BY CHEMELLE RICE
The documentary on Whitney Houston’s life featured on Channel 5 last night was both sad and empowering, showing the how far determination and good backing can catapult anyone to the heights of success but also how bad judgement can bring it all crashing down. Whitney Houston was a beautiful woman with the voice of an angel. She produced hits that blew our minds away. Yet, she became a slave to crack cocaine- a habit that went from recreational to complete dependence- like ”food and water”, as one commentator on the show stated. Contrary to widely spread views that Bobby Brown had influenced her on drugs, it turns out that she had in fact used the drug as a form of respite from the tasking duties of her celebrity life and influenced him, not the other way round.
Her life took a downward spiral that often resulted in both her and Bobby Brown indulging in Cocaine, and eventually domestic violence became a common occurrence. When relationships have physical fighting as a common occurrence, alarm bells should start ringing that the relationship is in deep trouble! Most often, couples who fool themselves that they are ‘in love’ would see fights as part of the ups and downs of a relationship instead of crying for a way out of the relationship completely. The pitiful part is when two people are co-dependents, and just as bad as each other, with no intervening help to rescue them from themselves. Whitney went from singer to top actress, eclipsing her husband in the process, as well as many other stars there before her. Her one downfall was crack cocaine. It drained her purse, drained her voice, drained her soul. She combined this with heavy drinking until eventually the drug itself exposed her at her Australian tour. Fast forward to the future, she is believed to have eventually overdosed and drowned in a bath tub. We will never know if this is what actually happened, because evil human beings are known to manipulate the dreadful weakness of others when plotting their own evil acts. However, for the purposes of sticking to the conclusions reached by the apparent fact finders, let’s agree that she inadvertently caused her own death.
Then her story gets really odd and twisted, when daughter’s meets a similar fate just a few years later. Bobbi Kristina is using drugs heavily with her boyfriend, just like her mother did. Their are similar allegations of domestic violence in this relationship too, then she is found in a bath tub unconscious, then eventually dead! How strange, guys! Now, Nick Gordon is reportedly reviewing scripts given to him by movie producers, who according to ‘In touch weekly’ publication have sent the former boyfriend of the late American reality TV star biopic scripts about the lives of Bobbi and her mother Whitney Houston. Understandably, this tragic story is a movie hit potentially, and it is no surprise if the former boyfriend of the dead girl was to earn some good money by contributing to the film in whatever way he can. Equally understandable is the tendency for the family of Bobbi Kristina to be heavily angered by this, especially as a law suit is currently underway accusing him of fraud, theft, and battery in relation to the late daughter of Whitney Houston. Nick Gordon was barred from seeing Bobbi Kristina in her final days, and also barred from attending the funeral, in a strong show of disapproval from the Brown and Houston families.
Bobby Kristina was an aspiring singer and actress who hoped to follow her mothers steps, but never even lived to enjoy a tiny fraction of the huge fortune her mother left her. Her family have accused Gordon of supplying her with a ”toxic cocktail” that led to her drowning, though such allegation remains inconclusive pending ongoing police investigation. A movie about the life and death of Whitney and her daughter will be a huge hit and massive sell out, tragic as it is. The life and death of Whitney Houston and her daughter is so, so sad!
