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Oh boy. This is one hell of a flub!

Netflix was thrown into scandal this past weekend when Google Plus Week host Dan McDermott noticed that the Whitney Houston film The Bodyguard was no longer available for streaming, and was allegedly told by a company representative that the studio pulled the film so they could make money on DVD sales in light of her death!

However, the whole thing turns out to be a misunderstanding, and McDermott is the first to admit it!

According to him, the rep with whom he spoke "had bad information" and once he checked the film's cache, he discovered

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Tasteless or beneficial??

We're having a hard time deciding which one, but we're bordering on tacky.

The family of Whitney Houston has struck a deal to sell video of her funeral, or her "home going" as her family calls it, to help out Bobbi Kristina.

Even though the family agreed to air a live feed of the funeral on several media outlets, the websites were required to take the footage down 24 hours later because they "agreed to license footage to several media outlets."

The family's rep says they are charging "customary fees" to "help maximize the estate for the benefit of Bobbi Kristina."

Capitalizing on Whitney's funeral, and basically her death, doesn't seem like the best option, but we guess if they must….

[Image via WENN.]

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