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- ♪ I got the stuff
that you want ♪
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- KEVIN FRAZIER:
Whitney Elizabeth Houston.
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AKA, The Voice.
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We lost her Grammy
weekend 10 years ago.
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And it's hard not
to think of Whitney
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when you think of the Grammys.
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- And the Grammy goes to...
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- Whitney Houston.
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- Whitney Houston.
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- Whitney Houston!
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- ♪ And I...
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- KEVIN: But if you only
know Whitney for her voice,
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then you don't
really know Whitney.
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- Sometimes I look at it and
I go, how did all this happen?
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God gave me something
really great,
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and he doesn't give
it to everybody.
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- ♪ They can't take
away my dignity ♪
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- KEVIN: Now, for
the first time,
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never-before-seen interviews.
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- They take your life and they
make it into a soap opera,
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like a story they made up.
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- ♪ How will I know?
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- KEVIN: And personal stories
from her closest friends.
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- As hyper as she could be,
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she was like the kid in
the candy store all the time.
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- I'd get a call.
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Whitney and Bobby forgot
to pay their--their tab.
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- She was ready to live,
ready to start a new chapter,
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and to get right
what wasn't right before.
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- WHITNEY: ♪ It took
some time for me ♪
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♪ To see
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- KEVIN: This is
"Whitney: A Look Back."
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Whitney Elizabeth Houston.
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Now, anybody in her inner circle
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or her family members
called her Nippy.
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- DIONNE: Her daddy.
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Her daddy gave
her that nickname.
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He used to call her--
he called her Nippy.
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He used to call me Noopy--
[laughs]
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--cause I had Nippy
around me so much.
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Nippy and Noopy.
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- INTERVIEWER: What do you think
fans would be most surprised to
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discover about Whitney Houston?
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- WHITNEY: They'll be glad
to know that I'm like them.
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You know, that I joke around,
I laugh, like, really crazy.
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Really crazy.
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Um, you know, um,
when I wake up in the morning,
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I'm not all that put together.
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You know, nobody is, you know?
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It's that kind of thing.
You know, I'm just like them.
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- INTERVIWER: You're
just like them.
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- Just, you know, regular.
[laughs]
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- CECE: She wanted to, you know,
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let's go to White
Castle's in a limousine.
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That's Whitney.
I want some White Castle's.
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Really, right now.
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Um, so just a lot of fun.
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A lot of fun.
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Great sense of humor, funny.
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To be able to have
time off and just laugh
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was her favorite thing to do.
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- Oh, she was a nice person.
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She laughed, you know.
She liked no confusion at all.
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That wasn't her thing.
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She couldn't stand all of that.
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We really got along fine.
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There's a lot of
love in that house.
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- MONICA: She loved to swim.
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She was almost like
an Olympic swimmer.
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But these are all things
that people don't know.
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- WHITNEY: What I
do for fun is, uh...
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I'm just very peaceful.
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I--I stay at home
most of the time.
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I play some tennis,
and--and I swim,
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and I have massages
and things like that.
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Basically being good to myself
is what I call being fun,
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or having fun.
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I might go out sometimes.
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But I--I don't like to keep up
with, you know, what's happening
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and going to this
place and that place.
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I'm really not into it.
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But, um, just--just being, just
being, you know, good to myself
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and my family and, you
know, staying at home,
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listening to music, singing.
It's fun to me.
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- KEVIN: So Whitney's
favorite thing to do
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when she was at home?
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Relax, just chill.
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- She was lazy as
all you know what.
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She loved watching television.
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She loved sleeping.
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Habit, you know, from
resting during the day
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and--and rehearsing and
practicing in--in the evenings.
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She attended church sometimes.
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- ♪ Woo
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- She would come hang
out with me, you know,
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and, you know,
come to church with me.
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- Our Father, who
art in Heaven...
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Say "Praise the Lord."
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- GROUP: Praise the Lord.
- All right.
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It gives you, I don't know,
a certain lift, you know?
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Um, con--it makes you
confident, you know,
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that no matter what
may happen out there,
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it's all right, you know?
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It's okay.
We can get through it.
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Prayer is something, you
know, it gives you strength.
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It really does.
It helps you out a lot out here.
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- ♪
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- ♪ There's a boy I know
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♪ He's the one
I'm dreaming of ♪
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♪ Looks into
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How frustrating is it to
live out of a suitcase?
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Frustrating!
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It can be very frustrating
if you actually live in one.
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I don't live in a suitcase.
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♪ I've been hearing
your heart beat ♪
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♪ Inside of me
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I was planning on
becoming a teacher
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or a veterinarian.
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But after, um, learning
that I could sing
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and what I could
do with my voice,
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and when it gets
into your blood,
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I guess it just
never really leaves, so...
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- ♪ It's shocking what
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- ♪ Love can do
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♪ Shocking what
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- She was sincere
about helping people.
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She had a huge heart.
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As hyper as she could be,
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because she was like the kid
in the candy store all the time,
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she--she had those moments when
she was so peaceful and calm.
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And, uh, yeah, pretty--pretty
special person.
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- KELLY: She was a
woman with a big heart.
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She loved people.
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Um, she never met a stranger.
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She fed people.
She clothed people.
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She helped send
people to school.
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I think a lot of times
people would prefer to hear
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the wild and the crazy
because in their mind,
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it's--it's buzz worthy,
it's newsworthy.
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It's the thing that will--
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in this day, it's
called clickbait.
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But to know the
Whitney that I know,
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to know the Whitney
that I knew,
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is to truly know that
you were blessed to know
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an amazing human being before
you ever got to the voice.
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If you got a chance
to know her heart,
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that was something special.
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- WHITNEY: Do you wanna
see some lions today?
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- CHILDREN: Yeah.
- Yeah?
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The Bronx Zoo was desperately
in need of some lion cubs.
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And I happened to know of some.
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So, I mean, you know,
it's a great zoo.
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And I thought that I'd
donate them to the zoo.
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I named them George and Gracie.
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George and Gracie.
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- MAN: Was this fun for
you, being part of this?
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- Oh, yes, it's a ball!
I love the kids, they're great.
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- You see that?
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You want yours?
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Look! Look at them!
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That's what's important,
that they're happy, you know?
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Yeah, they're children,
they should be.
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- NISCHELLE: Whitney had
one of the biggest hearts.
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She embraced the next
generation of singers.
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I remember Brandy talking about
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how emotional she became
when she first met Whitney.
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- [indistinct chatter]
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- Are you okay?
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- I'm happy.
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This is Whitney
Houston, oh my god.
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I met Whitney Houston!
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- She loved Monica and Brandy.
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That was--to Whitney,
that was the--
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the future of music, you know?
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She actually said that, um...
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Grammy weekend,
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in--in LA, the last--
the last Clive party,
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when they were
on stage, rehearsing.
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And we were standing down,
and she was standing there.
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And she said, that's
the future, she said.
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- What connected me to her
was really the way she loved.
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She would love others more
than she loved herself.
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When I think about Whitney,
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the first thing that
I picture is her smile.
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It was something that, believe
it or not, she never lost.
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When I think of her, I think
about the selflessness.
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That was her.
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She used to always tell me,
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don't let them
change who you are.
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She used to always point at
her chest when she talked,
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or she would touch my
face when she talked.
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- ♪ Amazing grace,
how sweet the sound ♪
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♪ Cigarettes make me...
ooh ♪
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♪ There ain't nobody
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♪ No, no, nobody
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- MONICA: In some of the
most difficult of times,
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Whitney could have
been anywhere.
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But she would show up.
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When I was 18, I
lost my grandmother.
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I lost--I witnessed
a suicide.
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I lost my cousin.
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Whitney didn't
call on the phone.
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Three black trucks pulled up
in the hood and she jumped out.
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And I can hear her saying,
I know y'all know where she is!
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Wait, what?
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She's got the security
outside, suited and booted,
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and she's pretty much
giving them the hand.
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The Whitney hand.
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This is the go away,
this is serious.
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Go away, I got it.
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And her and Bobby, they
stayed right there with me.
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- She was on tour when--when I
lost my second eldest brother.
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And, uh, we're in the
middle of the service.
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And everybody--everybody goes to
whis--you know, to whispering.
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They're whispering.
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And I'm like, what
are they whispering?
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And it's Whitney.
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She has somehow made it
to Detroit, Michigan,
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made it to the funeral, and
she's walking in by herself.
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It's like, scoot over!
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Telling us all,
scoot down, scoot down!
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You know I had to be here.
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I had to be here.
This is my brother.
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And we were just
like, oh my god.
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I can't believe her.
But that was Whitney.
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- I remember being
in a car accident.
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And...Whitney, she came over.
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And I think she--she
slept in my bed,
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in the room with
me for two days.
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She would not leave, you know?
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Would not leave.
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- [indistinct chatter]
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- WHITNEY: This fame
and the success thing,
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man, it comes and goes.
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You know, you're hot
today and not tomorrow or,
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you know, that kind of thing.
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So it's--it's important
to know that, um,
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you have family and friends
that love you for you
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and not because you got a
number one song on the charts.
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- FEMALE ANNOUNCER:
Still ahead...
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- All of her awards show
performances were iconic.
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But now newly discovered video
reveals that her rehearsals were
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just as jaw-dropping
as the main event.
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- WHITNEY: ♪ Oh, yes
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♪ There can be miracles
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♪ When you believe
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- PAT: The Grammys meant a
great deal to Whitney, you know?
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Someone was honoring
her, you know?
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Her words would be,
this is for me?
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You know, for me?
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She was so humbled about that.
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- MAN: Whitney?
- Oh, no, the cameras.
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- [laughter]
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- I wouldn't want to
have anybody else here
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but my mom and dad, and
my family and my friends.
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It's just good to have them.
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- NISCHELLE: The world
remembers Whitney
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as The Voice, right?
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Her tragic passing came
the night before the Grammys
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a decade ago in 2012.
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But her very first
Grammy appearance,
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that was back in 1986.
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- WHITNEY: If I win,
that'll--that'll--
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that'll be something.
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But, uh, I don't
know, it's great.
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It just feels good
to be mentioned.
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- Whitney Houston!
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- [cheers and applause]
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- Can you believe this?
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I knew it was me because
Dionne said, "Aah!"
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That's when I know it was me.
That's when I knew.
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I feel great. This is good.
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- DIONNE: It was an
exciting, thrilling thing,
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to be able to say
"Whitney Houston."
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I didn't hear myself say it.
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I screamed it. [laughs]
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It was not said.
It was screamed.
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I was so proud of her
and pleased for her.
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- I remember the scene where
they clutched each other,
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because it was so emotional.
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- Oh, I can't tell you
how proud I am of her.
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I--I was just so thrilled.
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It was very, very exciting.
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- WHITNEY: Just one was fine.
I'm satisfied.
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I'm not greedy. I'm satisfied.
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- KEVIN: Whitney would
go on to win six Grammys.
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But a lot of people wonder
where did she keep them.
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- PAT: Well, at first, you know,
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when she had her
mansion in New Jersey,
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she would encase
them downstairs.
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And now, since her passing,
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I keep them archived
here in Georgia,
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in a safe place,
very safe place.
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- ♪ So I'm saving all
my love for you ♪
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- KEVIN: This is her dress from
her first Grammy performance.
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- Look at that.
Look how tiny she was.
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- KEVIN: Well, this
is a piece of history.
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- PAT: It is.
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- And the Grammy goes to...
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"I Wanna Dance with
Somebody," Whitney Houston.
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- ♪ Oh, I wanna
dance with somebody ♪
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- KEVIN: Grammy number
two came in 1988.
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But it was really 1994
that was Whitney's year.
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She had four nominations.
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She won three Grammys that year.
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And who can forget
how she opened the show?
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I mean, it was one of those
moments that gave you chills.
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- ♪ I will al, I will
al, I will always ♪
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♪ Love you
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- NISCHELLE: What the
fans didn't get to see
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was Whitney's rehearsal
earlier in the day.
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She brought everybody
to a standstill.
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- ♪ And happiness
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♪ But above all this,
oh, I wish you ♪
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♪ Love
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- And the Grammy goes to...
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Whitney Houston!
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- [applause]
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- This is really very special.
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- KEVIN: 2012 was the
last time the Grammys
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would pay tribute to Whitney,
the day after her passing.
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- You know, on Grammy night,
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we--we mourned
Whitney, you know?
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LL Cool J opened the show
with this remarkable prayer.
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- Heavenly Father,
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we thank you for sharing
our sister, Whitney, with us.
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We remain truly blessed
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to have been touched by
her beautiful spirit.
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- KEN: Jennifer Hudson had came
and did a little bit of
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"I Will Always Love You."
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- ♪ Whitney, we love
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♪ We love you
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- [applause]
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- ANNOUNCER: Coming up...
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- ♪ Oh yeah
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- KEVIN: Long before Whitney
became a Grammy winner,
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she was just a kid in the
church choir, finding her voice.
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And she almost had a career that
had nothing to do with singing.
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- When they found out that
I did sing, it was like,
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oh, so besides
that, you can sing,
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so let's--let's
deal with that, too.
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- WHITNEY: You know, I--I've
been working in the studio
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since I was 12.
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- ♪ Love's heavy
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- ♪ Love is heavy
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- NISCHELLE: That is a
20-year-old Whitney Houston
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with Jermaine Jackson.
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This was a full year before she
ever released her debut album.
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But you already knew that
Whitney Houston understood.
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She understood
what it would take
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to really make it
in the business.
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- [camera shutter clicking]
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- WHITNEY: It's not all
it's cracked up to be.
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It ain't all the glamor
and--and all that stuff.
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It's hard work.
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- CISSY: The only trouble I had,
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Whitney was running her mouth.
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And I still have a
big problem with it.
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There was one time I'd kill her.
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- Okay...
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- You know?
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- Whitney always had
impeccable style.
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But people forget that
she started as a model
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before she became a
professional singer.
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- Yeah, that's beautiful.
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Super.
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- WHITNEY: People in
the modeling business
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really never knew
that I did sing.
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So when they found out that
I did sing, it was like,
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oh, so besides
that, you can sing.
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So let's--let's
deal with that too.
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♪ Lord
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♪ Mm, Jesus
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I think I was about maybe
11 or 12 when I, um,
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first got a solo in church.
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And, um, the reaction from,
you know, the people in church
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kind of gave me
an inclination of,
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you know, what it
could possibly be like.
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- CLIVE: When I first
met Whitney Houston,
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she was 18.
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So her brother Gary and Whitney
were the background singers
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for the Cissy Houston show.
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When I heard her audition for me
with "The Greatest Love of All,"
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I was flabbergasted.
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I mean, that was a
song I commissioned.
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I had heard it time
and time again.
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- When I was just
a young teenager,
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I went to the theater and saw
a movie called "The Greatest."
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This was about the
life of Muhammad Ali.
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And in that movie,
there was a song
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that was as inspirational
as the man himself.
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♪ The greatest love of all...
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- CLIVE: She took a song
that I knew intimately
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and made me feel that I
had never heard it before.
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- Hello, good evening,
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and welcome to the Roxy and
"The Whitney Houston Show."
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- [cheers and applause]
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- WHITNEY: A lot of people
think that it's, uh,
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happened just like that,
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where I just said,
boom, I come out,
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and I make a record,
and this is it.
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But it's about 10 years to
prepare my head and my-myself to
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deal with all of this happening,
what's happening with me.
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♪ Let the children's
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♪ Laugh
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God gave me something
really great.
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And he doesn't give
it to everybody.
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♪ Ooh hoo
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♪ How will I know?
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- ♪ Don't trust your feelings
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- ♪ But how will I know?
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- There's been Aretha Franklin
and there's been this lady.
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And this lady will go
on to conquer the world.
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And she's already conquered it.
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So, well done, Whitney.
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- The total figure
that this plaque represents,
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that Whitney worldwide
has sold,
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85 million records.
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- [cheers and applause]
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- CLIVE: I miss Whitney.
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She trusted me.
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And, um, I always held that
very close to my heart.
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And, you know,
I failed along with her
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in conquering her demon.
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And I tried at every turn.
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- I consider myself a diva.
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It's a certain class,
a certain technique.
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There's a certain style.
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00:18:02,564 --> 00:18:05,567
There's a certain
aura that a diva has.
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Woo!
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- ANNOUNCER: Still ahead...
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- KEVIN: When it comes
to Whitney's most iconic
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performances, I mean, it's
almost impossible to rank them.
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But I think there's always two
that you have to talk about:
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the national anthem--
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- ♪ Oh say can you see
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- KEVIN: --and of
course, "The Bodyguard."
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- ♪ And I...
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- KEVIN: But the film
almost didn't happen.
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- We postponed the
movie for a year.
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- ♪ ...will always love you...
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- WHITNEY: ♪ Oh,
say can you see ♪
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- They wanted her to
lip sync the song.
448
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She didn't want to do it,
because she can't lip sync good.
449
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She said, I wanna sing it.
And she sang it.
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And she sang it.
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- KEVIN: Whitney performed
at the Super Bowl in 1991.
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It was the 25th anniversary
of the big game.
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But what people forget is also,
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our country had
just gone to war.
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So everyone really
was coming together.
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- When I looked out there
in the audience, uh,
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amongst all those 85,000 people,
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I kind of blocked
everything out,
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and I kind of went
to the Persian Gulf,
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where the fellas were.
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♪ And the rocket's red glare
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And I tried to imagine what
they were going through.
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And the more I
thought about that,
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the stronger it
became inside of me.
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It was for them
that I sang it for.
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So I became a true
American, you know?
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I felt proud to be an American.
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I felt proud that I was
a part of this country.
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♪ And the land of the brave...
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- [cheers and applause]
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- I said, I've gotta
release it as a single.
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- [indistinct chatter]
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- And we did, and it broke
every record of all time.
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- Still the greatest to ever
sing "Star-Spangled Banner."
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When Whitney touched
something, it became hers.
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And that's how it
was being her friend.
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- 1991 was a huge
year for Whitney.
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It was "The Star-Spangled
Banner" moment.
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And then she started
filming "The Bodyguard."
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But so many people thought
that's where she started acting.
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It wasn't.
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- Hi!
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- KEVIN: One of Whitney's
first acting gigs was in 1985
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on the Ricky Schroder
show "Silver Spoons."
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- ♪
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- WHITNEY: I'm playing myself.
And I'm performing.
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I'm doing a video at this club.
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I find that it comes sort
of naturally, in a way,
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I mean, being a performer.
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♪ Saving all my love for you
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My main focus is my music
and my singing career.
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But, um, this is something that
I would like and enjoy to do.
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- INTERVIEWER: What do you
hope to get out of this?
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- I don't know.
495
00:21:02,295 --> 00:21:03,469
I guess everybody
will see my face.
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00:21:03,572 --> 00:21:04,539
[laughs]
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Woo!
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00:21:05,816 --> 00:21:06,851
- [audience laughter]
499
00:21:06,955 --> 00:21:08,439
- She loved film, you know?
500
00:21:08,543 --> 00:21:10,579
Movies. Loved movies.
501
00:21:10,683 --> 00:21:12,857
And, uh,
she loved old movies.
502
00:21:13,789 --> 00:21:15,481
- WHITNEY: I don't
wanna be a movie star.
503
00:21:15,584 --> 00:21:18,829
Um, I just want to
try my hand at it.
504
00:21:18,932 --> 00:21:22,902
Um, the one thing that is most
important to me about acting
505
00:21:23,005 --> 00:21:26,492
and being on the screen
is that I am believable.
506
00:21:26,595 --> 00:21:27,631
And that has to come across,
507
00:21:27,734 --> 00:21:28,804
because if it
doesn't come across,
508
00:21:28,908 --> 00:21:30,565
I ain't never gonna
do a movie again.
509
00:21:30,668 --> 00:21:32,221
- [laughter]
510
00:21:32,325 --> 00:21:34,154
- WHITNEY: Yeah, yeah,
I got a film coming out.
511
00:21:34,258 --> 00:21:35,846
- INTERVIEWER: Is
this your first?
512
00:21:35,949 --> 00:21:37,710
- This is my first, yeah.
513
00:21:37,813 --> 00:21:39,643
I mean, you haven't seen
me in any movies, have you?
514
00:21:39,746 --> 00:21:40,851
Lately?
515
00:21:40,954 --> 00:21:42,991
♪ I got the thing
that you need ♪
516
00:21:43,094 --> 00:21:45,407
- So the story behind "The
Bodyguard" is pretty incredible
517
00:21:45,511 --> 00:21:49,756
because Kevin Costner called
Whitney directly and said,
518
00:21:49,860 --> 00:21:53,277
you are the only person I can
envision playing this role.
519
00:21:53,381 --> 00:21:55,624
And if you don't
accept this part,
520
00:21:55,728 --> 00:21:57,316
we're not gonna make the movie.
521
00:21:58,696 --> 00:22:01,112
- A lot of questions about
that, the wisdom of doing it.
522
00:22:01,216 --> 00:22:03,252
I thought that she was, like,
really worth it, you know?
523
00:22:03,356 --> 00:22:06,463
In fact, we postponed
the movie for a year,
524
00:22:06,566 --> 00:22:07,843
Which then set everybody--
525
00:22:07,947 --> 00:22:09,880
you're waiting a year for
someone
526
00:22:09,983 --> 00:22:11,364
that doesn't even
know how to act?
527
00:22:11,468 --> 00:22:13,987
You know, I said, yeah,
we're gonna do that.
528
00:22:14,091 --> 00:22:17,405
- ♪ If I
529
00:22:17,508 --> 00:22:18,509
- I made her a promise.
530
00:22:18,613 --> 00:22:20,200
I said, you will
not be embarrassed,
531
00:22:20,304 --> 00:22:21,650
and you'll be very
proud of yourself
532
00:22:21,754 --> 00:22:23,065
at the end of this movie.
533
00:22:23,169 --> 00:22:28,657
- WHITNEY: ♪ And I...
534
00:22:28,761 --> 00:22:33,662
♪ Will always love you...
535
00:22:33,766 --> 00:22:34,974
Kevin chose the song.
536
00:22:35,077 --> 00:22:37,528
He said, Whitney, I'm
telling you, this song?
537
00:22:37,632 --> 00:22:39,875
You're gonna love this song.
This song is beautiful.
538
00:22:39,979 --> 00:22:41,946
Dolly wrote it.
539
00:22:42,050 --> 00:22:44,190
♪ My darling, you
540
00:22:44,293 --> 00:22:46,468
I listened to it and I said,
you're absolutely right.
541
00:22:46,572 --> 00:22:48,228
This is the song.
542
00:22:48,332 --> 00:22:50,472
♪ Memories
543
00:22:50,576 --> 00:22:53,130
- It was number one in the
'70s and again in the '80s,
544
00:22:53,233 --> 00:22:55,650
but it did not have the
success that it's had
545
00:22:55,753 --> 00:22:56,927
with Whitney Houston.
546
00:22:57,030 --> 00:22:59,136
- She called me one night.
547
00:22:59,239 --> 00:23:01,207
It was really late.
548
00:23:01,310 --> 00:23:05,038
And she said, sis,
you gotta hear this.
549
00:23:05,142 --> 00:23:11,010
And I had no words after hearing
the songs from that soundtrack.
550
00:23:11,113 --> 00:23:13,633
And I think in that moment,
551
00:23:13,737 --> 00:23:18,707
I think she really realized
how beautiful her gift was.
552
00:23:18,811 --> 00:23:20,640
She had no words.
553
00:23:20,744 --> 00:23:24,437
I just knew it would take her to
another whole level of stardom.
554
00:23:24,541 --> 00:23:29,477
- ♪ And I...
555
00:23:29,580 --> 00:23:31,099
We had some--some
kissing scenes.
556
00:23:31,202 --> 00:23:33,550
We've had some, uh,
intimate scenes to do.
557
00:23:33,653 --> 00:23:37,243
- ♪
558
00:23:37,346 --> 00:23:39,556
- Kevin, he was like,
whatever makes you comfortable
559
00:23:39,659 --> 00:23:41,523
is what we'll do, you know?
560
00:23:41,627 --> 00:23:43,007
You know, so I was
like, all right,
561
00:23:43,111 --> 00:23:44,768
well, don't put your tongue
in my mouth, first of all.
562
00:23:44,871 --> 00:23:47,978
[laughs] I did.
563
00:23:48,081 --> 00:23:51,015
I've never felt
this safe before.
564
00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:52,569
- Over the years,
there were rumors
565
00:23:52,672 --> 00:23:56,055
that Whitney turned down roles
in huge movies like "Dreamgirls"
566
00:23:56,158 --> 00:23:57,677
and "A Star Is Born."
567
00:23:57,781 --> 00:23:59,679
Think about that.
568
00:23:59,783 --> 00:24:03,752
But it--it really felt like the
movies that she did say yes to
569
00:24:03,856 --> 00:24:05,858
not only helped
her professionally,
570
00:24:05,961 --> 00:24:08,585
but it--it really cemented
lifelong friendships
571
00:24:08,688 --> 00:24:10,725
that she kept throughout.
572
00:24:13,900 --> 00:24:18,008
- WHITNEY: I closed my
eyes and I...exhaled.
573
00:24:19,837 --> 00:24:21,390
[laughs]
574
00:24:23,116 --> 00:24:25,636
I liked that there was
finally gonna be a film
575
00:24:25,740 --> 00:24:29,537
about African-American
women finally, you know?
576
00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:33,092
We get to see how they
live, what they go through.
577
00:24:33,195 --> 00:24:37,130
♪ I believe in you and me
578
00:24:37,234 --> 00:24:40,271
♪ I believe that we will be
579
00:24:40,375 --> 00:24:42,308
- In the, uh,
meetings that we had,
580
00:24:42,411 --> 00:24:44,379
we talked about Julia Roberts.
581
00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:47,313
But Whitney made so much
sense for so many reasons.
582
00:24:47,416 --> 00:24:48,694
- WHITNEY: Denzel
cornered me and he said,
583
00:24:48,797 --> 00:24:50,074
Whitney, you're
gonna do this movie.
584
00:24:50,178 --> 00:24:51,973
And I said, well, why?
What is this, you know--
585
00:24:52,076 --> 00:24:53,733
He said, it's a very
important movie.
586
00:24:53,837 --> 00:24:55,355
It's about community.
587
00:24:55,459 --> 00:24:56,598
It's about helping
the community.
588
00:24:56,702 --> 00:24:59,808
It's about spirit of love
and hope and charity.
589
00:24:59,912 --> 00:25:02,224
Plus, you know,
you can sing gospel.
590
00:25:02,328 --> 00:25:04,192
I said, Denzel, you've
never heard me sing gospel.
591
00:25:04,295 --> 00:25:06,712
He said, yeah, but
I've heard your mother.
592
00:25:06,815 --> 00:25:09,853
I thought, boy, you know, you
know how to get me good, right?
593
00:25:09,956 --> 00:25:12,649
♪ Help is on the way
594
00:25:12,752 --> 00:25:14,029
♪ Yeah
595
00:25:14,133 --> 00:25:15,997
[vocalizing]
596
00:25:17,343 --> 00:25:19,172
♪ Fol-de-rol and fiddly-dee
597
00:25:19,276 --> 00:25:20,795
♪ Fiddly, faddly, foddle
598
00:25:23,176 --> 00:25:24,695
- Who are you?
599
00:25:24,799 --> 00:25:26,594
- I'm your fairy
godmother, honey.
600
00:25:26,697 --> 00:25:29,804
- She called me and asked
me if I would be Cinderella.
601
00:25:29,907 --> 00:25:31,737
- WHITNEY: It
flatters me, really,
602
00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:35,188
to have someone who--who--
who loves me that much,
603
00:25:35,292 --> 00:25:37,708
who listens to me.
She listened to me intently.
604
00:25:37,812 --> 00:25:38,916
Sometimes I'm her mother.
605
00:25:39,020 --> 00:25:40,228
Sometimes I'm her sister.
606
00:25:40,331 --> 00:25:41,470
Sometimes I'm her friend.
607
00:25:41,574 --> 00:25:43,749
Sometimes, you know,
I'm her fairy godmother.
608
00:25:43,852 --> 00:25:48,719
♪ There is music
609
00:25:48,823 --> 00:25:53,172
♪ In you...
610
00:25:56,244 --> 00:25:57,797
- ANNOUNCER: Coming up...
611
00:25:57,901 --> 00:25:59,178
- KEVIN: Of course,
we have to talk about
612
00:25:59,281 --> 00:26:00,524
Whitney and Bobby Brown.
613
00:26:00,628 --> 00:26:01,905
You know, people had
a lot of feelings
614
00:26:02,008 --> 00:26:03,216
about that relationship.
615
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:04,390
And Whitney had
a lot of feelings
616
00:26:04,493 --> 00:26:06,150
about people's feelings.
617
00:26:06,254 --> 00:26:08,670
- WHITNEY: Sometimes I
read the tabloids and I go,
618
00:26:08,774 --> 00:26:11,017
oh god, this is so awful.
619
00:26:11,121 --> 00:26:12,778
They think that they
already know you, you know?
620
00:26:12,881 --> 00:26:15,090
And they really don't.
621
00:26:15,194 --> 00:26:16,989
♪ He builds me up
622
00:26:25,687 --> 00:26:29,035
- ♪
623
00:26:29,139 --> 00:26:30,243
- Hi, Whitney,
how are you doing?
624
00:26:30,347 --> 00:26:31,555
- Hi, how are you doing?
625
00:26:31,659 --> 00:26:32,660
- Why do you think these things
626
00:26:32,763 --> 00:26:33,833
keep getting hotter and hotter?
627
00:26:33,937 --> 00:26:35,801
- Because people are
hotter and hotter.
628
00:26:35,904 --> 00:26:37,216
Yeah!
629
00:26:37,319 --> 00:26:40,253
- ♪ Everybody's talkin'
all this stuff about me ♪
630
00:26:40,357 --> 00:26:43,429
- NISCHELLE: Whitney
first met Bobby in 1989
631
00:26:43,532 --> 00:26:44,844
at the Soul Train Awards.
632
00:26:44,948 --> 00:26:47,019
- She was very excited
about meeting Bobby.
633
00:26:47,122 --> 00:26:48,296
- Four months later,
634
00:26:48,399 --> 00:26:50,539
Bobby showed up at her
26th birthday party.
635
00:26:50,643 --> 00:26:55,199
- And that's kind of when
everything just started.
636
00:26:55,303 --> 00:26:59,721
- ♪
637
00:26:59,825 --> 00:27:02,172
- KEVIN: Listen, Bobby
was the life of the party.
638
00:27:02,275 --> 00:27:03,898
He always liked to
be front and center.
639
00:27:04,001 --> 00:27:05,485
I mean, he was Bobby Brown.
640
00:27:05,589 --> 00:27:08,316
Let's not forget how
big he was at that time.
641
00:27:08,419 --> 00:27:10,387
- Whitney, Whitney, Whitney.
642
00:27:10,490 --> 00:27:13,321
Um, she invited me.
I'm having a great time.
643
00:27:13,424 --> 00:27:17,325
- ♪ Happy
644
00:27:17,428 --> 00:27:19,879
♪ Birthday
645
00:27:19,983 --> 00:27:22,986
- WHITNEY: I can tell you this--
I love Bobby and Bobby loves me.
646
00:27:23,089 --> 00:27:24,746
And we're the best of friends.
647
00:27:24,850 --> 00:27:26,817
And, um, we're in love.
648
00:27:26,921 --> 00:27:29,199
And, um, I'm happy and so is he.
649
00:27:29,302 --> 00:27:30,856
- INTERVIEWER: Plans for
a wedding, confirm/deny?
650
00:27:30,959 --> 00:27:32,098
- Yeah, there's
gonna be a wedding.
651
00:27:32,202 --> 00:27:33,962
You'll know it.
652
00:27:34,066 --> 00:27:36,068
You'll know better when
it happens, I'm sure.
653
00:27:36,171 --> 00:27:37,310
- INTERVIEWER: Enough said!
654
00:27:37,414 --> 00:27:41,176
- ♪
655
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,938
- KEVIN: Whitney and
Bobby said I do in 1992.
656
00:27:44,041 --> 00:27:47,976
And in those early years, those
two had so much fun together.
657
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,496
- You know, I remember she and
Bobby going shopping together,
658
00:27:50,599 --> 00:27:52,429
to shop for furniture.
659
00:27:52,532 --> 00:27:55,466
You know, grocery shopping.
660
00:27:55,570 --> 00:28:00,679
She loved going out to, um--
for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
661
00:28:00,782 --> 00:28:01,783
Boy, do I remember.
662
00:28:01,887 --> 00:28:03,336
Sometimes I'd get a call.
663
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:05,511
Um, Miss Pat?
664
00:28:05,614 --> 00:28:06,995
Um, I think, uh,
665
00:28:07,099 --> 00:28:09,515
Whitney and Bobby forgot
to pay their--their tab.
666
00:28:09,618 --> 00:28:10,965
Can you come over?
667
00:28:11,068 --> 00:28:12,380
And I'm like, no they didn't!
668
00:28:12,483 --> 00:28:13,726
You know?
669
00:28:13,830 --> 00:28:15,763
I'd have to go over
to the restaurant.
670
00:28:15,866 --> 00:28:18,075
- WHITNEY: Bobby and I
aren't afraid to talk.
671
00:28:18,179 --> 00:28:19,421
We're not afraid to
ask each other, what,
672
00:28:19,525 --> 00:28:20,975
you want me to leave? You know?
673
00:28:21,078 --> 00:28:23,322
You want me to go out the door
and leave you alone for a while?
674
00:28:23,425 --> 00:28:24,564
Okay, honey, I'll be
right back, you know?
675
00:28:24,668 --> 00:28:26,049
- And everybody who said
676
00:28:26,152 --> 00:28:29,017
what an interesting mismatch
relationship it was was...
677
00:28:29,121 --> 00:28:32,193
- Mm. Mm-hmm. [laughs]
678
00:28:32,296 --> 00:28:34,091
Lisa, they have no idea.
679
00:28:34,195 --> 00:28:36,024
They don't know either he or I
680
00:28:36,128 --> 00:28:38,406
to say that we are
mismatched, you know?
681
00:28:38,509 --> 00:28:41,167
- [cheering]
682
00:28:41,271 --> 00:28:43,480
- [laughs]
683
00:28:43,583 --> 00:28:45,516
- Not long after Whitney
and Bobby got married,
684
00:28:45,620 --> 00:28:48,174
she revealed to the world
that she was expecting.
685
00:28:48,278 --> 00:28:49,900
- In a couple of months,
it's gonna come out,
686
00:28:50,004 --> 00:28:52,731
and it's gonna be these hands
and this face and these feet.
687
00:28:52,834 --> 00:28:55,388
And you're gonna go,
oh, that was you in me!
688
00:28:55,492 --> 00:28:57,736
You know? It's exciting.
689
00:28:57,839 --> 00:29:00,014
When she hears her
father's music, you know--
690
00:29:00,117 --> 00:29:02,223
if she hears "Humpin' Around"?
691
00:29:02,326 --> 00:29:04,328
It's over.
- [laughs]
692
00:29:04,432 --> 00:29:06,227
- She's gonna be goin'
♪ Humpin' around
693
00:29:06,330 --> 00:29:07,642
- I love it.
- Loves it.
694
00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:09,368
- ♪ Ain't nobody
humpin' around ♪
695
00:29:09,471 --> 00:29:11,819
- ♪ Ain't nobody
humpin' around ♪
696
00:29:11,922 --> 00:29:12,992
- You know, it's interesting,
697
00:29:13,096 --> 00:29:14,373
'cause life really
changed for Whitney
698
00:29:14,476 --> 00:29:16,340
after she gave birth
to Bobbi Kristina.
699
00:29:16,444 --> 00:29:17,894
- CECE: She loved being a mom.
700
00:29:17,997 --> 00:29:19,999
It was a beautiful thing to see,
701
00:29:20,103 --> 00:29:23,037
how much she cared
and loved her.
702
00:29:23,140 --> 00:29:24,279
- WHITNEY: It's a
different thing, you know?
703
00:29:24,383 --> 00:29:26,005
Um, when you become a mother.
704
00:29:26,109 --> 00:29:28,767
It changes your whole
perspective on life, you know?
705
00:29:28,870 --> 00:29:31,148
You really don't
live for you anymore.
706
00:29:31,252 --> 00:29:32,840
You're living for your children.
707
00:29:32,943 --> 00:29:36,395
- That was something that
she really wanted, a family.
708
00:29:36,498 --> 00:29:39,570
And she wanted a strong
family, you know?
709
00:29:39,674 --> 00:29:44,368
And so she was determined
not to allow the business
710
00:29:44,472 --> 00:29:46,060
to stop that from happening.
711
00:29:46,163 --> 00:29:47,509
- [camera shutter clicking]
712
00:29:47,613 --> 00:29:48,821
- WHITNEY: She's a baby.
713
00:29:48,925 --> 00:29:52,135
And she doesn't
deserve to be, um,
714
00:29:52,238 --> 00:29:54,344
put into this mess, you know?
715
00:29:54,447 --> 00:29:56,691
Uh, this press thing
and all that madness.
716
00:29:56,795 --> 00:29:59,418
She doesn't deserve to
be followed, you know?
717
00:29:59,521 --> 00:30:02,214
Or be taken pictures
of her all the time.
718
00:30:02,317 --> 00:30:04,561
And I'm very, very
protective of her.
719
00:30:04,664 --> 00:30:06,149
And I will fight you.
720
00:30:06,252 --> 00:30:09,290
And I will tear your house
down brick by brick about her.
721
00:30:09,393 --> 00:30:12,396
So, you know,
that's my--that's my--
722
00:30:12,500 --> 00:30:13,984
that's my strength now.
723
00:30:15,468 --> 00:30:17,056
♪ Whitney's having a baby,
Whitney's having a baby ♪
724
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:18,713
♪ Bobby and Whitney
are having a baby ♪
725
00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:21,233
- KEVIN: You know, Whitney was
so excited to be pregnant again.
726
00:30:21,336 --> 00:30:24,753
Um, unfortunately she
ended up losing the baby.
727
00:30:24,857 --> 00:30:26,997
- That wasn't the first
miscarriage she had.
728
00:30:27,101 --> 00:30:30,173
- If you go back and you look
at one of my favorite photos
729
00:30:30,276 --> 00:30:33,141
of she and I, I'm
holding her stomach.
730
00:30:33,245 --> 00:30:35,799
But that baby didn't survive.
731
00:30:35,903 --> 00:30:39,699
People don't realize exactly
what she experienced.
732
00:30:39,803 --> 00:30:42,254
She lost a baby around
the time of "The Bodyguard."
733
00:30:42,357 --> 00:30:44,394
- There was a lot
going on around her,
734
00:30:44,497 --> 00:30:46,534
but not enough privacy for her
735
00:30:46,637 --> 00:30:49,606
to be able to be who she
needed to be, you know?
736
00:30:49,709 --> 00:30:52,402
For her husband
and for her child.
737
00:30:52,505 --> 00:30:53,955
Everyone was watching,
738
00:30:54,059 --> 00:30:58,408
so how can you survive that when
you've got everybody in-involved
739
00:30:58,511 --> 00:31:00,755
in your marriage and
your relationship?
740
00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:03,482
- Whitney and Bobby together,
741
00:31:03,585 --> 00:31:05,656
it was one of the most
polarizing relationships
742
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:07,693
that we saw play
out in front of us.
743
00:31:07,796 --> 00:31:10,109
I mean, they did face
a lot of criticism.
744
00:31:10,213 --> 00:31:11,559
But Whitney stayed by him.
745
00:31:11,662 --> 00:31:13,664
She stayed by him
through so much.
746
00:31:13,768 --> 00:31:15,252
And I think the two of them
747
00:31:15,356 --> 00:31:19,325
developed this us against
the world type of attitude.
748
00:31:19,429 --> 00:31:21,086
- Stay strong, baby.
I got your back.
749
00:31:21,189 --> 00:31:22,708
The whole world
knows that the press
750
00:31:22,811 --> 00:31:26,470
loves to be up in my
business, you know?
751
00:31:26,574 --> 00:31:27,644
Like they really know.
752
00:31:27,747 --> 00:31:29,025
It's like every day,
every day,
753
00:31:29,128 --> 00:31:33,650
Whitney, Bobby,
Whitney, Bobby...
754
00:31:33,753 --> 00:31:35,963
You know, I was like,
you know, come on.
755
00:31:36,066 --> 00:31:39,173
- What do you think has been
the biggest price for fame
756
00:31:39,276 --> 00:31:40,381
that you had to pay?
757
00:31:40,484 --> 00:31:42,624
- My privacy. My life.
758
00:31:42,728 --> 00:31:43,902
I'm a mother.
759
00:31:44,005 --> 00:31:45,282
And it's not a joke anymore.
760
00:31:45,386 --> 00:31:46,939
Damn the jokes!
761
00:31:47,043 --> 00:31:48,423
It's not funny.
762
00:31:48,527 --> 00:31:51,254
- ♪
763
00:31:51,357 --> 00:31:52,531
- She's seven today.
764
00:31:52,634 --> 00:31:54,429
My baby, she's around
here somewhere.
765
00:31:54,533 --> 00:31:58,364
She's seven and I
want her to stay four.
766
00:31:58,468 --> 00:31:59,814
And she's seven.
767
00:31:59,918 --> 00:32:01,471
I'm real proud of her.
768
00:32:01,574 --> 00:32:02,713
She's a good girl.
769
00:32:02,817 --> 00:32:03,783
- You're the princess, huh?
770
00:32:03,887 --> 00:32:04,750
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
771
00:32:04,853 --> 00:32:05,993
- You're running the household?
772
00:32:06,096 --> 00:32:07,063
- Yeah, kind of.
773
00:32:07,166 --> 00:32:08,892
- Pretty much these days, yeah.
774
00:32:08,996 --> 00:32:10,307
I need to sing.
775
00:32:10,411 --> 00:32:12,068
I don't need a career.
776
00:32:12,171 --> 00:32:15,209
It's wonderful that I have one,
and it's been very good to me.
777
00:32:15,312 --> 00:32:16,969
I worked very hard at it.
778
00:32:17,073 --> 00:32:20,593
But I need my family more
than I need a career.
779
00:32:20,697 --> 00:32:21,974
- That is the
greatest love of all.
780
00:32:22,078 --> 00:32:24,701
That is the love
that is limitless.
781
00:32:24,804 --> 00:32:28,360
That's why her and Krissy
were the way that they were.
782
00:32:28,463 --> 00:32:33,434
That's who she knew saw
nothing but the best in her
783
00:32:33,537 --> 00:32:35,263
and loved her unconditionally.
784
00:32:35,367 --> 00:32:36,955
- So Bobbi Kristina was, um,
785
00:32:37,058 --> 00:32:39,336
about to start her
own singing career.
786
00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,960
She wanted to follow in
her mother's footsteps.
787
00:32:42,063 --> 00:32:43,823
- You guys will be
hearing a lot from me,
788
00:32:43,927 --> 00:32:45,377
you know, in the
next year or so.
789
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,206
So, look out for that.
790
00:32:47,310 --> 00:32:48,380
I'm excited.
791
00:32:48,483 --> 00:32:49,864
Um, Mom's excited.
792
00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:51,141
We're all ready for it.
793
00:32:51,245 --> 00:32:53,178
- Bobbi Kristina, or
Krissy, would pass away
794
00:32:53,281 --> 00:32:55,180
just three years after Whitney.
795
00:32:55,283 --> 00:32:59,218
And tragically, she died
in a eerily similar way.
796
00:32:59,322 --> 00:33:03,740
But before Whitney died, she
was optimistic about the future.
797
00:33:05,535 --> 00:33:06,985
- ANNOUNCER: Still ahead...
798
00:33:07,088 --> 00:33:10,160
- There are new, untold stories
about Whitney's final days.
799
00:33:10,264 --> 00:33:12,818
- I'm at a good pace,
you know what I'm saying?
800
00:33:12,921 --> 00:33:14,061
I'm at a good pace.
801
00:33:14,164 --> 00:33:15,959
I--I want, um, healthy projects.
802
00:33:16,063 --> 00:33:17,581
- It was supposed to
be an exciting time.
803
00:33:17,685 --> 00:33:18,651
I was looking
forward to spending
804
00:33:18,755 --> 00:33:20,205
a lot more time with her.
805
00:33:20,308 --> 00:33:22,034
She was ready to live.
806
00:33:22,138 --> 00:33:24,899
- ♪ So tell me why
807
00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:28,454
♪ Why does it
hurt so bad, baby? ♪
808
00:33:32,665 --> 00:33:34,805
- ♪
809
00:33:34,909 --> 00:33:36,807
- ♪ Well, there's a bridge
810
00:33:36,911 --> 00:33:40,328
♪ And there's a river
811
00:33:40,432 --> 00:33:42,779
♪ That I still must cross
812
00:33:42,882 --> 00:33:45,368
I'm--I'm at a good pace,
you know what I'm saying?
813
00:33:45,471 --> 00:33:48,647
I'm not in any rush to be
a bigger star or anything.
814
00:33:48,750 --> 00:33:50,649
I have nothing to prove.
815
00:33:53,169 --> 00:33:55,136
- KELLY: She was ready to live.
816
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:58,243
Ready to love, ready
to start a new chapter.
817
00:33:58,346 --> 00:34:00,900
And to get right
what wasn't right before.
818
00:34:01,004 --> 00:34:03,317
She was talking about looking
at a place in Orange County
819
00:34:03,420 --> 00:34:04,870
to be near the water.
820
00:34:04,973 --> 00:34:09,012
For somebody to be looking
so forward to life,
821
00:34:09,116 --> 00:34:10,186
I just didn't get it.
822
00:34:10,289 --> 00:34:13,292
- ♪ I know
- ♪ I know
823
00:34:13,396 --> 00:34:17,158
- ♪ He watches,
thank you, Lord ♪
824
00:34:17,262 --> 00:34:20,127
♪ Over me
825
00:34:20,230 --> 00:34:21,679
- CECE: The last time
I spoke to Whitney
826
00:34:21,783 --> 00:34:24,614
was the week that she passed.
827
00:34:24,717 --> 00:34:29,929
I called her before she got on
the plane to go to California.
828
00:34:30,033 --> 00:34:33,449
I was just calling
to check up on her.
829
00:34:33,554 --> 00:34:35,210
Hey, Nip, you good?
830
00:34:35,313 --> 00:34:36,556
I'm good, I'm good.
831
00:34:36,659 --> 00:34:38,628
Are you good for real?
832
00:34:38,731 --> 00:34:39,938
Yeah, I'm good.
833
00:34:40,043 --> 00:34:42,425
She said, I'm on my
way to sing for Clive,
834
00:34:42,527 --> 00:34:43,873
going to the Grammys.
835
00:34:43,978 --> 00:34:45,290
I said, all right,
well, have a good trip
836
00:34:45,393 --> 00:34:47,637
and I'll talk to you later.
837
00:34:47,739 --> 00:34:49,570
And that was the last time.
838
00:34:49,672 --> 00:34:51,158
- KEVIN: Whitney's
very last performance
839
00:34:51,261 --> 00:34:54,437
was on stage with Kelly
Price in a small nightclub.
840
00:34:54,540 --> 00:34:56,163
And it was completely unplanned.
841
00:34:56,266 --> 00:34:59,269
- I feel like that's kind
of a gift that God gave me,
842
00:34:59,373 --> 00:35:01,582
because even if we
didn't know, he knew.
843
00:35:01,685 --> 00:35:04,481
Um, and so it gave me
one last opportunity to share
844
00:35:04,585 --> 00:35:07,864
a very intimate and
special moment with her.
845
00:35:07,967 --> 00:35:12,213
She pushed me to sing to
my limit and didn't care.
846
00:35:12,317 --> 00:35:14,353
[unintelligible], Whitney,
I love you so much for that.
847
00:35:14,457 --> 00:35:17,184
You are a class act.
You are an icon.
848
00:35:17,287 --> 00:35:19,565
I was having a Grammy
celebration party.
849
00:35:19,669 --> 00:35:21,774
I had three
nominations that year.
850
00:35:21,878 --> 00:35:24,260
And she called me and she said,
I'm gonna be there for you.
851
00:35:24,363 --> 00:35:26,262
And I was like, yay!
852
00:35:26,365 --> 00:35:28,333
So she was there,
and we had a ball.
853
00:35:28,436 --> 00:35:29,851
I wasn't expecting
her to sing at all.
854
00:35:29,955 --> 00:35:32,440
Um, she came up on the stage.
855
00:35:32,544 --> 00:35:33,648
She made her way to the stage.
856
00:35:33,752 --> 00:35:34,960
And she was like,
give me the microphone.
857
00:35:35,063 --> 00:35:36,513
I would've never asked
her to take the stage.
858
00:35:36,617 --> 00:35:38,791
I would've never stuck
the microphone in her face.
859
00:35:38,895 --> 00:35:41,277
Everyone that was there
was performing that night.
860
00:35:41,380 --> 00:35:43,348
And, uh, she started--
861
00:35:43,451 --> 00:35:44,694
She took the microphone,
862
00:35:44,797 --> 00:35:47,110
and she started to sing
"Yes, Jesus Loves Me."
863
00:35:47,214 --> 00:35:48,594
- [cheering]
864
00:35:48,698 --> 00:35:52,150
- ♪ Yes, Jesus loves me
865
00:35:55,014 --> 00:35:56,809
♪ Oh, yes
866
00:35:56,913 --> 00:35:58,673
- KELLY: Whitney was
raspy that night.
867
00:35:58,777 --> 00:36:00,261
She was raspy that night.
868
00:36:00,365 --> 00:36:01,607
Um, and she was well aware of
869
00:36:01,711 --> 00:36:03,161
what was going on
with her voice.
870
00:36:03,264 --> 00:36:06,750
She was working very hard in
that moment, during that time,
871
00:36:06,854 --> 00:36:09,097
even here in Los Angeles
that week,
872
00:36:09,201 --> 00:36:12,825
to do what was necessary to
get it back to where it was,
873
00:36:12,929 --> 00:36:16,104
because music really was
at the center of her heart.
874
00:36:16,208 --> 00:36:17,520
It was.
875
00:36:17,623 --> 00:36:23,595
- ♪ Tells, tells me so
876
00:36:24,699 --> 00:36:26,045
♪ Jesus loves me
877
00:36:26,149 --> 00:36:30,222
♪ For the Bible
878
00:36:30,326 --> 00:36:34,399
♪ It tells me
879
00:36:34,502 --> 00:36:36,194
♪ So
880
00:36:36,297 --> 00:36:38,230
- KELLY: But more importantly,
when we were done,
881
00:36:38,334 --> 00:36:40,819
when she grabbed me
and she embraced me,
882
00:36:40,922 --> 00:36:43,477
she told me, Kelly, I love you.
I'm so proud of you.
883
00:36:43,580 --> 00:36:45,099
You did it. You're doing it.
884
00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:49,137
Um, you haven't let the jungle
of this business change you.
885
00:36:49,241 --> 00:36:52,589
- For a lot of people,
the 10 years...
886
00:36:52,693 --> 00:36:53,659
it resonates.
887
00:36:53,763 --> 00:36:56,800
But for me, it's
like 10 minutes.
888
00:36:56,904 --> 00:36:59,286
It's like 10 days.
889
00:36:59,389 --> 00:37:02,530
I can remember prepping
for the pre-Grammy show
890
00:37:02,634 --> 00:37:05,809
and feeling like I'm
gonna make her proud.
891
00:37:05,913 --> 00:37:07,811
She was in and out
of the rehearsals.
892
00:37:07,915 --> 00:37:12,747
She kept touching my face and
just telling me...you got it.
893
00:37:12,851 --> 00:37:13,817
Don't worry about it.
894
00:37:13,921 --> 00:37:15,578
Doesn't matter who's watching.
895
00:37:15,681 --> 00:37:17,131
You--you the greatest
of the great.
896
00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:18,684
That was something she
used to always tell me.
897
00:37:18,788 --> 00:37:21,825
She would always
tell me, like...
898
00:37:21,929 --> 00:37:23,862
you forget who you are.
899
00:37:23,965 --> 00:37:27,314
And that's a mistake
I always made.
900
00:37:27,417 --> 00:37:28,625
- KELLY: Literally
when it happened,
901
00:37:28,729 --> 00:37:32,284
we had just seen each
other 30 hours before.
902
00:37:32,388 --> 00:37:36,599
And when I think about it, I
think the moment I found out,
903
00:37:36,702 --> 00:37:38,532
um, and how unbelievable it was.
904
00:37:38,635 --> 00:37:41,742
I was praying it was
a cruel internet hoax.
905
00:37:41,845 --> 00:37:43,778
- MONICA: Being in
the hotel that night,
906
00:37:43,882 --> 00:37:45,608
even after losing Whitney,
907
00:37:45,711 --> 00:37:49,543
the only person I trusted
to even tell me what to do
908
00:37:49,646 --> 00:37:53,063
or where to go was Miss Dionne.
909
00:37:53,167 --> 00:37:56,791
And so when she
said, you stay here,
910
00:37:56,895 --> 00:38:00,519
you're the only person I want
to keep Krissy, stay here,
911
00:38:00,623 --> 00:38:02,625
that's what I did.
912
00:38:02,728 --> 00:38:04,937
- Gary had told me that Whitney
had wanted to talk to me.
913
00:38:05,041 --> 00:38:06,870
This was a few days prior.
914
00:38:06,974 --> 00:38:10,978
She asked me, Pat,
why do people judge me?
915
00:38:11,081 --> 00:38:12,186
That was the first time
916
00:38:12,290 --> 00:38:14,671
she'd really spoken
about being judged.
917
00:38:14,775 --> 00:38:16,432
And I was struggling.
918
00:38:16,535 --> 00:38:19,055
I was praying, like,
God, give me the words.
919
00:38:19,158 --> 00:38:21,782
And I said,
only God can judge you
920
00:38:21,885 --> 00:38:25,372
at his appointed time.
921
00:38:25,475 --> 00:38:28,858
I'm just gonna stay out here
with her until we go back.
922
00:38:28,961 --> 00:38:30,308
We can go back together.
923
00:38:30,411 --> 00:38:33,828
And I didn't realize
that on that Monday,
924
00:38:33,932 --> 00:38:37,004
I was taking her home.
925
00:38:37,107 --> 00:38:42,389
But it was me and Gary
taking her home to Jersey,
926
00:38:42,492 --> 00:38:44,425
taking her home to her mother.
927
00:38:44,529 --> 00:38:45,944
Dionne was with us.
928
00:38:46,047 --> 00:38:49,327
And we're all sitting
on that plane.
929
00:38:49,430 --> 00:38:51,467
And she's in the
back of the plane.
930
00:38:51,570 --> 00:38:55,712
And my heart went out to
both Gary and to Dionne.
931
00:38:55,816 --> 00:38:57,611
- The phone rang.
932
00:38:57,714 --> 00:38:59,406
And Gary was screaming
and hollering
933
00:38:59,509 --> 00:39:01,822
and all that kind of
business, you know, crying.
934
00:39:01,925 --> 00:39:03,893
And I said,
what's wrong with you?
935
00:39:03,996 --> 00:39:06,067
He couldn't tell me.
He was saying, ah, Nippy, Nippy.
936
00:39:06,171 --> 00:39:08,311
Kept saying, Nippy, Nippy.
I said, what about her?
937
00:39:08,415 --> 00:39:09,795
He said, they found her.
938
00:39:09,899 --> 00:39:13,109
I said, what happened?
She dead?
939
00:39:13,212 --> 00:39:15,111
He said, yes,
Mama, she's dead.
940
00:39:15,214 --> 00:39:17,976
Then my doorbell
rang after a while.
941
00:39:18,079 --> 00:39:20,875
And I went to the door.
942
00:39:20,979 --> 00:39:23,982
And, um, nobody was there.
943
00:39:24,085 --> 00:39:26,329
And the doorbell rang again.
944
00:39:26,433 --> 00:39:28,849
And I went back to the door.
945
00:39:28,952 --> 00:39:29,953
There was no one there.
946
00:39:30,057 --> 00:39:31,610
And I called down
to the concierge.
947
00:39:31,714 --> 00:39:35,096
I said, somebody is
ringing my doorbell.
948
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,029
You know, I don't
know what's going on.
949
00:39:37,133 --> 00:39:38,755
He said, I have
you on the screen.
950
00:39:38,859 --> 00:39:40,688
He said, nobody's there.
951
00:39:40,792 --> 00:39:42,966
And I said, well, maybe
she did come home.
952
00:39:43,070 --> 00:39:45,935
- ♪ No one ever knows
953
00:39:46,038 --> 00:39:49,973
I sang a song at her
homegoing, at her funeral,
954
00:39:50,077 --> 00:39:51,665
called, "Don't Cry for Me."
955
00:39:51,768 --> 00:39:55,531
♪ Don't cry for me
956
00:39:58,775 --> 00:40:02,469
♪ Don't shed a tear
957
00:40:02,572 --> 00:40:05,541
And it was a song that I
recorded years before that,
958
00:40:05,644 --> 00:40:09,268
but also a song that Whitney
used to sing in her show.
959
00:40:09,372 --> 00:40:14,550
- ♪ Don't cry...
960
00:40:16,414 --> 00:40:21,833
♪ For...
961
00:40:21,936 --> 00:40:23,351
♪ Me
962
00:40:23,455 --> 00:40:25,181
- It came from my heart.
963
00:40:25,284 --> 00:40:30,393
And, um, I believe it would
have made her really happy.
964
00:40:30,497 --> 00:40:34,708
- ♪ I will never
leave your side ♪
965
00:40:34,811 --> 00:40:36,088
- KEVIN: I remember
Whitney's funeral.
966
00:40:36,192 --> 00:40:37,573
I remember being in that church.
967
00:40:37,676 --> 00:40:41,024
And it was such an
emotional day for everyone.
968
00:40:41,128 --> 00:40:42,647
- KELLY: Tyler Perry,
969
00:40:42,750 --> 00:40:45,546
who tried to preach the house
down that day, we were wrecked.
970
00:40:45,650 --> 00:40:49,654
Kevin Costner, who I had no
idea was a preacher's kid,
971
00:40:49,757 --> 00:40:51,621
snatched my heart in his hand.
972
00:40:51,725 --> 00:40:55,625
- So off you go, Whitney.
973
00:40:55,729 --> 00:40:57,247
Off you go.
974
00:40:57,351 --> 00:41:02,943
Escorted by an army of angels
to your Heavenly Father.
975
00:41:03,046 --> 00:41:05,186
- Probably the most
gripping moment for me
976
00:41:05,290 --> 00:41:07,188
was when the service was over,
977
00:41:07,292 --> 00:41:09,294
and the pallbearers
grabbed her casket.
978
00:41:09,397 --> 00:41:11,814
And in sync, it was almost
like synchronized swimming,
979
00:41:11,917 --> 00:41:12,918
it was so perfect.
980
00:41:13,022 --> 00:41:14,368
Or maybe that's just
the way I saw it.
981
00:41:14,472 --> 00:41:17,026
But they raised her
casket to start walking,
982
00:41:17,129 --> 00:41:19,856
and they started playing
"I Will Always Love You."
983
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,859
And when they walked
past Mama Cissy,
984
00:41:22,963 --> 00:41:25,759
she stepped out, and she
laid her hand on the casket,
985
00:41:25,862 --> 00:41:27,243
and she just dropped her head.
986
00:41:27,346 --> 00:41:29,417
I'm getting chills
thinking about it.
987
00:41:29,521 --> 00:41:32,593
And--and my soul
just, like, it sunk.
988
00:41:32,697 --> 00:41:34,043
It--it sunk in that moment.
989
00:41:34,146 --> 00:41:36,494
It was real.
990
00:41:36,597 --> 00:41:37,874
It was real at that moment.
991
00:41:37,978 --> 00:41:42,948
- ♪ And I...
992
00:41:43,052 --> 00:41:43,984
♪ Will always...
993
00:41:44,087 --> 00:41:46,607
- MONICA:
One thing that outshines
994
00:41:46,711 --> 00:41:49,679
whatever was said in
any negative manner
995
00:41:49,783 --> 00:41:51,578
is what she did.
996
00:41:51,681 --> 00:41:57,135
I don't believe that the
tabloids destroyed the legacy
997
00:41:57,238 --> 00:42:00,276
because it's written.
998
00:42:00,379 --> 00:42:02,209
It's there.
999
00:42:02,312 --> 00:42:04,936
You know, there are
moments where I feel,
1000
00:42:05,039 --> 00:42:06,938
towards the end of her life,
1001
00:42:07,041 --> 00:42:09,216
she had decided,
I'm gonna be me.
1002
00:42:09,319 --> 00:42:10,735
You get it how you get it.
1003
00:42:10,838 --> 00:42:13,910
Because I think that that
is what she always wanted.
1004
00:42:14,014 --> 00:42:17,293
- ♪ It's not right,
but it's okay ♪
1005
00:42:17,396 --> 00:42:19,157
♪ I'm gonna make it...
1006
00:42:19,260 --> 00:42:20,883
- MONICA: No matter what,
she's always Whitney.
1007
00:42:20,986 --> 00:42:23,782
She's always gonna hold
the place that she holds
1008
00:42:23,886 --> 00:42:26,060
in history, in music,
1009
00:42:26,164 --> 00:42:28,304
hopefully in our hearts
and in our minds.
1010
00:42:28,407 --> 00:42:31,100
- ♪ I'm every woman
1011
00:42:31,203 --> 00:42:33,102
♪ It's all in me
1012
00:42:33,205 --> 00:42:37,796
- MONICA: The fact is
no voice has come close.
1013
00:42:37,900 --> 00:42:41,628
No one sacrificed
as much as she did.
1014
00:42:41,731 --> 00:42:47,012
There were multiple times
where she was self-sacrificing
1015
00:42:47,116 --> 00:42:49,670
for our entertainment.
1016
00:42:49,774 --> 00:42:52,500
You can't disrespect a
woman that gives that much.
1017
00:42:53,778 --> 00:42:57,609
You can't disgrace a woman
that's given that much.
1018
00:42:57,713 --> 00:43:02,718
And you can't change that
no one's touched who she is,
1019
00:43:02,821 --> 00:43:06,584
and what she was, and
how she sang ever since.
1020
00:43:06,687 --> 00:43:09,345
- WHITNEY: Me.
That's all I wanna be is me.
1021
00:43:09,448 --> 00:43:11,105
I can't emulate anyone's career,
1022
00:43:11,209 --> 00:43:13,073
because this is my
career, you know?
1023
00:43:13,176 --> 00:43:14,695
And I don't think that
anyone who will come,
1024
00:43:14,799 --> 00:43:18,561
you know, after me will be
able to emulate mine, you know?
1025
00:43:18,665 --> 00:43:20,494
Everybody has their
own, you know?
1026
00:43:20,598 --> 00:43:23,808
Basically this is me and
that's all I wanna be, is me.
1027
00:43:23,911 --> 00:43:27,846
You have been such
a great audience.
1028
00:43:27,950 --> 00:43:32,230
I hope that you've enjoyed me
as much as I have enjoyed you.
1029
00:43:32,333 --> 00:43:34,370
Yes, baby. Yeah, thank you.
1030
00:43:34,473 --> 00:43:36,959
- [applause]
1031
00:44:00,603 --> 00:44:02,985
- ♪
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