*Folks are ready to make a film about fallen superstar Whitney Houston, but mama Houston is not happy with one of the rumored casting choices.
According to reports, Rihanna also wants to play the role of the iconic singer, but Cissy Houston is not having it, according to the Enquirer.
The 78 year old declared that the racy Caribbean singer isn’t doing anything that has to do with her daughter.
“Over my dead body!” she said, according to a source. “Cissy believes Rihanna celebrates everything she hated about Whitney’s life – the drugging, the boozing, the abusive relationship,” the source continued.
Maybe true – the Enquirer reported at the beginning of the year that her friends were encouraging her to go to rehab and slow down.
“In spite of what anyone thought about Whitney, she sees her as a God-fearing Christian who loved the Lord,” said the source.
Hmm, wonder how Cissy would feel about Bobbi Kristina playing her mother, since she’s also thrown her hat into the ring?
They look close enough in that photo.
But I don’t think Cissy has any right to be dogging out that woman’s daughter like that, just based on the usual lies from the super market tabloid.
And Rihanna wasn’t in no abusive relationship for fifteen years.
Where were you when Bobby was wupping that azz and have your daughter strung out on drugs all day?
Handle your business at home before you want to point the finger at how someone else’s daughter is raised.
And then again, if a producer wants to cast Riri, ain’t a damn thing you can do about it.
Actually, depending on how the film is made ( song clearance, estate, and who owns the rights to Whitney’s story normally it’s immediate family) can aid in the determintion who will be cast etc.
For one Rhianna has a strong Islander accent and secondly secretly she can’t sing, well maybe it’s not a secret.
This is hearsay…..but I don’t doubt the disapproval of Rhianna being cast as Whitney by Cissy. True Whitney may have loved the Lord but she was no saint.
Can you provide the name of a few Saints?
@Gayle K, you are a trip, I love it!!!! You be killing them on here, classic can you provide the name of a few Saints? “crickets”
I’ll be the devil’s advocate, I’m no fan of this talentless drugged out mattress but, Ri’ha just might be able to pull off a little something. She can lose that accent (i.e. Idris Elba, Thandy Newton). And in that picture, she reminds you of Whitney. What other strumpet can show you how to go 0-to-100, in 90 mins?? . Angela Bassett is too old, and Bobbie k, would always need breaks because she’d be sucking the blunts through that tunnel between her teeth (yuck). . . this no-name cigrarette toquing could bring it, Cissy doesn’t want to see art imitating real life. sorry
No u didnt say “strumpet”….lolol
Hey as they say?….”mama KNOWS”!! Besides?, that chick can barely remember her own fkn lyrics to LIPSINC! So HTH she think SHE’S qualified!!?? Blank azz stare!
I hope it’s a rumor that Rihanna is under consideration. I don’t understand why she would be. You can’t just slap a wig on someone and say she’s right for the role. Angela Bassett would be perfect, but she wouldn’t be able to play a young Whitney. Angie lip synced the HAYELL out of Tina Turner’s songs in “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” and did it PERFECTLY.
A real ACTRESS should be cast in this role.
as for the singing some o ne who can SANG!!! her azz off like Whitney could!!!!!!!!
Yo…”I” STILL say…Joy Bryant!! Chick has the look AND acting chops to do a HELLA good job! “There it izz” Liz!
LOL!!!!!!! can you imagine Rihanna ATTEMPTING to sing one note of Whitney’s signatture song I Will Always Love You. My Goodness!!! what a joke that would be. PS. it is a bit too early for a movie about Whitney wait a couple of years.
I co-sign that it’s too early for a movie. Even better still, WHY does a movie need to be made at all??!
@Gayle, you are so annoying at times. You don’t get an explanation from me.
They would need to find a no name singer who has natural pipes. I had never heard of Sharon Leal, the actress who played Ray Charles’ mother in Ray and she did worked that roll frontwards and backwards…the only thing Rhianna has going for herself is, she’s a cute girl. Her life is spiriling downhill and fast. Pretty soon, she’ll end up on Celebrity Rehab…I guess I’m hating because she got to hump Matt Kemp before I did..OMG…That guy is HOT!!!
I think Salli Richardson could pull it off as Whitney – now, if only she could SANG!!! Maybe, Coko from SWV could pull it off as well, too…just saying!
Hell I would throw Vivica or Meagan in before Rhianna or even Kelly Rowland.