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Oprah's Audience Kept Whitney Houston's Secret
23 Jun
Summary
- Whitney Houston fell during a live performance on Oprah's show.
- Oprah Winfrey asked her audience to keep the incident private.
- Houston publicly discussed her struggles with addiction in 2009.
Oprah Winfrey shared a previously undisclosed detail about Whitney Houston's appearance on her show in 2009. During a live performance taping, the acclaimed singer reportedly fell in front of the live audience, an incident Winfrey managed to keep confidential.
Winfrey revealed this event while accepting an award, explaining that she had asked the audience to keep the mishap a secret, and they complied. This moment occurred during Houston's comeback period with her album "I Look To You."
Previously, Houston had openly discussed her struggles with drug addiction and substance abuse as a coping mechanism during her marriage to Bobby Brown. She had also acknowledged an intervention by her mother that led her to a 30-day rehabilitation program, though it ultimately did not resolve her long-standing challenges.
Houston passed away in 2012 at age 48 due to accidental drowning, with drugs found in her system. She briefly returned to rehab in May 2011, less than a year before her death. Her life was later depicted in the 2022 biopic "I Wanna Dance With Somebody."
