Whitney Houston battled addiction right up until her death.
Music guru Clive Davis, who first got her a record deal when she was 20 and worked with her throughout her career, told Page Six she was shocked. passed away in 2012.
“I was with her 48 hours before her death,” Davis shared in an exclusive interview with Page Six, adding, “I had no idea” that she would die two days later. Added.
Houston, who struggled with drug addiction all his life, worked on sobriety.
“She showed me what she did in rehab,” explained the 90-year-old record producer. “How she quit smoking, how she got the nicotine out of her throat. I had no idea it would have such a horrific, premature end.
“She was making a valiant attempt to get off drugs and rehab during that time,” he said.
“I will always love you” Singer found unconscious The Beverly Hilton Suite submerged in a bathtub on February 11, 2012.
The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office reported that her death was an accident, attributed to drowning and “the effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use.” Toxicology results found additional drugs in her system, including Benadryl, Xanax, and Cannabis.
The Arista Records founder still remembers when Houston auditioned for the song “The Greatest Love of All.”
“I knew at the audition that this was a once-in-a-lifetime singer.
Davis, who was played by Stanley Tucci in the Houston biopic I Want to Dance with, which he co-produced, said the film “answers every question the public wants to know about Whitney.” increase.
“Whether it was her sexuality, how she reacted to the insinuation that she wasn’t black enough and not singing, or whether it was the effects of drugs, or whether she was recording with me.
Huston, who married and divorced New Edition alum Bobby Brown, has long been plagued by rumors that he was having an affair with his assistant Robin Crawford.
In 2019, Crawford wrote a book.A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houstonand she pair confirmed We met as teenagers in the summer of 1980, when I was a summer camp counselor.
“The film makes it very clear that she had an affair with Robin when she was a teenager, and then she said to herself, ‘This is not for me.'” , “I want a house. I want to get married. I want children. I don’t want to fight my parents for life and death. It’s against my religion. I want you to be my best friend.”
“And those were the conditions. So the men she had relationships with long before Bobby are listed,” he continued. In her adult life it wasn’t an issue in her marriage. I was too attracted to him, but I wasn’t frustrated.
Davis encourages Houston fans to see the film in a theater with a good sound system, as it “really meaningfully showcases all the great songs and of course the voice.”
He continues: That’s what movies do. “
The music executive, who has worked with everyone from Janis Joplin to Santana to Billy Joel and Pink Floyd, said he knew immediately if he wanted to work with someone.
“I don’t read sheet music. I don’t play music. When you audition for Smith, you don’t know it in the first song.
“i want to dance with someoneis currently in theaters.