m******1 发帖数: 19713 | 1 Some of Whitney Houston's friends, including gay rights activist Peter
Tatchell have said that the singer took to drugs and drinks because she was
hiding her true sexuality.
Tatchell even insisted her marriage to Bobby Brown was a smokescreen, and
that she was "only really happy" in the 1980s when she was with a "lesbian
partner".
"It's important to tell the truth about this aspect of her life," the Daily
Star quoted him as saying.
Although the Britain-based Tatchell didn't say who the partner was, other
sources said it was her ex-assistant Robyn Crawford.
Crawford wrote a Valentine's-themed tribute to Houston hours after she died,
saying she could not believe she would never again see her "peachy skin",
feel her hugs or hear her laughter.
Tatchell's claims were backed by accounts from Houston's sister-in-law and
her ex-bodyguard Kevin Ammons.
Even her former husband has hinted their marriage was a cover-up for her
desire for women.
"Whitney was happiest and at her peak in the 1980s when she was with her
female partner," Tatchell said.
"They were so loved up and joyful together. Perhaps her inability to accept
and express her same-sex love contributed to her substance abuse and decline
," he added.
His comments sparked a storm of outrage from Whitney fans who branded him a
"racist f***" and slammed him for taking a "cheap shot" by "outing" a dead
woman, but he stood his ground.
"Colluding with the cover-up of her same-sex relationship is not right.
"She was pressured into the Bobby Brown marriage. It was a disaster. Her
life started going downhill soon afterwards," he said.
The campaigner also praised the star for her work supporting HIV sufferers
after he met her at a 1991 gay rights rally in London.
Houston's closest relatives said they also believed she was gay. Bobby Brown
's sister, Tina Brown, told how Houston had wild sex sessions with women
while out of her mind on crack cocaine.
"I saw her with a woman a couple of times," she said.
She said the singer's drug habit made her even crazier than usual for sex
with girls.
Bobby, 43, wrote in his biography that he was convinced she had a "different
agenda".
"The marriage was doomed from the beginning," he wrote.
His comments have been taken to be a reference to Houston using the marriage
to stop rumours she had lesbian lovers.
Ammons said in his book that the diva had a relationship with her assistant
Crawford.
According to him, Crawford slapped Houston when she saw her flirting with
men and was furious when she vowed to marry Brown.
He also claimed she paid off ex-publicist Regina Brown to keep quiet about
her affair with Crawford.
The former assistant's tribute to Houston was published in a US magazine
barely a day after the 48-year-old's body was found in a bath at the Beverly
Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California. She had taken a cocktail of
drugs and booze.
"I first met Whitney when I was 16 and knew right away she was special," she
said.
"Whitney was modelling and had peachy-coloured skin and didn't look like
anyone I'd ever met in New Jersey.
"I can't believe that I'm never going to hug her or hear her laughter again,
" she added.
However, Houston had herself spoken out against the lesbian rumours in 2000.
"I am a mother, not a lesbian. I am not gay," she had said. |
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