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Tenacious
Comment: Umm, someone posted this yesterday on EUR!
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ChocolateBrownGa1
Comment: It was also reported that due to Whitney extensive drug use she has lost her teeth and has to wear dentures, and she loses them all the time. How can she sing or sound the same with dentures? Terrible, wearing dentures and wigs at 42 years old.
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Teigh
Comment: Roger Friedman...this story has leggs. It also explains why Bobby went back to New Edition..the well is just about dry. Bobby is no saint in all of this however I firmly believe Whit had major drug problems prior to meeting him. He was the only man she met where she could really let her hair down. Clive Davis must be scratching his scalp raw...the lid is bout to come flying off. This financial mess is what she get's for not doing right by her father and his company -- it was her father who re-negotiated her contracts when she was broke before. She had a major falling out with him prior to his death and I believe she never reconciled with her father before he died. As someone posted a few days ago there enough drama & secrets in the Houston/Warwick clan, coupled with the loss of her father -- a mess. Despite the hot ghetto mess this is, it has not made the major celebrity gossip shows --- yet.
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TJthemilitant
Comment: Yeah, this was posted yesterday, but it stings just the same:(..Reminds me of an Earth Wind & Fire song; "Where have all the flowers gone"...where?......You're right CHOC, she is looking more and more like older cousin Dionne Warwick, who started wearing dentures and wigs in her thirties!..
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nightshift
Comment: I heard that the daughter is with Whitneys' brother. as I said before, I know Bobby is gonna get a lot of heat for this, but, I think he was saving "her" FROM herself. I feel for all of them
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Nappy_Edges
Comment: Great googa mooga...I think every suspicion and rumor that we've ever heard throughout Whitney's career is 'bout to come to light (including lesbian rumors with...Cherrelle????) And yes, Whitney was already on the road to "out there" when she met Bobby. Bobby, contrary to popular belief, did not turn her out. That poor Bobbie Chris. I feel very sorry for her. The article brings up a good point of these mega artists who sing and tour but don't write a damned thing. You end up with your tour money and that's it.
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RyTay27
Comment: WHAT!!!!! Has it really come to this. Bobby's family is about to air all of Whit's dirty laundry. So sad!
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ChakaTee
Comment: Dag, did EUR cut and paste everything I posted yesterday or what?
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Luke_Cage
Comment: No matter how you cut it, no matter how the stories are spun, no matter who is telling what to whatever tabloid, and regardless of who turned who out...this is a tragedy all the way around. We are witnessing one of the most massive falls from grace of a singer in recent memory. This is the epitome of crashing and burning.
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Nappy_Edges
Comment: Luke - You're right about this being a fall from grace. She's been falling for years. Judy Garland is an icon to some because she floated through half her career as a factory-produced starlett, then finally started acting, looking and being focked up in public. Well, she died at 44-46 because of her abuse.
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McNasty
Comment: This is just a rehash of yesterday, nothing new. Shame though it may be now that every inch of her sordid life has been covered I pray this is the last of the Whitney articles - no need for further detail.
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TAZBABY
Comment: This story is so sad. Is this Karma coming back to bite? I just feel bad for the children of this family that have to witnesses this mess.
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Industrypro
Comment: McNasty, I agree with you. Please no more Whitney stories..Its tragic and there is nothing any of us can do about it.
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Skeptical
Comment: "Bobby Brown may have been behind Tina Brown’s decision to sell the story to the tabloids so that he could get a cut of her fee – which could be as high as $200,000, Freidman writes."
Wow! THIS my friends, is why we don't marry crackheads, and crackheads marrying each other?!
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coesmo
Comment: Well it seems that Whitney is really scraping the bottom of the barrell...her life looks to be in ruins...I hope she finds the strength to leave the drugs alone before she kills herself..
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DCGG
Comment: We all know Whitney's a crackhead - more than half of us has seen a crackhead in real life and knows what it can do to a person - no matter how far Whitney goes I think the majority of us can agree that she's still "our girl" - I take comfort in knowing that...
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ThruTheFire
Comment: Does anyone know what happened to her long time good girlfriend Robin?
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prettieyez
Comment: This is just sad. Like I said yesterday I'm praying for her and all the other addicts out there. I guess what Supherhead said in her book was true. She mentioned the money was getting low for Whit. If I remember correctly, she saw one of the receipts from Whit's debit card that Bobby had while they were hanging out.
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star
Comment: Intervention please! Can't Bobby or someone put her in a facility to get her help, I'm talking about a lock down 7 month, detox place. This is so, so sad and I believe it! Whitney was my first celebrity idol, she had the looks and the voice! I'm even gonna say ok Oprah, Dr. Phil someone privately talk to her family and against her wishes get her some help. I know Whitney needs to want the help herself, but she's sick and Bobby needs to stop pacifying the situation. Your wife is sick! Step up not only for her, but for your family as well. Bobbi Kris has to go to school knowing, knowing that her mom is being heavily discussed, maybe even by teachers. Bobby Brown do something!
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prettieyez
Comment: One more thing, I guess that also explains why only Bobby's family was always hanging around during the taping of Being Bobby Brown. Whit's family was never there. Except for that one time when her brother came over while they were in Jersey. I know her mom is stressed and depressed. :-(
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eyesley
Comment: Robin probably faded into the background. She was never seen or mentioned on Bobby's reality show. Afflicted people like this have to surround themselves with similarly afflicted individuals, like Cherelle. I wasn't surprised when her name was thrown up because she needs help too. By the way, she was seen on of those episodes of the reality show. The former singer Pebbles, who is now in the ministry, supposedly is a cousin of Cherelle's and maybe she has offered support to the both of them but like I said in my post yesterday, you have to want help. It can't be forced on because it fails everytime. Regarding the child, Sissy Houston threatened to call Child Protective Services on Whitney last year to get her into treatment. Of course she went and of course it didn't work. It is good that Bobbi Kristina is staying with family. That is probably the reason so that she doesn't become a ward of the state.
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GQ_Boo
Comment: She definitely is cool w/ Cherrelle. When they were taping Being Bobby Brown there was an episode where she was lying saying she was at the bank and she had met Cherrelle out for some drinks. Cherrelle was pushing a benz, hand on a cap, and still had that red hair like she did in the 80's.
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OSUN
Comment: Tragic.
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Joii30
Comment: Terrible...
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goodnplenty1957
Comment: i guess it will take an arrest and conviction for whitney before she will admit to having a problem. maybe that will stop her fall from grace. as far as the cherrell name being mentioned, why is it always suggested a "lesbian affair"..you dont hear it from paris hilton/nicole richie pair. now it could be, but if no one is there to see it and has video proof, its all subject to speculation. whitney: ya need help! ..because what has happened to you is a tragedy.
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ZYDECODIVA
Comment: Very disheartening. Is there nothing that can be done - institutionalize her by force or something? If all or even some of this is true & no action is taken, we will be mourning the loss of another great one too soon. So sad.
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ZYDECODIVA
Comment: I must be really behind on entertainment news because I didn't even know anything about Cherelle's drug involvement. I only remember back in the day hearing about her singing partner Alexander O'Neal having a cocaine habit.
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Lolly
Comment: Dang, I am so sorry to see this story. Was jus thinking about a video I have from the American Music Awards 12 years ago where Whitney, in rare form, did 3 songs "Theme from Porgy & Bess", "I'm Telling You I'm Not Going", and then her own "I Have Nothing (If I Don't Have You)" and that performance makes me cry and shout every time I watch it. She was so amazing and made you feel like you were in church! To see her fall this far and this horribly is a painful and incredibly sad. I'm so sorry for her daughter because the stigma of being the child of those two will stay with her for life. I pray she can rise above it and be a magnificent and productive person anyhoo. As for the song writing, 50 cents from every single dollar ever made on a record goes to the writer and producers, so even if you are an idiot like Ashanti and can only write one single word over and over (baby, baby, baby, baby...), you better write it and copy write it! That is most definitely where the cash is. This is why I stopped singing and only write now. lol (not really. I had my tonsils out at 34 years old and my throat hasn't been the same since, so I just write now). :o) Well, all prayers to Bobbie Kristina. Y'all be blessed. :o)
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Southernbelle
Comment: Another day of speculation and not a word from the Whitney camp disputing these claims. Oh well, I guess there may be some truth to this story. What a waste.
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Calypso
Comment: So that's why Mariah doesn't have to tour as much because she's written most of her songs. Anyway, I feel so bad for Whit and even Bobby and especially Bobbi K. I pray she gets it together...if she still can
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ThruTheFire
Comment: eyesley, thank you!
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blackman
Comment: Darnit!!!!
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Stephanie
Comment: How is it that Roger Friedman is an expert when it comes to "black" celebrities financial situation? Everything written in this story was according to Roger Friedman. How the hell does he know? He said the same exact thing about MJ. He made it seem like we were going to see MJ under a freeway in L.A. with a sign and a cup begging for money but yet MJ has not filed bankruptcy and none of his reports regarding MJ's financial situation has been proven. Until he can produce some bank statements, financial reports, he's needs to shut up and sit down.
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Winn30344
Comment: At first I thought it was absolutely absurd for Bobby Brown to be involved in telling/selling this crap to the Enquirer until I realized nothing has been said about his "Being Bobby Brown" being renewed; wasn't he holding out for more money? If so, what better way to gain leverage in negotiations than to have this story hit the airwaves now? I'm thinking Bobby and Whitney had something to do with this story coming out and that's why her camp is quiet.. say nothing and let people speculate; then you'll look at the show to see. Brilliant pr move.
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beboyz
Comment: Nappy_Edges - Where there is smoke there is fire. I know a girl who grew up with whitney in New Jersey. She told me about a lesbian friend who was goin to be a famous singer soon. No one even knew who whitney was back then. When the rumors came out later my friend told me it aint rumors but the truth.
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Gemami
Comment: This is just so sad and painful. I'm with everyone in hoping that someone, anyone, close to Whitney will intervene and force her, if needed, into rehab. Even if these stories are half true -- she still needs help. My heart goes out to Bobbi Christina who's whole life is spent watching her disfunctional parents.
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beboyz
Comment: Roger friedman is a snake in the grass. He has a strong racial animus. (Who at Fox News doesn't) I have stated before it pains me when the EUR gives any acknowledgement to this creep. He is a one person campaign to malign Black Entertainers.
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NYC1
Comment: >>>Chaka Tee: I was thinking the same thing.
And this ain't the first time Cherrelle has been caught with drugs. She dated a drug dealer in the early 90s who was arrested during a raid that had over 100 lbs of coke.
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McNasty
Comment: The story only netted Tina Brown $200,000 - Bobby can spend that in a day so why would he be in cohoots with his sister on releasing this story? When you think about the fact that he received 1 million plus for the first reality show and because of the numbers will no doubt double that, it's ridiculous to think he would stoop this low.
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McNasty
Comment: It also occurs to me that Clive Davis signed a contract with Whitney just a few short years ago worth quite a few million so Mr. Friedman may not be correct when he talks about her finances. I don't believe she's broke and certainly won't lend any credence to that part of this madness.
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TheLady
Comment: First thing I have to say is shame on Bobbi Brown's no good, "I ain't got yo back" sister!
I think all of us should wake up one day and see all of our business plastered across the paper, tv and internet for everyone to drop their 2 cents on. I know I wouldn't like. Only God can judge us!
We have all addictions. God bless Whitney, her family and especially her baby. I will be praying for her like I would for any other sister I know. We need to let her know how much we have enjoyed music instead of tearing her down. Or does it make you feel good to judge someone? Whitney, don't give up!
We fall down, but we get up!
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MorrisOKelly
Comment: OK, it's not often I go to the free for all...and I'm not one to usually say, "I TOLD YOU SO"...but...
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Some of you people owe me an apology!! :)
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THANKFUL5
Comment: YOU KNOW WHAT, OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS GIVE WHITE FOLKS WHAT THEY WANT, AND THAT IS TO BASH EACH OTHER. THEY STICK TOGETHER, IF YOU HEAR OF SOMEBODY LIKE CELION DEION GOING THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THEY WOULD BE SAYING LETS PRAY FOR HER AND WE ARE THERE FOR HER, JUST GIVING SUPPORT BUT NOT US.
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MorrisOKelly
Comment: Nobody's 'bashing' Whitney...she's had this problem for YEARS, if not decades. After awhile, somebody has to actually try to help him or herself. As long as she was making hits, people looked the other way. If it wasn't 'tragic' back when she was making hits and everybody knew, it's not 'tragic' now. There's got to be consistency.
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mayday
Comment: Sad story all the way around. I hope that Whitney gets better but this story is so disturbing, it doesn't look good.
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McNasty
Comment: Why do people always come to black websites about black folk talking about what white folk do in their lives and on their websites? It's ignorant when you think about it cause yt ain't no way a part of this article in the first place and secondly if you go to any of their sites in between dogging out black folk they are bashing their own! Stop comparing what they do to what we do - we've already got enough shyt to overcome with what we do to each other to be concerned about yt!
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TJthemilitant
Comment: Thankful, where u been...White folks tear theirs down too, and worse!..If Celene was a wandering crack head it would be all over the place..They tore her lily white azz down when she married that old man, had his baby, and invited the world into her nursery..Just think what they'd do to her if she and say, Marie Osmond were getting high together....Whew!
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ladybyrd
Comment: THANKFUL5 > I agree with YOU! I said it yesterday, stories like this are jammed in our faces by our own media. I really feel for Whitney. I've been a fan of hers for along time. There aren't many artist that I can truely say that I purchase all their CD's. I love her voice. Unfortunately, Whitney has had a lot of pressure on her. She was trying to love a man who career was teetering on death. Whitney was the STAR & BREAD WINNER and every chance this woman got she was trying to celebrate her husbands career. Her in-laws and others around her has sucked her dry <shaking my head>. I really hope that Whitney can find her way back. When Kevin Costner was interviewed about Whitney he told the media to leave her be and let her find her way back...and with the Grace of God, I agree.
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Harriet
Comment: I wonder why we are so quick to try to blame Bobby for all that is wrong with Whitney? I pray that it is in the Lord's will to give Whitney the strength to turn her life around for herself and her family. I pray that even if she never records another song in life that she find peace and joy outside of getting high. If not, she shall end up just as did Billie Holliday- beloved and belated.
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VickiE
Comment: Sorry but I would take all of this with a grain of salt. The Enquirer and a Fox news reporter are the sources for this story. Though I have no doubt tha Whitney is druggin' it I would not begin to speculate about her financial situation. Also, if her child is with relatives, which is what's best for her, WHY would child protective services get involved. That sounded like someone truly speculating and trying to make a story more juicy. GIGO!!!
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reflection
Comment: We can definetely pray for Whitney. She's still one of my all time fav singers and I hate to hear about anyone living this way. I do question the motives of the author of this article (Roger Friedman). This isn't the first article that I've read where he put all of Whitney's business on blast. He says that he's known her for a long time ? and hopes that she gets better but how is he helping by exposing all of ther business ? and it's not like she is the only celebrity singer who has battled addiction but why all of the emphasis just on her? I'm not trying to be a conspiracy theorist but something's not right......
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Insider2
Comment: Number one, Whitney is damn near broke, the contract she signed, she got a big cash (millions) advance for, that is now gone and L.A. Reid lost his job behind the contract. The rest of the contract is based on sales and Whitney hasn't recoreded a album since she signed the contract. I heard that things are so bad for her, some outlets already have her obit pre-written. I was told that Bobby's sister-in-law actually received a quarter million for the stories and photos ($250,000) and I would not be surprised if Bobby had a hand in hooking this up with the tabs, he is a snake in the ground and as soon as that her money is completely gone, he will be gone to.
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ladybyrd
Comment: Insider2 > Regarding the $250,000 that the sister-in-law received from Enquirer was in the NY Post.
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5115
Comment: McNasty, that contract that L.A. Reid put together, has expired. So, she no longer has a record contract/deal. I really, really hope she can stop,before it's too late. Just saw "I Wanna Dance With Somebody".......*sigh*.
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yasmine1
Comment: Stephanie, good post. Friedman is as good as his sources....I hate that he does this to our black celebs but not to other celebs...why didn't he do this to Donald Trumph when he filed for bankruptcy on his casino's or to Don Johnson when he foreclosed on his house...umm???
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ladybyrd
Comment: Even though I didn't watch the first "Bobby Brown Show". It's been said that he will go on dates. It's been reported that he and Whitney are separated. When I heard that I said, "NOW AIGHT THAT A B*TCH". I like B. Brown, but this woman has stood by your azz in & out of jail, tons of kids and family mooching on off your wife. But you can't stand by her!!! What the... I hope it's not true, because B. Brown will lose cool points with me. I'm happy that he is back with NE (which they will perform for the Essence Festival), but dang man.
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jazzfan
Comment: This generation's Billie Holiday.
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utopia
Comment: sad indeed...but something does not seem right about roger's story about her real estate...first Whit has 3 properties all paid off...her lavish NJ home was bought in the eighties for like 10 million...I remeber reading that and she maid forbes list for 40 million dollaz i remember it well. So that property cannot be worth 5.6 mill...it has to least be worth 20 by now with real estate prices as hot as they are in NJ (though they've slowed here in Cali)her home in georgia and her penthouse in florida all hers and paid for in full...I think money has kept Bobby where he is for quite some time, i always said if he had not foolishley spent his money during the years he was making major money...he would have left her along time ago...Whit also signed a 100 million dollar contract with arista and she got at least 30 mill of that, you tring to tell me that's gone and supposedly she's in the studio working on a new album for next year release I wonder did she get an advance from that? I beleive Bobby resents her success and is very much behind the tabloid story, though i beleive that she has been a junkie for years...
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Name:
TyBoogie
Comment: A lot of this is crap. Yes Whitney is on drugs we know this, but all this nonsense about her home and her money is simply not true.
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Name:
ashlee
Comment: There may be alot of truth to this story, because Jamie Foster Brown was recently on the radio station here in DC talking to Russ Parr about Bobby Brown and all that he is trying to do to keep his family intact. She sounded very, very sad about Whitney and said that she is really sick and needs help and prayers (she didn't go into details because she really didn't have to, plus to keep some dignity and privacy intact for Bobby and the family). She meant well, but too bad that it's all coming out anyway and in worse ways than had she told what is going on. Whitney has been losing it since she tried/attempted to do an HBO love concert back in 1998. She couldn't sing most of her songs, and she was sweating beyond profusely. I knew then that things were getting ugly. I pray for them, but I believe that we are going to lose Whitney before she makes 50.
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ashlee
Comment: Sorry: I meant HBO LIVE concert, not love.
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southerngal
Comment: I just pray that Whitney gets thru this.
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Name:
PD2SXY
Comment: I doubt that things are as bad as Roger Friedman is saying, but it has been obvious for years that Whitney has had a drug problem. When she did the Diane Sawyer interview, some of my friends (who are in recovery) were saying she was high then. As someone else mentioned, any of us who have family/friends with addiction problems, we know it when we see it.
I hope Whitney and Bobby can pull it together. It's already a sad tale that the voice deemed a "national treasure" has been destroyed. It'd be worse to have it end with an early death.
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Name:
Goldie1
Comment: Yes, so sad, but let's not forget, Whitney, is dealing with the fact, that she really never made up with her father before he passed. She let the sun go down before ever asking for, forgiveness, from her father. If any real celebrity, really does care about Whitney, right now is the time to show your love, Oprah, Phil,Star,P.Diddy, it's time to show your true love, for a fallen sister. Nio matter what I'll always love her. Praying for Whitney, and Family, I know prayer can changed anything. Hold on, help is on the way.
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