The late Whitney Houston's long-time best friend Robyn Crawford has opened up about the duo's famously close relationship. In an excerpt from her new memoir, "A Song For You: My Life with Whitney Houston," Robyn talks about long-standing rumors of a romantic relationship. "I'd come to the point where I felt the need to stand up for our friendship. And I felt an urgency to stand up and share the woman behind the incredible talent," Robyn explained. The two met in 1980 while working at a summer camp in New Jersey and immediately became close; soon, things turned physical, but that part of their relationship ended shortly after Whitney signed with Clive Davis at Arista Records. Whitney allegedly broke it off by giving Robyn a blue bible. According to Robyn, the singer told her, "If people find out about us, they would use this against us." Robyn said they also faced pressure from Whitney's devout mother: "Whitney told me her mother said it wasn't natural for two women to be that close, but we were that close. We never talked about labels, like lesbian or gay. We just lived our lives and I hoped it could go on that way forever." As for why she decided to share such intimate details of the deceased singer's life now, Robyn explained, "I wanted to lift her legacy, give her respect and share the story of who she was before the fame, and in that, to embrace our friendship."
Kylie Jenner Transforms Into Marilyn Monroe and Proves Diamonds Really Are a Girl's Best Friend
Kylie Jenner has debuted yet another Halloween 2019 costume, a second one with a Madonna connection!On the actual Halloween holiday on Thursday, the 22-year-old Keeping Up With the Kardashians star debuted a new Halloween costume, one of several seen in recent days. Kylie dressed up as late Hollywood sex icon and actress Marilyn Monroe from her performance of "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" from the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes for a V magazine video cover shoot. Madonna famously paid tribute to it in her 1985 music video "Material Girl.