Whitney Houston: Destiny Of A Diva | Can I Be Me? | 147
Even the Rich
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4.4 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
As Whitney’s star rises, her career takes off into the stratosphere. These days she can hardly leave the house without being recognized. Professionally, she’s soaring. But privately, things are in freefall. The pressure of being a public figure is getting to her, and Whitney’s drug use is escalating. And as her relationship with best friend Robyn Crawford attracts more scrutiny, a new figure enters the picture who makes her feel seen and loved. But Bobby Brown might not be saving grace she’s been hoping for.
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| 0:00.0 | Wundery Plus subscribers can binge the newest season of even the rich before anyone else. |
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| 0:08.0 | This episode contains strong language and adult situations. |
| 0:12.0 | Please be advised. |
| 0:14.0 | It's April 13, |
| 0:20.0 | it's April 13, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, and Whitney Houston is at the Shrine Auditorium for the Soul Train Awards. |
| 0:29.0 | Today, she's in an unusually upbeat mood. |
| 0:33.0 | To Whitney, events like this tend to feel like work, |
| 0:36.4 | but with so many people she knows and loves in the audience, |
| 0:39.6 | tonight feels more like a house party that just happens to be televised. |
| 0:44.6 | Whitney's just performed the gospel song Hold Up the Light |
| 0:47.8 | with her good friends BB and C. C. Wienin's. |
| 0:51.1 | During the number, she laughed and moved her body in time to the music. It looked like |
| 0:56.3 | she was having the time of her life. Singing Gospel reminds Whitney of who she |
| 1:01.4 | was before she became a superstar. |
| 1:04.0 | All of a sudden, she's just a choir girl with a big voice who loves Jesus. |
| 1:09.8 | After the performance, Whitney goes backstage |
| 1:12.8 | as Heather Locklier presents the award |
| 1:14.8 | Whitney's up for. |
| 1:16.0 | Best R&B slash Urban Contemporary Single |
| 1:18.8 | by a female. |
| 1:19.8 | Yeah, because nothing says the Soul Train Awards |
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