1 00:00:01,967 --> 00:00:04,452 - ♪ I got the stuff that you want ♪ 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 3 00:00:04,556 --> 00:00:06,454 - KEVIN FRAZIER: Whitney Elizabeth Houston. 4 00:00:06,558 --> 00:00:08,698 AKA, The Voice. 5 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 6 00:00:08,801 --> 00:00:11,735 We lost her Grammy weekend 10 years ago. 7 00:00:11,839 --> 00:00:13,427 And it's hard not to think of Whitney 8 00:00:13,530 --> 00:00:15,153 when you think of the Grammys. 9 00:00:15,256 --> 00:00:17,293 - And the Grammy goes to... 10 00:00:17,396 --> 00:00:18,190 - Whitney Houston. 11 00:00:18,294 --> 00:00:18,949 - Whitney Houston. 12 00:00:19,053 --> 00:00:20,744 - Whitney Houston! 13 00:00:20,848 --> 00:00:24,024 - ♪ And I... 14 00:00:24,127 --> 00:00:26,681 - KEVIN: But if you only know Whitney for her voice, 15 00:00:26,785 --> 00:00:28,200 then you don't really know Whitney. 16 00:00:28,304 --> 00:00:31,307 - Sometimes I look at it and I go, how did all this happen? 17 00:00:33,033 --> 00:00:34,793 God gave me something really great, 18 00:00:34,896 --> 00:00:36,967 and he doesn't give it to everybody. 19 00:00:37,071 --> 00:00:42,421 - ♪ They can't take away my dignity ♪ 20 00:00:43,422 --> 00:00:44,458 - KEVIN: Now, for the first time, 21 00:00:44,561 --> 00:00:46,667 never-before-seen interviews. 22 00:00:46,770 --> 00:00:49,014 - They take your life and they make it into a soap opera, 23 00:00:49,118 --> 00:00:51,603 like a story they made up. 24 00:00:51,706 --> 00:00:53,053 - ♪ How will I know? 25 00:00:53,156 --> 00:00:55,676 - KEVIN: And personal stories from her closest friends. 26 00:00:55,779 --> 00:00:57,160 - As hyper as she could be, 27 00:00:57,264 --> 00:00:59,300 she was like the kid in the candy store all the time. 28 00:00:59,404 --> 00:01:00,543 - I'd get a call. 29 00:01:00,646 --> 00:01:04,063 Whitney and Bobby forgot to pay their--their tab. 30 00:01:04,167 --> 00:01:07,412 - She was ready to live, ready to start a new chapter, 31 00:01:07,515 --> 00:01:09,517 and to get right what wasn't right before. 32 00:01:09,621 --> 00:01:12,969 - WHITNEY: ♪ It took some time for me ♪ 33 00:01:13,073 --> 00:01:14,557 ♪ To see 34 00:01:14,660 --> 00:01:16,904 - KEVIN: This is "Whitney: A Look Back." 35 00:01:20,527 --> 00:01:22,426 Whitney Elizabeth Houston. 36 00:01:22,530 --> 00:01:24,774 Now, anybody in her inner circle 37 00:01:24,877 --> 00:01:27,535 or her family members called her Nippy. 38 00:01:27,639 --> 00:01:28,640 - DIONNE: Her daddy. 39 00:01:28,743 --> 00:01:30,158 Her daddy gave her that nickname. 40 00:01:30,262 --> 00:01:32,782 He used to call her-- he called her Nippy. 41 00:01:32,884 --> 00:01:35,095 He used to call me Noopy-- [laughs] 42 00:01:35,198 --> 00:01:37,372 --cause I had Nippy around me so much. 43 00:01:37,476 --> 00:01:39,029 Nippy and Noopy. 44 00:01:39,133 --> 00:01:40,928 - INTERVIEWER: What do you think fans would be most surprised to 45 00:01:41,031 --> 00:01:42,585 discover about Whitney Houston? 46 00:01:42,688 --> 00:01:45,001 - WHITNEY: They'll be glad to know that I'm like them. 47 00:01:45,104 --> 00:01:49,212 You know, that I joke around, I laugh, like, really crazy. 48 00:01:49,316 --> 00:01:50,524 Really crazy. 49 00:01:50,627 --> 00:01:53,043 Um, you know, um, when I wake up in the morning, 50 00:01:53,146 --> 00:01:55,839 I'm not all that put together. 51 00:01:55,943 --> 00:01:57,634 You know, nobody is, you know? 52 00:01:57,738 --> 00:02:00,568 It's that kind of thing. You know, I'm just like them. 53 00:02:00,672 --> 00:02:01,707 - INTERVIWER: You're just like them. 54 00:02:01,811 --> 00:02:04,331 - Just, you know, regular. [laughs] 55 00:02:05,228 --> 00:02:06,402 - CECE: She wanted to, you know, 56 00:02:06,505 --> 00:02:09,783 let's go to White Castle's in a limousine. 57 00:02:09,888 --> 00:02:11,476 That's Whitney. I want some White Castle's. 58 00:02:11,579 --> 00:02:13,202 Really, right now. 59 00:02:13,305 --> 00:02:15,411 Um, so just a lot of fun. 60 00:02:15,514 --> 00:02:17,585 A lot of fun. 61 00:02:17,689 --> 00:02:19,725 Great sense of humor, funny. 62 00:02:19,829 --> 00:02:22,832 To be able to have time off and just laugh 63 00:02:22,935 --> 00:02:24,420 was her favorite thing to do. 64 00:02:26,698 --> 00:02:29,010 - Oh, she was a nice person. 65 00:02:29,114 --> 00:02:32,324 She laughed, you know. She liked no confusion at all. 66 00:02:32,428 --> 00:02:33,774 That wasn't her thing. 67 00:02:33,877 --> 00:02:36,225 She couldn't stand all of that. 68 00:02:36,328 --> 00:02:38,917 We really got along fine. 69 00:02:39,020 --> 00:02:40,643 There's a lot of love in that house. 70 00:02:42,679 --> 00:02:44,129 - MONICA: She loved to swim. 71 00:02:44,233 --> 00:02:47,270 She was almost like an Olympic swimmer. 72 00:02:47,374 --> 00:02:50,204 But these are all things that people don't know. 73 00:02:52,551 --> 00:02:54,381 - WHITNEY: What I do for fun is, uh... 74 00:02:54,484 --> 00:02:55,623 I'm just very peaceful. 75 00:02:55,727 --> 00:02:57,004 I--I stay at home most of the time. 76 00:02:57,107 --> 00:02:58,971 I play some tennis, and--and I swim, 77 00:02:59,075 --> 00:03:02,078 and I have massages and things like that. 78 00:03:02,182 --> 00:03:05,599 Basically being good to myself is what I call being fun, 79 00:03:05,702 --> 00:03:06,841 or having fun. 80 00:03:06,945 --> 00:03:08,395 I might go out sometimes. 81 00:03:08,498 --> 00:03:11,363 But I--I don't like to keep up with, you know, what's happening 82 00:03:11,467 --> 00:03:12,847 and going to this place and that place. 83 00:03:12,951 --> 00:03:14,815 I'm really not into it. 84 00:03:14,918 --> 00:03:17,783 But, um, just--just being, just being, you know, good to myself 85 00:03:17,887 --> 00:03:20,683 and my family and, you know, staying at home, 86 00:03:20,786 --> 00:03:23,203 listening to music, singing. It's fun to me. 87 00:03:24,238 --> 00:03:25,377 - KEVIN: So Whitney's favorite thing to do 88 00:03:25,481 --> 00:03:26,654 when she was at home? 89 00:03:26,758 --> 00:03:28,518 Relax, just chill. 90 00:03:28,622 --> 00:03:31,694 - She was lazy as all you know what. 91 00:03:31,797 --> 00:03:34,628 She loved watching television. 92 00:03:34,731 --> 00:03:36,802 She loved sleeping. 93 00:03:36,906 --> 00:03:39,771 Habit, you know, from resting during the day 94 00:03:39,874 --> 00:03:44,051 and--and rehearsing and practicing in--in the evenings. 95 00:03:44,154 --> 00:03:46,743 She attended church sometimes. 96 00:03:48,366 --> 00:03:49,918 - ♪ Woo 97 00:03:50,022 --> 00:03:52,439 - She would come hang out with me, you know, 98 00:03:52,542 --> 00:03:54,855 and, you know, come to church with me. 99 00:03:56,546 --> 00:04:00,723 - Our Father, who art in Heaven... 100 00:04:00,826 --> 00:04:01,896 Say "Praise the Lord." 101 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,243 - GROUP: Praise the Lord. - All right. 102 00:04:03,346 --> 00:04:08,696 It gives you, I don't know, a certain lift, you know? 103 00:04:09,973 --> 00:04:12,044 Um, con--it makes you confident, you know, 104 00:04:12,148 --> 00:04:14,081 that no matter what may happen out there, 105 00:04:14,184 --> 00:04:15,289 it's all right, you know? 106 00:04:15,393 --> 00:04:17,084 It's okay. We can get through it. 107 00:04:17,187 --> 00:04:18,774 Prayer is something, you know, it gives you strength. 108 00:04:18,879 --> 00:04:21,468 It really does. It helps you out a lot out here. 109 00:04:21,571 --> 00:04:25,403 - ♪ 110 00:04:25,506 --> 00:04:28,751 - ♪ There's a boy I know 111 00:04:28,854 --> 00:04:32,927 ♪ He's the one I'm dreaming of ♪ 112 00:04:33,031 --> 00:04:34,791 ♪ Looks into 113 00:04:34,895 --> 00:04:36,414 How frustrating is it to live out of a suitcase? 114 00:04:36,517 --> 00:04:37,898 Frustrating! 115 00:04:38,001 --> 00:04:41,522 It can be very frustrating if you actually live in one. 116 00:04:41,626 --> 00:04:43,558 I don't live in a suitcase. 117 00:04:43,662 --> 00:04:46,251 ♪ I've been hearing your heart beat ♪ 118 00:04:46,355 --> 00:04:47,701 ♪ Inside of me 119 00:04:47,804 --> 00:04:49,703 I was planning on becoming a teacher 120 00:04:49,806 --> 00:04:51,463 or a veterinarian. 121 00:04:51,567 --> 00:04:54,259 But after, um, learning that I could sing 122 00:04:54,363 --> 00:04:55,916 and what I could do with my voice, 123 00:04:56,019 --> 00:04:57,538 and when it gets into your blood, 124 00:04:57,642 --> 00:04:59,747 I guess it just never really leaves, so... 125 00:04:59,851 --> 00:05:01,577 - ♪ It's shocking what 126 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:03,613 - ♪ Love can do 127 00:05:03,717 --> 00:05:04,890 ♪ Shocking what 128 00:05:04,994 --> 00:05:07,203 - She was sincere about helping people. 129 00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:08,722 She had a huge heart. 130 00:05:08,825 --> 00:05:11,000 As hyper as she could be, 131 00:05:11,103 --> 00:05:13,727 because she was like the kid in the candy store all the time, 132 00:05:13,830 --> 00:05:18,525 she--she had those moments when she was so peaceful and calm. 133 00:05:18,628 --> 00:05:22,322 And, uh, yeah, pretty--pretty special person. 134 00:05:24,220 --> 00:05:26,602 - KELLY: She was a woman with a big heart. 135 00:05:26,705 --> 00:05:28,155 She loved people. 136 00:05:28,258 --> 00:05:30,053 Um, she never met a stranger. 137 00:05:30,157 --> 00:05:32,435 She fed people. She clothed people. 138 00:05:32,539 --> 00:05:33,988 She helped send people to school. 139 00:05:34,092 --> 00:05:36,750 I think a lot of times people would prefer to hear 140 00:05:36,853 --> 00:05:38,924 the wild and the crazy because in their mind, 141 00:05:39,028 --> 00:05:40,754 it's--it's buzz worthy, it's newsworthy. 142 00:05:40,857 --> 00:05:41,755 It's the thing that will-- 143 00:05:41,858 --> 00:05:43,619 in this day, it's called clickbait. 144 00:05:43,722 --> 00:05:46,173 But to know the Whitney that I know, 145 00:05:46,276 --> 00:05:47,864 to know the Whitney that I knew, 146 00:05:47,968 --> 00:05:49,694 is to truly know that you were blessed to know 147 00:05:49,797 --> 00:05:53,111 an amazing human being before you ever got to the voice. 148 00:05:53,214 --> 00:05:55,044 If you got a chance to know her heart, 149 00:05:55,147 --> 00:05:57,529 that was something special. 150 00:05:57,633 --> 00:05:59,359 - WHITNEY: Do you wanna see some lions today? 151 00:05:59,462 --> 00:06:01,188 - CHILDREN: Yeah. - Yeah? 152 00:06:01,291 --> 00:06:05,399 The Bronx Zoo was desperately in need of some lion cubs. 153 00:06:05,503 --> 00:06:07,815 And I happened to know of some. 154 00:06:07,919 --> 00:06:10,093 So, I mean, you know, it's a great zoo. 155 00:06:10,197 --> 00:06:12,613 And I thought that I'd donate them to the zoo. 156 00:06:12,717 --> 00:06:15,375 I named them George and Gracie. 157 00:06:15,478 --> 00:06:16,824 George and Gracie. 158 00:06:16,928 --> 00:06:18,550 - MAN: Was this fun for you, being part of this? 159 00:06:18,654 --> 00:06:21,277 - Oh, yes, it's a ball! I love the kids, they're great. 160 00:06:21,381 --> 00:06:23,590 - [indistinct chatter] 161 00:06:23,693 --> 00:06:25,177 - You see that? 162 00:06:25,281 --> 00:06:27,110 You want yours? 163 00:06:27,214 --> 00:06:29,906 Look! Look at them! 164 00:06:30,010 --> 00:06:33,047 That's what's important, that they're happy, you know? 165 00:06:33,151 --> 00:06:34,704 Yeah, they're children, they should be. 166 00:06:37,397 --> 00:06:39,260 - NISCHELLE: Whitney had one of the biggest hearts. 167 00:06:39,364 --> 00:06:42,091 She embraced the next generation of singers. 168 00:06:42,194 --> 00:06:44,334 I remember Brandy talking about 169 00:06:44,438 --> 00:06:47,821 how emotional she became when she first met Whitney. 170 00:06:47,924 --> 00:06:49,754 - [screaming] 171 00:06:49,857 --> 00:06:53,308 - [indistinct chatter] 172 00:06:53,413 --> 00:06:54,655 - Are you okay? 173 00:06:56,036 --> 00:06:57,106 - I'm happy. 174 00:06:57,209 --> 00:06:59,073 This is Whitney Houston, oh my god. 175 00:06:59,177 --> 00:07:02,042 I met Whitney Houston! 176 00:07:02,145 --> 00:07:03,215 - She loved Monica and Brandy. 177 00:07:03,319 --> 00:07:05,252 That was--to Whitney, that was the-- 178 00:07:05,355 --> 00:07:07,599 the future of music, you know? 179 00:07:07,703 --> 00:07:11,810 She actually said that, um... 180 00:07:11,914 --> 00:07:13,260 Grammy weekend, 181 00:07:13,363 --> 00:07:18,886 in--in LA, the last-- the last Clive party, 182 00:07:18,990 --> 00:07:20,992 when they were on stage, rehearsing. 183 00:07:21,095 --> 00:07:23,304 And we were standing down, and she was standing there. 184 00:07:23,408 --> 00:07:26,722 And she said, that's the future, she said. 185 00:07:26,825 --> 00:07:31,796 - What connected me to her was really the way she loved. 186 00:07:31,899 --> 00:07:34,868 She would love others more than she loved herself. 187 00:07:34,971 --> 00:07:37,318 When I think about Whitney, 188 00:07:37,422 --> 00:07:40,805 the first thing that I picture is her smile. 189 00:07:43,290 --> 00:07:47,328 It was something that, believe it or not, she never lost. 190 00:07:47,432 --> 00:07:50,987 When I think of her, I think about the selflessness. 191 00:07:51,091 --> 00:07:52,506 That was her. 192 00:07:52,610 --> 00:07:53,680 She used to always tell me, 193 00:07:53,783 --> 00:07:55,682 don't let them change who you are. 194 00:07:55,784 --> 00:07:58,236 She used to always point at her chest when she talked, 195 00:07:58,339 --> 00:08:00,307 or she would touch my face when she talked. 196 00:08:00,410 --> 00:08:03,413 - ♪ Amazing grace, how sweet the sound ♪ 197 00:08:03,517 --> 00:08:07,003 ♪ Cigarettes make me... ooh ♪ 198 00:08:07,107 --> 00:08:10,455 ♪ There ain't nobody 199 00:08:10,559 --> 00:08:12,492 ♪ No, no, nobody 200 00:08:12,595 --> 00:08:14,597 - MONICA: In some of the most difficult of times, 201 00:08:14,701 --> 00:08:15,840 Whitney could have been anywhere. 202 00:08:15,943 --> 00:08:18,463 But she would show up. 203 00:08:18,567 --> 00:08:20,948 When I was 18, I lost my grandmother. 204 00:08:21,052 --> 00:08:23,399 I lost--I witnessed a suicide. 205 00:08:23,503 --> 00:08:24,918 I lost my cousin. 206 00:08:25,021 --> 00:08:28,024 Whitney didn't call on the phone. 207 00:08:28,128 --> 00:08:31,752 Three black trucks pulled up in the hood and she jumped out. 208 00:08:31,856 --> 00:08:35,342 And I can hear her saying, I know y'all know where she is! 209 00:08:37,827 --> 00:08:39,139 Wait, what? 210 00:08:39,241 --> 00:08:41,797 She's got the security outside, suited and booted, 211 00:08:41,900 --> 00:08:45,214 and she's pretty much giving them the hand. 212 00:08:45,317 --> 00:08:46,387 The Whitney hand. 213 00:08:46,491 --> 00:08:48,251 This is the go away, this is serious. 214 00:08:48,355 --> 00:08:50,495 Go away, I got it. 215 00:08:50,599 --> 00:08:55,189 And her and Bobby, they stayed right there with me. 216 00:08:56,121 --> 00:08:59,815 - She was on tour when--when I lost my second eldest brother. 217 00:08:59,918 --> 00:09:02,542 And, uh, we're in the middle of the service. 218 00:09:02,645 --> 00:09:06,822 And everybody--everybody goes to whis--you know, to whispering. 219 00:09:06,925 --> 00:09:07,995 They're whispering. 220 00:09:08,099 --> 00:09:09,169 And I'm like, what are they whispering? 221 00:09:09,272 --> 00:09:10,929 And it's Whitney. 222 00:09:11,033 --> 00:09:14,208 She has somehow made it to Detroit, Michigan, 223 00:09:14,312 --> 00:09:18,799 made it to the funeral, and she's walking in by herself. 224 00:09:18,903 --> 00:09:20,007 It's like, scoot over! 225 00:09:20,111 --> 00:09:21,906 Telling us all, scoot down, scoot down! 226 00:09:22,009 --> 00:09:23,114 You know I had to be here. 227 00:09:23,217 --> 00:09:24,633 I had to be here. This is my brother. 228 00:09:24,736 --> 00:09:26,531 And we were just like, oh my god. 229 00:09:26,635 --> 00:09:29,776 I can't believe her. But that was Whitney. 230 00:09:29,879 --> 00:09:31,605 - I remember being in a car accident. 231 00:09:31,709 --> 00:09:35,436 And...Whitney, she came over. 232 00:09:35,540 --> 00:09:37,922 And I think she--she slept in my bed, 233 00:09:38,025 --> 00:09:39,786 in the room with me for two days. 234 00:09:39,889 --> 00:09:42,340 She would not leave, you know? 235 00:09:42,443 --> 00:09:43,790 Would not leave. 236 00:09:43,893 --> 00:09:45,136 - [indistinct chatter] 237 00:09:45,239 --> 00:09:46,378 - WHITNEY: This fame and the success thing, 238 00:09:46,482 --> 00:09:47,828 man, it comes and goes. 239 00:09:47,932 --> 00:09:50,348 You know, you're hot today and not tomorrow or, 240 00:09:50,451 --> 00:09:51,521 you know, that kind of thing. 241 00:09:51,625 --> 00:09:54,697 So it's--it's important to know that, um, 242 00:09:54,801 --> 00:09:58,218 you have family and friends that love you for you 243 00:09:58,321 --> 00:10:01,186 and not because you got a number one song on the charts. 244 00:10:03,430 --> 00:10:04,569 - FEMALE ANNOUNCER: Still ahead... 245 00:10:04,673 --> 00:10:07,814 - All of her awards show performances were iconic. 246 00:10:07,917 --> 00:10:11,887 But now newly discovered video reveals that her rehearsals were 247 00:10:11,990 --> 00:10:14,475 just as jaw-dropping as the main event. 248 00:10:21,551 --> 00:10:23,519 - WHITNEY: ♪ Oh, yes 249 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:27,316 ♪ There can be miracles 250 00:10:27,419 --> 00:10:31,113 ♪ When you believe 251 00:10:31,216 --> 00:10:35,220 - PAT: The Grammys meant a great deal to Whitney, you know? 252 00:10:35,324 --> 00:10:37,222 Someone was honoring her, you know? 253 00:10:37,326 --> 00:10:39,708 Her words would be, this is for me? 254 00:10:39,811 --> 00:10:41,433 You know, for me? 255 00:10:41,537 --> 00:10:43,781 She was so humbled about that. 256 00:10:43,884 --> 00:10:45,196 - MAN: Whitney? - Oh, no, the cameras. 257 00:10:45,299 --> 00:10:46,922 - [laughter] 258 00:10:47,025 --> 00:10:48,509 - I wouldn't want to have anybody else here 259 00:10:48,613 --> 00:10:51,098 but my mom and dad, and my family and my friends. 260 00:10:51,202 --> 00:10:53,169 It's just good to have them. 261 00:10:53,273 --> 00:10:54,412 - NISCHELLE: The world remembers Whitney 262 00:10:54,515 --> 00:10:56,345 as The Voice, right? 263 00:10:56,448 --> 00:10:59,141 Her tragic passing came the night before the Grammys 264 00:10:59,244 --> 00:11:01,177 a decade ago in 2012. 265 00:11:01,281 --> 00:11:03,559 But her very first Grammy appearance, 266 00:11:03,663 --> 00:11:06,010 that was back in 1986. 267 00:11:06,113 --> 00:11:07,149 - WHITNEY: If I win, that'll--that'll-- 268 00:11:07,252 --> 00:11:08,460 that'll be something. 269 00:11:08,564 --> 00:11:10,566 But, uh, I don't know, it's great. 270 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:12,844 It just feels good to be mentioned. 271 00:11:12,948 --> 00:11:14,501 - Whitney Houston! 272 00:11:14,604 --> 00:11:16,952 - [cheers and applause] 273 00:11:17,055 --> 00:11:18,194 - Can you believe this? 274 00:11:18,298 --> 00:11:20,024 I knew it was me because Dionne said, "Aah!" 275 00:11:20,127 --> 00:11:22,336 That's when I know it was me. That's when I knew. 276 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,338 I feel great. This is good. 277 00:11:24,442 --> 00:11:26,996 - DIONNE: It was an exciting, thrilling thing, 278 00:11:27,100 --> 00:11:29,171 to be able to say "Whitney Houston." 279 00:11:29,274 --> 00:11:30,828 I didn't hear myself say it. 280 00:11:30,931 --> 00:11:33,485 I screamed it. [laughs] 281 00:11:33,589 --> 00:11:36,661 It was not said. It was screamed. 282 00:11:36,765 --> 00:11:39,077 I was so proud of her and pleased for her. 283 00:11:39,181 --> 00:11:41,459 - I remember the scene where they clutched each other, 284 00:11:41,562 --> 00:11:43,979 because it was so emotional. 285 00:11:44,082 --> 00:11:46,567 - Oh, I can't tell you how proud I am of her. 286 00:11:46,671 --> 00:11:49,087 I--I was just so thrilled. 287 00:11:49,191 --> 00:11:50,917 It was very, very exciting. 288 00:11:51,020 --> 00:11:53,057 - WHITNEY: Just one was fine. I'm satisfied. 289 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,128 I'm not greedy. I'm satisfied. 290 00:11:55,231 --> 00:11:56,992 - KEVIN: Whitney would go on to win six Grammys. 291 00:11:57,095 --> 00:11:59,649 But a lot of people wonder where did she keep them. 292 00:11:59,753 --> 00:12:00,823 - PAT: Well, at first, you know, 293 00:12:00,927 --> 00:12:02,722 when she had her mansion in New Jersey, 294 00:12:02,825 --> 00:12:05,000 she would encase them downstairs. 295 00:12:05,103 --> 00:12:08,106 And now, since her passing, 296 00:12:08,210 --> 00:12:11,523 I keep them archived here in Georgia, 297 00:12:11,627 --> 00:12:13,560 in a safe place, very safe place. 298 00:12:13,663 --> 00:12:18,841 - ♪ So I'm saving all my love for you ♪ 299 00:12:18,945 --> 00:12:21,879 - KEVIN: This is her dress from her first Grammy performance. 300 00:12:21,982 --> 00:12:24,916 - Look at that. Look how tiny she was. 301 00:12:25,020 --> 00:12:26,607 - KEVIN: Well, this is a piece of history. 302 00:12:26,711 --> 00:12:27,954 - PAT: It is. 303 00:12:28,057 --> 00:12:31,681 - And the Grammy goes to... 304 00:12:31,785 --> 00:12:34,443 "I Wanna Dance with Somebody," Whitney Houston. 305 00:12:34,546 --> 00:12:37,895 - ♪ Oh, I wanna dance with somebody ♪ 306 00:12:37,998 --> 00:12:40,380 - KEVIN: Grammy number two came in 1988. 307 00:12:40,483 --> 00:12:43,003 But it was really 1994 that was Whitney's year. 308 00:12:43,107 --> 00:12:45,005 She had four nominations. 309 00:12:45,109 --> 00:12:47,007 She won three Grammys that year. 310 00:12:47,111 --> 00:12:50,321 And who can forget how she opened the show? 311 00:12:50,424 --> 00:12:53,013 I mean, it was one of those moments that gave you chills. 312 00:12:53,117 --> 00:12:56,154 - ♪ I will al, I will al, I will always ♪ 313 00:12:56,258 --> 00:12:57,604 ♪ Love you 314 00:12:57,707 --> 00:12:59,192 - NISCHELLE: What the fans didn't get to see 315 00:12:59,295 --> 00:13:02,471 was Whitney's rehearsal earlier in the day. 316 00:13:02,574 --> 00:13:04,404 She brought everybody to a standstill. 317 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:10,582 - ♪ And happiness 318 00:13:10,686 --> 00:13:14,794 ♪ But above all this, oh, I wish you ♪ 319 00:13:14,897 --> 00:13:19,419 ♪ Love 320 00:13:19,522 --> 00:13:23,319 - And the Grammy goes to... 321 00:13:23,423 --> 00:13:24,838 Whitney Houston! 322 00:13:24,942 --> 00:13:26,840 - [applause] 323 00:13:26,944 --> 00:13:28,738 - This is really very special. 324 00:13:28,842 --> 00:13:30,464 - KEVIN: 2012 was the last time the Grammys 325 00:13:30,568 --> 00:13:34,158 would pay tribute to Whitney, the day after her passing. 326 00:13:34,261 --> 00:13:35,366 - You know, on Grammy night, 327 00:13:35,469 --> 00:13:37,195 we--we mourned Whitney, you know? 328 00:13:37,299 --> 00:13:40,750 LL Cool J opened the show with this remarkable prayer. 329 00:13:40,854 --> 00:13:42,511 - Heavenly Father, 330 00:13:42,614 --> 00:13:46,066 we thank you for sharing our sister, Whitney, with us. 331 00:13:46,170 --> 00:13:47,757 We remain truly blessed 332 00:13:47,861 --> 00:13:50,760 to have been touched by her beautiful spirit. 333 00:13:50,864 --> 00:13:53,004 - KEN: Jennifer Hudson had came and did a little bit of 334 00:13:53,108 --> 00:13:54,972 "I Will Always Love You." 335 00:13:55,075 --> 00:13:57,940 - ♪ Whitney, we love 336 00:13:58,044 --> 00:14:01,530 ♪ We love you 337 00:14:01,633 --> 00:14:03,256 - [applause] 338 00:14:03,359 --> 00:14:05,396 - ANNOUNCER: Coming up... 339 00:14:05,499 --> 00:14:06,880 - ♪ Oh yeah 340 00:14:06,984 --> 00:14:08,675 - KEVIN: Long before Whitney became a Grammy winner, 341 00:14:08,778 --> 00:14:13,438 she was just a kid in the church choir, finding her voice. 342 00:14:13,542 --> 00:14:17,201 And she almost had a career that had nothing to do with singing. 343 00:14:17,304 --> 00:14:19,065 - When they found out that I did sing, it was like, 344 00:14:19,168 --> 00:14:20,894 oh, so besides that, you can sing, 345 00:14:20,998 --> 00:14:22,931 so let's--let's deal with that, too. 346 00:14:32,285 --> 00:14:34,665 - WHITNEY: You know, I--I've been working in the studio 347 00:14:34,770 --> 00:14:37,117 since I was 12. 348 00:14:37,221 --> 00:14:38,878 - ♪ Love's heavy 349 00:14:38,981 --> 00:14:41,259 - ♪ Love is heavy 350 00:14:41,363 --> 00:14:43,537 - NISCHELLE: That is a 20-year-old Whitney Houston 351 00:14:43,641 --> 00:14:45,160 with Jermaine Jackson. 352 00:14:45,263 --> 00:14:49,129 This was a full year before she ever released her debut album. 353 00:14:49,233 --> 00:14:50,993 But you already knew that Whitney Houston understood. 354 00:14:51,097 --> 00:14:52,995 She understood what it would take 355 00:14:53,099 --> 00:14:55,101 to really make it in the business. 356 00:14:55,204 --> 00:14:56,447 - [camera shutter clicking] 357 00:14:56,550 --> 00:14:58,518 - WHITNEY: It's not all it's cracked up to be. 358 00:14:58,621 --> 00:15:00,761 It ain't all the glamor and--and all that stuff. 359 00:15:00,865 --> 00:15:02,384 It's hard work. 360 00:15:02,487 --> 00:15:03,488 - CISSY: The only trouble I had, 361 00:15:03,592 --> 00:15:04,696 Whitney was running her mouth. 362 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:06,940 And I still have a big problem with it. 363 00:15:07,044 --> 00:15:09,080 There was one time I'd kill her. 364 00:15:09,184 --> 00:15:10,633 - Okay... 365 00:15:10,737 --> 00:15:11,807 - You know? 366 00:15:11,911 --> 00:15:13,843 - Whitney always had impeccable style. 367 00:15:13,947 --> 00:15:16,985 But people forget that she started as a model 368 00:15:17,088 --> 00:15:19,021 before she became a professional singer. 369 00:15:19,125 --> 00:15:20,678 - Yeah, that's beautiful. 370 00:15:20,781 --> 00:15:21,955 Super. 371 00:15:22,059 --> 00:15:23,301 - WHITNEY: People in the modeling business 372 00:15:23,405 --> 00:15:25,786 really never knew that I did sing. 373 00:15:25,890 --> 00:15:27,754 So when they found out that I did sing, it was like, 374 00:15:27,857 --> 00:15:29,652 oh, so besides that, you can sing. 375 00:15:29,756 --> 00:15:32,138 So let's--let's deal with that too. 376 00:15:32,241 --> 00:15:34,968 ♪ Lord 377 00:15:35,072 --> 00:15:37,557 ♪ Mm, Jesus 378 00:15:37,660 --> 00:15:40,249 I think I was about maybe 11 or 12 when I, um, 379 00:15:40,353 --> 00:15:42,217 first got a solo in church. 380 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:46,083 And, um, the reaction from, you know, the people in church 381 00:15:46,186 --> 00:15:47,670 kind of gave me an inclination of, 382 00:15:47,774 --> 00:15:50,363 you know, what it could possibly be like. 383 00:15:50,466 --> 00:15:52,952 - CLIVE: When I first met Whitney Houston, 384 00:15:53,055 --> 00:15:55,368 she was 18. 385 00:15:55,471 --> 00:15:58,992 So her brother Gary and Whitney were the background singers 386 00:15:59,096 --> 00:16:01,339 for the Cissy Houston show. 387 00:16:01,443 --> 00:16:06,068 When I heard her audition for me with "The Greatest Love of All," 388 00:16:06,172 --> 00:16:07,656 I was flabbergasted. 389 00:16:07,759 --> 00:16:10,797 I mean, that was a song I commissioned. 390 00:16:10,900 --> 00:16:13,524 I had heard it time and time again. 391 00:16:13,627 --> 00:16:16,423 - When I was just a young teenager, 392 00:16:16,527 --> 00:16:20,496 I went to the theater and saw a movie called "The Greatest." 393 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:22,809 This was about the life of Muhammad Ali. 394 00:16:22,912 --> 00:16:24,638 And in that movie, there was a song 395 00:16:24,742 --> 00:16:27,848 that was as inspirational as the man himself. 396 00:16:27,952 --> 00:16:33,958 ♪ The greatest love of all... 397 00:16:35,822 --> 00:16:39,170 - CLIVE: She took a song that I knew intimately 398 00:16:39,274 --> 00:16:42,484 and made me feel that I had never heard it before. 399 00:16:42,587 --> 00:16:43,968 - Hello, good evening, 400 00:16:44,072 --> 00:16:45,935 and welcome to the Roxy and "The Whitney Houston Show." 401 00:16:46,039 --> 00:16:49,353 - [cheers and applause] 402 00:16:49,456 --> 00:16:51,355 - WHITNEY: A lot of people think that it's, uh, 403 00:16:51,458 --> 00:16:52,701 happened just like that, 404 00:16:52,804 --> 00:16:54,116 where I just said, boom, I come out, 405 00:16:54,220 --> 00:16:56,360 and I make a record, and this is it. 406 00:16:56,463 --> 00:17:00,364 But it's about 10 years to prepare my head and my-myself to 407 00:17:00,467 --> 00:17:03,125 deal with all of this happening, what's happening with me. 408 00:17:03,229 --> 00:17:08,647 ♪ Let the children's 409 00:17:08,751 --> 00:17:09,925 ♪ Laugh 410 00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:11,823 God gave me something really great. 411 00:17:11,926 --> 00:17:14,136 And he doesn't give it to everybody. 412 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:15,655 ♪ Ooh hoo 413 00:17:15,758 --> 00:17:17,001 ♪ How will I know? 414 00:17:17,105 --> 00:17:19,107 - ♪ Don't trust your feelings 415 00:17:19,210 --> 00:17:22,351 - ♪ But how will I know? 416 00:17:22,454 --> 00:17:24,940 - There's been Aretha Franklin and there's been this lady. 417 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:27,184 And this lady will go on to conquer the world. 418 00:17:27,287 --> 00:17:28,840 And she's already conquered it. 419 00:17:28,944 --> 00:17:31,602 So, well done, Whitney. 420 00:17:31,705 --> 00:17:34,018 - The total figure that this plaque represents, 421 00:17:34,122 --> 00:17:36,883 that Whitney worldwide has sold, 422 00:17:36,986 --> 00:17:38,850 85 million records. 423 00:17:38,954 --> 00:17:40,956 - [cheers and applause] 424 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:42,958 - CLIVE: I miss Whitney. 425 00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:44,442 She trusted me. 426 00:17:44,546 --> 00:17:49,999 And, um, I always held that very close to my heart. 427 00:17:50,103 --> 00:17:52,830 And, you know, I failed along with her 428 00:17:52,933 --> 00:17:54,625 in conquering her demon. 429 00:17:54,728 --> 00:17:56,454 And I tried at every turn. 430 00:17:56,558 --> 00:17:58,215 - I consider myself a diva. 431 00:17:58,318 --> 00:18:01,321 It's a certain class, a certain technique. 432 00:18:01,425 --> 00:18:02,460 There's a certain style. 433 00:18:02,564 --> 00:18:05,567 There's a certain aura that a diva has. 434 00:18:05,670 --> 00:18:06,913 Woo! 435 00:18:07,016 --> 00:18:08,190 - ANNOUNCER: Still ahead... 436 00:18:08,294 --> 00:18:09,743 - KEVIN: When it comes to Whitney's most iconic 437 00:18:09,847 --> 00:18:12,505 performances, I mean, it's almost impossible to rank them. 438 00:18:12,608 --> 00:18:14,817 But I think there's always two that you have to talk about: 439 00:18:14,921 --> 00:18:16,371 the national anthem-- 440 00:18:16,474 --> 00:18:21,100 - ♪ Oh say can you see 441 00:18:21,203 --> 00:18:23,619 - KEVIN: --and of course, "The Bodyguard." 442 00:18:23,723 --> 00:18:26,035 - ♪ And I... 443 00:18:26,139 --> 00:18:28,521 - KEVIN: But the film almost didn't happen. 444 00:18:28,624 --> 00:18:30,178 - We postponed the movie for a year. 445 00:18:30,281 --> 00:18:32,421 - ♪ ...will always love you... 446 00:18:37,633 --> 00:18:42,121 - WHITNEY: ♪ Oh, say can you see ♪ 447 00:18:42,224 --> 00:18:44,261 - They wanted her to lip sync the song. 448 00:18:44,364 --> 00:18:48,955 She didn't want to do it, because she can't lip sync good. 449 00:18:49,058 --> 00:18:50,957 She said, I wanna sing it. And she sang it. 450 00:18:52,648 --> 00:18:54,063 And she sang it. 451 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:57,860 - KEVIN: Whitney performed at the Super Bowl in 1991. 452 00:18:57,964 --> 00:19:01,036 It was the 25th anniversary of the big game. 453 00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:02,900 But what people forget is also, 454 00:19:03,003 --> 00:19:04,626 our country had just gone to war. 455 00:19:04,729 --> 00:19:07,491 So everyone really was coming together. 456 00:19:09,803 --> 00:19:11,598 - When I looked out there in the audience, uh, 457 00:19:11,702 --> 00:19:13,807 amongst all those 85,000 people, 458 00:19:13,911 --> 00:19:15,361 I kind of blocked everything out, 459 00:19:15,464 --> 00:19:17,777 and I kind of went to the Persian Gulf, 460 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:19,054 where the fellas were. 461 00:19:19,158 --> 00:19:24,370 ♪ And the rocket's red glare 462 00:19:24,473 --> 00:19:26,406 And I tried to imagine what they were going through. 463 00:19:26,510 --> 00:19:27,959 And the more I thought about that, 464 00:19:28,063 --> 00:19:30,859 the stronger it became inside of me. 465 00:19:33,275 --> 00:19:35,346 It was for them that I sang it for. 466 00:19:35,450 --> 00:19:39,281 So I became a true American, you know? 467 00:19:39,385 --> 00:19:41,766 I felt proud to be an American. 468 00:19:41,870 --> 00:19:45,114 I felt proud that I was a part of this country. 469 00:19:45,218 --> 00:19:50,913 ♪ And the land of the brave... 470 00:19:51,017 --> 00:19:55,124 - [cheers and applause] 471 00:19:55,228 --> 00:19:58,300 - I said, I've gotta release it as a single. 472 00:19:58,404 --> 00:20:00,233 - [indistinct chatter] 473 00:20:00,337 --> 00:20:04,962 - And we did, and it broke every record of all time. 474 00:20:05,065 --> 00:20:09,518 - Still the greatest to ever sing "Star-Spangled Banner." 475 00:20:09,622 --> 00:20:13,073 When Whitney touched something, it became hers. 476 00:20:13,177 --> 00:20:17,285 And that's how it was being her friend. 477 00:20:17,388 --> 00:20:19,114 - 1991 was a huge year for Whitney. 478 00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:21,047 It was "The Star-Spangled Banner" moment. 479 00:20:21,150 --> 00:20:23,014 And then she started filming "The Bodyguard." 480 00:20:23,118 --> 00:20:25,879 But so many people thought that's where she started acting. 481 00:20:25,983 --> 00:20:27,433 It wasn't. 482 00:20:27,536 --> 00:20:29,538 - Hi! 483 00:20:29,642 --> 00:20:31,954 - KEVIN: One of Whitney's first acting gigs was in 1985 484 00:20:32,058 --> 00:20:35,475 on the Ricky Schroder show "Silver Spoons." 485 00:20:35,579 --> 00:20:40,825 - ♪ 486 00:20:40,929 --> 00:20:42,379 - WHITNEY: I'm playing myself. And I'm performing. 487 00:20:42,482 --> 00:20:44,588 I'm doing a video at this club. 488 00:20:44,691 --> 00:20:47,176 I find that it comes sort of naturally, in a way, 489 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:48,557 I mean, being a performer. 490 00:20:48,661 --> 00:20:53,562 ♪ Saving all my love for you 491 00:20:53,666 --> 00:20:55,737 My main focus is my music and my singing career. 492 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:59,292 But, um, this is something that I would like and enjoy to do. 493 00:20:59,396 --> 00:21:01,121 - INTERVIEWER: What do you hope to get out of this? 494 00:21:01,225 --> 00:21:02,191 - I don't know. 495 00:21:02,295 --> 00:21:03,469 I guess everybody will see my face. 496 00:21:03,572 --> 00:21:04,539 [laughs] 497 00:21:04,642 --> 00:21:05,712 Woo! 498 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 - ♪