Whitney Houston talks to Oprah on September 14, 2009

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I’m not even going to go into Whitney’s crazy marriage with Bobby Brown or any of those times she made news because her strange behavior from the past!

When I was a teenager, I have to say that I never took to Whitney until the 1992 sound track to The Bodyguard. That song “I Will Always Love You” written by Dolly Parton was the song that really made me appreciate Whitney’s talent.

I always find it so heartbreaking to see people with so much talent have so many issues in life. I mean Whitney is the world’s “best-selling music artist) with over 170 million albums sold and yet, she’s had a very complicated, tumultuous and plain screwed last few years!

When she announced her divorced, I yelled Hallelujah and when Clive Davis from Arista Records declared in March 2007 that Whitney would be putting out a comeback album, I said “thank God”. Now with her second album (I Look to You was released on August 31, 2009) behind her, Whitney seems to be back on track to rebuilding a healthier life for herself.

When I found out that Whitney would be sitting down with Queen Oprah on September 14^th , 2009, I know this was huge since I doubt the Queen would have invited Whitney on her show during the “confusion years”.

I can tell you that I was sitting in front of my telly to catch as many nuggets of information on Whitney’s comeback. I wasn’t doing this to mock or make fun or her, but because Whitney, like so many of us, had to rebuild her life. She got a divorce in her 40s (she’s now 46, born August 9^th, 1963) and now she’s had to take one day at a time to get to a better place in her life and I wanted to use what she had to say as a lesson for a lot of women who might be in a place in their lives where they are making a big changes in their lives.

>>> Whitney Houston looked incredible!

Whitney looked flawless. She has been aging so well despite all the ups and downs of the past two decades.

The hour was a great comeback with Whitney Houston. She’s had a rocky life and like many other women, she’d had to pick herself up and start from scratch.

I won’t bore with the obvious since Whitney’s interview was what you would expect.

Oprah asked her about her beginnings as a singer, Clive Davis, the derailment with Bobby Brown, her rocky marriage, her daughter Bobby Christina, Whitney’s mother’s countless intervention attempts, the “crap is whack” interview, her drug use (cocaine and Marijuana) and her new outlook on life.

Oprah talked about a reporter (I didn’t catch the name) who compared Whitney’s voice as gift that she didn’t know how to treasure.

I was all over that sentence because I’ve been saying that for years. She had/has a voice that is so intense and in my view she had lost it all to her disturbed life with Bobby Brown.

Another thing that was a surprise was when Whitney said that the worst thing that happened in her marriage was when Bobby Brown spat in her face – WOW! Whitney had to live with this??? Thank God, she’s divorced now!!!

>>> If you missed the show, here a sneak peak: Whitney Houston on Oprah’s 24^th Season Premier

Here’s a cool video of Whitney in London promoting her new album “I Look to You”

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