.

849
00:42:13,633 --> 00:42:15,069
Watch yourself.

850
00:42:17,104 --> 00:42:19,039
WHITNEY:

851
00:42:25,611 --> 00:42:28,280
CISSY: It's kind of make
you wonder how a song like

852
00:42:28,282 --> 00:42:31,617
"Things That Make You Go Hmmmm"
could be a hit, huh?

853
00:42:49,603 --> 00:42:50,902
(WHISTLES)

854
00:42:50,904 --> 00:42:52,838
This we're gonna have to edit,
Mom.

855
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:56,008
CISSY: Well, let me let you
all know who that was.

856
00:42:56,010 --> 00:42:58,344
- First of all...
- (WHITNEY LAUGHS)

857
00:42:58,346 --> 00:43:00,880
Put that...
Get out of here, Robyn!

858
00:43:00,882 --> 00:43:02,683
(WHITNEY LAUGHING)

859
00:43:05,819 --> 00:43:07,719
ROBYN:
Cissy Houston talking, folks.

860
00:43:07,721 --> 00:43:09,855
Been in this business
for over 30 years.

861
00:43:09,857 --> 00:43:11,558
That's right.

862
00:43:18,166 --> 00:43:20,699
Never, Mom.

863
00:43:20,701 --> 00:43:22,602
Never change, baby.
Stay the same.

864
00:43:22,604 --> 00:43:24,904
You're beautiful. Love ya.

865
00:43:24,906 --> 00:43:27,173
ROBYN: What was the business like, Mrs.
Houston,

866
00:43:27,175 --> 00:43:29,275
when you we were
very actively recording?

867
00:43:29,277 --> 00:43:31,677
- CISSY: Hard. Ha, ha.
- ROBYN: Hard?

868
00:43:31,679 --> 00:43:33,848
WHITNEY:

869
00:43:36,818 --> 00:43:39,087
CISSY:

870
00:43:43,657 --> 00:43:46,128
CISSY:

871
00:43:50,299 --> 00:43:52,667
CISSY:

872
00:43:58,407 --> 00:44:00,907
I don't wanna be in
a business that ain't true.

873
00:44:00,909 --> 00:44:03,042
I don't want to be in it
like that.

874
00:44:03,044 --> 00:44:04,145
CISSY:
Honey...

875
00:44:06,681 --> 00:44:11,151
I know, Mom, I know.
I know, Mom, I know.

876
00:44:11,153 --> 00:44:12,986
- I know.
- My baby.

877
00:44:12,988 --> 00:44:15,255
I'm not gonna change.

878
00:44:15,257 --> 00:44:18,092
I'm not gonna do it.

879
00:44:18,094 --> 00:44:20,828
♫ I will not sell out ♫

880
00:44:20,830 --> 00:44:22,898
Don't sell out, kid.

881
00:44:23,966 --> 00:44:25,966
Don't sell out.

882
00:44:25,968 --> 00:44:28,736
MAN:
Is it open?

883
00:44:32,241 --> 00:44:33,642
ROBYN:
Ma, that's ugly.

884
00:44:56,031 --> 00:44:58,133
WOMAN:
A lot of your black audience

885
00:44:58,135 --> 00:45:00,435
has been a little bit
critical in the last year

886
00:45:00,437 --> 00:45:02,403
about you singing songs
that were less

887
00:45:02,405 --> 00:45:04,772
in a soul tradition
or in a gospel tradition.

888
00:45:04,774 --> 00:45:07,041
And you went a little too far
to the pop side.

889
00:45:07,043 --> 00:45:09,978
How do you feel
about that kind of criticism?

890
00:45:09,980 --> 00:45:12,814
(SIGHS) I don't know.
What do they want?

891
00:45:12,816 --> 00:45:15,383
What do they want me to do?
I think music is music.

892
00:45:15,385 --> 00:45:17,118
You know? I mean,

893
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,287
how do I sing more black,
or how do I sing...

894
00:45:19,289 --> 00:45:21,457
What am I doing that's
making me sound white?

895
00:45:21,459 --> 00:45:22,857
I don't understand.

896
00:45:22,859 --> 00:45:24,426
I'm singing music
from my heart,

897
00:45:24,428 --> 00:45:26,062
from my soul, and that's it.

898
00:45:28,064 --> 00:45:30,399
MICHAEL: Al Sharpton,
he's out protesting

899
00:45:30,401 --> 00:45:32,066
with signs
in front of the hotel

900
00:45:32,068 --> 00:45:34,068
saying "Whitey" Whitney.

901
00:45:34,070 --> 00:45:36,804
At first she thought he was
saying Whitney Houston.

902
00:45:36,806 --> 00:45:38,940
She couldn't connect it
until it was brought

903
00:45:38,942 --> 00:45:41,142
to her attention,
"He's calling you 'Whitey.'"

904
00:45:41,144 --> 00:45:43,811
What is the deal
in the past

905
00:45:43,813 --> 00:45:47,249
when you've had the friction
at the Soul Train Awards?

906
00:45:47,251 --> 00:45:49,218
They booed me
at the Soul Train Awards.

907
00:45:49,220 --> 00:45:51,787
Yeah, and I'm not
exactly sure...

908
00:45:51,789 --> 00:45:54,156
You can't ask a whole crowd
what was that about?

909
00:45:54,158 --> 00:45:55,791
- Yeah.
- (AUDIENCE LAUGHS)

910
00:45:55,793 --> 00:45:58,760
Yeah, I wanted to say that
and some other things but...

911
00:45:58,762 --> 00:46:01,497
The nominees for Best R&B
Urban Contemporary Single

912
00:46:01,499 --> 00:46:03,098
by a Female are...

913
00:46:03,100 --> 00:46:07,269
♫ Now I know... ♫

914
00:46:07,271 --> 00:46:09,772
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go?"
Whitney Houston.

915
00:46:09,774 --> 00:46:13,142
(AUDIENCE BOOING)

916
00:46:13,144 --> 00:46:15,044
AUNT BAE:
She was so upset.

917
00:46:15,046 --> 00:46:17,880
She said to me,
"It would be one thing

918
00:46:17,882 --> 00:46:20,350
if they were booing me
because they didn't like

919
00:46:20,352 --> 00:46:22,818
the way I sing, Aunt Bae."

920
00:46:22,820 --> 00:46:24,554
She said,
"But they were booing me

921
00:46:24,556 --> 00:46:28,090
for something
altogether different."

922
00:46:28,092 --> 00:46:31,227
And I think it goes back
to her childhood

923
00:46:31,229 --> 00:46:33,797
when she was being bullied
in school.

924
00:46:33,799 --> 00:46:36,132
She was really
torn up about it.

925
00:46:36,134 --> 00:46:39,202
And I think the difference in
how the crowd reacted to me

926
00:46:39,204 --> 00:46:41,004
and how they reacted to her

927
00:46:41,006 --> 00:46:43,306
played a part
in our connection.

928
00:46:43,308 --> 00:46:44,941
It's not hard to figure out

929
00:46:44,943 --> 00:46:47,577
who the hottest young
solo male artist is.

930
00:46:47,579 --> 00:46:50,846
- (AUDIENCE CHEERING)
- His name is Bobby Brown!

931
00:46:50,848 --> 00:46:52,917
("MY PREROGATIVE"
BY BOBBY BROWN PLAYING)

932
00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:58,289
Is this an awards show?

933
00:46:58,291 --> 00:47:00,892
- Are you all ready to party?
- (CROWD CHEERING)

934
00:47:02,595 --> 00:47:04,129
I was sitting
in the front row.

935
00:47:05,531 --> 00:47:08,064
- She just kept nudging me.
- Get busy!

936
00:47:08,066 --> 00:47:10,469
I said, "Excuse me."
She said, "Yeah."

937
00:47:12,371 --> 00:47:14,504
It was just really funny
how she said it,

938
00:47:14,506 --> 00:47:16,408
like, you know,
with this attitude.

939
00:47:18,510 --> 00:47:20,110
I was conceited at the time.

940
00:47:20,112 --> 00:47:23,414
- ♫ That's my prerogative ♫
- Listen here.

941
00:47:23,416 --> 00:47:26,350
♫ Well, they say I'm crazy ♫

942
00:47:26,352 --> 00:47:28,386
♫ I really don't care... ♫

943
00:47:28,388 --> 00:47:31,088
NICOLE: So then in
walks Bobby Brown.

944
00:47:31,090 --> 00:47:34,425
He was black.
Absolutely for sure.

945
00:47:34,427 --> 00:47:36,160
He was straight.

946
00:47:36,162 --> 00:47:39,163
♫ Would you make me go
Unh, unh? ♫

947
00:47:39,165 --> 00:47:41,499
NICOLE: Even straighter
than straight.

948
00:47:41,501 --> 00:47:44,535
RICKEY: People thought,
"That's so odd.

949
00:47:44,537 --> 00:47:46,904
She's sophisticated,

950
00:47:46,906 --> 00:47:50,341
and he's unrefined,
that Bobby Brown."

951
00:47:50,343 --> 00:47:52,376
We're from the hood,

952
00:47:52,378 --> 00:47:56,013
and Bobby was a black boy
from the hood.

953
00:47:56,015 --> 00:47:59,517
The type my mother
always kept away from her.

954
00:47:59,519 --> 00:48:01,452
RICKEY:
He's both of her brothers.

955
00:48:01,454 --> 00:48:03,220
All rolled into one.

956
00:48:03,222 --> 00:48:05,022
(MUSIC BLARING)

957
00:48:05,024 --> 00:48:07,658
PAT: Bobby was a really
funny and fun guy

958
00:48:07,660 --> 00:48:11,163
to hang around with, you know,
he made her laugh.

959
00:48:11,165 --> 00:48:15,334
Yeah, baby! Yeah, baby!

960
00:48:15,336 --> 00:48:18,172
PAT: She truly loved him.
She truly loved him.

961
00:48:20,507 --> 00:48:22,674
- Wait. I gotta make my wish.
- Shh.

962
00:48:22,676 --> 00:48:24,911
(MAN CHUCKLING)

963
00:48:27,213 --> 00:48:29,483
- Wait!
- (ALL LAUGHS)

964
00:48:32,419 --> 00:48:34,489
- Yes!
- (CHEERING AND MUSIC)

965
00:48:37,057 --> 00:48:39,157
REVEREND:
Robert Barisford Brown,

966
00:48:39,159 --> 00:48:42,227
do you take this woman
to be your wedded wife,

967
00:48:42,229 --> 00:48:46,565
and do you solemnly promise
before God and these witnesses

968
00:48:46,567 --> 00:48:48,934
that you will love her
and comfort her,

969
00:48:48,936 --> 00:48:53,238
forsaking all others
for her alone?

970
00:48:53,240 --> 00:48:54,973
BOBBY: I do.

971
00:48:54,975 --> 00:48:57,410
(WHITNEY LAUGHS)

972
00:48:57,412 --> 00:48:59,347
(CROWD APPLAUDING)

973
00:49:02,550 --> 00:49:04,219
(TENDER PIANO MUSIC
PLAYING)

974
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:17,331
PAT: I think that was a very
difficult time for Robyn.

975
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:23,202
RICKEY: When you love someone,
you want the best for them,

976
00:49:23,204 --> 00:49:25,373
even if it's not
the best for you.

977
00:49:26,709 --> 00:49:31,043
You know that, "If I leave,

978
00:49:31,045 --> 00:49:33,980
I can't think of anyone
that would protect her

979
00:49:33,982 --> 00:49:37,118
from these landmines
that are all around."

980
00:49:41,723 --> 00:49:44,223
ELLIN: Whitney believed
that if she got married,

981
00:49:44,225 --> 00:49:46,025
everything would be
wonderful,

982
00:49:46,027 --> 00:49:48,228
and she'd have
this great family.

983
00:49:48,230 --> 00:49:52,435
She'd have her baby, and she'd
just live happily ever after.

984
00:49:54,570 --> 00:49:56,938
She absolutely had
that fairy tale.

985
00:49:58,774 --> 00:50:04,343
MARY: To me, she was a little
girl wishing upon a star.

986
00:50:04,345 --> 00:50:07,248
She was always trying
to find her way back home.

987
00:50:10,219 --> 00:50:13,721
This here is
a photograph of us in Italy.

988
00:50:13,723 --> 00:50:16,523
It was a time when, you know,
they were just married.

989
00:50:16,525 --> 00:50:20,327
We was on honeymoon and they
were into dressing alike.

990
00:50:20,329 --> 00:50:22,696
I guess that was
the thing at that time.

991
00:50:22,698 --> 00:50:26,400
She was extremely happy.

992
00:50:26,402 --> 00:50:29,572
Looking forward to starting
her life with her husband.

993
00:50:34,109 --> 00:50:36,611
AUNT BAE: She called me when
she was on her honeymoon,

994
00:50:36,613 --> 00:50:38,245
and she said:

995
00:50:38,247 --> 00:50:44,019
"Aunt Bae, I didn't get
my period. I'm pregnant."

996
00:50:46,155 --> 00:50:48,489
Anyway, Krissi was born,

997
00:50:48,491 --> 00:50:51,425
and I'll never forget
that day.

998
00:50:51,427 --> 00:50:53,293
She came home early

999
00:50:53,295 --> 00:50:56,129
because she didn't want
to stay in the hospital.

1000
00:50:56,131 --> 00:50:58,566
She came to the door,
and she was bent over.

1001
00:50:58,568 --> 00:51:02,136
And she had Krissi
in her arm.

1002
00:51:02,138 --> 00:51:04,138
And I said, "Nippy,
what are you doing?"

1003
00:51:04,140 --> 00:51:07,442
She said, "Aunt Bae,
will you bathe her?"

1004
00:51:07,444 --> 00:51:09,577
So I said,
"Of course I'll bathe her,"

1005
00:51:09,579 --> 00:51:11,615
so I took the baby from her.

1006
00:51:13,350 --> 00:51:15,385
I never gave her back.

1007
00:51:18,321 --> 00:51:24,560
She slept in a crib for
about two or three months...

1008
00:51:24,562 --> 00:51:29,498
And then one night
she was colicky and gassy,

1009
00:51:29,500 --> 00:51:31,332
and I put her in the bed
with me.

1010
00:51:31,334 --> 00:51:34,168
And she slept with me
in that bed,

1011
00:51:34,170 --> 00:51:39,075
wherever we were...
for the next eight years.

1012
00:51:41,645 --> 00:51:43,580
(SOBS)

1013
00:51:47,852 --> 00:51:51,620
- WOMAN: Point at the baby, Mommy.
- That's my daughter.

1014
00:51:51,622 --> 00:51:53,589
That's me
and Bobby's little girl.

1015
00:51:53,591 --> 00:51:56,659
She looks just like
her father, doesn't she?

1016
00:51:56,661 --> 00:51:59,562
(WOMAN LAUGHS)

1017
00:51:59,564 --> 00:52:01,263
ELLIN:
I think, in the beginning,

1018
00:52:01,265 --> 00:52:03,234
she was a good parent.

1019
00:52:05,235 --> 00:52:07,770
Whitney hated
leaving Krissi.

1020
00:52:07,772 --> 00:52:10,540
It's hard when you're working,
when you're traveling.

1021
00:52:10,542 --> 00:52:13,175
She had the same situation
as her mom.

1022
00:52:13,177 --> 00:52:16,512
But she insisted
on taking Krissi on tour.

1023
00:52:16,514 --> 00:52:19,582
Hey, baby, Krissi.

1024
00:52:19,584 --> 00:52:21,818
Oh, you're the best kid
in the world.

1025
00:52:21,820 --> 00:52:25,855
Thanks. You're the best kid
in the world!

1026
00:52:25,857 --> 00:52:28,192
Thank you, mama. Thank you.

1027
00:52:29,727 --> 00:52:31,527
The best kid in the world.

1028
00:52:31,529 --> 00:52:33,396
Thank you, Lord Jesus.

1029
00:52:33,398 --> 00:52:36,633
LAURIE: Her mother was pulled
away from her so much,

1030
00:52:36,635 --> 00:52:40,804
she was always vying for
her mother's attention.

1031
00:52:40,806 --> 00:52:43,273
Not her love
but her attention.

1032
00:52:43,275 --> 00:52:45,611
WHITNEY: You all know
who this is, huh?

1033
00:52:47,746 --> 00:52:51,280
♫ Bobbi, Bobbi, Bobbi
Bobbi, Bobbi, Bobbi, Bobbi ♫

1034
00:52:51,282 --> 00:52:52,716
♫ My baby ♫

1035
00:52:52,718 --> 00:52:55,319
♫ My little girl ♫

1036
00:52:56,521 --> 00:52:58,658
♫ She inspires me ♫

1037
00:52:59,859 --> 00:53:02,727
♫ And she's giving me joy ♫

1038
00:53:02,729 --> 00:53:05,732
♫ Joy, joy, joy, joy, joy ♫

1039
00:53:06,833 --> 00:53:09,900
♫ A little goddess ♫

1040
00:53:09,902 --> 00:53:12,970
♫ And Mommy loves you, girl ♫

1041
00:53:12,972 --> 00:53:15,839
♫ You don't have to worry
About a thing ♫

1042
00:53:15,841 --> 00:53:20,412
♫ Because I'm standing
Right by your side ♫

1043
00:53:24,450 --> 00:53:25,750
♫ Don't worry ♫

1044
00:53:25,752 --> 00:53:27,518
- Can you shoop?
- Mm.

1045
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:29,387
(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)

1046
00:53:29,389 --> 00:53:31,689
MICHAEL: It's not a place
for children to grow up,

1047
00:53:31,691 --> 00:53:33,290
on the road.

1048
00:53:33,292 --> 00:53:34,959
It's just not.

1049
00:53:34,961 --> 00:53:37,662
A kid needs stability,
needs school.

1050
00:53:37,664 --> 00:53:39,530
Being around other children.

1051
00:53:39,532 --> 00:53:41,666
Krissi spent a lot of time
around grown-ups.

1052
00:53:41,668 --> 00:53:43,668
Therefore, you grow up fast,

1053
00:53:43,670 --> 00:53:45,570
and you become grown
before your time.

1054
00:53:45,572 --> 00:53:47,507
(JET ENGINES ROARING)

1055
00:53:53,446 --> 00:53:55,279
The battle has been joined.

1056
00:53:55,281 --> 00:53:57,381
(GUNFIRE AND EXPLOSIONS)

1057
00:53:57,383 --> 00:53:59,684
I get a call
from Whitney's dad.

1058
00:53:59,686 --> 00:54:03,989
"Hey, son, we're gonna do
the Super Bowl this year."

1059
00:54:03,991 --> 00:54:06,023
Super Sunday is on its way,

1060
00:54:06,025 --> 00:54:09,561
and most of us will be glued
to our television sets.

1061
00:54:09,563 --> 00:54:12,264
RICKEY: I talked to Whitney
about how it should feel.

1062
00:54:12,266 --> 00:54:14,833
We always talked about
the feeling first.

1063
00:54:14,835 --> 00:54:17,302
She talked about Marvin Gaye

1064
00:54:17,304 --> 00:54:19,738
and how he had done
the National Anthem

1065
00:54:19,740 --> 00:54:21,642
at the NBA all-star game.

1066
00:54:24,277 --> 00:54:27,779
Marvin had this idea
to make it soulful,

1067
00:54:27,781 --> 00:54:31,515
so he had this drum machine.
And he just flowed in and out

1068
00:54:31,517 --> 00:54:34,386
and just sang however he felt
at that moment.

1069
00:54:34,388 --> 00:54:35,990
♫ Oh, say ♫

1070
00:54:36,958 --> 00:54:42,427
♫ Can you see... ♫

1071
00:54:42,429 --> 00:54:45,564
And I think Whitney
definitely saw then, like,

1072
00:54:45,566 --> 00:54:47,799
he was just free.

1073
00:54:47,801 --> 00:54:52,771
♫ Early light... ♫

1074
00:54:52,773 --> 00:54:54,673
(CROWD CHEERING)

1075
00:54:54,675 --> 00:54:56,441
RICKEY:
So I said, "I understand.

1076
00:54:56,443 --> 00:54:58,945
If I give you one beat extra
for each measure,

1077
00:54:58,947 --> 00:55:01,380
it's gonna allow you
more freedom

1078
00:55:01,382 --> 00:55:03,348
to hold the notes
a little longer

1079
00:55:03,350 --> 00:55:06,486
and have gospel flavorings
and jazz flavorings.

1080
00:55:06,488 --> 00:55:09,555
They switched the meter
for the song

1081
00:55:09,557 --> 00:55:12,658
from a waltz
3/4 count to 4/4.

1082
00:55:12,660 --> 00:55:15,862
That might seem simple enough,
but for someone

1083
00:55:15,864 --> 00:55:17,797
steeped in the gospel
and black tradition,

1084
00:55:17,799 --> 00:55:19,531
all black music is 4/4.

1085
00:55:19,533 --> 00:55:22,401
The Air Force has been
using so-called smart bombs...

1086
00:55:22,403 --> 00:55:25,738
RICKEY: I remember this was
during the Persian Gulf war,

1087
00:55:25,740 --> 00:55:27,807
a patriotic time
in this country.

1088
00:55:27,809 --> 00:55:29,744
(DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING)

1089
00:55:33,414 --> 00:55:36,749
And when I hand the music
to the orchestra,

1090
00:55:36,751 --> 00:55:38,818
and they play it...

1091
00:55:38,820 --> 00:55:41,120
They hate it.

1092
00:55:41,122 --> 00:55:45,893
It's "dissonant",
it's..."sacrilegious."

1093
00:55:45,895 --> 00:55:48,662
♫ Made in America ♫

1094
00:55:48,664 --> 00:55:51,932
♫ That means a lot to me ♫

1095
00:55:51,934 --> 00:55:56,603
I sent her the recording,
and I never heard from her.

1096
00:55:56,605 --> 00:56:00,874
A week before the Super Bowl,
Whitney comes to town.

1097
00:56:00,876 --> 00:56:03,409
I'm excited.
I'm, like, pacing the studio.

1098
00:56:03,411 --> 00:56:07,915
And I'm like...
"So did you hear it?"

1099
00:56:07,917 --> 00:56:10,617
You know, "You hear it?
You ready?"

1100
00:56:10,619 --> 00:56:12,486
She says...

1101
00:56:12,488 --> 00:56:15,422
"No, I haven't listened to it
yet but just put it up, baby.

1102
00:56:15,424 --> 00:56:16,790
It'll be fine."

1103
00:56:16,792 --> 00:56:19,893
Holding my breath,
I push play...

1104
00:56:19,895 --> 00:56:23,899
and she sits there,
eyes closed, listening.

1105
00:56:26,101 --> 00:56:30,706
She says, "All right, I got it."
I'm like, "You got it?"

1106
00:56:31,740 --> 00:56:33,474
I roll the tape...

1107
00:56:33,476 --> 00:56:37,612
and what the world heard
was the first take.

1108
00:56:37,614 --> 00:56:39,479
ANNOUNCER: (ON P.A.)
Whitney Houston!

1109
00:56:39,481 --> 00:56:41,616
(CROWD CHEERING)

1110
00:56:41,618 --> 00:56:43,818
RICKEY: I can feel that
same emotion right now,

1111
00:56:43,820 --> 00:56:46,620
like you just witness
something magical.

1112
00:56:46,622 --> 00:56:48,557
(ORCHESTRA PLAYING)

1113
00:56:49,792 --> 00:56:55,596
♫ O say can you see ♫

1114
00:56:55,598 --> 00:57:01,170
♫ By the dawn's early light ♫

1115
00:57:01,172 --> 00:57:07,075
♫ What so proudly we hailed ♫

1116
00:57:07,077 --> 00:57:12,914
♫ At the twilight's
Last gleaming ♫

1117
00:57:12,916 --> 00:57:19,487
♫ Whose broad stripes
And bright stars... ♫

1118
00:57:19,489 --> 00:57:22,457
MAN: Black people have always
had a very fraught relationship

1119
00:57:22,459 --> 00:57:23,928
to "The Star-Spangled
Banner."

1120
00:57:27,064 --> 00:57:29,631
It's essentially
a song about war,

1121
00:57:29,633 --> 00:57:32,600
and the organs
of state violence

1122
00:57:32,602 --> 00:57:35,237
in the United States
have just as often been used

1123
00:57:35,239 --> 00:57:38,706
against black people as they
have been against enemies.

1124
00:57:38,708 --> 00:57:44,947
♫ And the rockets'
Red glare ♫

1125
00:57:44,949 --> 00:57:51,120
♫ The bombs bursting in air ♫

1126
00:57:51,122 --> 00:57:53,489
MAN:
She had the radical impact

1127
00:57:53,491 --> 00:57:55,493
of highlighting
the theme of freedom.

1128
00:57:56,727 --> 00:58:00,195
And for... black people,

1129
00:58:00,197 --> 00:58:02,531
that's the most
important concept

1130
00:58:02,533 --> 00:58:05,601
that you live under
in this country.

1131
00:58:05,603 --> 00:58:13,276
♫ O say does that
Star-spangled ♫

1132
00:58:13,278 --> 00:58:21,284
♫ Banner yet wave ♫

1133
00:58:21,286 --> 00:58:29,292
♫ O'er the land
Of the free ♫

1134
00:58:29,294 --> 00:58:32,262
♫ And the home ♫

1135
00:58:32,264 --> 00:58:39,269
♫ Of the brave... ♫

1136
00:58:39,271 --> 00:58:41,206
(CROWD CHEERING)

1137
00:58:47,045 --> 00:58:49,713
BABYFACE: She brought
the spirit to it.

1138
00:58:49,715 --> 00:58:51,181
When you go to
the right church,

1139
00:58:51,183 --> 00:58:52,849
even as a Jewish person,

1140
00:58:52,851 --> 00:58:54,951
you might accept Jesus
in your life

1141
00:58:54,953 --> 00:58:57,021
after hearing
the right choir.

1142
00:58:57,023 --> 00:58:59,756
And at that particular point,

1143
00:58:59,758 --> 00:59:02,293
in hearing her sing
"The Star-Spangled Banner,"

1144
00:59:02,295 --> 00:59:06,629
she made people proud
that they were Americans.

1145
00:59:06,631 --> 00:59:09,599
MAN: Hi, sweetheart. What do you
think about Whitney Houston?

1146
00:59:09,601 --> 00:59:10,834
I like her.

1147
00:59:10,836 --> 00:59:12,236
MAN:
What does she mean to you?

1148
00:59:12,238 --> 00:59:14,205
She's the greatest
female entertainer

1149
00:59:14,207 --> 00:59:15,805
of the 20th century.

1150
00:59:15,807 --> 00:59:18,008
So much soul
and so much spirit.

1151
00:59:18,010 --> 00:59:19,276
Every time
I think of her,

1152
00:59:19,278 --> 00:59:21,178
I think of
"The Star-Spangled Banner."

1153
00:59:21,180 --> 00:59:24,648
- MAN: Your favorite Whitney tune?
- "The Star-Spangled Banner."

1154
00:59:24,650 --> 00:59:27,184
I couldn't stop the tears
from rolling down my cheeks.

1155
00:59:27,186 --> 00:59:28,919
She sang with all her heart.

1156
00:59:28,921 --> 00:59:31,789
A beautiful singer and person.
A good Christian girl.

1157
00:59:31,791 --> 00:59:34,158
MAN: If you could say
anything, what would you say?

1158
00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:35,628
I love you, Whitney.

1159
00:59:37,930 --> 00:59:42,133
NICOLE: The first time I met her,
she was wearing big black glasses.

1160
00:59:42,135 --> 00:59:45,003
And she kind of pretended
to be tough

1161
00:59:45,005 --> 00:59:49,341
and answered in one word,
like, "How are you?" "Good."

1162
00:59:49,343 --> 00:59:51,642
"So you want to do movies?"
"Yep."

1163
00:59:51,644 --> 00:59:54,112
So I said,
"Take off your glasses.

1164
00:59:54,114 --> 00:59:55,980
I want to see your eyes."

1165
00:59:55,982 --> 00:59:58,816
And she said, "That's
exactly why I have them on,

1166
00:59:58,818 --> 01:00:00,785
so you don't see my eyes."

1167
01:00:00,787 --> 01:00:03,721
So I reached over
and took off her glasses.

1168
01:00:03,723 --> 01:00:06,624
She was kind of shocked,

1169
01:00:06,626 --> 01:00:09,227
but then I looked at her
and I thought:

1170
01:00:09,229 --> 01:00:14,835
"You know, even if she's
a singer, I think she has..."

1171
01:00:16,070 --> 01:00:17,702
She had a spirit.

1172
01:00:17,704 --> 01:00:19,905
And I thought,
"I'm gonna try this."

1173
01:00:19,907 --> 01:00:21,339
- The Bodyguard?
- The Bodyguard.

1174
01:00:21,341 --> 01:00:23,641
What do you play in it?
With Kevin Costner.

1175
01:00:23,643 --> 01:00:26,211
- Well, I'm not the bodyguard.
- No, you wouldn't be that.

1176
01:00:26,213 --> 01:00:31,249
No, I play an entertainer,
um, a rock star, pop star,

1177
01:00:31,251 --> 01:00:33,052
um, who is an actress,

1178
01:00:33,054 --> 01:00:38,023
who is haunted and hunted
by this maniac killer.

1179
01:00:38,025 --> 01:00:39,858
- Oh.
- (LAUGHS) Yeah.

1180
01:00:39,860 --> 01:00:42,994
It's kind of like "love me to
death" kind of thing. You know?

1181
01:00:42,996 --> 01:00:44,930
What's Kevin Costner
playing in it?

1182
01:00:44,932 --> 01:00:49,000
He's the bodyguard. Yes,
he's hired to guard my body.

1183
01:00:49,002 --> 01:00:51,336
- Oh, what a nice job!
- (CROWD CHEERING)

1184
01:00:51,338 --> 01:00:54,306
(LAUGHS)

1185
01:00:54,308 --> 01:00:57,276
ELLIN: She had never done a movie.
I had never done a movie.

1186
01:00:57,278 --> 01:00:59,278
But we learned quick.

1187
01:00:59,280 --> 01:01:03,683
For me, I'm like the most
I dealt with white people

1188
01:01:03,685 --> 01:01:06,052
was like at the store
when they was, like,

1189
01:01:06,054 --> 01:01:07,686
"You show us
your credit card."

1190
01:01:07,688 --> 01:01:09,122
You know what I mean?

1191
01:01:09,124 --> 01:01:11,224
That's how I was
used to being treated.

1192
01:01:11,226 --> 01:01:12,892
So to come on a movie set

1193
01:01:12,894 --> 01:01:16,329
and mostly white people
telling you what to do,

1194
01:01:16,331 --> 01:01:17,796
we were afraid.

1195
01:01:17,798 --> 01:01:19,265
Not that we were afraid
of them.

1196
01:01:19,267 --> 01:01:21,767
We were afraid
not to be able to live up to

1197
01:01:21,769 --> 01:01:24,171
what it was that we were
supposed to do.

1198
01:01:24,173 --> 01:01:26,273
(PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY)

1199
01:01:26,275 --> 01:01:28,774
COSTNER: The idea that
she was my leading woman

1200
01:01:28,776 --> 01:01:32,278
seemed to be a very big deal
in the black community.

1201
01:01:32,280 --> 01:01:34,280
I never, um, saw that.

1202
01:01:34,282 --> 01:01:38,017
I simply saw
she was the cutest,

1203
01:01:38,019 --> 01:01:40,153
most beautiful girl
that could sing.

1204
01:01:40,155 --> 01:01:42,288
- You okay?
- Yeah. I'm okay.

1205
01:01:42,290 --> 01:01:45,159
COSTNER: And she
happened to be black.

1206
01:01:45,161 --> 01:01:47,494
♫ I'll think of you... ♫

1207
01:01:47,496 --> 01:01:50,766
And then I realized that
she asks the plane to stop.

1208
01:01:52,468 --> 01:01:53,834
Wait!

1209
01:01:53,836 --> 01:01:55,068
She ran down the steps

1210
01:01:55,070 --> 01:01:56,503
that every white woman
has run down

1211
01:01:56,505 --> 01:01:58,272
to kiss Cary Grant
or whatever.

1212
01:01:58,274 --> 01:02:01,041
♫ I... ♫

1213
01:02:01,043 --> 01:02:02,509
And the camera went around

1214
01:02:02,511 --> 01:02:05,078
the way it went around
white people kissing

1215
01:02:05,080 --> 01:02:07,880
throughout the history
of Hollywood.

1216
01:02:07,882 --> 01:02:11,018
And we forgot about
what color anybody was.

1217
01:02:11,020 --> 01:02:12,955
That did change everything.

1218
01:02:16,158 --> 01:02:18,093
(PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY)

1219
01:02:21,897 --> 01:02:25,232
REPORTER: What was the fun
aspect for you being in a film?

1220
01:02:25,234 --> 01:02:27,034
Being a woman,
being a black woman,

1221
01:02:27,036 --> 01:02:28,435
playing a very strong part.

1222
01:02:28,437 --> 01:02:30,237
I think that's
exciting enough.

1223
01:02:30,239 --> 01:02:32,874
NICOLE: When it was
screened in South Africa,

1224
01:02:32,876 --> 01:02:34,909
people cheered
when they kissed.

1225
01:02:34,911 --> 01:02:37,278
That was amazing.

1226
01:02:37,280 --> 01:02:40,951
♫ That I'll think of you ♫

1227
01:02:42,552 --> 01:02:44,787
♫ Every step of ♫

1228
01:02:47,023 --> 01:02:50,260
♫ The way... ♫

1229
01:02:52,895 --> 01:02:54,830
(CROWD CHEERING)

1230
01:03:00,404 --> 01:03:02,272
(VOCALIZES)

1231
01:03:13,550 --> 01:03:15,485
(CHEERING CONTINUES)

1232
01:03:27,064 --> 01:03:31,435
♫ And I ♫

1233
01:03:32,270 --> 01:03:33,870
♫ Ooh, I ♫

1234
01:03:35,038 --> 01:03:37,539
♫ Will always ♫

1235
01:03:37,541 --> 01:03:42,112
♫ Love you ♫

1236
01:03:44,281 --> 01:03:46,516
♫ Will always ♫

1237
01:03:46,518 --> 01:03:49,852
♫ Love you ♫

1238
01:03:49,854 --> 01:03:50,986
(CROWD CHEERING)

1239
01:03:50,988 --> 01:03:56,427
♫ Bittersweet memories ♫

1240
01:03:57,561 --> 01:04:01,332
♫ That is all I'm taking ♫

1241
01:04:02,533 --> 01:04:05,601
♫ With me ♫

1242
01:04:05,603 --> 01:04:08,270
♫ So goodbye ♫

1243
01:04:08,272 --> 01:04:11,376
♫ Please don't cry ♫

1244
01:04:12,311 --> 01:04:14,477
♫ We both know ♫

1245
01:04:14,479 --> 01:04:16,879
♫ I'm not what you ♫

1246
01:04:16,881 --> 01:04:19,582
♫ You need ♫

1247
01:04:19,584 --> 01:04:23,388
♫ And I... ♫

1248
01:04:25,324 --> 01:04:30,560
♫ Will always love you ♫

1249
01:04:30,562 --> 01:04:32,630
♫ I ♫

1250
01:04:32,632 --> 01:04:36,399
♫ Will always love you ♫

1251
01:04:36,401 --> 01:04:39,336
♫ And you, and you, and you
And you, and you, and you ♫

1252
01:04:39,338 --> 01:04:41,571
♫ And you, and you, and you ♫

1253
01:04:41,573 --> 01:04:43,342
♫ Ah ♫

1254
01:04:47,079 --> 01:04:50,547
NICOLE: The Bodyguard took
Whitney into the stratosphere.

1255
01:04:50,549 --> 01:04:54,250
Every country in the world
played that song.

1256
01:04:54,252 --> 01:04:55,918
REPORTER:
Behind these walls,

1257
01:04:55,920 --> 01:04:58,456
the row over a chart-topping
hit rumbles on.

1258
01:04:58,458 --> 01:05:00,458
♫ And I... ♫

1259
01:05:00,460 --> 01:05:03,026
John and Suzanne Handley
hated Whitney Houston

1260
01:05:03,028 --> 01:05:04,362
blaring through their walls.

1261
01:05:04,364 --> 01:05:06,230
They called it
psychological torture.

1262
01:05:06,232 --> 01:05:08,198
Today at their home
there was no comment

1263
01:05:08,200 --> 01:05:10,100
on the prison sentence
handed out

1264
01:05:10,102 --> 01:05:12,503
to the neighbor
they'd taken to court.

1265
01:05:12,505 --> 01:05:15,305
All she did was play
a Whitney Houston record,

1266
01:05:15,307 --> 01:05:18,341
and she's serving
seven days in prison for that.

1267
01:05:18,343 --> 01:05:20,547
("I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU"
PLAYING IN ARABIC)

1268
01:05:31,224 --> 01:05:33,159
(CROWD CHEERING)

1269
01:05:35,561 --> 01:05:39,963
BOBBY:
It's dark. It's dark.

1270
01:05:39,965 --> 01:05:42,199
Under the candlelight...

1271
01:05:42,201 --> 01:05:46,003
Under the candlelight we see
that there is a woman in here.

1272
01:05:46,005 --> 01:05:48,473
We don't know her name yet...

1273
01:05:48,475 --> 01:05:51,075
but she's a fantastic
recording artist,

1274
01:05:51,077 --> 01:05:52,577
one of the best.

1275
01:05:52,579 --> 01:05:54,679
Ladies and gentlemen,
Miss Whitney Houston.

1276
01:05:54,681 --> 01:05:57,314
Yeah, I'm on camera.
They got me on camera.

1277
01:05:57,316 --> 01:05:59,751
- BOBBY: And that's Pat.
- Hi.

1278
01:05:59,753 --> 01:06:02,253
BOBBY:
That's my sister-in-law.

1279
01:06:02,255 --> 01:06:04,422
This is Bobby.

1280
01:06:04,424 --> 01:06:07,458
Whether you know it or not,
yeah, it's me. How you doing?

1281
01:06:07,460 --> 01:06:11,663
DEBRA: She was the superstar,
and he had a couple of hits,

1282
01:06:11,665 --> 01:06:15,267
so kind of equal,
close enough.

1283
01:06:15,269 --> 01:06:18,071
And then The Bodyguard hit.

1284
01:06:20,007 --> 01:06:22,340
And she shot off
into the stratosphere,

1285
01:06:22,342 --> 01:06:28,248
and he knew instinctively
he would never get there.

1286
01:06:29,383 --> 01:06:31,383
And he just kinda shut down.

1287
01:06:31,385 --> 01:06:33,352
When you got people
in the media

1288
01:06:33,354 --> 01:06:34,754
talking about Mr. Houston

1289
01:06:34,756 --> 01:06:36,689
instead of Mr. Brown,
you know.

1290
01:06:36,691 --> 01:06:39,324
Instead of saying...
Like I say, "Fuck 'em,"

1291
01:06:39,326 --> 01:06:41,126
he let it get to him.

1292
01:06:41,128 --> 01:06:43,496
MAN: Can I just ask you
real quick, Miss Houston?

1293
01:06:43,498 --> 01:06:45,698
- Mrs. Brown, man.
- MAN: Mrs. Houston-Brown?

1294
01:06:45,700 --> 01:06:47,132
- Yes, darlin'?
- Pow.

1295
01:06:47,134 --> 01:06:49,534
Let's go, Laurie.

1296
01:06:49,536 --> 01:06:51,636
PAT:
Bobby was jealous,

1297
01:06:51,638 --> 01:06:54,641
and he could not recognize
that emotion.

1298
01:06:56,344 --> 01:07:00,179
He was always now
the plus one.

1299
01:07:00,181 --> 01:07:04,617
For him, in a black man's mind,
it was tearing him up.

1300
01:07:04,619 --> 01:07:06,686
BOBBY: We didn't think
about who was bigger

1301
01:07:06,688 --> 01:07:08,187
or who sold more records.

1302
01:07:08,189 --> 01:07:10,356
We thought about our talents

1303
01:07:10,358 --> 01:07:12,825
and how they matched so well.

1304
01:07:12,827 --> 01:07:15,428
- ♫ Gotta go through... ♫
- ♫ The fire ♫

1305
01:07:15,430 --> 01:07:17,396
- ♫ The... ♫
- ♫ The rain ♫

1306
01:07:17,398 --> 01:07:19,432
(BOBBY LAUGHS)

1307
01:07:19,434 --> 01:07:22,636
You're crazy.
Bobby, you're crazy.

1308
01:07:22,638 --> 01:07:25,606
- What?
- (CONTINUES LAUGHING)

1309
01:07:25,608 --> 01:07:27,808
Because, I was about
to sing your line.

1310
01:07:27,810 --> 01:07:29,509
I know, I know.
You know what?

1311
01:07:29,511 --> 01:07:33,145
He'll sing this whole phrase
if I'm not careful.

1312
01:07:33,147 --> 01:07:35,248
Bobby, your part is,
"Gotta go through."

1313
01:07:35,250 --> 01:07:37,250
- All right.
- The rain, the joy...

1314
01:07:37,252 --> 01:07:39,385
(MUSIC PLAYING)

1315
01:07:39,387 --> 01:07:41,754
- ♫ Gotta go through ♫
- ♫ The fire ♫

1316
01:07:41,756 --> 01:07:44,558
- ♫ The fire ♫
- ♫ The rain ♫

1317
01:07:44,560 --> 01:07:46,860
Bobby. Bobby, you go...

1318
01:07:46,862 --> 01:07:51,131
Gotta go through...
the rain... the joy.

1319
01:07:51,133 --> 01:07:54,234
- MAN: I'll play the reference.
- BOBBY: Don't play the reference.

1320
01:07:54,236 --> 01:07:57,237
DEBRA: She wanted to
keep the marriage,

1321
01:07:57,239 --> 01:08:02,174
and eventually, she stepped
down to lift him up.

1322
01:08:02,176 --> 01:08:06,446
Initially, I named her movie
company Houston Productions.

1323
01:08:06,448 --> 01:08:08,883
She's one of the biggest stars
in Hollywood.

1324
01:08:08,885 --> 01:08:11,318
And few months in, she said,

1325
01:08:11,320 --> 01:08:13,555
"We need to change the name
to BROWNHOUSE."

1326
01:08:13,557 --> 01:08:16,189
(DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING)

1327
01:08:16,191 --> 01:08:19,894
She went so far as to, "Okay,
well, you can manage me,"

1328
01:08:19,896 --> 01:08:22,629
trying to give him some
leverage in different things

1329
01:08:22,631 --> 01:08:25,900
to try to make him feel
important again.

1330
01:08:25,902 --> 01:08:27,869
That's just not
where his heart was.

1331
01:08:27,871 --> 01:08:30,804
He wanted to be on the stage
He wanted in the forefront.

1332
01:08:30,806 --> 01:08:35,176
REPORTERS:
Bobby! Bobby! Bobby!

1333
01:08:35,178 --> 01:08:37,579
PAT: He did things on
purpose to hurt her,

1334
01:08:37,581 --> 01:08:40,214
because he wasn't the star.

1335
01:08:40,216 --> 01:08:42,850
WOMAN: Bobby Brown is
behind bars today.

1336
01:08:42,852 --> 01:08:44,552
...accused of
hitting his wife...

1337
01:08:44,554 --> 01:08:46,287
totaling a Porsche
in Hollywood.

1338
01:08:46,289 --> 01:08:47,822
People were ringing
the doorbell,

1339
01:08:47,824 --> 01:08:50,592
young ladies saying,
"Oh, this is his baby."

1340
01:08:50,594 --> 01:08:52,560
MAN: Bobby!

1341
01:08:52,562 --> 01:08:56,532
Sexual harassment lawsuits
from some of the employees.

1342
01:08:56,534 --> 01:08:57,633
MAN: Bobby.

1343
01:08:57,635 --> 01:09:00,368
He would expose himself
to them.

1344
01:09:00,370 --> 01:09:02,503
MAN: The R&B singer
burst into tears.

1345
01:09:02,505 --> 01:09:04,707
Urinated on the back seat
of the deputy's car.

1346
01:09:04,709 --> 01:09:06,441
REPORTER:
What took you so long?

1347
01:09:06,443 --> 01:09:09,444
Constantly,
it was always something.

1348
01:09:09,446 --> 01:09:11,412
This isn't fair.

1349
01:09:11,414 --> 01:09:13,181
This ain't fair, man.

1350
01:09:13,183 --> 01:09:15,483
I remember being in Europe
and sitting with her,

1351
01:09:15,485 --> 01:09:17,385
looking at
a European newspaper,

1352
01:09:17,387 --> 01:09:18,820
and Bobby's being arrested

1353
01:09:18,822 --> 01:09:22,424
for sexual harassment
back in California.

1354
01:09:22,426 --> 01:09:27,329
And she's begging him
to come on tour.

1355
01:09:27,331 --> 01:09:29,398
She's begging him
to come be with her.

1356
01:09:29,400 --> 01:09:33,869
And I look at her and I go,
"What are you doing?"

1357
01:09:33,871 --> 01:09:36,237
PAT: Between the press
and everybody saying

1358
01:09:36,239 --> 01:09:39,476
this is not gonna last, it was
constantly biting at her.

1359
01:09:40,410 --> 01:09:42,510
WOMAN: Yay!

1360
01:09:42,512 --> 01:09:46,649
PAT: But she didn't want to be
like her mother, a divorcée.

1361
01:09:46,651 --> 01:09:49,755
She was going to prove
that she could do it.

1362
01:09:51,689 --> 01:09:53,756
Do you believe
in total fidelity?

1363
01:09:53,758 --> 01:09:55,457
Do I believe in what?

1364
01:09:55,459 --> 01:09:57,426
BARBARA:
Total fidelity?

1365
01:09:57,428 --> 01:09:59,361
Being faithful?

1366
01:09:59,363 --> 01:10:03,332
(SCOFFS) Oh, I am faithful.
That's why I got married.

1367
01:10:03,334 --> 01:10:05,934
- Told you.
- (BARBARA LAUGHS)

1368
01:10:05,936 --> 01:10:08,705
Wouldn't have
got married if...

1369
01:10:08,707 --> 01:10:10,940
- You know...
- (LAUGHS)

1370
01:10:10,942 --> 01:10:13,543
- I think I got it.
- BOBBY: I hope so.

1371
01:10:13,545 --> 01:10:15,945
INTERVIEWER: Were they
in love, do you think?

1372
01:10:15,947 --> 01:10:20,550
They loved each other
but a strange love.

1373
01:10:20,552 --> 01:10:22,619
(MUSIC PLAYING,
CROWD CHEERING)

1374
01:10:22,621 --> 01:10:24,420
I think she might
have believed

1375
01:10:24,422 --> 01:10:26,321
she was in love with Bobby,

1376
01:10:26,323 --> 01:10:29,324
but I think it was more of
a co-dependent relationship.

1377
01:10:29,326 --> 01:10:32,562
To the point where Bobbi
Kristina was even left out.

1378
01:10:32,564 --> 01:10:34,499
(CROWD CHEERING
AND WHOOPING)

1379
01:10:41,606 --> 01:10:47,277
RICKEY: Somewhere around The
Bodyguard tour, '93, '94,

1380
01:10:47,279 --> 01:10:50,747
I remember her not showing up
in the rehearsals.

1381
01:10:50,749 --> 01:10:52,382
And then, when she came,

1382
01:10:52,384 --> 01:10:55,285
she would struggle
with her voice.

1383
01:10:55,287 --> 01:10:57,988
It wasn't the Whitney
I knew.

1384
01:10:57,990 --> 01:11:00,793
There was
definitely agitation.

1385
01:11:02,829 --> 01:11:05,563
PAT:
All of the noise around her,

1386
01:11:05,565 --> 01:11:07,698
all of the things
coming at her,

1387
01:11:07,700 --> 01:11:11,936
she just wanted
to escape the pressure.

1388
01:11:11,938 --> 01:11:15,638
KEVIN: Can we talk about Whitney's
drug problem? When did that...?

1389
01:11:15,640 --> 01:11:17,074
I don't wanna talk
about that.

1390
01:11:17,076 --> 01:11:19,709
That has nothing to do
with this documentary

1391
01:11:19,711 --> 01:11:22,580
or anything that
I want to speak about.

1392
01:11:22,582 --> 01:11:24,815
KEVIN: Okay, if you don't
wanna talk about it.

1393
01:11:24,817 --> 01:11:26,350
- But it's...
- Not at all.

1394
01:11:26,352 --> 01:11:28,019
KEVIN: It's the thing
that killed her,

1395
01:11:28,021 --> 01:11:29,087
so it's important.

1396
01:11:29,089 --> 01:11:30,990
That's not what killed her.

1397
01:11:33,092 --> 01:11:35,059
KEVIN: Whenever you
were with Whitney,

1398
01:11:35,061 --> 01:11:36,827
were you taking drugs
every day?

1399
01:11:36,829 --> 01:11:38,896
MICHAEL:
Hell, yeah, every day.

1400
01:11:38,898 --> 01:11:41,699
A lot every day. Shit that
usually kills motherfuckers,

1401
01:11:41,701 --> 01:11:44,536
and you survive it.
So you keep rocking. Ha, ha.

1402
01:11:44,538 --> 01:11:46,071
KEVIN:
What about Bobby?

1403
01:11:46,073 --> 01:11:48,707
Let's just say Bobby was
a fucking lightweight...

1404
01:11:48,709 --> 01:11:50,776
when it came to
motherfucking drugs.

1405
01:11:50,778 --> 01:11:53,812
Bobby was not someone
who could do, you know...

1406
01:11:53,814 --> 01:11:58,349
We used to pass Bobby,
fucking, by lapping him.

1407
01:11:58,351 --> 01:11:59,751
Trust me.

1408
01:11:59,753 --> 01:12:00,919
KEVIN:
What was Whitney's

1409
01:12:00,921 --> 01:12:02,419
drug of choice
at that time?

1410
01:12:02,421 --> 01:12:04,122
I'm sure it was cocaine,
you know.

1411
01:12:04,124 --> 01:12:06,657
- Marijuana and cocaine.
- KEVIN: Was she smoking it?

1412
01:12:06,659 --> 01:12:09,494
I'm sure she smoked it
inside the marijuana.

1413
01:12:09,496 --> 01:12:11,097
KEVIN:
If we can't talk about drugs,

1414
01:12:11,099 --> 01:12:12,964
that makes it very hard
to talk about

1415
01:12:12,966 --> 01:12:14,666
the last years of her life.

1416
01:12:14,668 --> 01:12:15,803
Mm.

1417
01:12:17,771 --> 01:12:20,705
I think we've just talked
about her life, you know.

1418
01:12:20,707 --> 01:12:24,643
Drugs has nothing
to do with her life.

1419
01:12:24,645 --> 01:12:27,846
LAURIE: She was kind
and soft and sweet.

1420
01:12:27,848 --> 01:12:31,550
And then she was
somebody different.

1421
01:12:31,552 --> 01:12:32,554
Tell it.

1422
01:12:33,688 --> 01:12:34,622
MAN:

1423
01:12:38,059 --> 01:12:40,394
MAN:
What did you hear?

1424
01:12:45,867 --> 01:12:47,334
Shh.

1425
01:12:52,472 --> 01:12:54,606
MAN:
That you had what?

1426
01:12:54,608 --> 01:12:55,944
- (LAUGHS)
- (BURPING)

1427
01:13:07,488 --> 01:13:09,822
MAN: I wouldn't fuck
her with mine, dawg.

1428
01:13:09,824 --> 01:13:11,125
(BOTH LAUGHING)

1429
01:13:13,962 --> 01:13:16,095
No.

1430
01:13:16,097 --> 01:13:18,463
PAT: She started
canceling dates.

1431
01:13:18,465 --> 01:13:20,466
I can recall
one particular time

1432
01:13:20,468 --> 01:13:23,170
she was scheduled
to perform in California,

1433
01:13:23,172 --> 01:13:24,938
and she was in California.

1434
01:13:24,940 --> 01:13:27,673
But she was at the airport,
sitting on a jet.

1435
01:13:27,675 --> 01:13:29,609
They had been getting high,

1436
01:13:29,611 --> 01:13:32,612
and Bobby made a phone call
saying, "Tell the promoters

1437
01:13:32,614 --> 01:13:35,148
to bring over X amount
of dollars, and we'll show up."

1438
01:13:35,150 --> 01:13:36,883
I said, "That ain't
gonna happen.

1439
01:13:36,885 --> 01:13:38,985
Take off, 'cause that
ain't gonna happen.

1440
01:13:38,987 --> 01:13:40,820
That ain't how it works."
You know?

1441
01:13:40,822 --> 01:13:42,455
"That is not how it works.

1442
01:13:42,457 --> 01:13:45,826
Ain't nobody bringing you
a bag of cash!"

1443
01:13:45,828 --> 01:13:49,596
Everything began
to spiral out of control.

1444
01:13:49,598 --> 01:13:50,998
(INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE)

1445
01:13:51,000 --> 01:13:52,766
NICOLE:
I talked to her father.

1446
01:13:52,768 --> 01:13:55,569
I talked to her mother.
I talked to Donna Houston.

1447
01:13:55,571 --> 01:13:58,672
Every person
that you're gonna interview.

1448
01:13:58,674 --> 01:14:02,910
And I was able to get Cissy
to do an intervention.

1449
01:14:02,912 --> 01:14:06,179
First of all, we walked in to
do it, and Whitney was stoned.

1450
01:14:06,181 --> 01:14:09,884
Then after it was over, when
she had agreed to go to rehab,

1451
01:14:09,886 --> 01:14:11,920
she phoned her father,
and he told her:

1452
01:14:11,922 --> 01:14:14,554
"You don't have to go."

1453
01:14:14,556 --> 01:14:16,790
KEVIN:
Why didn't Cissy do more?

1454
01:14:16,792 --> 01:14:18,993
MARY: She didn't want
Whitney mad at her.

1455
01:14:18,995 --> 01:14:21,828
KEVIN: Because she'd been mad
at her earlier in her life?

1456
01:14:21,830 --> 01:14:25,699
MARY: Yeah. And when she tried,
she would go up to her house,

1457
01:14:25,701 --> 01:14:28,869
but Whitney wouldn't
let her in.

1458
01:14:28,871 --> 01:14:32,173
You had to get permission
to go through that gate.

1459
01:14:32,175 --> 01:14:34,842
KEVIN: Why would nobody
confront the situation?

1460
01:14:34,844 --> 01:14:38,179
Money. Their jobs.
Their nice houses.

1461
01:14:38,181 --> 01:14:40,715
Their access
to other celebrities.

1462
01:14:40,717 --> 01:14:42,283
The fact that,
in my opinion,

1463
01:14:42,285 --> 01:14:44,118
they had
no marketable skill set,

1464
01:14:44,120 --> 01:14:47,188
other than being a Houston
or related to a Houston.

1465
01:14:47,190 --> 01:14:50,158
I mean, that's a lot.
That's hard to give up.

1466
01:14:50,160 --> 01:14:53,127
They probably felt, I guess,
a little bit in their defense,

1467
01:14:53,129 --> 01:14:54,929
that "She's choosing
to do this.

1468
01:14:54,931 --> 01:14:56,932
Why should I give up
my lifestyle?"

1469
01:14:56,934 --> 01:15:00,702
I once talked about
why she didn't stop,

1470
01:15:00,704 --> 01:15:02,704
and she said, "I like it.

1471
01:15:02,706 --> 01:15:05,140
And I'm gonna do it,
until I want to stop."

1472
01:15:05,142 --> 01:15:08,143
(VOCALIZING)

1473
01:15:08,145 --> 01:15:10,647
PAT: I really empathize
with her pain.

1474
01:15:12,316 --> 01:15:15,185
She was running away
from her demons.

1475
01:15:16,553 --> 01:15:18,653
♫ I can run ♫

1476
01:15:18,655 --> 01:15:20,725
♫ I'm guaranteed his love ♫

1477
01:15:22,093 --> 01:15:25,728
♫ When there's food
On my table ♫

1478
01:15:25,730 --> 01:15:28,063
- ♫ I'll hasten ♫
- ♫ Hasten to ♫

1479
01:15:28,065 --> 01:15:30,099
♫ I'll hasten ♫

1480
01:15:30,101 --> 01:15:31,800
♫ I'm not gonna waste
Any time ♫

1481
01:15:31,802 --> 01:15:34,169
♫ I'm gonna run
Gonna run ♫

1482
01:15:34,171 --> 01:15:37,172
- ♫ I'll run, I'll run ♫
- ♫ I'll hasten to ♫

1483
01:15:37,174 --> 01:15:39,241
- ♫ I'll run, I'll run ♫
- ♫ His love ♫

1484
01:15:39,243 --> 01:15:42,643
♫ I'll run, I'll run
I'll run ♫

1485
01:15:42,645 --> 01:15:45,714
- ♫ I'll hasten to ♫
- ♫ I'm gonna run ♫

1486
01:15:45,716 --> 01:15:49,885
- ♫ I'm gonna run, I'm gonna run ♫
- ♫ His love ♫

1487
01:15:49,887 --> 01:15:51,687
♫ Oh-ho-oh-oh ♫

1488
01:15:51,689 --> 01:15:54,690
- ♫ I'll hasten to ♫
- ♫ I'm gonna run ♫

1489
01:15:54,692 --> 01:15:58,963
- ♫ I'm gonna run ♫
- ♫ His love ♫

1490
01:16:00,765 --> 01:16:01,899
Fuck!

1491
01:16:03,167 --> 01:16:04,969
♫ I'm gonna run ♫

1492
01:16:06,070 --> 01:16:11,174
♫ Ah, oh ♫

1493
01:16:11,176 --> 01:16:14,144
♫ Sure I will ♫

1494
01:16:14,146 --> 01:16:16,312
♫ Do you know
You can run? ♫

1495
01:16:16,314 --> 01:16:18,250
(CROWD CHEERING)

1496
01:16:21,953 --> 01:16:24,154
♫ Did you think
Of running? ♫

1497
01:16:24,156 --> 01:16:26,122
♫ You're gonna have to ♫

1498
01:16:26,124 --> 01:16:28,091
♫ Be strong ♫

1499
01:16:28,093 --> 01:16:30,959
♫ Where will I go? ♫

1500
01:16:30,961 --> 01:16:32,929
♫ Oh-oh ♫

1501
01:16:32,931 --> 01:16:35,266
♫ That's where I'm going ♫

1502
01:16:35,268 --> 01:16:37,401
♫ To his ♫

1503
01:16:37,403 --> 01:16:42,741
♫ Throne... ♫

1504
01:16:46,078 --> 01:16:48,778
♫ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♫

1505
01:16:48,780 --> 01:16:50,715
(CROWD CLAPPING
AND CHEERING)

1506
01:16:52,884 --> 01:16:55,218
LAPUK: There were so many
layers to reach her.

1507
01:16:55,220 --> 01:16:56,987
I don't even think she knew

1508
01:16:56,989 --> 01:17:00,024
the layers that were
being created by others.

1509
01:17:00,026 --> 01:17:01,325
One day we were told

1510
01:17:01,327 --> 01:17:03,427
we had to send everything
through Sheldon.

1511
01:17:03,429 --> 01:17:05,429
The next day
it was through Tony.

1512
01:17:05,431 --> 01:17:08,365
Some days, we were told
we can't copy Robyn.

1513
01:17:08,367 --> 01:17:10,267
WHITNEY:
Where is she? There she is.

1514
01:17:10,269 --> 01:17:11,901
Ready? One, two, three.

1515
01:17:11,903 --> 01:17:14,038
Of all the people
working for Whitney,

1516
01:17:14,040 --> 01:17:16,006
Robyn was always putting

1517
01:17:16,008 --> 01:17:18,741
Whitney's considerations
first.

1518
01:17:18,743 --> 01:17:21,246
Gotta get some respect
around here.

1519
01:17:21,248 --> 01:17:22,713
(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

1520
01:17:22,715 --> 01:17:24,748
They don't give me
any respect.

1521
01:17:24,750 --> 01:17:28,386
LYNNE: Robyn became very
important to Whitney's career.

1522
01:17:28,388 --> 01:17:31,222
She dealt with
the record company.

1523
01:17:31,224 --> 01:17:34,859
She was the creative force
involved in costume,

1524
01:17:34,861 --> 01:17:38,429
stage design,
developing Whitney's image.

1525
01:17:38,431 --> 01:17:42,066
♫ If tomorrow is
Judgment Day ♫

1526
01:17:42,068 --> 01:17:44,202
KRISSI:
Sing, Mommy.

1527
01:17:44,204 --> 01:17:47,405
♫ And I'm standing
On the front line ♫

1528
01:17:47,407 --> 01:17:50,041
♫ Mm ♫

1529
01:17:50,043 --> 01:17:54,712
♫ And the Lord asks me
What I did with my life ♫

1530
01:17:54,714 --> 01:17:56,714
♫ I will say ♫

1531
01:17:56,716 --> 01:17:58,483
♫ I spent it with you ♫

1532
01:17:58,485 --> 01:18:00,885
- ♫ Yeah, it's all so right ♫
- ♫ It's all right ♫

1533
01:18:00,887 --> 01:18:03,121
ELLIN: It became a
real power struggle

1534
01:18:03,123 --> 01:18:05,055
between Bobby and Robyn,

1535
01:18:05,057 --> 01:18:08,994
Bobby not wanting Robyn around,
feeling insecure.

1536
01:18:08,996 --> 01:18:10,929
- You gotta understand.
- Yeah.

1537
01:18:10,931 --> 01:18:13,798
I love this woman too much,
but if y'all fuck around...

1538
01:18:13,800 --> 01:18:15,233
- Bobby!
- ...I will kill you.

1539
01:18:15,235 --> 01:18:17,202
WHITNEY: ♫ Baby, you...  ♫
Do me a favor.

1540
01:18:17,204 --> 01:18:18,970
I will fucking bury you.

1541
01:18:18,972 --> 01:18:21,507
I'll bury you in my backyard
and put lime on your ass.

1542
01:18:21,509 --> 01:18:23,008
Do you understand me?

1543
01:18:23,010 --> 01:18:24,910
ELLIN:
It was extremely stressful,

1544
01:18:24,912 --> 01:18:27,913
them always at
each other's throat.

1545
01:18:27,915 --> 01:18:31,517
DONNA: Robyn felt that
Bobby was a bad influence.

1546
01:18:31,519 --> 01:18:34,253
She really and truly felt
he was a bad influence,

1547
01:18:34,255 --> 01:18:36,889
and that he would
destroy her.

1548
01:18:36,891 --> 01:18:38,524
PAT:
Robyn gave her an ultimatum.

1549
01:18:38,526 --> 01:18:41,860
"It's gonna be me or him."

1550
01:18:41,862 --> 01:18:46,098
Whitney said, "Tell her that
I accept her resignation."

1551
01:18:46,100 --> 01:18:47,899
DONNA:
I called Robyn up and said:

1552
01:18:47,901 --> 01:18:50,503
"I spoke with Whitney,
and she wanted me to tell you

1553
01:18:50,505 --> 01:18:52,505
that she accepts
your resignation."

1554
01:18:52,507 --> 01:18:55,444
(DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING)

1555
01:18:58,514 --> 01:19:00,848
And they didn't speak
for years.

1556
01:19:08,122 --> 01:19:12,827
NICOLE: When Robyn left, John
finally had total control.

1557
01:19:15,463 --> 01:19:18,864
RICKEY: She loved her
daddy, and she trusted him.

1558
01:19:18,866 --> 01:19:23,803
But that allowed for a lot of
foxes to come in the henhouse.

1559
01:19:23,805 --> 01:19:25,805
She seemed to be
a bit of an ATM

1560
01:19:25,807 --> 01:19:27,907
for a lot of people
that I saw around her.

1561
01:19:27,909 --> 01:19:31,911
I don't see how an accountant,
you know,

1562
01:19:31,913 --> 01:19:34,814
drives a Ferrari
and has a yacht

1563
01:19:34,816 --> 01:19:36,818
and only has one client.

1564
01:19:38,953 --> 01:19:42,556
My understanding was
that (BLEEP) and (BLEEP)

1565
01:19:42,558 --> 01:19:44,891
got together
and started stealing money.

1566
01:19:44,893 --> 01:19:46,226
A lot of money.

1567
01:19:46,228 --> 01:19:48,428
KEVIN: Was John himself
stealing money?

1568
01:19:48,430 --> 01:19:50,297
(DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING)

1569
01:19:50,299 --> 01:19:52,334
Hm. Um...

1570
01:19:57,172 --> 01:20:00,309
GARY: She found out about it.
All the money he stole.

1571
01:20:01,210 --> 01:20:03,510
She hated it.

1572
01:20:03,512 --> 01:20:05,545
She cut him off.

1573
01:20:05,547 --> 01:20:08,149
That's what she did.

1574
01:20:08,151 --> 01:20:10,551
WOMAN: Last September,
the biggest blow of all,

1575
01:20:10,553 --> 01:20:13,621
Houston's father, who managed
his daughter's finances,

1576
01:20:13,623 --> 01:20:16,624
joined his business partner
in a lawsuit against her,

1577
01:20:16,626 --> 01:20:19,926
demanding $100 million.

1578
01:20:19,928 --> 01:20:23,897
NICOLE: In 1999, Whitney
signed the biggest deal

1579
01:20:23,899 --> 01:20:28,503
that any recording artist
had ever received.

1580
01:20:28,505 --> 01:20:32,440
PAT: John felt that he was the
one that brokered the deal.

1581
01:20:32,442 --> 01:20:34,042
As a commission,

1582
01:20:34,044 --> 01:20:38,579
he felt that he should be
paid $100 million.

1583
01:20:38,581 --> 01:20:40,917
I'm tired of being hurt.

1584
01:20:43,520 --> 01:20:47,422
I'm tired of being
in a neglected state.

1585
01:20:47,424 --> 01:20:49,592
You get your act together,
honey...

1586
01:20:51,127 --> 01:20:53,194
And you pay me the money
that you owe me.

1587
01:20:53,196 --> 01:20:56,165
She was daddy's little girl,
and then daddy turned around

1588
01:20:56,167 --> 01:20:58,099
and wanted to sue her
for $100 million.

1589
01:20:58,101 --> 01:21:00,935
That would break
anybody's heart.

1590
01:21:00,937 --> 01:21:02,970
She just held onto it.

1591
01:21:02,972 --> 01:21:05,075
And it ate her up inside.

1592
01:21:06,410 --> 01:21:08,344
MARY:
When I knew he was dying,

1593
01:21:08,346 --> 01:21:12,246
I called and she promised me
she was coming,

1594
01:21:12,248 --> 01:21:15,450
'cause I wanted them
to get it together

1595
01:21:15,452 --> 01:21:17,218
before he went away.

1596
01:21:17,220 --> 01:21:20,623
I said, "Nip's on her way.
She's gonna come."

1597
01:21:20,625 --> 01:21:23,492
He said, "No, she's not.
She's not coming."

1598
01:21:23,494 --> 01:21:25,661
And really she didn't come.

1599
01:21:25,663 --> 01:21:28,899
(DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING)

1600
01:21:31,602 --> 01:21:36,038
RICKEY: Whitney didn't
come to her dad's funeral.

1601
01:21:36,040 --> 01:21:40,409
She came the night before
and did her personal goodbyes.

1602
01:21:40,411 --> 01:21:44,216
She didn't want the spectacle.
She didn't want the cameras.

1603
01:21:46,218 --> 01:21:50,389
PAT: That's when she began
to close herself and...

1604
01:21:51,989 --> 01:21:54,024
"It's me against the world."

1605
01:22:17,516 --> 01:22:19,984
JOEY: This is Whitney's
house outside.

1606
01:22:22,654 --> 01:22:25,055
♫ If the way I hold you... ♫

1607
01:22:27,225 --> 01:22:29,628
JOEY: This is our first
cigarette today.

1608
01:22:34,199 --> 01:22:36,034
(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

1609
01:22:38,504 --> 01:22:39,670
What's wrong with that?

1610
01:22:39,672 --> 01:22:41,404
♫ No words of consolation ♫

1611
01:22:41,406 --> 01:22:43,074
JOEY:
The dining room.

1612
01:22:44,710 --> 01:22:49,347
♫ Is gonna make me
Miss you less... ♫

1613
01:22:52,752 --> 01:22:59,457
♫ Make it easy on yourself ♫

1614
01:22:59,459 --> 01:23:00,524
(WHITNEY CLEARS THROAT)

1615
01:23:00,526 --> 01:23:02,493
♫ Make it easy... ♫

1616
01:23:02,495 --> 01:23:05,729
JOEY: I always felt compassion
and empathy for her.

1617
01:23:05,731 --> 01:23:09,800
Deep down,
she was a girl in pain.

1618
01:23:09,802 --> 01:23:13,237
But at the same time,
she was so fun.

1619
01:23:13,239 --> 01:23:15,173
(FUNKY MUSIC BLARING)

1620
01:23:16,309 --> 01:23:18,174
She was full of laughter,

1621
01:23:18,176 --> 01:23:21,482
and that smile just made you
feel warm all the time.

1622
01:23:22,783 --> 01:23:25,282
Well, here she is,
everybody.

1623
01:23:25,284 --> 01:23:28,385
- (LAUGHS)
- JOEY: Wait! I gotta get to you!

1624
01:23:28,387 --> 01:23:30,689
We need you to rock it,
Whitney! Come back!

1625
01:23:30,691 --> 01:23:33,825
She was the first person
that I worked with in A&R.

1626
01:23:33,827 --> 01:23:35,459
You can't run
from the studio!

1627
01:23:35,461 --> 01:23:37,495
WHITNEY:
I'm leaving!

1628
01:23:37,497 --> 01:23:40,498
We recorded
wherever they wanted to go.

1629
01:23:40,500 --> 01:23:42,266
You know, we'd go to Miami

1630
01:23:42,268 --> 01:23:43,768
because the weather
was better.

1631
01:23:43,770 --> 01:23:45,837
I think we were there
three months,

1632
01:23:45,839 --> 01:23:48,406
and we recorded
less than two songs.

1633
01:23:48,408 --> 01:23:49,708
KEVIN:
Wow, what was...?

1634
01:23:49,710 --> 01:23:52,410
What was happening
for those three months?

1635
01:23:52,412 --> 01:23:54,111
Um...

1636
01:23:54,113 --> 01:23:56,314
She said to me once...

1637
01:23:56,316 --> 01:23:58,316
After that, she said, "Baby,

1638
01:23:58,318 --> 01:24:01,087
I don't think I slept
45 minutes this summer."

1639
01:24:02,723 --> 01:24:04,623
She would go behind
the hotel door

1640
01:24:04,625 --> 01:24:08,828
and not open it
for 10 days or two weeks.

1641
01:24:08,830 --> 01:24:10,529
When she opened it,

1642
01:24:10,531 --> 01:24:12,765
I could tell that
she lost weight.

1643
01:24:12,767 --> 01:24:16,668
She wasn't looking healthy,
and I would take her and say:

1644
01:24:16,670 --> 01:24:20,639
"Come on, Nippy, let's go.
Let's go get some soup."

1645
01:24:20,641 --> 01:24:22,809
KEVIN: How long did
this all go on for?

1646
01:24:23,610 --> 01:24:25,810
A few years.

1647
01:24:25,812 --> 01:24:28,613
- KEVIN: A few years?
- Yeah.

1648
01:24:28,615 --> 01:24:30,782
KEVIN: How much do
you think you spent?

1649
01:24:30,784 --> 01:24:34,455
(WINCES)
I hate to say.

1650
01:24:35,523 --> 01:24:37,423
Millions.

1651
01:24:37,425 --> 01:24:38,793
KEVIN:
Five?

1652
01:24:41,128 --> 01:24:42,795
Probably more.

1653
01:24:42,797 --> 01:24:45,531
Expensive hotels, jets,

1654
01:24:45,533 --> 01:24:48,568
studios that were booked
that weren't used.

1655
01:24:48,570 --> 01:24:50,770
KEVIN: Why didn't the
label put a stop to this?

1656
01:24:50,772 --> 01:24:53,405
Well, the world wanted
to hear her again,

1657
01:24:53,407 --> 01:24:56,845
and of course, the label
wanted to put out that record.

1658
01:24:59,447 --> 01:25:02,248
KEVIN: There was so much
money spent on that album,

1659
01:25:02,250 --> 01:25:04,918
you must have known
about the drug use.

1660
01:25:04,920 --> 01:25:10,456
Uh, you know what, I never
knew there was any addiction.

1661
01:25:10,458 --> 01:25:11,924
I never knew it.

1662
01:25:11,926 --> 01:25:14,794
Um, it was just kinda kept...

1663
01:25:14,796 --> 01:25:16,862
I don't know if it was
kept away from me

1664
01:25:16,864 --> 01:25:19,666
because I was, at the time,
the president of the label,

1665
01:25:19,668 --> 01:25:20,834
or, you know...

1666
01:25:20,836 --> 01:25:22,771
(WHITNEY SINGING)

1667
01:25:25,541 --> 01:25:29,476
♫ Oh, you ♫

1668
01:25:29,478 --> 01:25:32,146
♫ Light up my life ♫

1669
01:25:34,215 --> 01:25:36,415
♫ You give me hope ♫

1670
01:25:36,417 --> 01:25:39,753
♫ To carry on ♫

1671
01:25:39,755 --> 01:25:42,889
♫ Oh, you light up
My day, Lord ♫

1672
01:25:42,891 --> 01:25:46,560
♫ And fill my
My night ♫

1673
01:25:46,562 --> 01:25:49,196
♫ With song... ♫

1674
01:25:49,198 --> 01:25:51,632
JOEY: She was having
problems with her voice,

1675
01:25:51,634 --> 01:25:55,802
but the magic still
showed up... now and then.

1676
01:25:55,804 --> 01:25:59,239
One time I was in Newport
recording a song.

1677
01:25:59,241 --> 01:26:02,976
That day, it was just like
the old, young...

1678
01:26:02,978 --> 01:26:06,346
beautiful voice
coming out of Whitney

1679
01:26:06,348 --> 01:26:08,750
that we all grew up with.

1680
01:26:08,752 --> 01:26:12,420
And it was so magical
that it brought me to tears.

1681
01:26:12,422 --> 01:26:13,988
It was just like...

1682
01:26:13,990 --> 01:26:16,256
I mean, I even have
goose bumps right now

1683
01:26:16,258 --> 01:26:17,592
just thinking about it.

1684
01:26:17,594 --> 01:26:19,994
I can just feel them
taking over my body,

1685
01:26:19,996 --> 01:26:23,765
'cause it was so wonderful.
And I was just...

1686
01:26:23,767 --> 01:26:26,466
I was like, "This is it.
This is what we need."

1687
01:26:26,468 --> 01:26:30,737
And there was just a few hours
of that, that was just like...

1688
01:26:30,739 --> 01:26:32,306
That was one of
the highlights

1689
01:26:32,308 --> 01:26:35,810
of the entire four years
that I was around her.

1690
01:26:35,812 --> 01:26:37,814
(MUSIC PLAYING,
CROWD CHEERING)

1691
01:26:39,949 --> 01:26:42,017
♫ If you can't
Feed your baby ♫

1692
01:26:42,019 --> 01:26:43,851
♫ Then don't have a baby ♫

1693
01:26:43,853 --> 01:26:45,820
♫ And don't think maybe ♫

1694
01:26:45,822 --> 01:26:49,924
LYNNE: We denied rumors about
her drug-taking for years.

1695
01:26:49,926 --> 01:26:52,927
But four days before 9/11,

1696
01:26:52,929 --> 01:26:56,598
Whitney did a concert
for Michael Jackson.

1697
01:26:56,600 --> 01:26:59,568
She looked so bad.

1698
01:26:59,570 --> 01:27:01,237
The cat was out of the bag.

1699
01:27:03,908 --> 01:27:07,375
The record company felt she
had to do a sit-down interview

1700
01:27:07,377 --> 01:27:08,911
and talk about this.

1701
01:27:08,913 --> 01:27:11,013
Everybody watching this is

1702
01:27:11,015 --> 01:27:14,415
is gonna be staring at you
physically.

1703
01:27:14,417 --> 01:27:17,351
And they're gonna be saying,
"How thin is she now?"

1704
01:27:17,353 --> 01:27:18,887
- Yeah.
- "Is she sick?"

1705
01:27:18,889 --> 01:27:21,657
I'm not sick, Diane.

1706
01:27:21,659 --> 01:27:23,425
I am not sick.

1707
01:27:23,427 --> 01:27:26,029
The bones. That's real.

1708
01:27:26,031 --> 01:27:27,796
Yeah, my bones, yeah.

1709
01:27:27,798 --> 01:27:32,334
- I'm 5'7" and thin.
- But that's not just thin.

1710
01:27:32,336 --> 01:27:36,071
No? What is it, Diane?
Tell me.

1711
01:27:36,073 --> 01:27:39,341
Is it alcohol?
Is it marijuana?

1712
01:27:39,343 --> 01:27:41,344
Is it cocaine? Is it pills?

1713
01:27:42,948 --> 01:27:43,980
(GULPS)

1714
01:27:43,982 --> 01:27:46,649
It has been. At times.

1715
01:27:46,651 --> 01:27:48,350
All?

1716
01:27:48,352 --> 01:27:50,319
At times.

1717
01:27:50,321 --> 01:27:51,923
I was in the room...

1718
01:27:54,693 --> 01:27:59,095
And it just made me
start sweating.

1719
01:27:59,097 --> 01:28:02,498
If you had to name
the devil, for you,

1720
01:28:02,500 --> 01:28:04,970
the biggest devil among them?

1721
01:28:06,938 --> 01:28:09,307
That would be me.

1722
01:28:11,977 --> 01:28:14,778
I knew it was a disaster.

1723
01:28:14,780 --> 01:28:16,946
Crack is cheap.

1724
01:28:16,948 --> 01:28:19,082
I make too much money
to ever smoke crack.

1725
01:28:19,084 --> 01:28:21,451
Let's get that straight,
okay?

1726
01:28:21,453 --> 01:28:23,386
We don't do crack.

1727
01:28:23,388 --> 01:28:26,556
We don't do that.
Crack is whack.

1728
01:28:26,558 --> 01:28:29,826
I saw that interview and I
thought, "Why are we here?

1729
01:28:29,828 --> 01:28:31,494
Why are we doing this?"

1730
01:28:31,496 --> 01:28:33,731
I always thought,
"Why are we doing this?

1731
01:28:33,733 --> 01:28:35,866
Why are we not doing
the one thing

1732
01:28:35,868 --> 01:28:38,570
that would make the difference
for her life?"

1733
01:28:39,538 --> 01:28:41,371
Which was getting well.

1734
01:28:41,373 --> 01:28:43,475
I pray every day, Diane.

1735
01:28:45,978 --> 01:28:47,710
I'm not the strongest
every day,

1736
01:28:47,712 --> 01:28:49,512
but I'm not
the weakest either.

1737
01:28:49,514 --> 01:28:51,748
And I won't break.

1738
01:28:51,750 --> 01:28:53,917
It's Whitney Houston
and Bobby Brown!

1739
01:28:53,919 --> 01:28:55,786
- (CROWD CHEERING)
- Woo!

1740
01:28:55,788 --> 01:28:58,022
After our interview
with Diane Sawyer

1741
01:28:58,024 --> 01:29:00,558
I... I haven't
been able to sleep.

1742
01:29:00,560 --> 01:29:03,761
Yeah, and I haven't been able
to stop sweating.

1743
01:29:03,763 --> 01:29:05,396
Your favorite song

1744
01:29:05,398 --> 01:29:07,731
sung by America's sweetheart,
Whitney Houston.

1745
01:29:07,733 --> 01:29:09,934
Come on, Daddy, I...
I need my fix.

1746
01:29:09,936 --> 01:29:11,401
Remember the deal,
Whitney.

1747
01:29:11,403 --> 01:29:13,537
You sing,
then you get your cocaine.

1748
01:29:13,539 --> 01:29:17,007
MAN: She's high and we've recorded
her on a double CD collection.

1749
01:29:17,009 --> 01:29:20,078
Listen as she screws up
one song after another.

1750
01:29:20,080 --> 01:29:21,645
(LAUGHS)
I need help, baby.

1751
01:29:21,647 --> 01:29:23,447
I need to get off
this touring crap.

1752
01:29:23,449 --> 01:29:26,684
♫ No matter what
They take from me ♫

1753
01:29:26,686 --> 01:29:31,089
♫ They can't take away
My dignity ♫

1754
01:29:31,091 --> 01:29:34,092
Come on, Whitney,
go get it.

1755
01:29:34,094 --> 01:29:36,529
It's just a joke to people?
Really?

1756
01:29:37,930 --> 01:29:39,897
Whitney Houston
is a joke to you now?

1757
01:29:39,899 --> 01:29:44,469
You're gonna laugh?
Well, fuck you.

1758
01:29:44,471 --> 01:29:47,038
This is the greatest singer
that ever walked the earth.

1759
01:29:47,040 --> 01:29:51,009
Beloved by millions and
millions all over the world.

1760
01:29:51,011 --> 01:29:54,079
She's not a tabloid star.

1761
01:29:54,081 --> 01:29:57,015
DEBRA: It's hard to
understand the isolation

1762
01:29:57,017 --> 01:29:59,784
of that kind of
tabloids thing.

1763
01:29:59,786 --> 01:30:02,153
Michael Jackson
would call her sometimes,

1764
01:30:02,155 --> 01:30:06,859
and she would go over and sit
with him in his hotel room.

1765
01:30:06,861 --> 01:30:09,795
And they wouldn't even
say anything to each other.

1766
01:30:09,797 --> 01:30:11,230
But they just...

1767
01:30:11,232 --> 01:30:13,531
They understood each other.

1768
01:30:13,533 --> 01:30:16,002
They both... They were...

1769
01:30:16,004 --> 01:30:17,802
two of the few people
in the world

1770
01:30:17,804 --> 01:30:22,108
who could understand
what their circumstances were.

1771
01:30:22,110 --> 01:30:26,845
And it was just being close
to each other.

1772
01:30:26,847 --> 01:30:29,614
REPORTER: Whitney Houston has
checked into rehab again.

1773
01:30:29,616 --> 01:30:32,151
Houston last checked herself
into a rehabilitation center

1774
01:30:32,153 --> 01:30:33,920
a year ago.

1775
01:30:33,922 --> 01:30:35,855
Houston said she is using
the power of prayer

1776
01:30:35,857 --> 01:30:37,823
to help her get over
her addiction.

1777
01:30:37,825 --> 01:30:40,059
KEVIN: A number of times
she went away into rehab,

1778
01:30:40,061 --> 01:30:42,194
and she never managed
to get clean.

1779
01:30:42,196 --> 01:30:44,263
I know it's
a pretty complicated answer,

1780
01:30:44,265 --> 01:30:46,564
- but why was that?
- No, I don't think...

1781
01:30:46,566 --> 01:30:48,000
It's not complicated.

1782
01:30:48,002 --> 01:30:51,536
Because...
to go into treatment,

1783
01:30:51,538 --> 01:30:53,705
you have to go for you.

1784
01:30:53,707 --> 01:30:56,509
Not for someone else.

1785
01:30:56,511 --> 01:31:00,047
And you have to tell
the real problem.

1786
01:31:00,049 --> 01:31:01,983
(DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING)

1787
01:31:05,220 --> 01:31:08,120
MICHAEL: I think it's always
something in your childhood

1788
01:31:08,122 --> 01:31:10,058
that makes you do drugs.

1789
01:31:12,827 --> 01:31:15,695
KEVIN: Is there something in
your childhood that's made it

1790
01:31:15,697 --> 01:31:18,865
particularly difficult
to escape the addiction?

1791
01:31:18,867 --> 01:31:20,901
GARY: I remember a lot
of different things

1792
01:31:20,903 --> 01:31:23,203
going on in my life
that were different.

1793
01:31:23,205 --> 01:31:25,305
KEVIN:
What sort of things?

1794
01:31:25,307 --> 01:31:28,875
You know, being a...
Being a child,

1795
01:31:28,877 --> 01:31:30,576
being 8 or 9 years old...

1796
01:31:30,578 --> 01:31:32,212
Seven, 8, 9 years old,

1797
01:31:32,214 --> 01:31:36,716
and being kinda molested
by a female...

1798
01:31:36,718 --> 01:31:40,253
A family member of mine.
You know.

1799
01:31:40,255 --> 01:31:42,856
- KEVIN: That bothered you a lot?
- Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

1800
01:31:42,858 --> 01:31:45,659
My mother and father
were gone a lot.

1801
01:31:45,661 --> 01:31:48,162
So we stayed with
a lot of different people.

1802
01:31:48,164 --> 01:31:50,298
Me and my brother
and my sister stayed with

1803
01:31:50,300 --> 01:31:53,203
four or five different
families who took care of us.

1804
01:31:55,738 --> 01:31:59,006
KEVIN: Gary told me that he
suffered sexual abuse as a child.

1805
01:31:59,008 --> 01:32:00,874
Did you ever hear
that the same thing

1806
01:32:00,876 --> 01:32:02,211
happened to Whitney?

1807
01:32:03,078 --> 01:32:04,880
I have heard it.

1808
01:32:07,083 --> 01:32:09,784
I have heard it.

1809
01:32:09,786 --> 01:32:14,188
I couldn't figure out why she
would always be on my case

1810
01:32:14,190 --> 01:32:17,191
about my daughter Reya.

1811
01:32:17,193 --> 01:32:19,626
If we were doing
a business trip,

1812
01:32:19,628 --> 01:32:24,968
she never liked the idea
of me leaving her behind.

1813
01:32:26,169 --> 01:32:28,169
And then, as mothers,

1814
01:32:28,171 --> 01:32:31,806
we talked,
and she explained to me why.

1815
01:32:31,808 --> 01:32:35,610
(DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING)

1816
01:32:35,612 --> 01:32:37,312
MARY:
We was talking one day,

1817
01:32:37,314 --> 01:32:39,180
'cause she knows my sister,

1818
01:32:39,182 --> 01:32:43,385
and my sister was molested
at an early age.

1819
01:32:43,387 --> 01:32:45,286
And she looked up at me,

1820
01:32:45,288 --> 01:32:48,890
and she says,
"Mary, I was too."

1821
01:32:48,892 --> 01:32:50,625
I said, "Huh?"

1822
01:32:50,627 --> 01:32:54,228
She said, "Yeah, I was
molested at a young age too."

1823
01:32:54,230 --> 01:32:59,201
She said, "But it wasn't
a man, it was a woman."

1824
01:32:59,203 --> 01:33:01,636
And she had tears
in her eyes.

1825
01:33:01,638 --> 01:33:04,942
She says, "Mommy don't know
the things we went through."

1826
01:33:07,044 --> 01:33:10,878
I said, "Nip, have you
ever told your mother?"

1827
01:33:10,880 --> 01:33:14,149
She says, "No."

1828
01:33:14,151 --> 01:33:16,851
I said, "Well, maybe
you need to tell her."

1829
01:33:16,853 --> 01:33:18,787
She said,
"You don't know my mother.

1830
01:33:18,789 --> 01:33:22,593
My mother would hurt somebody
if I told her who it was."

1831
01:33:24,095 --> 01:33:27,062
And she just had tears
rolling down her eyes,

1832
01:33:27,064 --> 01:33:29,198
and I just hugged her.

1833
01:33:29,200 --> 01:33:31,800
I said, "Well, one day,
when you get the nerve,

1834
01:33:31,802 --> 01:33:35,070
you need to tell your mother,
and it will lift the burden.

1835
01:33:35,072 --> 01:33:36,674
It will lift the burden
off you."

1836
01:33:39,143 --> 01:33:41,143
MAN:
What makes you angry?

1837
01:33:41,145 --> 01:33:43,046
WHITNEY:
Child abuse makes me angry.

1838
01:33:43,048 --> 01:33:45,448
MAN: Why child abuse? You
come from a loving family.

1839
01:33:45,450 --> 01:33:48,784
WHITNEY: 'Cause, I hate to see kids...
'Cause for children...

1840
01:33:48,786 --> 01:33:53,156
It bothers me that
children who are helpless,

1841
01:33:53,158 --> 01:33:55,258
who depend on adults,

1842
01:33:55,260 --> 01:33:57,693
for their security
and for their caring,

1843
01:33:57,695 --> 01:33:59,962
and for their love...

1844
01:33:59,964 --> 01:34:02,733
It just... It bothers me.
It makes me angry.

1845
01:34:06,738 --> 01:34:08,840
KEVIN:
Did she tell you who it was?

1846
01:34:10,242 --> 01:34:12,376
(SIGHS)

1847
01:34:12,378 --> 01:34:15,380
Yes. She did.

1848
01:34:17,415 --> 01:34:19,482
She did.

1849
01:34:19,484 --> 01:34:22,185
KEVIN: Gary told me that
it was Dee Dee Warwick,

1850
01:34:22,187 --> 01:34:24,120
his aunt, Dionne's sister.

1851
01:34:24,122 --> 01:34:26,089
Is that what she told you?

1852
01:34:26,091 --> 01:34:28,858
Yeah, that's what
she told me.

1853
01:34:28,860 --> 01:34:31,162
"It was Dee Dee."
And I said, "What?"

1854
01:34:31,164 --> 01:34:33,065
She said, "Yeah."

1855
01:34:34,100 --> 01:34:36,035
(MUSIC PLAYING)

1856
01:34:39,505 --> 01:34:42,774
♫ What can you do? ♫

1857
01:34:44,210 --> 01:34:46,912
♫ What can you say? ♫

1858
01:34:48,880 --> 01:34:53,183
♫ When you find love ♫

1859
01:34:53,185 --> 01:34:56,222
♫ Slipping away? ♫

1860
01:34:58,291 --> 01:35:00,226
(MUSIC FADES)

1861
01:35:03,996 --> 01:35:07,531
MARY:
I think she was ashamed.

1862
01:35:07,533 --> 01:35:10,000
She used to say,
"I wondered did I do something

1863
01:35:10,002 --> 01:35:12,203
to make her think
I wanted her."

1864
01:35:12,205 --> 01:35:15,740
And I had to say,
"Stop it. Stop it."

1865
01:35:18,477 --> 01:35:21,114
"A predator is a predator."

1866
01:35:22,815 --> 01:35:25,317
If Cissy had have known
it was happening,

1867
01:35:25,319 --> 01:35:28,253
she would have
done something about it.

1868
01:35:28,255 --> 01:35:31,822
Because Cissy
loves her children.

1869
01:35:31,824 --> 01:35:34,091
KEVIN: What do you think
the long-term effects

1870
01:35:34,093 --> 01:35:35,493
of the abuse were?

1871
01:35:35,495 --> 01:35:41,865
It made her question
her sexual... preference.

1872
01:35:41,867 --> 01:35:46,171
And I think that's why
she really wanted a family,

1873
01:35:46,173 --> 01:35:48,273
a husband, children,

1874
01:35:48,275 --> 01:35:53,178
to make her feel that this is
what's supposed to happen.

1875
01:35:53,180 --> 01:35:55,981
KEVIN: Do you think she
understood herself?

1876
01:35:55,983 --> 01:35:58,516
No.

1877
01:35:58,518 --> 01:36:01,253
I think she was trying
to find herself.

1878
01:36:01,255 --> 01:36:03,555
(DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING)

1879
01:36:03,557 --> 01:36:06,925
She was a good actress.

1880
01:36:06,927 --> 01:36:08,561
I always used to tell them:

1881
01:36:08,563 --> 01:36:11,499
"Whitney's in there somewhere,
but she's trapped."

1882
01:36:14,535 --> 01:36:17,168
Wake up! Wake up, Nippy!

1883
01:36:17,170 --> 01:36:18,604
Nippy!

1884
01:36:18,606 --> 01:36:20,506
Are you in there?

1885
01:36:20,508 --> 01:36:25,010
Whitney calling Nippy,
Whitney calling Nippy.

1886
01:36:25,012 --> 01:36:28,446
She won't answer. She's really
being non-cooperative today.

1887
01:36:28,448 --> 01:36:31,284
- WOMAN: When she's ready to go...
- Nippy calling Whitney.

1888
01:36:31,286 --> 01:36:33,119
Yes, hi!

1889
01:36:33,121 --> 01:36:35,621
See, Nippy can call Whitney,
but Whitney can't call Nippy.

1890
01:36:35,623 --> 01:36:38,557
It would be too dangerous
for everyone.

1891
01:36:38,559 --> 01:36:40,426
(SIGHS)

1892
01:36:40,428 --> 01:36:42,128
Oh, my God.

1893
01:36:42,130 --> 01:36:44,463
LAPUK: All that praise.
All that money.

1894
01:36:44,465 --> 01:36:46,098
She'd reaped
all these things

1895
01:36:46,100 --> 01:36:48,134
from that talent
and that beauty,

1896
01:36:48,136 --> 01:36:52,638
but it still wasn't gonna be
enough for what she really...

1897
01:36:52,640 --> 01:36:56,476
She really wanted.

1898
01:36:56,478 --> 01:37:00,249
If you can't know who you are,
nothing's gonna save you.

1899
01:37:01,983 --> 01:37:03,282
I feel like...

1900
01:37:03,284 --> 01:37:05,619
♫ You and me
Against the world ♫

1901
01:37:05,621 --> 01:37:08,321
♫ Sometimes it feels like ♫

1902
01:37:08,323 --> 01:37:12,391
♫ Just me against this whole
Motherfucking world ♫

1903
01:37:12,393 --> 01:37:15,161
I'm sure you've never seen me
like this before.

1904
01:37:15,163 --> 01:37:17,096
MAN: (ON TV)
$150 and a water bottle...

1905
01:37:17,098 --> 01:37:20,033
WOMAN: Just as beautiful as
every other day of your life.

1906
01:37:20,035 --> 01:37:21,437
Ah.

1907
01:37:22,671 --> 01:37:25,005
(WEAKLY)
Ah...

1908
01:37:25,007 --> 01:37:28,410
LAPUK: In the end, there was no
drive, there was no interest.

1909
01:37:29,645 --> 01:37:32,012
There seemed to be no vanity.

1910
01:37:32,014 --> 01:37:33,948
(DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING)

1911
01:37:42,156 --> 01:37:45,426
Someone who's not
really alive, right?

1912
01:37:45,428 --> 01:37:48,429
Like a zombie... in some ways.

1913
01:37:48,431 --> 01:37:50,600
I mean,
not feeding off anyone but...

1914
01:37:52,435 --> 01:37:54,103
Roaming.

1915
01:38:32,275 --> 01:38:35,546
AUNT BAE: She went to Georgia
to get away from everybody.

1916
01:38:38,148 --> 01:38:41,149
She could run away
from her mother.

1917
01:38:41,151 --> 01:38:44,051
She could run away from me.

1918
01:38:44,053 --> 01:38:46,320
She could run away from
the people that would say:

1919
01:38:46,322 --> 01:38:50,458
"No, goddamn it,
it ain't happening this way."

1920
01:38:50,460 --> 01:38:52,226
PAT:
She went down there to visit

1921
01:38:52,228 --> 01:38:55,230
and never came back home.
Ha-ha-ha.

1922
01:38:55,232 --> 01:38:59,668
Her home here in New Jersey
was still completely packed.

1923
01:38:59,670 --> 01:39:02,571
There was food
in the refrigerator.

1924
01:39:02,573 --> 01:39:04,542
There were clothes
in the drawers.

1925
01:39:07,178 --> 01:39:09,478
KEVIN: Did you live in the
Georgia house with them?

1926
01:39:09,480 --> 01:39:13,016
MARY: No sir. Wouldn't
have if I was asked.

1927
01:39:14,083 --> 01:39:16,953
It was dark and evilness.

1928
01:39:18,322 --> 01:39:20,590
You know, she always...
And I'd go in,

1929
01:39:20,592 --> 01:39:23,192
I said, "No, we gotta
open the blinds.

1930
01:39:23,194 --> 01:39:25,329
Evil dwell in the dark."

1931
01:39:28,599 --> 01:39:31,235
Bobby would say
awful things to her.

1932
01:39:32,736 --> 01:39:35,471
She would come in
with tears running,

1933
01:39:35,473 --> 01:39:37,573
and I said,
"Come on in here with me.

1934
01:39:37,575 --> 01:39:40,642
Let him calm down."

1935
01:39:40,644 --> 01:39:43,780
And I said, "You can't keep
letting him do this to you."

1936
01:39:43,782 --> 01:39:45,750
"I know, I know,
I know, Mary."

1937
01:39:48,320 --> 01:39:50,153
I used to try to keep Krissi

1938
01:39:50,155 --> 01:39:52,822
out of her mother
and father's room.

1939
01:39:52,824 --> 01:39:55,391
One day I came,
and she had been in there.

1940
01:39:55,393 --> 01:39:57,292
She was looking at me,
and I said:

1941
01:39:57,294 --> 01:39:59,161
"Krissi, why did you
go in the room?"

1942
01:39:59,163 --> 01:40:02,331
"Well, I was looking for
something, Auntie Mary."

1943
01:40:02,333 --> 01:40:04,266
She said, "What the hell...?"

1944
01:40:04,268 --> 01:40:06,402
I said, "Krissi..."

1945
01:40:06,404 --> 01:40:08,204
KEVIN:
What did she see?

1946
01:40:08,206 --> 01:40:13,109
Oh, her father
used to like to... draw

1947
01:40:13,111 --> 01:40:19,382
all these devils and demons
on the floors and the walls.

1948
01:40:19,384 --> 01:40:23,788
And... it was something
out of a storybook to me.

1949
01:40:25,857 --> 01:40:29,225
It was... Wow.

1950
01:40:29,227 --> 01:40:31,163
(DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING)

1951
01:40:39,739 --> 01:40:43,874
She was the best mother
she knew how to be.

1952
01:40:43,876 --> 01:40:46,744
But you've got to have
that motherly love,

1953
01:40:46,746 --> 01:40:49,582
and I just don't know
if she knew how to give it.

1954
01:40:53,786 --> 01:40:56,387
The things Krissi
had to endure,

1955
01:40:56,389 --> 01:40:58,658
no one would ever imagine.

1956
01:41:01,627 --> 01:41:04,795
They didn't take care
of Krissi.

1957
01:41:04,797 --> 01:41:07,431
(VOICE BREAKING) They just
left her to the wolves.

1958
01:41:07,433 --> 01:41:08,766
(SNIFFLES)

1959
01:41:08,768 --> 01:41:11,304
She never had a chance.

1960
01:41:18,745 --> 01:41:20,814
NICOLE: She'd never
seen a normal life.

1961
01:41:23,215 --> 01:41:27,686
She was the companion of an
alcoholic and a drug addict.

1962
01:41:27,688 --> 01:41:29,856
And that was what
she learned to be.

1963
01:41:38,464 --> 01:41:42,135
PAT: Whitney asked me to
meet her at the hospital.

1964
01:41:43,670 --> 01:41:48,175
Krissi had taken a knife
and slashed her arms.

1965
01:41:52,746 --> 01:41:54,681
KEVIN:
That's awful.

1966
01:41:56,483 --> 01:41:59,753
- Why did she do it?
- PAT: She hated her life.

1967
01:42:01,254 --> 01:42:03,955
She hated her mother.

1968
01:42:03,957 --> 01:42:06,392
She even went
as far as writing:

1969
01:42:06,394 --> 01:42:09,428
"I wish I could find
a way to kill her

1970
01:42:09,430 --> 01:42:11,466
and no one
find out about it."

1971
01:42:14,368 --> 01:42:16,602
MAN: The very public and
very troubled marriage

1972
01:42:16,604 --> 01:42:18,436
has come to an end.

1973
01:42:18,438 --> 01:42:20,238
Whitney Houston
has filed for divorce

1974
01:42:20,240 --> 01:42:21,641
from her husband
Bobby Brown.

1975
01:42:21,643 --> 01:42:23,642
The two singers,
who have one child,

1976
01:42:23,644 --> 01:42:25,710
have been married
for 14 years.

1977
01:42:25,712 --> 01:42:27,245
I'm surprised
it lasted that long.

1978
01:42:27,247 --> 01:42:28,914
Anderson, back to you.

1979
01:42:28,916 --> 01:42:31,384
MAN: (ON TV) A lot of
people felt it was coming.

1980
01:42:31,386 --> 01:42:33,519
I appreciate that.
We'll check in with you

1981
01:42:33,521 --> 01:42:35,554
for other headlines
coming up.

1982
01:42:35,556 --> 01:42:38,491
PAT: That was a hard
battle to come back from.

1983
01:42:38,493 --> 01:42:41,396
People saying, "I told you so.
I told you so."

1984
01:42:44,332 --> 01:42:50,438
(SOFTLY) ♫ So I'm saving
All my love for you ♫

1985
01:42:53,306 --> 01:42:57,511
MARY: I remember Whitney
crying about Bobby.

1986
01:42:57,513 --> 01:42:59,746
Krissi would go over
and just rock her

1987
01:42:59,748 --> 01:43:02,015
and say,
"Oh, Ma, it's okay.

1988
01:43:02,017 --> 01:43:04,618
It's okay, Ma, don't cry.

1989
01:43:04,620 --> 01:43:08,554
He's gone so we gonna
let him be gone."

1990
01:43:08,556 --> 01:43:11,557
She said,
"I'm a failure. I failed."

1991
01:43:11,559 --> 01:43:15,795
(PEOPLE CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY)

1992
01:43:15,797 --> 01:43:18,265
But then she started
getting it together.

1993
01:43:18,267 --> 01:43:22,371
And we started biting to make
it right for Bobbi Kristina.

1994
01:43:23,972 --> 01:43:25,605
For the very first time,

1995
01:43:25,607 --> 01:43:29,409
she was determined
to become clean.

1996
01:43:29,411 --> 01:43:32,279
She went to rehab
in California

1997
01:43:32,281 --> 01:43:34,448
for about seven
to eight months,

1998
01:43:34,450 --> 01:43:36,383
but she couldn't
complete the program

1999
01:43:36,385 --> 01:43:39,486
because she didn't have
any money, nothing.

2000
01:43:39,488 --> 01:43:41,788
She'd gone dry.

2001
01:43:41,790 --> 01:43:44,025
It was tour time.

2002
01:43:44,027 --> 01:43:46,728
REPORTER: They went from
ka-ching to ka-trouble.

2003
01:43:46,730 --> 01:43:49,596
Now Whitney Houston is trying
to turn it all around

2004
01:43:49,598 --> 01:43:52,399
and pop back
to profitability.

2005
01:43:52,401 --> 01:43:54,534
She says,
"Don't call it a comeback,"

2006
01:43:54,536 --> 01:43:56,636
but it sort of is a comeback.

2007
01:43:56,638 --> 01:43:59,339
NICOLE: When we heard
about the final tour,

2008
01:43:59,341 --> 01:44:01,408
nobody wanted her to go.

2009
01:44:01,410 --> 01:44:04,578
Clive begged for her
not to go.

2010
01:44:04,580 --> 01:44:07,348
But at that point,
management felt

2011
01:44:07,350 --> 01:44:10,351
that without that money,
she'd be homeless.

2012
01:44:10,353 --> 01:44:12,320
MAN:
The wait is almost over.

2013
01:44:12,322 --> 01:44:14,388
Fans at the Brisbane
Entertainment Center

2014
01:44:14,390 --> 01:44:16,958
walked out on her performance
in disgust.

2015
01:44:16,960 --> 01:44:19,727
Whitney Houston's comeback tour
has hit yet another snag,

2016
01:44:19,729 --> 01:44:23,363
as hundreds of fans walked out
of a recent show in Denmark.

2017
01:44:23,365 --> 01:44:26,100
Words like "shambolic" and
"horrendous" have been used.

2018
01:44:26,102 --> 01:44:28,603
Definitely not worth $165.

2019
01:44:28,605 --> 01:44:31,372
She couldn't entertain
a dead rat.

2020
01:44:31,374 --> 01:44:34,477
(FORCED)
♫ And I... ♫

2021
01:44:36,747 --> 01:44:38,713
♫ I will always ♫

2022
01:44:38,715 --> 01:44:41,116
♫ Love you ♫

2023
01:44:41,118 --> 01:44:42,683
♫ You ♫

2024
01:44:42,685 --> 01:44:46,788
♫ I will always ♫

2025
01:44:46,790 --> 01:44:48,925
♫ Love you ♫

2026
01:44:50,560 --> 01:44:52,493
♫ You always ♫

2027
01:44:52,495 --> 01:44:54,596
♫ Always love ♫

2028
01:44:54,598 --> 01:44:57,701
♫ Love you ♫

2029
01:44:58,536 --> 01:45:01,470
♫ You, I ♫

2030
01:45:01,472 --> 01:45:04,139
♫ I'll always love ♫

2031
01:45:04,141 --> 01:45:06,975
♫ You ♫

2032
01:45:06,977 --> 01:45:08,913
- (CROWD WHISTLING)
- Thank you.

2033
01:45:17,487 --> 01:45:20,792
SOARIES: Whitney meant so
much to black America.

2034
01:45:22,060 --> 01:45:23,927
We had a service for her

2035
01:45:23,929 --> 01:45:26,829
at Abyssinian Baptist church
in New York.

2036
01:45:26,831 --> 01:45:29,731
I suspected there'd be a
couple of dozen people there.

2037
01:45:29,733 --> 01:45:33,735
The church was packed,
2000 people on a weeknight,

2038
01:45:33,737 --> 01:45:35,940
to pray for Whitney Houston.

2039
01:45:38,442 --> 01:45:41,543
I mean, by that time,
her demons were public.

2040
01:45:41,545 --> 01:45:45,548
By that time, we were all
concerned about her future.

2041
01:45:45,550 --> 01:45:48,451
And just the people
who don't know her

2042
01:45:48,453 --> 01:45:52,922
gather because when one
Whitney Houston emerges,

2043
01:45:52,924 --> 01:45:58,094
black America
clings to that star.

2044
01:45:58,096 --> 01:46:00,129
It's about much more
than music.

2045
01:46:00,131 --> 01:46:04,133
CHOIR: ♫ Through the storm
Through the night ♫

2046
01:46:04,135 --> 01:46:05,970
♫ Lead me home... ♫

2047
01:46:05,972 --> 01:46:07,938
WOMAN:
Whitney Houston will be back

2048
01:46:07,940 --> 01:46:11,908
on big screens across America,
starring in Sparkle,

2049
01:46:11,910 --> 01:46:13,877
a remake of
her favorite film,

2050
01:46:13,879 --> 01:46:16,180
one she would watch
over and over as a teen

2051
01:46:16,182 --> 01:46:17,916
back in the '70s.

2052
01:46:20,752 --> 01:46:22,452
(DOOR BUZZES)

2053
01:46:22,454 --> 01:46:24,389
(DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING)

2054
01:46:28,960 --> 01:46:30,496
GUARD:
You got five minutes.

2055
01:46:32,632 --> 01:46:34,432
DEBRA:
She wanted to do the movie.

2056
01:46:36,736 --> 01:46:38,771
She needed the job.

2057
01:46:40,239 --> 01:46:44,008
There was no more
music career.

2058
01:46:44,010 --> 01:46:48,779
The deal was that she would
have a drug test every week.

2059
01:46:48,781 --> 01:46:50,182
You look tired.

2060
01:46:51,851 --> 01:46:53,853
DEBRA: She's climbing
out of a hole.

2061
01:46:55,055 --> 01:46:57,521
I am.

2062
01:46:57,523 --> 01:47:00,060
DEBRA: "If this is what I have
to do, it's what I have to do."

2063
01:47:01,961 --> 01:47:04,129
In the first rehearsal,
she looked terrible.

2064
01:47:04,131 --> 01:47:06,964
She was bloated,
she was slurry.

2065
01:47:06,966 --> 01:47:11,704
And then she
cleaned herself up.

2066
01:47:14,040 --> 01:47:15,806
When she wasn't working,

2067
01:47:15,808 --> 01:47:19,210
she'd sit on set
just to hang out with people.

2068
01:47:19,212 --> 01:47:22,147
Saturday night, took all
the cast out to celebrate.

2069
01:47:22,149 --> 01:47:24,749
I invited her.
She showed up.

2070
01:47:24,751 --> 01:47:27,551
She went to the football game
with some of the guys.

2071
01:47:27,553 --> 01:47:31,091
I mean, she really, really,
really was there.

2072
01:47:34,161 --> 01:47:37,195
I remember
midway through the shoot,

2073
01:47:37,197 --> 01:47:39,663
and I'd walk towards
the hair and makeup trailer,

2074
01:47:39,665 --> 01:47:42,600
and I'd hear
this gospel music blasting.

2075
01:47:42,602 --> 01:47:44,536
It's, like, 5:00
in the morning,

2076
01:47:44,538 --> 01:47:46,738
and she's in there singing,

2077
01:47:46,740 --> 01:47:48,673
bright-eyed...

2078
01:47:48,675 --> 01:47:50,909
You know, happy.

2079
01:47:50,911 --> 01:47:53,611
I said, "What are you on?"

2080
01:47:53,613 --> 01:47:56,047
Both of us looked at each
other and burst out laughing

2081
01:47:56,049 --> 01:47:57,849
because she wasn't
on anything.

2082
01:47:57,851 --> 01:47:59,818
This was joy,

2083
01:47:59,820 --> 01:48:03,588
and I think it was the joy
of having a purpose.

2084
01:48:03,590 --> 01:48:06,759
Of being able
to get up in the morning

2085
01:48:06,761 --> 01:48:08,861
and know you had a job.

2086
01:48:08,863 --> 01:48:11,764
You had people who wanted
to be around you.

2087
01:48:11,766 --> 01:48:13,899
You were a part of
a community.

2088
01:48:13,901 --> 01:48:18,137
And I really saw her
come back to life.

2089
01:48:18,139 --> 01:48:21,706
- ♫ I sing ♫
- ♫ I sing ♫

2090
01:48:21,708 --> 01:48:25,211
- WHITNEY: ♫ I sing because ♫
- ♫ Because ♫

2091
01:48:25,213 --> 01:48:29,215
- ♫ I'm happy ♫
- CHOIR: ♫ Happy ♫

2092
01:48:29,217 --> 01:48:31,351
- ♫ Hallelujah ♫
- ALL: Hallelujah.

2093
01:48:31,353 --> 01:48:33,919
- WHITNEY: ♫ I sing ♫
- CHOIR: ♫ I sing ♫

2094
01:48:33,921 --> 01:48:36,822
- WHITNEY: ♫ I sing because ♫
- CHOIR: ♫ Because ♫

2095
01:48:36,824 --> 01:48:41,727
- ♫ I'm free ♫
- CHOIR: ♫ I'm free ♫

2096
01:48:41,729 --> 01:48:44,730
DEBRA:
On the last day, she said:

2097
01:48:44,732 --> 01:48:46,198
"I got an idea
for our next movie.

2098
01:48:46,200 --> 01:48:48,067
It's gonna be
David and Bathsheba.

2099
01:48:48,069 --> 01:48:49,902
Me and Mel Gibson."

2100
01:48:49,904 --> 01:48:53,305
I was like, "Well, Whitney,
I don't know about that one."

2101
01:48:53,307 --> 01:48:55,608
I said, you know,
"I think..."

2102
01:48:55,610 --> 01:48:57,377
She was getting
an early morning flight.

2103
01:48:57,379 --> 01:48:58,845
"This is gonna be great.

2104
01:48:58,847 --> 01:49:00,280
We'll figure out
stuff to do.

2105
01:49:00,282 --> 01:49:02,715
You just go back home."

2106
01:49:02,717 --> 01:49:06,186
It wasn't until her wake...

2107
01:49:06,188 --> 01:49:10,192
that her bodyguard
came over to me and he said:

2108
01:49:11,859 --> 01:49:14,827
"You know,
she didn't take that flight."

2109
01:49:14,829 --> 01:49:16,898
I mean,
nobody ever told me.

2110
01:49:18,133 --> 01:49:21,001
She didn't want to leave.

2111
01:49:21,003 --> 01:49:27,007
She, um... She stayed like
an extra three or four days...

2112
01:49:27,009 --> 01:49:31,713
And finally, she had him
drive her back to Atlanta.

2113
01:49:33,949 --> 01:49:37,651
I just don't think
she wanted to leave.

2114
01:49:37,653 --> 01:49:41,654
Because she had purpose
and people who loved her.

2115
01:49:41,656 --> 01:49:47,261
And I can just see her going
back to, you know, Alpharetta

2116
01:49:47,263 --> 01:49:50,031
and waking up
in the morning...

2117
01:49:50,033 --> 01:49:54,701
Or more likely,
in the afternoon...

2118
01:49:54,703 --> 01:49:57,105
with no reason
to get out of bed

2119
01:49:57,107 --> 01:49:59,173
and nothing on the horizon.

2120
01:49:59,175 --> 01:50:02,378
And I just think she went home
and went back in the hole.

2121
01:50:05,949 --> 01:50:08,082
Well...

2122
01:50:08,084 --> 01:50:09,853
we've finally come...

2123
01:50:10,954 --> 01:50:12,922
♫ To an end ♫

2124
01:50:14,157 --> 01:50:16,023
♫ Oh, well ♫

2125
01:50:16,025 --> 01:50:18,860
♫ We've finally come ♫

2126
01:50:18,862 --> 01:50:20,797
♫ To the end ♫

2127
01:50:22,432 --> 01:50:26,100
♫ Story is over ♫

2128
01:50:26,102 --> 01:50:28,802
No, we haven't
come to the end.

2129
01:50:28,804 --> 01:50:32,241
- When is the end?
- WOMAN: When you say so.

2130
01:50:32,243 --> 01:50:33,776
(BELL DINGS)

2131
01:50:35,212 --> 01:50:36,978
Mm.

2132
01:50:36,980 --> 01:50:38,915
(DRAMATIC THEME PLAYING)

2133
01:50:51,227 --> 01:50:55,900
She came to my room early...
of the morning in question.

2134
01:50:57,968 --> 01:51:03,172
And she started talking
about... John the Baptist.

2135
01:51:03,174 --> 01:51:05,474
And she said... She laid her
head on my shoulder,

2136
01:51:05,476 --> 01:51:07,276
and she had her arm
around my waist.

2137
01:51:07,278 --> 01:51:10,112
She said, "We're gonna be
together one day, Ray."

2138
01:51:10,114 --> 01:51:12,114
She says, "Mary...

2139
01:51:12,116 --> 01:51:14,349
(SNIFFLES)

2140
01:51:14,351 --> 01:51:17,853
...I gotta get
my shit together."

2141
01:51:17,855 --> 01:51:20,091
She said,
"'Cause I got to see Jesus."

2142
01:51:23,027 --> 01:51:26,128
And I gave her this look,
like, "Right."

2143
01:51:26,130 --> 01:51:28,364
She asked me to set up
my box up for her,

2144
01:51:28,366 --> 01:51:30,132
so she could listen
to the music.

2145
01:51:30,134 --> 01:51:32,868
She always listened to music
before she go on stage,

2146
01:51:32,870 --> 01:51:34,504
or whatever
she getting ready to do.

2147
01:51:34,506 --> 01:51:36,840
She would listen
to some Fred Hammond.

2148
01:51:38,108 --> 01:51:40,175
MARY:
So I ran the water.

2149
01:51:40,177 --> 01:51:41,813
She got in the tub.

2150
01:51:43,148 --> 01:51:45,415
And she wanted
these cupcakes.

2151
01:51:45,417 --> 01:51:49,018
She said, "Mary, I just want
a sprinkle cupcake, I swear.

2152
01:51:49,020 --> 01:51:51,788
Get two,
but I won't eat but one."

2153
01:51:51,790 --> 01:51:55,026
And I left her smiling and
brushing her hair in the tub.

2154
01:51:58,796 --> 01:52:01,164
I...

2155
01:52:01,166 --> 01:52:04,236
I wasn't gone but 30 minutes.

2156
01:52:14,547 --> 01:52:16,313
♫ I ♫

2157
01:52:16,315 --> 01:52:18,314
WHITNEY: I'm always
running from this giant.

2158
01:52:18,316 --> 01:52:20,486
I'm always running
from this big man.

2159
01:52:21,853 --> 01:52:23,119
My mother always says:

2160
01:52:23,121 --> 01:52:25,021
"That's nothing
but the devil.

2161
01:52:25,023 --> 01:52:27,993
He's just tryin' to get you.
He just wants your soul."

2162
01:52:29,194 --> 01:52:31,030
But he never gets me.

2163
01:52:34,834 --> 01:52:38,235
MARY: When I got back,
there were no lights on.

2164
01:52:38,237 --> 01:52:40,239
I said, "What the hell?"

2165
01:52:41,574 --> 01:52:47,246
And I proceeded to step...
in the bedroom.

2166
01:52:55,955 --> 01:52:57,988
Water came to my ankle.

2167
01:52:57,990 --> 01:52:59,892
I said, "What the hell?"

2168
01:53:03,863 --> 01:53:06,163
I saw my baby
floating in there,

2169
01:53:06,165 --> 01:53:08,267
just face down
in the water.

2170
01:53:19,112 --> 01:53:20,412
MAN #1:
Breaking News.

2171
01:53:20,414 --> 01:53:22,380
Whitney Houston is dead.

2172
01:53:22,382 --> 01:53:24,316
The death of singing star
Whitney Houston.

2173
01:53:24,318 --> 01:53:25,950
MAN #2:
Cause of death is drowning.

2174
01:53:25,952 --> 01:53:27,552
Heaven just got
another beautiful voice

2175
01:53:27,554 --> 01:53:28,919
added to the choir.

2176
01:53:28,921 --> 01:53:30,455
MAN #3:
Due to cocaine use.

2177
01:53:30,457 --> 01:53:32,457
One of the true legends.

2178
01:53:32,459 --> 01:53:35,092
SHARPTON: (ON PHONE) I would
hope all the negative press

2179
01:53:35,094 --> 01:53:37,495
would take a pause and
remember this great talent.

2180
01:53:37,497 --> 01:53:40,164
(SIREN WAILING)

2181
01:53:40,166 --> 01:53:42,133
(CAMERAS CLICKING)

2182
01:53:42,135 --> 01:53:45,072
(WHITNEY HOUSTON'S
"HOME" PLAYING)

2183
01:53:49,444 --> 01:53:52,179
♫ When I think of home ♫

2184
01:53:53,681 --> 01:53:55,982
♫ I think of a place ♫

2185
01:53:58,251 --> 01:54:02,889
♫ Where there's
Love overflowing ♫

2186
01:54:05,426 --> 01:54:08,062
♫ I wish I was home ♫

2187
01:54:09,330 --> 01:54:11,366
♫ I wish I was back there ♫

2188
01:54:13,167 --> 01:54:16,935
♫ With the things ♫

2189
01:54:16,937 --> 01:54:20,239
♫ I've been knowing ♫

2190
01:54:20,241 --> 01:54:23,141
♫ I know
You're listening, God ♫

2191
01:54:23,143 --> 01:54:27,713
♫ So won't you please try
Not to make it hard to know ♫

2192
01:54:27,715 --> 01:54:30,717
♫ I shouldn't
Believe everything ♫

2193
01:54:30,719 --> 01:54:33,054
♫ Everything that I see ♫

2194
01:54:35,256 --> 01:54:40,092
♫ A world full of love ♫

2195
01:54:40,094 --> 01:54:42,561
♫ Like yours, like ♫

2196
01:54:42,563 --> 01:54:48,033
♫ Like mine ♫

2197
01:54:48,035 --> 01:54:55,342
♫ Like home ♫

2198
01:54:55,344 --> 01:55:00,347
♫ Home ♫

2199
01:55:00,349 --> 01:55:02,284
(CROWD CHEERING)

2200
01:55:07,489 --> 01:55:10,626
TV HOST: You won't forget that name!
Whitney Houston!

2201
01:55:34,383 --> 01:55:38,452
♫ Share my life ♫

2202
01:55:38,454 --> 01:55:44,492
♫ Take me for what I am ♫

2203
01:55:44,494 --> 01:55:50,500
♫ 'Cause I'll never change
All my colors for you ♫

2204
01:55:53,470 --> 01:55:57,705
♫ I said
Take my love ♫

2205
01:55:57,707 --> 01:56:02,610
♫ I'll never ask
For too much ♫

2206
01:56:02,612 --> 01:56:06,815
♫ Just all that you are ♫

2207
01:56:06,817 --> 01:56:10,786
♫ And everything
That you do ♫

2208
01:56:10,788 --> 01:56:13,321
♫ You, you ♫

2209
01:56:13,323 --> 01:56:18,292
♫ I don't really need to look
Very much further ♫

2210
01:56:18,294 --> 01:56:23,064
♫ I don't wanna have to go
Where you don't follow ♫

2211
01:56:23,066 --> 01:56:27,301
♫ I won't hold it back again
This passion inside ♫

2212
01:56:27,303 --> 01:56:35,176
♫ I can't run from myself
There's nowhere to hide ♫

2213
01:56:35,178 --> 01:56:40,348
♫ Don't make me close
One more door ♫

2214
01:56:40,350 --> 01:56:44,586
♫ I don't wanna hurt
Anymore ♫

2215
01:56:44,588 --> 01:56:49,423
♫ Stay in my arms
If you dare ♫

2216
01:56:49,425 --> 01:56:54,396
♫ Or must I imagine
You there? ♫

2217
01:56:54,398 --> 01:56:59,701
♫ Don't walk away from me ♫

2218
01:56:59,703 --> 01:57:04,573
♫ I have nothing
Nothing, nothing ♫

2219
01:57:04,575 --> 01:57:11,081
♫ If I don't have you ♫

2220
01:57:12,550 --> 01:57:16,251
♫ You see through ♫

2221
01:57:16,253 --> 01:57:20,292
♫ Right to the heart
Of me ♫

2222
01:57:21,526 --> 01:57:24,894
♫ You break down my walls ♫

2223
01:57:24,896 --> 01:57:28,363
♫ With the strength
Of your love ♫

2224
01:57:28,365 --> 01:57:31,333
♫ Mm, oh ♫

2225
01:57:31,335 --> 01:57:34,536
♫ I never knew ♫

2226
01:57:34,538 --> 01:57:39,742
♫ Love like I've known it
With you ♫

2227
01:57:39,744 --> 01:57:43,680
♫ Will a memory survive ♫

2228
01:57:43,682 --> 01:57:50,320
♫ One I can hold on to? ♫

2229
01:57:50,322 --> 01:57:54,757
♫ I don't really need to look
Very much further ♫

2230
01:57:54,759 --> 01:57:59,429
♫ I don't wanna have to go
Where you don't follow ♫

2231
01:57:59,431 --> 01:58:03,733
♫ I won't hold it back again
This passion inside ♫

2232
01:58:03,735 --> 01:58:06,336
♫ I can't run from myself ♫

2233
01:58:06,338 --> 01:58:10,373
♫ There's nowhere to hide ♫

2234
01:58:10,375 --> 01:58:15,779
♫ Your love
I'll remember forever ♫

2235
01:58:15,781 --> 01:58:21,284
♫ Don't make me close
One more door ♫

2236
01:58:21,286 --> 01:58:25,488
♫ I don't wanna hurt
Anymore ♫

2237
01:58:25,490 --> 01:58:29,894
♫ Stay in my arms
If you dare ♫

2238
01:58:29,896 --> 01:58:34,865
♫ Or must I imagine
You there? ♫

2239
01:58:34,867 --> 01:58:39,970
♫ Don't walk away from me ♫

2240
01:58:39,972 --> 01:58:46,710
♫ I have nothing
Nothing, nothing ♫

2241
01:58:46,712 --> 01:58:53,985
♫ Don't make me close
One more door ♫

2242
01:58:53,987 --> 01:58:58,355
♫ I don't wanna hurt
Anymore ♫

2243
01:58:58,357 --> 01:59:02,994
♫ Stay in my arms
If you dare ♫

2244
01:59:02,996 --> 01:59:07,799
♫ Or must I imagine
You there? ♫

2245
01:59:07,801 --> 01:59:11,568
♫ Don't walk away from me ♫

2246
01:59:11,570 --> 01:59:12,736
♫ No ♫

2247
01:59:12,738 --> 01:59:16,573
♫ Don't walk away from me ♫

2248
01:59:16,575 --> 01:59:20,614
♫ Don't you dare
Walk away from me ♫

2249
01:59:22,449 --> 01:59:28,520
♫ I have nothing
Nothing, nothing ♫

2250
01:59:28,522 --> 01:59:32,826
♫ If I don't have you ♫

2251
01:59:33,727 --> 01:59:37,529
♫ You ♫

2252
01:59:37,531 --> 01:59:41,736
♫ If I don't have you ♫

2253
01:59:42,837 --> 01:59:46,774
♫ Oh, you ♫