these old interviews of how beautiful & well spoken & articulate she was is even more saddening because with todays standards in women, you wonder if people can ever go back to being like this?
She was a gorgeous, brilliant and talented woman, but she was not free to exist as she was. Respectability politics and the preoccupation with image, acceptance, and keeping up appearances played a part in destroying many famous people in the past - from Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Dandridge to Judy Garland and Whitney Houston. No... women should not go back to this. These illusions of the past played a huge role in the problems that exist today. Problems never look as bad at the beginning stages as they will begin to look after years and decades of leaving a problems unacknowledged or unsolved. Today's issues were brewing decades ago. Whitney's demise is quite symbolic of this.
@@LANORDA9 I think the problem is who her manager, or lack thereof was. Had she had someone seriously looking out for her, but she was so successful at a very early age, nobody probably thought she needed coaching & guidance. Who would dare tell her to watch her back, that Clive D. was a dangerous individual & tell her to get out while she still can.
@@LANORDA9. When Whitney said it was too much to live up too I believed that. Lazy ppl today complain dressing up period. But to do it every day and sing those songs Whitney and Garland had to sing I'm sure was a lot. But that wasn't her demise, ppl were, and sadly most of the ppl they exploit are wearing rags
So sad her life took such tough turns and SO VERY SAD that she is gone. And now it’s all back again - with her mom now gone and her daughter before that. It’s just such a tragedy.
@@ThisGuy65842fame was the problem for her she was forced into it cissy was very controlling over Whitney I think she blamed herself for her daughters death
Did you catch what she said about maintaining control so that this fame doesn’t take her around the world and back in 80 days and she becomes someone else. She kind of predicted her own future because she did go around the world and come back completely different from the Whitney Houston that we all knew in love wow just let that sink in for a moment.
@@ThisGuy65842Her brother introduced her to drugs. He confessed in Oprah before his mother. It makes me so angry that he could destroy one of the greatest singers on earth. My heart still aches for her and her daughter. Now Cissy is gone as well. May their souls rest in perfect peace.
This world needed but never did deserve this family. Thank you Cissy for being such a pivotal vessel and for sharing *all* of your gifts with the world. Cissy was an angelic angel that just kept on giving! From her very own classic records, training and inspiring her nieces Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, her daughter Whitney Houston, her work with the Sweet Inspirations, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross, and countless others over the years, incredible. Cissy's incomparable soprano, her deafening vibrato, as well as her background and vocal arranging skills remained in high demand for more than 70 years. Dionne and Whitney owed it all to Cissy, their voices, their wit, the sophistication, the class was all Emily Cissy Drinkard Houston 101. I've never seen a stronger conviction to God and wholesome morals while being so laidback, funky, and cool. Cissy was loved and respected in every room she entered! Cissy gave birth to 3 children, her first born son made it into the NBA, and her first and only daughter would become the best and biggest singer in the world, extraordinary lineage. There's so much that could be said but I couldn't say enough how important Cissy's contributions and her faith in God have been to this world. I remember being a kid and listening to Whitney sing gospel and I'd say wow I want to know her God, it was the same God Cissy instilled in her! The impact of the Drinkard Family is dense and it spreads so far, deep, high, and vast. They don't make them like Cissy anymore and they haven't for awhile. Though sadden, I'm grateful to have bared witness to Cissy's anointing and I celebrate her brilliance and blazingly bright light. Heaven is missing one less angel. I don't know what's up there, but I know that Cissy is already singing with Jesus. Cissy Houston, dearest, you'll be forever missed and heavy on the hearts of so many. Love always ❤🙏
What angel would have brow beaten her child so badly as to let her know she would NEVER accept her sexuality?! She caused Whitney's depression. Leading to her drug & alcohol abuse. The world blamed Bobby Brown. BS Whitney was a known cokehead in her modeling days. That is Cissy's fault. I'm tired of people acting like she was a Saint. "Angelic Angel" my aching a$$.
I think cissy blamed herself for her daughter’s death and Whitney didn’t want to be in the industry she was forced into it by cissy and she had pressures cissy was very controlling over Whitney and very strict
REST IN HEAVENLY PEACE MAMA CISSY, NIPPY, AND SWEET KRISSI! YOU ARE ALL BACK TOGETHER AGAIN IN THE HEAVENLY REALM SINGING TO THE HEAVENLY FATHER! LOVE YOU ALL. PLEASE KISS MY MOTHER FOR ME. 🌹 🕊 🙏🏿
The young beautiful innocent Whitney before the industry got to her jus listen to her voice talking so innocent then listen to her voice yearsss later and hear the differences
Gosh, how I wish the world had treated this angel of a woman better...I so wish she had been surrounded by healthier people who didn't use and abuse her.
I'll never understand it. As a young black girl growing up i never heard a white sound. I just heard great songs and someone singing their face off. It's always crazy to me.
Ms Dionne Warwick, her cousin, faced the same criticism in her heyday. She just soldiered on and continued to make good music. Whitney did the same, in my opinion.
I REALLY REALLY REALLY hate that is (black ppl) criticize Whitney for not singing enough 'black' song. Just because your a black singer/musician doesn't mean you have to only sing hip-hop soul or R&B. There are many blk country singers, jazz, folk, electro, dance, opera, rock, etc. I remember she got nominated at the Soul train music awards and the audience booed her because they said she sings all these 'white pop' songs. That experience really changed the trajectory of her career after that. It hurt her that her own ppl booed her. She was reaching heights and superstardom unheard of. We should have just let her be. She's an amazing vocalist. I for one LOVE her pop catalog😢
So refined and full of etiquette Clive made her become this caricature who was far removed from her true self. When she decided to be herself people didn’t accept it and led to her demise. Clive should have let her be herself.
Exactly what I was trying to say I think cissy blamed herself for her daughters death because Whitney was forced into the industry because of who her mother was your right Whitney wanted to be her true self not what they were trying to make her to be
Whitney said she wanted to remain level headed. Unfortunately that didn't happen. She lost her way in the world of drugs. So, so sorry that happened to her.
Yes Al sharpton creating bill boards calling her WHITEy Houston and the black community booing her at the soul train music awards ! Even bobby brown said that tore Whitney up . White people adored her .
I blame mothers like this that put there religion before there kids 😒 its sad its the reason why Whitney struggle so much to be happy 😊 ❤❤❤ rip to the voice 😢 ❤❤❤
You are Humble when You are Poor and don't have Much, and Meghan was there before, Why do you want her to go back to been Humble, When God has Exalted her from been humble? is When You Exalted yourself God will Humbled you down to nothing, The Rich get Humbled when they Exalted themselves, The ONLY One Can Exalt you is GOD. Meghan Does NOT Need to Humble, ALL Meghan Need to do is to be GREATFUL AND THANKFUL UNTO GOD, FOR HIS GOODNESS, and his MERCY, And Try to help someone in Need. When You Humble. Is When you are High Minded you will be Brought down Low.
It is very unfortunate how the ending ended. Died of overdosing from illicit drugs and her daughter following her same steps to her demise. Just prior to Whitney's death, she was involved in an illicit unmarried relationship with younger Ray J, who some people thought he was her step son. And much prior to that, she was in a down-low lesbian relationship. The truth hurts, but it's the truth.
As a kid and all the way into adulthood as a huge Whitney fan, I always felt like something was a little off about Cissy & her interactions publicly with Whitney. They look nothing alike, act nothing alike, and she looks at her weird. Idk. Not like she hates her, but kind of like a Warden and Whitney just looks like she’s seeking validation. I’m sorry and respect to Cissy for raising an amazing talent and gift to the world. But I honestly think that Teresa Graves was Whitney’s biological mother.
@@willwill1289 REGARDLESS OF HER TEACHINGS, PEOPLE DO GET JEALOUS OF THEIR OWN KIN IF THEY MAKE IT TO LIVE THEIR DREAM, AND YOU DON'T!!!! YES!!!! FAMILY CAN AND DO GET JEALOUS!!!!!
Respectfully I disagree. Let's not spin that narrative especially when Miss Cissy Houston very recently passed away. Whitney always said that her mother was her greatest teacher. My only thing is that I do not believe she did enough to protect her daughter when Whitney was alive (I have read Miss Cissy's book as I'm sure you have) - and yes, Whitney did have a much better and more pleasant singing voice but I think the word 'jealousy' is a stretch...
Whitney was so beautiful in every way. She was the best vocalist ever. One in forever
She was pretty😍 I love her dress and makeup here
They are reunited. They were a gift to thid world! May they rest Eternally!
these old interviews of how beautiful & well spoken & articulate she was is even more saddening because with todays standards in women, you wonder if people can ever go back to being like this?
She was a gorgeous, brilliant and talented woman, but she was not free to exist as she was. Respectability politics and the preoccupation with image, acceptance, and keeping up appearances played a part in destroying many famous people in the past - from Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Dandridge to Judy Garland and Whitney Houston. No... women should not go back to this. These illusions of the past played a huge role in the problems that exist today. Problems never look as bad at the beginning stages as they will begin to look after years and decades of leaving a problems unacknowledged or unsolved. Today's issues were brewing decades ago. Whitney's demise is quite symbolic of this.
@@LANORDA9 I think the problem is who her manager, or lack thereof was. Had she had someone seriously looking out for her, but she was so successful at a very early age, nobody probably thought she needed coaching & guidance. Who would dare tell her to watch her back, that Clive D. was a dangerous individual & tell her to get out while she still can.
@@LANORDA9. When Whitney said it was too much to live up too I believed that. Lazy ppl today complain dressing up period. But to do it every day and sing those songs Whitney and Garland had to sing I'm sure was a lot. But that wasn't her demise, ppl were, and sadly most of the ppl they exploit are wearing rags
This was a nice, never seen this before. Thanks for sharing.
She's so gorgeous
So sad her life took such tough turns and SO VERY SAD that she is gone. And now it’s all back again - with her mom now gone and her daughter before that. It’s just such a tragedy.
She couldn't handle the fame..so turned to drugs...the tragedy is her fault
Well justice is coming for Whitney trust🙏🏾💔
@@ThisGuy65842fame was the problem for her she was forced into it cissy was very controlling over Whitney I think she blamed herself for her daughters death
Did you catch what she said about maintaining control so that this fame doesn’t take her around the world and back in 80 days and she becomes someone else.
She kind of predicted her own future because she did go around the world and come back completely different from the Whitney Houston that we all knew in love wow just let that sink in for a moment.
@@ThisGuy65842Her brother introduced her to drugs. He confessed in Oprah before his mother. It makes me so angry that he could destroy one of the greatest singers on earth. My heart still aches for her and her daughter. Now Cissy is gone as well. May their souls rest in perfect peace.
This world needed but never did deserve this family. Thank you Cissy for being such a pivotal vessel and for sharing *all* of your gifts with the world. Cissy was an angelic angel that just kept on giving! From her very own classic records, training and inspiring her nieces Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, her daughter Whitney Houston, her work with the Sweet Inspirations, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross, and countless others over the years, incredible.
Cissy's incomparable soprano, her deafening vibrato, as well as her background and vocal arranging skills remained in high demand for more than 70 years. Dionne and Whitney owed it all to Cissy, their voices, their wit, the sophistication, the class was all Emily Cissy Drinkard Houston 101.
I've never seen a stronger conviction to God and wholesome morals while being so laidback, funky, and cool. Cissy was loved and respected in every room she entered! Cissy gave birth to 3 children, her first born son made it into the NBA, and her first and only daughter would become the best and biggest singer in the world, extraordinary lineage.
There's so much that could be said but I couldn't say enough how important Cissy's contributions and her faith in God have been to this world. I remember being a kid and listening to Whitney sing gospel and I'd say wow I want to know her God, it was the same God Cissy instilled in her! The impact of the Drinkard Family is dense and it spreads so far, deep, high, and vast. They don't make them like Cissy anymore and they haven't for awhile.
Though sadden, I'm grateful to have bared witness to Cissy's anointing and I celebrate her brilliance and blazingly bright light. Heaven is missing one less angel. I don't know what's up there, but I know that Cissy is already singing with Jesus. Cissy Houston, dearest, you'll be forever missed and heavy on the hearts of so many. Love always ❤🙏
Gimme a sec, need to find my bookmark page... 😊😉
Needed her??😂😂😂😂 is she the Savior??
What angel would have brow beaten her child so badly as to let her know she would NEVER accept her sexuality?! She caused Whitney's depression. Leading to her drug & alcohol abuse. The world blamed Bobby Brown. BS Whitney was a known cokehead in her modeling days. That is Cissy's fault. I'm tired of people acting like she was a Saint. "Angelic Angel" my aching a$$.
@@ThisGuy65842yea
I think cissy blamed herself for her daughter’s death and Whitney didn’t want to be in the industry she was forced into it by cissy and she had pressures cissy was very controlling over Whitney and very strict
REST IN HEAVENLY PEACE MAMA CISSY, NIPPY, AND SWEET KRISSI! YOU ARE ALL BACK TOGETHER AGAIN IN THE HEAVENLY REALM SINGING TO THE HEAVENLY FATHER! LOVE YOU ALL. PLEASE KISS MY MOTHER FOR ME. 🌹 🕊 🙏🏿
I love the "Please kiss my mother for me" part. That was very heartfelt and deep. I hope they also kiss my mother for me too in Heaven.
Beautiful 😍 🤩 We r all just passing through this Planet 💜🌹💜🌹
Her makeup is gorgeous
I know😍
The 80s was colorful. Everything was beautiful back then. There wasn't as much greed as there is today.
The best voice to ever grace this planet!! She had so much beauty in her voice ❤
R.I.P Cissy and Nippy!
RIP ANGELS ❤❤❤❤🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
The young beautiful innocent Whitney before the industry got to her jus listen to her voice talking so innocent then listen to her voice yearsss later and hear the differences
Her eyes! So beautiful
Gosh, how I wish the world had treated this angel of a woman better...I so wish she had been surrounded by healthier people who didn't use and abuse her.
Such a regal, majestic woman. One of a kind ❤
I'll never understand it. As a young black girl growing up i never heard a white sound. I just heard great songs and someone singing their face off. It's always crazy to me.
Ms Dionne Warwick, her cousin, faced the same criticism in her heyday. She just soldiered on and continued to make good music. Whitney did the same, in my opinion.
So different before Bobby Brown you seem so much put together
keyword: "seem" (John 7:24)
@jdfodio, Clive "seems" like a weirdo. Puffy "seems" like he wasn't robbing his artists. You don't wanna play that game.
I REALLY REALLY REALLY hate that is (black ppl) criticize Whitney for not singing enough 'black' song. Just because your a black singer/musician doesn't mean you have to only sing hip-hop soul or R&B. There are many blk country singers, jazz, folk, electro, dance, opera, rock, etc. I remember she got nominated at the Soul train music awards and the audience booed her because they said she sings all these 'white pop' songs. That experience really changed the trajectory of her career after that. It hurt her that her own ppl booed her. She was reaching heights and superstardom unheard of. We should have just let her be. She's an amazing vocalist. I for one LOVE her pop catalog😢
So beautiful mother and daughter now they are together in heaven and with her daughter Bobby Christina a trio that was pure gold unmatched ❤
So refined and full of etiquette Clive made her become this caricature who was far removed from her true self. When she decided to be herself people didn’t accept it and led to her demise. Clive should have let her be herself.
Exactly what I was trying to say I think cissy blamed herself for her daughters death because Whitney was forced into the industry because of who her mother was your right Whitney wanted to be her true self not what they were trying to make her to be
Whitney is so pretty here 😍😢💔
Whitney is looking so gorgeous in an interview. may they both rest in peace.🙏🏾🙏🏾🕊️🩷
Cissy has NEVER given me jealous vibes, ever!
What a golden decade...
Wow look at that beautiful face! She looks stunningly Gorgeous!
Whitney said she wanted to remain level headed. Unfortunately that didn't happen. She lost her way in the world of drugs. So, so sorry that happened to her.
Such class and poise ! Gone-too soon 😊
Whitney and the woman playing the piano have on the same wig 😂
🙏🏽🌸🕊️Cissy & Whitney🕊🌸🙏🏽
Even at this young age Whitney threw some great shade in interviews.
She was beyond Amazing!........but FAME will destroy you. It's sad. Be careful what you wish for.
How can you ask her if her career is orchestrated. She was and is the best singer ever in this world
So beautiful
People were clearly jealous of her success so they turned to lame criticism.
1:48 Whitney ain't having her Momma's answer about Cissy hearing herself when Whitney sings. Not at all!
I caught that and it almost sounds and looks as though the interview was a setup to deny (who they say) Whitney’s real mother is, Teresa Graves.
and then the BODYGUARD happened and the rest will remain history.
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Whitney so young!!! Looking like a kid. Is she 25??
She was almost 25 here.
she was a baby, too...she was 5, too...she was 21, too...people do age...as you hopefully will, too...
cant imagine her her, even looking at a bobby brown , so elegant , and classy ,,
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She achieved her "next steps" (movies, marriage, kid). If only she had done it God's way.
They’ve always tried to diminish the success of the black female artist. 🤔
Yes Al sharpton creating bill boards calling her WHITEy Houston and the black community booing her at the soul train music awards ! Even bobby brown said that tore Whitney up . White people adored her .
Sad whitney did not pass the blessing over.
TIME.... Lord Jesus💙❤️🥰😇💪🙏💯🎁💖💞💜🥰💐😘👑💕💙😍🙌🌹🌹
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Al sharpten started all that drama
4:40 I would've said "Well this voice ain't orchestrated"
Interviewer is negative.😢
I blame mothers like this that put there religion before there kids 😒 its sad its the reason why Whitney struggle so much to be happy 😊 ❤❤❤ rip to the voice 😢 ❤❤❤
She really wanted Whitney career. Girl you sound only like yourself thank God
You are Humble when You are Poor and don't have Much, and Meghan was there before, Why do you want her to go back to been Humble, When God has Exalted her from been humble?
is When You Exalted yourself God will Humbled you down to nothing, The Rich get Humbled when they Exalted themselves,
The ONLY One Can Exalt you is GOD.
Meghan Does NOT Need to
Humble, ALL Meghan Need to do is to be GREATFUL AND THANKFUL UNTO GOD, FOR HIS GOODNESS, and his MERCY, And Try to help someone in Need. When You Humble.
Is When you are High Minded you will be Brought down Low.
It is very unfortunate how the ending ended. Died of overdosing from illicit drugs and her daughter following her same steps to her demise. Just prior to Whitney's death, she was involved in an illicit unmarried relationship with younger Ray J, who some people thought he was her step son. And much prior to that, she was in a down-low lesbian relationship. The truth hurts, but it's the truth.
I didn’t know that the “United Negro College Fund” was really a thing. White Chicks was in to something.😂😂
Cissy seems like a bitter, perhaps jealous person of Whitney🤔
That's because Whitney is not her biological daughter!
@@Zaeggiedelusional
@@Zaeggie Who is her mother, Teresa Graves?
@@daddygrace253 yes
Exactly, if you look at the interview it looks like a setup
As a kid and all the way into adulthood as a huge Whitney fan, I always felt like something was a little off about Cissy & her interactions publicly with Whitney. They look nothing alike, act nothing alike, and she looks at her weird. Idk. Not like she hates her, but kind of like a Warden and Whitney just looks like she’s seeking validation. I’m sorry and respect to Cissy for raising an amazing talent and gift to the world. But I honestly think that Teresa Graves was Whitney’s biological mother.
HER MOTHER HAD AN "OLD" SOUND!!!!!
And sounded good...
@@beyourself2444I never liked Cissy's voice. May she rest in peace 🕊️🕊️🌹🕊️🕊️
Her mother was jealous of her.
I think so too!
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In the words of Cissy "why would I be jealous of my daughter I taught her everything she knows" .....she was not jealous ..
@@willwill1289 REGARDLESS OF HER TEACHINGS, PEOPLE DO GET JEALOUS OF THEIR OWN KIN IF THEY MAKE IT TO LIVE THEIR DREAM, AND YOU DON'T!!!! YES!!!! FAMILY CAN AND DO GET JEALOUS!!!!!
Respectfully I disagree. Let's not spin that narrative especially when Miss Cissy Houston very recently passed away. Whitney always said that her mother was her greatest teacher. My only thing is that I do not believe she did enough to protect her daughter when Whitney was alive (I have read Miss Cissy's book as I'm sure you have) - and yes, Whitney did have a much better and more pleasant singing voice but I think the word 'jealousy' is a stretch...