BeBe Winans, a gospel singer who shared a decades-long friendship with R&B powerhouse Whitney Houston, is opening up about his fondest reminiscences of her.
In an unique interview with Individuals, Winans mentioned Houston “was a sister, and beyond a sister.”
Winans alluded to how the famous person typically felt burdened by her world success. She ceaselessly wished to do common actions, similar to strolling across the mall, however her movie star standing made it tough, he mentioned.
“She was someone who had such a big heart and loved people and wanted to help people, but sometimes felt caged because of her success and her fame,” the artist recalled.
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Winans additionally recounted how the “I Will Always Love You” singer helped him buy a house, saying Houston “flew in” to assist him tour a house that he was contemplating buying.
“On the back porch, she said, ‘This looks like my brother’s house,’ and I was like, ‘You said that about every room we went in,’ and then she reached in her pocket and she put out an envelope, and she gave it to me and in it was $50,000 to pay for what the bank had put on me.”
Houston didn’t anticipate him to ever pay her again.
“When I paid her back, she called and said, ‘You paid me back?’ and I said, ‘I told you I was.’ She said, ‘A lot of people say that!’ That was Whitney,” he said.
Houston, who by chance drowned in a tub in 2012, was additionally shut with Winans’ sister, fellow gospel artist CeCe Winans. She later carried out at Houston’s funeral.
Three years after Houston’s dying, her daughter, Bobbi Kristina, died on the age of twenty-two. Houston’s mom, Cissy Houston, died in October on the age of 91.
