NIPPY HAS A NEAR NIP SLIP: Whitney Houston said of her Sunday wardrobe malfunction 'I sang myself out of my clothes.' (Video)

      The artist, whose childhood nickname was Nippy, was singing her new single "Million Dollar Bill" on the "X Factor" Sunday night when her body-hugging, floor-length gown unhinged in the back, leaving the second pair of straps over her shoulders to hold up the dress. [Scroll down to watch clip.]

       In footage of her performance below, she can be seen looking down at her dress, then shrugging her shoulders. At another point, she holds each of the unfastened back straps out to the side, then, soldiers on through the rest of the song.         

       "I sang myself out of my clothes," she said after her performance.      

       Houston, who pulled double duty as the contestants' mentor this week, was later praised by host, Dermot O'Leary, for her rather aggressive advice to the wannabes.      

       "Is that why you call me 'Lippy'?" she asked Cowell. "Simon calls me Lippy. I say what's on my mind just like he does."

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