Why Cissy Houston Staged an Intervention for Whitney Houston | Oprah's Next Chapter | OWN

In 2009, Whitney Houston sat down with Oprah to discuss her battle with addiction, her troubled marriage to Bobby Brown and more. In what would be her last interview with Oprah, Whitney recounted the day her mother, Cissy Houston, staged an intervention and got her to go to rehab. Watch as Cissy describes that day and reveals why it was difficult for her to watch that 2009 interview. For more on #nextchapter visit bit.ly/1OPX6ah
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[@sewamazing]

There is always something so special about a "seasoned" woman's wisdom. Cissy reminds me of all the proud, strong, wise matriarchs (aunts, mothers, grandmoms, and ladies of the community) who always knew what to say to help you keep it together, when you are falling apart. Such a treasure they are to all of us.

[@joselynjolivet2545]

I loved the book that Cissy Houston wrote honoring her beautiful daughter. Her mother went to great lengths to save and preserve her daughter's life.

[@reneefloodwright5253]

R

[@blacconnosuir]

Cissy was a Damn good mother! When we become adults some tend to veer away from our respective upbringing, and do our own thing, because WE'RE GROWN, and can do what WE WANT, not thinking of the outcome. Cissy knew what she had in Whitney and did not want to see that tarnished or wasted. As a parent you do your best to guide your children in the right direction and once they get of age, it's up to them to follow those things or not. I have so much love and respect for Cissy, and I truly understand. There's NOTHING like a mothers love.

[@ManifestedSonofTheMostHigh23]

And it could also very well be a *mother's venom* when the "love" is handed down in the form of serious control. Control to the point where the child feels restricted, depressed and repressed. Let's say Whitney actually was gay or bi and she loved Robin. Cissy said point blank and the period she was NOT having it. I personally know several people who for fear of displeasing their parents turned to hard core substance abuse to deal with the pain and fear of losing relationship with their parents. I am not saying that this was exactly what happened here but something had Nippy damn unhappy that she had to get blasted out of her mind like that for all of those years in order to deal with the anguish she was going through. An anguish she should have been able to express and share with her mother without fear of reprisal. Now if that is a "mother's love" that will wind up making me miserable inside she can miss me with that.

[@MsXpain2joy]

Darrell Morris Yes! you are Preaching the truth!🌸

[@ronlishiswilkinson4839]

Your so rt❣

[@leslieburgess6985]

The reason she may have tried to control is because she may have had an idea it would end the way it did. This is a mess.

[@tellemartin6663]

I agree

[@JBeliles]

this breaks my heart.truly...Whitney was so unearthly..and not just her voice

[@DarkSkies72]

Bless your heart Cissy. I pray for God to heal your heart, quickly. No one should bury their child. RIP TO THE VOICE, you were the best & always will be.

[@jordanbfsings856]

I love Cissy so much! She is so real! 💯

[@kayandaeddings4803]

Jordanbfsings doesn’t she have a beautiful voice?

[@creigfitzpatrick5442]

I'm struck by how Whitney and Princess Diana both had that same beauty and grace. They were both so special and they both died young 😢

[@somethinginteresting8151]

Whitney was a crackhead n had talent Diana had no talent

[@Liveworthyproductions]

Bless her heart, she did the best she could. You can't change a made up mind!

[@kionamcnutt8630]

Live Worthy Media Ministries I hate the power of drugs. It's a devil!!! A physical stronghold. They lose and sacrifice all for it.

[@oliviarichardson7521]

Ive followed this famlies story so many things come to mind...first thing is my grand dad told me if you listen you will get it. Everyones yelling poor cissy..aint a dam thing poor about cissy...my moma didnt raise me in the projects but ms cissy has no moral all she has done is run bobby down ..I looked at an interview done by one of whitneys friends who said whitney was an addict before she met bobby.whitney apparently introduced bobby to drugs. Not saying he is pefect but your. Daughters problems apparently started at home with you. My mother taught me real women do real things..what im saying be a real woman and admit you are wrong. you knew your son raped whitney and you covered it up by semding her to boarding school amd you took the child she had away from her and gave it away..as a previous molestation victim i can say you messed up whitney long before bobby or the world got to her.. You 'and those. Bastards you raised in which you call your sons..then you had the nerve to do that interview with your. Son he admitted he gave whitney drugs-got her hooked on them you sat there petting his knee in that time you shold have been telling b brown and his family you were sorry . because the insauits and the disrespect you have showed him over the years is not only insaulting to him but the woman who raised him his mother.. Im sure she worked hard and did the best she cnuld. you should be ashamed of yourself. Fyi just because you call yourself a christian doesnt make you one.the same son. Who raped whitney raped her daughter while she was in your care not once but twice .seems. Like to me ms cissy you have alot of crosses to bare..when your. Daughter decided she was gay she couldnt have tgat e you clve davis and all aint no good a mothers place is beside her daughter ..she aint in the ground a year and pat selling off her clothes ..you people are scandlous .ms cissy there is a specail place in hell, for you.when you start to talk about people sweep around y our door first ..pat leola right about you, clothes dont change who you are words that come to mind when i think of you nc gutter trash the way your step son recorded you talking abovt whitney and her daughter smh. couldnt find your own husband so you took someone elses...like i said home wrecker and straight nc gutter trash,you aint no better than nobody else.im glad god took whitney and her daughter so yall could no. Longer sponge of them.yall were in a position to help them but you did i pray you and your dauhter someday know whitney and her daughters pain

[@shantebarze1068]

@@oliviarichardson7521 you have done your homework well. I didn't even know Gary raped her, I've heard her cousin Dee Dee molested her an Gary, but that is new to me about Gary rapping her an she had a child that was taken away.... So that is why she was in boarding school.. well with all she endured I this life, her an Bobbi khris can rest in peace with each other because they were each other's better half...

[@mariahyohannes]

Olivia Richardson Thank you Cissy is not a victim

[@michael50694]

@@oliviarichardson7521 Something about her never quite said right with me. She seemed like she has an evil side.

[@corrienemillermiller458]

She was so beautiful at any age. Miss her so much❤

[@sachasandon3688]

So tragic,you can so see her pain.rip Whitney and Bobbi.

[@tjjaffacake]

Whitney was not all innocent however she still was vunrable and used

[@tynicole88]

Cissy said she would have hurt Bobby if she knew he had spit on Whitney and I believe it

[@kingjulien4334]

She wouldn't have done s**t. She knew Bobby did much worse things than spitting to her daughter in the 90's

[@Kay7kay4]

@@kingjulien4334 How the 🤬 do you know what she knew? 🙄

[@tellemartin6663]

Cissy cared deeply about her daughter and stated she did try to intervene and save her.

[@donovanrobinson1843]

Yeah she tried when it was too late she warned in the beginning of her career by robyn and she did nothing her and John Houston.

[@hilda1521]

Bobby brown was toxic to her, he might not have led her to drugs but he slowly tore her down bit by bit through his cheating, verbal and physical abuse and for someone like her who had low self esteem, it drove her deeper into drugs! He could've helped her fight that battle if he wanted but he didn't! I wish she never married him.

[@joef7520]

She did things too but he want speak on it

[@spinto12]

hi...While it may be too much, I just have a question: When did Whitney turn the world against Bobby? Whitney never said WHO introduced her to drugs. all she said was that she made her own choices, her own decisions and she did what she wanted to do. if ANYBODY turned the world against Bobby, it was BOBBY: multiple arrests, multiple illegitimate kids/baby mommas, raunchy behavior, and yes the mistreatment of Whitney. the public turned on him LONG BEFORE they knew of the spitting incident.

[@leslieburgess6985]

I agree but she could have easily said everyone thinks it Bobby but it was not. She never said who started her but ALL Of them lead you to believe it was him

[@Thegazelle1000]

@@davidyatesmckay cheated on her several time, be emotionally abusive, spit on her and you are telling me that he wasn't a bad husband???? Are you kidding me? I don't blame him for the drug issue because both where addicted before they met.

[@Cko1444]

Thegazelle1000 girl hush this is old . Stop speaking and judging ppl you don’t know personally

[@Thegazelle1000]

@@Cko1444 so because it's old, it's not important?? I don't hate Bobby but he's not Saint and Whitney wasn't a Saint too.

[@Cko1444]

Thegazelle1000 well say that , cause you don’t know them ppl personally & you don’t know how WHITNEY personally was . You didn’t live with them so stop judging ppl period

[@veramaquillage1028]

Read a book from Robyn Crawford called A song for you. I honestly think Cissy was really hard as a mother and that’s why Whitney was very submissive to men. Robyns mother called Cissy saying their daughters do cocaine and Cissy laughed about it and even mocked her. She knew it, yet after she told Robyn that if you don’t agree with what Whit wants then you’re out of the circle - meaning no money. It’s sad but she’s part to blame. They all used her money.

[@Wickedfun96]

Incorrect! Robyn was the only person in her life that truly had her best interests at heart! She dabbled in drugs initially with Whitney before her career took off but when it did Robyn said to Whitney “Ya know we said this can’t come with us where we’re going and yet we’re here and it’s still here” and Whitney responded with “I know but I’m not ready to stop”. Robyn was the person who was keeping Whitney together, the only one who could get her out of bed, the only one she’d listen to. When Robyn left in 1999, Whitney fell apart at the seems at the seems and it’s evident watching performances before 1999 vs after. Robyn tried desperately to save Whitney from herself but Whitney unfortunately was the only one who could save her

[@patshelton3712]

She was so right about the timing. Whitney wasn't ready to get out. Her mom has a lot of dignity and self respect. She is also a true believer in her God. She raised her children in the church. Whitney loved her mom but doesn't hesitate to say," she was hard on her." Everything had to be perfect. Sissy a well known and paid back up singer didn't make it big herself. So her dreams were thru her daughter. But times had changed, in Hollywood being gay or lesbian was excepted in the inner circles, but not in the public's eyes. Sissy said, " she had no problem with Robin being in Whitney's life," I doubt if that is true. She wanted a perfect daughter, Whitney didn't want to be perfect, she just wanted to be herself. She didn't even know what herself was beyond a famous Diva. Drugs such as cocaine grabbed her, and wouldn't let go. I've never used, but I have close relatives who has and still use. They aren't young anymore either. Hitting 60 and still hitting the crack pipe when they get money in their hands. I would hate to know they got their hands on big money. Probably OD on the stuff. Sad! It really is. Cause like nobody knew the damage of the drug in the eighties. It was introduced and very acceptable in the entertainment buisiness. More it's meth and heroin. Heroin over doses everyday. How can we stop this madness when they're legalizing all this poison?

[@thomasdonohue1833]

Her dreams were through her daughter? Cissy didn't want Whitney to get into the music business and Cissy refused to sign any contracts for Whitney which meant Whitney had to wait until she was 21.

[@kevinshell8392]

They wanna blame Bobby so bad for Whitney’s issues but this is the question I’d ask, Cissy Houston you had 3 kids and they all ended up of drugs years before Bobby met Whitney, what happened in your house? But that’s the question you’re not supposed to ask.

[@maximilian2974]

Exactly 💯

[@TeniqueSpeaks]

Thank you!!!!!

[@TeniqueSpeaks]

If you read Bobby’s book he breaks down how drugs were introduced into their marriage.

[@victoriousrachel]

First off my son is addicted to alcohol and I NEVER SMOKED OR DRANK!!! They never ever saw me nor seen drugs or alcohol in my home yet that’s what he chooses to do!!! How is that ever my fault??? You can’t BLAME the PARENT for a decision your children make

[@Avenge238]

@@victoriousrachel true but it’s not even about what the parent does in front of you. It’s about is your parent not being there which leaves the child vulnerable and you don’t know what could happen.

[@beckythao9820]

I get the problem & it's sad, but that's common in a lot of families who have parents who are from a different generation and also, religious, but I'd rather have her as a mother, than a mother who didn't care at all about what the fame and fortune and drugs and an unhealthy relationship can do to me. It makes me thankful for my Mom's lectures, some people don't have parents who give lectures out o fpassion and love. Only a real Mom and Dad would...

[@lalalions8938]

No matter what generation your parents are from you still have to have respect for them and for yourself. A mother is a mother a father is a father they're not your best friends respect him for who they are. 🙏🏻

[@InfluentialPetite]

Whitney was so beautiful

[@Michelle-jz8vl]

Luv her. Old school momma 💕

[@donnaghanim6091]

The love a mother has for her children

[@808aaq]

Such a sad situation all around. It breaks my heart watching this.

[@dontrell1986]

Well, all I have to say is I love Whitney Houston!... Legends never die!

[@ms.aquarius4854]

I would've loved to see Whitney's version of her life in a movie. Both movies target her character as if she was the reason for it all/ terrible. I believe Bobbi left out a lot of stuff he knew he did. He wasn't a damn angel not even when he was in the group New Edition.

[@MZHARDBODYENT]

Facts he was horrible & very jealous of our Nippy he broke her down & I hate him for that I truly do

[@TyraCarston-Lydon-y3e]

​@@MZHARDBODYENTI think alot of people were jealous of her fame and popularity that some were even trying to be like her. That's border line creepy and insecure. Some were that jealous they couldn't appreciate her for who she was and what she did for them.

[@brittneyberry4934]

I've always thought she was so gorgeous spunky and elegant. Of course she's the mother of the one most talented woman that has ever lived.

[@benjaminfranklinthe180th4]

Whitney’s appearance changed so much in her later years. She looks almost completely unrecognisable from her time in The Bodyguard. It’s incredible how much drugs can ravage a person’s body

[@kevinatkinson5607]

She still looked beautiful and healthy even with everything she had been through.

[@tasibho]

She actually started to look more and more like a drinkard. She could have passed for being Dionne's daughter.but i see your point, her face changed a lot, her teeth.

[@kavaniawilson860]

She got her appearance back in her later years . Remember she just did Sparkle. She had meat on her bones and she looked beautiful

[@RoyaleKHypolite]

She aged🤦🏽‍♂️

[@thelegendofthem6120]

​@RoyaleKHypolite no baby... aged is one thing, but looking malnourished and extreme tired is much different. One of my friends is in her 50s and that girl glows. 🌻 Whitney was a beautiful woman, but she looked bad and sick towards the end ...😢

[@ai5ha1]

News flash Cissy Whitney was a junky before Bobby boo boo. He did Not get her own drugs . Stop blaming Bobby for her flaws. He didn't help but she was at fault for her mishaps and her downfall.

[@malsrimutukumarana2212]

e-boogie yes but there is such a thing in this word as influence of who you associate and hold near and dear to you. If bobby was a better influence he would have helped her out of it , not get her more into it and join forces with it

[@marcusscottbalahari7198]

@@malsrimutukumarana2212 You can not influence people to stop using drugs. Personal responsibility.

[@NippysGuard]

This is just heartbreaking to watch. I cannot imagine the pain Cissy is going through. As much as I love Whitney I cannot hide the truth. Her problems were because of her decisions. Why would a beatiful woman so gifted and raised right who had more than anyone could imagine give in to a life of drugs and looser husband. We all know there were plenty of better men than Bobby Brown. I'll never understand it. Yet still Whitney I will always love you.

[@erlindabranch3472]

Bobby still winning cause he made the decision to leave that environment 🤪

[@NippysGuard]

@@erlindabranch3472 More like he chose to remain sober for the last six years.

[@MC-ko7pk]

Bobby was easier to control and manipulate than any other man. . .or Robyn. He wanted to be bad. He wanted to be in the limelight, and she could give him those things. The only thing she wanted in return was someone on her side, and he did that for a long time. Everything they did when married, they did before marriage. Whitney just had a better image than Bobby, but she was the cause of her own issues.

[@justus9970]

I'm sure Bobby did more than spit on her. I think Bobby was jealous of Whitney's success and was very insecure because he basically had no career after New Edition. He demoralized her because of his ego problems.

[@mosescarolina9733]

I agree. I'm sure those 2 threw down. Spitting was the least of their fights BUT the world wouldve freaked out

[@christopherone1]

i don't believe that at all! whitney was a hard core drug addict far before bobby!

[@kristidraine4543]

He had his career he just wasn't as big as Whitney yes he were jealous of her because she was the bread winner in their relationship he felt like he was way beneath her and he felt less of a man that's y he started cheating on her and doing her bad

[@princesschilumba3889]

Just Saying that’s why you have to marry a man more successful than you

[@sheenagray2324]

I think Bobby was jealous of Whitney

[@luisburgos9338]

People fail to realize that Cissy was trying her best to guide her daughter towards the right direction. She guided her coached her and that's how whitney became a great singer. Bobby was no good, whitney was falling into drugs.

[@LarryBanks85]

Wow that's sad I remember that interview and to be honest I felt like that was the best interview I seen from Whitney Houston with Oprah Winfrey because she told the truth and it made sense I hate that it happened to her but I am so glad that she opened up and told what really happen instead of people making up stuff to make people believe their own stories what really happen in her life.

[@drakereid4824]

Larry Banks she wasn't

[@ATLDimePc]

This is difficult to watch. Reflecting on my own addiction to prescription painkillers makes me feel so sad for her and what drugs can do. Addiction is very hard because the user has absolutely no faith in his/her ability to function without the drug. It’s so easy to get caught up. I grew up around street drugs such as marijuana and cocaine so I knew to never touch that stuff. I experienced what those drugs can do to families and how they can ruin lives but I STILL got caught up.

[@melisentiapheiffer3034]

Truth.

[@spinto12]

Hi...she DID tell Oprah about the troubled marriage, Bobby's behavior and how she knew it was time to leave him, but she didn't blame him for her drug abuse. she didn't in the Diane Sawyer interview where she admitted to those issues nor did she in Oprah's interview where she simply told what happened during their marriage. "Being Bobby Brown" pretty much chronicled it anyway, so it's not like she's lying.

[@leslieburgess6985]

And I do believe Bobby ended up leaving her-she said she waited for him

[@Soulful_Chaos]

Really need to see the whole episode of this.

[@laylaj.t.coetzee1562]

How dare any one say her mother didn't care!! U can see this poor woman has been through hell she's in pain!!

[@kionamcnutt8630]

layla jomaa That's her baby. People grieve differently and at different times. Sometimes I go numb. Sometimes I cry and pour my heart out to God.

[@gigglyfitzgirl]

Really OWN? You guys can't post the entire interview in one video? Or just a few parts of it in separate videos instead of having multiple tiny clips?? I missed it when it aired....:/

[@BlessedEnergy_]

This lady is the face of grace love no bs abs strength let's not even mention how gorgeous Mrs.cissy was thos eyes this eys even in order age that glow that beauty still shinesshe reminds me of my Grammy and oh how I'd love to have her in my life she is a force to be reckoned with a classic legend... that gorgeous unique voice gives you chills

[@yulnikita]

I hate what happened to Whitney. Love her. If she wasn't on drugs she probably never would have been with someone like Bobby.

[@carriejoylynnellison9734]

She was sooooo beautiful

[@Goddessofmydestiny]

Robin’s book sheds a hole new light on situation. Cissy 🤔

[@TruthSerum101]

I don't know how Oprah sat there and enabled Whitney during that ONE-SIDED interview. All WH did was point the finger at Bobby Brown with isolated accounts, a strong indicator that she was still using and not taking responsibility for the addiction that began years before she ever met him.

[@juniorchandler4669]

it's crazy how talented Bobby is and all this slowly destroyed his career

[@mosescarolina9733]

I think people either forgot or weren't around but Bobby was Bieber!

[@tynicole88]

Bobby destroyed his own career, are you serious?

[@omi1766]

I think towards the end Bobby had built up a lot of resentment towards Whitney. If you think about it he had been judged and found guilty by the court of public opinion, family, friends etc as being the one who made Whitney a drug addict and he let it play out to protect her image. Now what he did was dead wrong but I think that came from some deep rooted anger he was nursing.

[@ronszera9749]

thank You Cissy for sharing your time and stories for us. bless your heart.

[@ajbreezy11]

Whether Bobby did that remains a mystery. When someone gets married, they become one, and that becomes no different in the case of Bobby and Whitney. If he brought her down, that was what they needed to fix. Whitney and Bobby both had their problems, but all Cissy was trying to say is that you can't put two people together who both have similar problems, or else they will become more "destructive." But in the end Whitney loved Bobby and Bobby loved Whitney. And that is that.

[@adrienneflowersscott9290]

Amen

[@Kirwina]

Watching this clip makes me feel to cry

[@rozzzqween]

Where can I watch the full interview

[@candaceglover828]

I will never forget her saying Bobby did that to her and he trying to play innocent in his bio 🙄

[@TeAnnaScott]

Candace Glover innocent how ? And in this interview ... Whitney wasn’t playing innocent ? They both told real stories about their relationship that were ugly && good!

[@alexanderhall2720]

@@TeAnnaScott No, Bobby's autobiographical film tried to blame Whitney and Robyn for all their problems. And no, Whitney wasn't playing innocent here. She said that she did drugs. She owned up to her addictions, which Bobby has not, and she didn't blame Bobby. She talked about what he did to her, like spitting on her, but I guess that's all her fault too? No matter how much you Bobby shills and Whitney haters try to paint Bobby as this innocent character, the vast majority of us know the truth which is that Bobby was no angel.

[@TeAnnaScott]

Alexander Hall lol ok . I have a friend who was friends with both . So I won’t argue because I know the facts. Happy Juneteenth ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽

[@klassicalmuzik]

I don't think I understand the legalities of the "junction". How was Cissy able to legally force her grown daughter (well over the age to make legal decisions on her own) to either go to rehab or retire? When her mother said your gonna go on TV and "retire" did she mean "retire" from her job or is there another meaning for retire in the legal terms?

[@mosescarolina9733]

I think it was the time. She was iconic gospel singer Fussy trying to help her iconic (THE ICON) Whitney go to rehab when the world knew something wasn't right. I caught the same thing and think that wouldn't happen today

[@mosescarolina9733]

Sorry.....Cissy not Fussy

[@donnaghanim6091]

The mother is amazing

[@drtgross10]

Whitney was beautiful 🙏💕💕

[@ai5ha1]

Cissy still to this day blame Bobby for her daughter mishaps. Bobby and Whitney fighting is very typical, two junkies fighting. Though her son admitted to turning Whitney on to drugs she still blames Bobby Brown and that's not right.

[@NippysGuard]

He could have still been a better father and husband. All in all it was her choice...so was he.

[@RamardoTHunt]

I guess she believed that her daughter was perfect and couldn't do no wrong but I guess that's how all parents see it but they need to reconcile their differences because at the end of the day Cissy has lost her daughter and Bobby has lost his daughter he had with the woman he loves. It'll be a shame if they go the grave not making peace.

[@ai5ha1]

***** agreed

[@leslieburgess6985]

I feel the same way. They won't take ownership & Whitney didn't either. The night I watched that-I told my husband I didn't believe she was drug free. She went from saying how Bobby was loving and gentle to he spit on me. Bobby has never said anything damaging about her. But she said a lot about him.

[@yvette6108]

Leslie just because you've never heard Bobby say anything damaging about Whitney doesn't mean he didn't. Let's not make Bobby out to be some kind of saint. The truth of the matter is that they both were a mess in the marriage.

[@phyllismorris5423]

She was gorgeous in this interview

[@milanetc4865]

So sad. Thanks for this video

[@RedRoseGold3080]

It’s her brother’s fault

[@otroe1]

COCAINE is a hell of a DRUG.!.

[@hallson2917]

Rest in Peace CISSY and Whitney of course

[@christopherantoine2690]

Anywhere I can find the entire interview

[@necessarydiva]

Don't feel sorry for Bobby people. He's remarried, kids galore, touring with NE and alive!

[@kayteeelle]

That marriage lasted about 10 years longer than it should have.

[@Thegazelle1000]

It last 14 years.

[@bettyragoobar3316]

Once they get hook on drugs it hard for them to come out of that they minds have to be strong

[@kristidraine4543]

People please stop blaming Bobby for Whitney's doing she was a grown woman she was doing drugs way b4 Bobby came into her life yes he was doing his own drugs too as well but she had a choice to stop but she didn't she had a choice to leave him in beginning of their relationship b4 they got married when he 1st cheated and got his second baby mother pregnant again she chose to stay wit Bobby and do drugs she was her own enemy

[@evelynjohnson1619]

Whitney Houston brother got her hook on drugs not Bobby Brown

[@phyllismorris5423]

The day that a man spits on me it's over and so is he

[@BloodNote]

Cissy is THE REAL ONE. 💯

[@Dedicated2WendyWilliams]

CAN SOMEONE GET THIS FULL INTERVIEW ON KZbin!

[@SimplyUndeniable]

She never said she was a great mother, her book makes that clear that she definitely second guesses the way she brought them up. She takes blame for sheltering and spoiling her kids to the point where when they became adults in the world they got caught up. Her book is very honest, she's promoting, so she wasn't going to divulge everything.

[@spinto12]

hello...so where exactly in the 2009 interview did she blame Bobby for her addiction?

[@alexanderhall2720]

It's not there. She didn't blame Bobby for her addiction. It's the Bobby Brown fans/anti-Whitney haters who are pushing that narrative because they don't want to hold Bobby personally responsible for his actions and behaviors. They'd rather take the cowardly way out and blame all of his problems on the woman.

[@antoinemoorman5754]

@@alexanderhall2720 her drug problems weren’t Bobby’s fault though. Her own brother admitted that he was the one that got her hooked on drugs and he regretted it

[@rasta487]

never having tried drugs, i just don't understand. What i think i do though is empathize w/any type of so called addiction or struggle. in life so many of us have them. I remember Luther Vandross said that his drug of choice was food. I can say the same thing although I am not obese, on a weight rollercoaster or have medical diagnosis due to weight/food issues. what i don't try to do is make excuses for my poor eating habits. it will more than likely catch up w/me & i will be to blame.

[@lytonya1533]

Her and Whitney has the best relationship.

[@myfz6]

I still believe that she was clean. I believe that some other power got her life the music industry is a machine as Chaka khan said. Whitney looked good on that interview after the release of her Cd and she told Oprah she was clean

[@melisentiapheiffer3034]

I believe the same , too.

[@janetcarlson31]

there really is something so very degrading to be spit on!! Its worse than being slapped, imo.

[@sweetpeepauline]

It obvious thst Kevin Costner didnt push the relationship between them hard enough would been a great couple. Can't help who you love and I respect that.

[@garrieleepeck8753]

Bobbie got blamed for everything really it was people more closer to home

[@auntiez4917]

Whitney Houston is to blame for what happened to Whitney Houston. It's not on her brothers or Bobby. Whitney Houston made her own choices.

[@endlesswave2685]

But Bobby Brown, Was the down Fall of whitney. He destroyed her and his Doughter in many ways!!! HE IS NOT A RESPONSIBLE HUSBAND! HE IS A VERY STUPID MAN!!! AND BIIG TIME JALEOUS OF WHITNEY! SHE MARRIED THE VERY WRONG PERSON!!!..... HE IS 95 % RESPONSIBLE FOR HER AND HIS DOUGHTERS DEATH.!

[@CleanMusicLover229]

She pretty much blamed him in that Oprah interview.. She said "All the things he was doing & she wasn't happy with the marriage & by that time (1996) she was using it every day to ease the pain

[@LEGENDPantherJennings]

May God bless you Cissy

[@Wickedfun96]

Whitney looks exactly like Teresa Graves in that Oprah interview from 2009

[@TruthSerum101]

Yes, Sweetwaters on Amsterdam! Actually, I first saw WH and her Mom at Kenny's Castaways in 1980. I wasn't of legal drinking age but I still got in the club! The drugs were within that family LONG before WH's fame. Going to those shows & being in the industry, I got to observe many things about Cissy during that period. She is not being totally honest in this interview.

[@Victoria-qk3mu]

When The Most High places a calling on your life you have to stir clear of traps RIP Whitney ❤❤❤

[@anitathuesen450]

i dont knew what i was thinking when oprah asked Cissy if she ever knew that it was the last time she talked whit her daughter . I did not like the way she asked. Most off the time oprah know what to say but not this time

[@lousparks1]

I agree I believe she was clean here. You don't send someone with a history of drug abuse on a world tour, Nuff said!

[@carolpassarelli5424]

Yes she did more than most,feel sorry for her

[@ronlishiswilkinson4839]

01:47 yessssto her mom Cissy ❣❣❣

[@NippysGuard]

So true and it is so sad at the same time. She was a lovely gift to this world. These new female singers today are a joke compared to her beginning. I wish I had half of her vocal power, just half.

[@jonl7692]

poor Cissy she did her best with her children

[@katjamendez]

cissy houston has my utmost respect, too. she raised her daughter right. anything wrong with whitney had NOTHING to do with cissy. that whitney didn't succumb sooner is a testament to how she was raised.

[@ronlishiswilkinson4839]

wow so true Cissy ...she so rt love it❣

[@sewamazing]

Yes. Her kids made their choices, they are adults. This woman is in her 80's now and has the wisdom of a well lived life. Her grand daughter Bobbi Kris can learn much from her if she is willing to listen..

[@jess959]

I don’t think Cissy is blaming Bobby for her drug use I think she is blaming him for him not helping her but doing it with her.

[@lilliezinnerman2669]

Bobby wasn't the reason Whitney got on drugs she loved to party her career kept her busy and she hardly had time to relax and enjoy her fortune before she met Bobby, She choose Bobby like she said in an interview nobody can make her do what she don't want to do so drugs is what she wanted to do.

[@alexanderhall2720]

...and Bobby did what he wanted to do, which was for the most part the same things Whitney wanted, except Whitney was smart enough to stay out of jail and not get into constant physical altercations and not constantly end up in court. Drugs isn't necessarily what people want to do clearly you've never dealt with anyone who's ever had a drug addiction because addictions are notoriously difficult to escape from, especially if you're a public figure on the level Whitney was. It's hard enough to fight addiction in private but having to fight it in the public arena with all the spotlights on you and the paparazzi following you're every move makes it so much more difficult. It's easy for Whitney-haters like you to sit behind a computer screen and make judgments about Whitney and try to act like you know what she wanted but you weren't there. You don't know what she tried to do to get help and how much she struggled with her addictions. Social media judges like you are a big part of the problem. No, Bobby didn't initially introduce Whitney to drugs but he damned sure enabled it and didn't seem to have any problems with using with her.

[@aprilalexander1263]

R.I.P WHITNEY and Bobby brown was Jealous of her fame she was a SUPERSTAR

[@lcr7479]

A mother's love. 😔

[@ralex3697]

The self medicating was out of control, so very sad

[@yolandaharrison1081]

Bless Her Heart ❤️ Mrs.Cissy Was A very Good Mother ,But At the End Of the Day God Knows ALL in sees Everything That We've All Do What done in the dark will Always come to the light Trust in Believe Her own Brother who had gotten her Formal interduced by Drugs Long bf she in Bobby had gotten together Then from there Apparently Everything went down hill praying for that God Continue to Give you strength Rest well in Paradise 😇 Beautiful Angel Ms.Whitney Houston

[@itsnice420]

Spitting on someone is the ultimate disrespect smh..I’d rather be slapped.

[@BOUTDATBLESSING]

I love this Houston fAmily!

[@TruthSerum101]

All three of her kids were hard core drug users. Are you serious?

[@alivemniki3896]

I love her.

[@ajbreezy11]

You guys still don't seem to understand that Bobby was her husband and what that means should be far more than any can express. I don't think that many people understand what marrying someone means. It isn't just papers being signed that says you are legally in a relationship; beyond all of that is suppose to be love and uplifting. No matter how much you deny it Bobby was Whitney's husband. His job was to uplift her, not take her down more than she already was.