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Whitney Houston and her daughter Bobbi Kristina shared the same drug dealer, claims a new shocking report.
According to The Daily Star, Whitney Houston and her teenage daughter Bobbi Kristina were using a man “by the name of Jay” to purchase drugs right up until the singer’s death last month.
A family insider allegedly told The Daily Star that the man would deliver marijuana and cocaine to Whitney Houston’s home in Atlanta, and that the singer was taking drugs for “most of the last six months of her life”.
“Her regular dealer toward the end was a big black guy called Jay,” the family insider told the British publication.
“He would call at the house most evenings in the months leading up to Whitney’s death.
“And he earned a fortune from her.”
The reports claims that Whitney Houston never had any interaction with the man and rather had a friend make the deals.
“They would hand Jay a brown paper bag crammed with hundreds of dollar bills and Jay would hand back the bag with the top folded down,” the insider claims to the paper.
But while the dealings were taking place, the insider alleges that Whitney Houston’s 18-year-old daughter was also being given drugs and alcohol by that man, unbeknownst to her mother.
“He would give her drink and drugs, usually cannabis,” the source told The Daily Star.
Whitney Houston and her daughter Bobbi Kristina shared the same drug dealer, claims a new shocking report
The new report comes after numerous reports about Bobbi Kristina Brown’s past troubles.
Bobbi Kristina Brown was admitted to a psychiatric ward in 2008 after she tried to stab her mother during an argument before turning the blade on herself and trying to slit her wrists.
Whitney Houston’s daughter had apparently grown up seeing her mother doing drugs and now her family is concerned that she may follow in the singer’s footsteps in the more negative aspects of her life.
In 2011, Bobbi Kristina’s ex-boyfriend of more than two years was so concerned he spoke to Radar Online about her growing cocaine addiction that he says is due, in part, to her parents enabling her habits.
“I’ve tried to stop her, but all she said was, <<I’m just like my mother!>>,” he said.
Bobbi Kristina Brown will sit down with Oprah on Sunday night for her very first interview since her mother’s death.
Joining her will also be Patricia Houston, Whitney Houston’s sister-in-law and one-time manager.
In the interview Oprah Winfrey asks her whether she thought drugs were the cause of her sister-in-law’s sad demise.
“The handwriting was kind of on the wall,” Patricia Houston said.
“I would be kidding myself to say otherwise.”
However, Patricia Houston thought that before Whitney’s death, the singer was somewhat safer that she was before.
“If things hadn’t changed, but things were changing, things were really changing with her, very much so,” she said.
“It wasn’t about the substance abuse or anything like that relative to the latter days or anything like that, I think it was more of lifestyle.”
“I was afraid for other things, lifestyle more so than…” she trailed off.
Not letting a tease like that go unanswered, Oprah Winfrey pressed her on what, exactly, it was about her lifestyle that seemed so threatening
“I saw her chasing a dream, looking for love in all the wrong places.”
- Whitney Elizabeth Houston – We love you!
A message from one of our readers. Whitney we miss you!
Dear Friends of Whitney Elizabeth Houston,
I am writing this letter to you today in an effort to reach out and touch those in our lives for which we admire and respect because of the GOD given talents they are blessed with and who have sacrificed and devoted their lives to entertain all us. With all their access to fame and fortune, easy availability of unlimited drugs and alcohol prominent within this industry and the sudden death of young talented and legendary artist such as; Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Mikey Welsh, it has come to my attention as one of their fans and a Disc Jockey for many years exhibiting their music that something more concretely needed to be done. We must bring to light the causes of their early deaths and take actions to protect them from themselves and the sometime irrational decisions they make that bring theirs lives to early demise. To ensure Whitney Elizabeth Houston’s life causes and her death would not be in vane, I proposed that every artist within the entertainment community take the following Entertainers Standards of Conduct Oath and to become the “Wingman” for someone they admire, respect, love and care for. Let your voice be heard and demonstrate through your works and deeds that you loved Whitney as much as she loved each of you. I pray it will help each of you and all of us who could use a little intervention from time-to-time as we struggle with the demons in our lives.
Sincerely,
Brian Wayman Layton, Utah 2 /19/2012
In Memory of Whitney “Elizabeth” Houston’s
Entertainers Standards of Conduct Oath
Because you love me and because I love myself, I _______________________________ , hereby solemnly swear before my GOD, my family, my closest friends and the professions for which I am beholden, to uphold the following standards of conduct as a condition of my employment throughout my contractual obligations. Because you love me and because I love myself, I will maintain the highest levels of personal and professional integrity by setting the example through righteous living both in the publics view and in my private life. I will not bring shame to my GOD, my family, my friends and employer by indulging in the abusive, dangerous and unhealthy pleasures of evil, lawlessness and reckless behavior and will cease that behavior immediately. I will not abuse or consume harmful and additive drugs and chemicals substances legal or illegal into my body nor will I offer them to those around me. I will only surround myself with those who truly love me and I will separate myself from those who would harm and enable me to self destruct. If I am in trouble, I will seek the recommendations and accept the professional help that I need without repercussions because you love me and I love myself so help me GOD.
Written by: Brian H. Wayman Layton, Utah 2/19/2012
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New reports claim that Whitney Houston was a secret lesbian and binged on the drugs and alcohol that killed her because she was torn over living a lie.
Rumors have been circulating for 30 years Whitney Houston had had a secret relationship with her ex-assistant, but her friends have now publicly spoken about her sexuality following her death.
British-based gay rights activist Peter Tatchell even said her marriage to Bobby Brown was a smokescreen.
“It’s important to tell the truth about this aspect of her life,” Peter Tatchell told the Daily Star.
“Whitney was happiest and at her peak in the 1980’s when she was with her female partner.
“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.
“She was pressured into the Bobby Brown marriage. It was a disaster. Her life started going downhill soon afterwards.”
The campaigner did not name the woman, but other sources have said it was Robyn Crawford.
They had known each other since Whitney Houston was 16 and Robyn Crawford dropped out of Monmouth College to work for the singer.
Rumors have been circulating for 30 years Whitney Houston had had a secret relationship with her ex-assistant, Robyn Crawford (right), but her friends have now publicly spoken about her sexuality following her death
Just hours after Whitney Houston’s death, Robyn Crawford wrote a Valentine’s Day-themed tribute, which was published in a U.S. magazine.
It said: “I first met Whitney when I was 16 and knew right away she was special.
“Whitney was modeling and had peachy-colored 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.”
The claims have also been backed up by Whitney Houston’s sister-in-law and her ex-bodyguard Kevin Ammons.
Even the singer’s former husband Bobby Brown has hinted their marriage was a cover-up for her desire for women.
Bobby Brown’s sister Tina said: “I saw her with a woman a couple of times.”
Bobby Brown, 43, wrote in his biography that the marriage was “doomed from the very beginning. I think we got married for all the wrong reasons. Now, I realize Whitney had a different agenda than I did when we got married.
“I believe her agenda was to clean up her image, while mine was to be loved and have children. The media was accusing her of having a bisexual relationship with her assistant, Robin [sic] Crawford. Since she was the American Sweetheart and all, that didn’t go too well with her image.
“In Whitney’s situation, the only solution was to get married and have kids. That would kill all speculation, whether it was true or not.”
Whitney Houston’s bodyguard wrote in his book about the star that Robyn Crawford slapped Whitney Houston when she saw her flirting with men and was furious when she vowed to marry Bobby Brown.
The bodyguard also claimed Whitney Houston paid off ex-publicist Regina Brown to keep quiet about her affair with Robyn Crawford.
Whitney Houston spoke out about the rumors in 2000, saying: “I am a mother, not a lesbian. I am not gay.”
It has also been claimed that Whitney Houston told friends she “really wanted to see Jesus” in the days before her death and claimed she had a feeling the end was near for her, according to TMZ.
The Thursday before she died Whitney Houston apparently performed Yes Jesus Loves Me at Tru nightclub in Hollywood and told one of her friends: “I’m gonna go see Jesus … I want to see Jesus.”
The next morning, hours before her death, Whitney Houston discussed a bible passage involving John the Baptist and Jesus when she flashed a big smile and said: “You know, he’s so cool … I really want to see that Jesus.”
Another source told TMZ Whitney Houston had been telling friends she “felt like her time was coming”.
Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, was reportedly taken to hospital today just hours after her mother was found dead in a hotel bathroom.
Bobbi Kristina, 18, was rushed out of the Beverly Hilton hotel on a stretcher at around 10:30 a.m. this morning. She was reportedly suffering from anxiety after learning of the devastating news.
It comes as the first picture emerged today of Whitney Houston’s on-off boyfriend Ray-J leaving the hotel with his head in his hands, completely distraught.
Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristina, was reportedly taken to hospital today just hours after her mother was found dead in a hotel bathroom
Whitney Houston drowned alone in a bathtub having accidentally overdosed on a cocktail of prescription drugs and alcohol after two back-to-back evenings of out-of-control binges, it has been claimed.
The singer was found dead under the water by her bodyguard in a luxury hotel suite said to have been littered with bottles of prescription pills. She was 48.
Ray-J mentioned “missed calls” from Whitney Houston, according to the International Business Times, adding: “We all gotta live with that.”
Paramedics battled to revive the singer but she was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. yesterday afternoon, hours before she had been due to perform at a pre-Grammys party at the Beverly Hills Hilton in LA.
At first it was thought that Ray-J had found Whitney Houston’s body but a statement was later released by his spokesman saying “he was nowhere near the scene but no less distraught”.
According to reports on gather.com moments before the news broke, Ray-J was seen trying to console Bobbi Kristina, who was screaming, in the lobby of the hotel.
The singer/reality TV star and Whitney Houston dated between 2007 and 2009 but it was believed they had recently picked up their romance after being spotted at an LA restaurant.
Ray-J, 17 years younger than Whitney Houston, is the youngest brother of the singer Brandy and made a sex tape with Kim Kardashian in 2003 which was reportedly “leaked” on to the Internet.
Bottles of Lorazepam, Valium, Xanax and a sleeping medication were found in the hotel room, it has been claimed. The drugs were believed to have acted as sedatives, causing her to fall asleep in the bathtub once they had been mixed with alcohol from the previous evenings.
An autopsy is to be carried out today, according to TMZ, but the results will be delayed as toxicology tests must also be run.
Her frantic daughter Bobbi Kristina is understood to have got into a “furious screaming argument” with authorities who refused to let her into the hotel room to see the body of her dead mother. Friends of Whitney Houston’s cousin Dionne Warwick, who also went to the hotel to try to see the body, have said that she is “inconsolable”.
Police also turned away Ray-J from Whitney Houston’s suite on the fourth floor after he raced from his home following news of her death, reported TMZ.
Whitney Houston’s body remained at the hotel today where her family, including her daughter were paying their last respects, according to RadarOnline. Last night around 800 guests attended a pre-Grammys dinner at the hotel where Whitney Houston died.
Outside, fans gathered to mourn the star, leaving floral tributes and lighting candles.
The exact cause of death was not yet known. But on the Thursday evening before her death, Whitney Houston went on a wild binge in which she is said to have clashed with security guards. The next evening she “partied heavily, drank and chatted loudly” with friends at the hotel bar, claims TMZ.
According to Forbes, the night before Whitney Houston’s death, a hotel guest on the third floor beneath where the singer’s suite of rooms were located, had complained that water was pouring into his bathroom around 2:30 a.m.
Police have begun searching the hotel room for any signs of illegal drugs. The circumstances of the death are not thought to be suspicious but the authorities are investigating.
Whitney Houston drowned alone in a bathtub having accidentally overdosed on a cocktail of prescription drugs and alcohol after two back-to-back evenings of out-of-control binges, it has been claimed.
Whitney Houston, 48, was found dead by her bodyguard in the luxury Beverly Hilton hotel suite said to have been littered with bottles of prescription pills.
Paramedics battled to revive the singer but she was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, hours before she had been due to perform at a pre-Grammys party at the Beverly Hills Hilton in LA.
Bottles of Lorazepam, Valium, Xanax and a sleeping medication were found in the hotel room, it has been claimed. The drugs are believed to have acted as sedatives have caused her to fall asleep in the bathtub once they had been mixed with alcohol from the previous evenings.
Whitney Houston sweats profusely and appears disheveled as she leaves the Tru Hollywood nightclub on Thursday night
As police look into the possibility that Whitney Houston died from an accidental overdose, there are expected to be emotional scenes at the Grammy awards tonight with many of the singers inspired by the legendary star dedicating their awards to her.
Whitney Houston had battled ravaging addictions to crack cocaine over the years but the drug is not believed to have played a part in her death. Police searched the room for illegal substances after discovering the body.
Her frantic daughter Bobbi Kristina, 19, is understood to have got into a “furious screaming argument” with authorities who refused to let her into the hotel room to see the body of her dead mother. Friends of Whitney Houston’s cousin Dionne Warwick, who also went to the hotel to try to see the body, have said that she is “inconsolable”.
US reports claim Whitney Houston drowned alone in a bathtub having accidentally overdosed on a cocktail of prescription drugs and alcohol after two back-to-back evenings of out-of-control binges
Whitney Houston’s body was eventually covered up and wheeled later in the evening after Bobbi Kristina and Dionne Warwick had visited the room and broke down in tears as they were confronted with the tragic reality. Outside, fans gathered to mourn the star.
The exact cause of death is not yet known. But on the Thursday evening before her death, Whitney Houston went on a wild binge in which she is said to have clashed with security guards. The next evening she “partied heavily, drank and chatted loudly” with friends at the hotel bar, claims TMZ.
Members of Whitney Houston’s entourage were aware that she would take prescription pills, including the anti-anxiety drug Xanax, before big shows to calm her nerves, TMZ has also claimed.
It is not known if the destructive spiral played a part in death of Whitney Houston who had spent more than a decade battling an addiction to crack cocaine since rising to international stardom in the early 90’s.
Police have begun searching the hotel room for any signs of illegal drugs. The circumstances of the death are not thought to be suspicious but the authorities are investigating.
As Whitney Houston’s body was wheeled to an ambulance, just yards away stars including Britney Spears, Tony Bennett and Kim Kardashian were taking part in the pre-Grammy Awards party at the hotel.
Whitney Houston had been due to attend the event which was organized by her mentor Clive Davis.
The surreal scene inside the hotel event unfolded with Clive Davis paying tribute to the singer, before saying: “Now ladies and gentlemen, let the music begin.” Stars paid tribute to her throughout the evening.
Grammy president and CEO Neil Portnow, who called Whitney Houston a friend, said “canceling the party was never an option”. He announced that Jennifer Hudson would perform a tribute to Whitney Houston at Sunday’s Grammys.
What is Xanax?
Xanax, or Alprazolam, is a sedative used to treat anxiety and panic disorders.
It usually comes in tablet form and works by decreasing abnormal excitement in the brain.
Xanax can be addictive and drinking alcohol while taking the drug is ill-advised.
Michael Jackson was known to have been using the prescription drug at the time of his death in 2009 as was actor Heath Ledger when he accidentally overdosed in 2008.
Actress Heather Locklear was rushed to hospital yesterday in the afternoon after taking a combination of prescription drugs and alcohol, according to reports.
Heather Locklear’s sister called 911 earlier today to report the “medical emergency”, TMZ reported.
According to TMZ law enforcement sources confirmed that Heather Locklear, 50, was examined by paramedics when they arrived and decided she needed to be hospitalized.
The Dynasty star is currently being treated and is recovering in the Los Robles Hospital and Medical Centre in California.
According to a hospital spokesperson who told TMZ, Heather Locklear was “awake and responsive” upon her arrival.
Heather Locklear’s parents, who are also by her side in the medical facility, have released a statement through the hospital.
“She is in no danger and she’s going to be just fine,” Bill and Diane Locklear said.
On Tuesday night Heather Locklear attended a Lakers basketball game at the Staples Centre, where she was seen laughing and joking with friends and appeared to be in good spirits
Heather Locklear is expected to be released tomorrow.
This is not the first time the former Melrose Place star has been rushed to hospital and in 2008 a 911 call was made by her doctor who said she had tried to “commit suicide”, however it was later denied that this was the case.
In June 2008, Heather Locklear checked into a medical facility to see treatment for anxiety and depression.
Three months later she was arrested for driving under the influence of prescription drugs and she had to be helped from her police car.
Alcohol was ruled out after tests but Heather Locklear was charged with driving under the influence of prescription medication and released on $4,500 bail.
On Tuesday night Heather Locklear attended a Lakers basketball game at the Staples Centre, where she was seen laughing and joking with friends and appeared to be in good spirits.
