One of the world’s most talented singers was Whitney Houston. She was renowned for her soulful, strong voice as well as her vocal improvisation abilities. She formerly ranked among the best-selling musicians of all time.
The I Will Always Love You singer became well-known for his unmatched voice. Saving All My Love For You, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Could I Have This Kiss Forever, Where Do Broken Hearts Go, and Greatest Love of All are some of her most well-known songs.
Houston was not only a talented actor, but she was also a skilled actress. In a few movies like The Bodyguard (1992), Waiting to Exhale (1995), The Preacher’s Wife (1996), Cinderella (1997), and Sparkle, she played the lead role. Whitney Houston was unstoppable until, regrettably, she did so herself.
The Didn’t We Have It All singer was, however, best known for her troubled connection with fellow musician Bobby Brown when discussing her personal life. Both of them engaged in public fighting and open love in front of cameras that were flashing.
Whitney and Bobby both had a strong desire to act on stage. Additionally, the ex-couple gave birth to a girl they called Bobbi Kristina Brown. The ex-lovers were much in love with their daughter and, regrettably, shared a passion for drug misuse.
Whitney was romantically associated with a few intriguing individuals prior to igniting romance speculations with Bobby Brown. Continue reading to learn more about the My Love is Your Love singer’s private life.
Robyn Crawford
In her 2019 memoir, A Song for You: My Life With Whitney Houston, Houston’s best friend Robyn Crawford, who subsequently became her assistant, claimed that the two were more than friends.
We were lovers, she wrote. To one another, we meant everything. Not that we were in love. We simply were. We were one another. It felt as though we were one. We never discussed labels like homosexual or lesbian. We simply went about living our lives, and I wish that could continue indefinitely.
According to a Daily Mail source, Whitney and Robyn first crossed paths in 1980 while serving as summer camp counselors. The two of them reportedly discontinued their intimate relationship in 1982.
The pair’s affair was revealed by Grammy-winning music producer Clive Davis, and the Whitney Houston movie I Wanna Dance with Somebody further validated the long-running allegations.
Davis stated, “The movie does lay the record straight,” in his most recent interview with Extra, which aired on Thursday. They did engage in a one-year, teenage relationship. For those of you who don’t know, Clive is a producer on the biopic starring Stanley Tucci as the iconic music boss and British actress Naomi Ackie as Whitney Houston.
The December 23 release of the film I Wanna Dance With Somebody tells the tale of Whitney Houston’s life, detailing her ups and downs, motherhood, drug addiction, and turbulent marriage to musician Bobby Brown.
Whitney’s relationship with Crawford was highlighted in the movie, according to Clive, since “so many publications have attempted to trace her addiction to being a frustrated lesbian — that she never dated a man before she met Bobby, all of which was entirely incorrect,” he told the media outlet.
Jermaine Jackson
Whitney went on with Jermaine Jackson when her relationship with Robyn Crawford ended; Jermaine Jackson is also referenced in Whitney’s film. Let us inform you that Jermaine Jackson is Michael Jackson’s brother and a former member of The Jackson Five.
According to numerous stories, Jermaine and Whitney fueled relationship rumors in the middle of the 1980s while Jermaine was still wed to his wife Hazel Gordy. Jermaine hasn’t officially acknowledged dating Whitney Houston, though, until this point.
Jermaine’s sister LaToya admitted that the two of them were once an item while appearing on The Talk in March 2012. She informed the panel, “He has admitted that they had an affair,” according to Today.
Eddie Murphy
According to some reports, Whitney Houston dated Eddie Murphy, who played the title role in the film Coming to America. They never acknowledged being in a relationship. They insisted that we were simply pals.
A Song for You: My Life With Whitney Houston, Robyn Crawford’s 2019 autobiography, contains some remarks. She continued by claiming that Whitney developed feelings for Eddie Murphy, anotherfamous person.
Whitney was reportedly more interested in Eddie Murphy even though Bobby Brown was after her, according to Robyn. “She was more intrigued in Eddie Murphy, but he was evasive,” she writes in her memoir. Houston “lost herself,” according to Crawford, in her pursuit of the comedian.
Crawford describes the event in the book, which took place one evening as Houston set the table for Murphy, who was due to pay a visit to her at her house in New Jersey. When Eddie was due to join us for supper one day, Robyn wrote, “I caught a peek of Whitney.”
She was donning a black dress and low-heeled slingbacks, Crawford continued. I briefly considered saying, “Boy, I wish she was doing that for me.” Murphy “never showed up that night,” according to Robyn, which devastated Houston.
Murphy called Whitney on the day that she married Bobby Brown despite everything. The day before her wedding to Bobby Brown on July 18, 1992, she received an unexpected call from Eddie. Eddie Murphy called to tell her she was making a mistake on that day, but Robyn writes, “But she pressed ahead.”
Randall Cunningham
Whitney Houston, who was 26 at the time, spoke candidly about her romance with Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Randall Cunningham in a May 1991 interview with Ebony Magazine.
The All The Man That I Need singer described Randall at the time as “a tall, fine, good-looking man,” but went into more depth about his personality. Randall is a nice, empathetic, generous, and loving young man, she said.
He’s a wonderful, talented athlete, the Grammy winner continued. It takes a lot of courage to go out there and knock heads off and get knocked around, so I have a lot of respect for him. I feel comfortable talking to him. Randall is a believer. He is a decent man. From 1985 to 1987, they had an almost two-year relationship.
Bobby Brown
Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston had one of the shadiest romances in the annals of Hollywood. 1989’s Soul Train Music Awards were the first time the two ran into each other.
Later, Houston recounted their initial encounter in a 1993 interview with Rolling Stone and remarked, “Bobby and I fundamentally come from the same place.” The native of New Jersey continued, “Bobby is from the projects in Boston. I’m originally from Newark’s projects.
Bobby and Whitney hit it off right away. They shared a similar upbringing, and they also connected musically. In his 2016 autobiography Every Little Step, Bobby discussed the impact Houston had on his life.
She taught me how to use my voice, how to combine my notes, and how to cut my voice when I needed it, according to Brown’s autobiography. He also admitted that he had taught her how to dance.
“At first, she wasn’t comfortable dancing,” Bobby added. She undoubtedly lacked much rhythm. She did however have a certain flair. I believe that by combining our talents and working as a team, the two of us improved as entertainers.
The two of them were quite close, according to the couple’s friends. “They had this sort of Bonnie and Clyde attitude where it’s them against the world,” a family acquaintance told People magazine.
In September 1991, Bobby asked Whitney to marry him. When Houston was asked to marry him for the first time two years later, she responded, “Forget about it, no way,” according to Rolling Stone. Simply put, it’s not in my plans. I started to fall in love with Bobby after about a year. And I agreed to get married when he proposed a second time.
On July 18, 1992, the couple exchanged vows in front of 800 guests at Houston’s five-acre, $11 million New Jersey house. She chose a French lace Marc Bouwer gown worth $40,000 for the special occasion. John Russell Houston, her father, led her down the aisle.
Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston announced their pregnancy in September 1992. The next year, they gave birth to their one and only child together. On March 4, 1993, Houston gave birth to the couple’s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown.
Houston and Bobbi both struggled with drug addiction prior to being married, but things got worse over time. Whitney frequented rehab while Brown was once detained by police for possession and driving while intoxicated.
Bobby and Houston divorced on April 24, 2007, after Houston filed for divorce in October 2006. Bobbi Kristina, the couple’s daughter, was given to Whitney.
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