it was interesting to hear some of the pastors who came up, t.d. jaacks who knew whitney later. sparkle is the film that will be coming out this summer. he said you paid a tremendous price in life. you had to share her with the world. i think that s often very hard for families of someone so famous to realize that while this is their day, it s also the world s day. people who are fans of whitney houston s, too, are grieving. i thought they got it absolutely right today. the family got the balance between giving the fans something and also between keeping it an intimate and family affair for family and friends. i thought they got it bang on. people who criticize it have to imagine what it was like. cissy houston all week trying to wrestle with the right thing to do. you could not argue that was an incredible service to pay tribute to her daughter in the most perfect way. also allowed the immediate why from a respectful distance, i think, and her fans around the world to sh
it was just we kept on saying her name. you know, like whitney. and she would just she was like shaking her head. yes, like, yes, it s whitney. you know, and it was pretty pretty special. five weeks before, whitney s father, newell, had been on a trip. colleen had to call then and tell him whitney was dead. he was on a trip again this time. but this call was different. colleen goes, it s whitney. and i just immediately fell to the floor. i go, no. i go, hang up the phone. so she hung up, and i called her back. because i just didn t believe it. it was like a dream. he had to make me call back. so i called back and she said i m standing here and it s whitney. and i just i go the first thought in my head was, is there something wrong with her? what does she look like? what does she look like?