Whitney Houston’s longtime friend — and rumored lesbian lover — is ready to speak out on her relationship with the late singer.
Robyn Crawford is finally clearing the air on her close friendship with the Grammy winner in a memoir set for release this fall. Her book, A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston, chronicles the pair’s first meeting as teens in the 1980s and details their decades-long personal and professional relationship.
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Rumors of Crawford’s relationship with Houston came to light following the tragic passing of the singer in 2012 — and then saw a resurgence last year following the release of the documentary Whitney, which presented the singer’s bisexuality as fact.
In the 2018 film, Whitney’s ex Bobby Brown and multiple family members confirmed that she and Crawford — who worked as the singer’s assistant for 15 years until around 2000 — were more than friends. Crawford, however, declined to be interviewed in the documentary and has stayed largely silent about their relationship…
Until now!!
According to a press release from Penguin Publishing Group, the author, who is described as a “trusted and loyal friend” to Houston, will “share the moving and often complicated story of her life and relationship with Whitney” in her upcoming memoir. The statement adds:
“Since Whitney’s death in 2012, Robyn Crawford has stayed out of the limelight and held the great joys, wild adventures, and hard truths of her life with Whitney close to her heart… [Crawford] traces the years from when she and Whitney first met as teenagers in the 1980s to the recording of Whitney’s first album and the infinite success that followed. From countless sold-out world tours to her epic rendition of the US national anthem to the set of The Bodyguard, her tempestuous marriage, and the birth of her only child, Robyn was there… Finally, the person who knew her best sets the record straight.”
No pun intended?
Although Crawford has yet to officially speak out on her relationship with Houston, or even confirm it for that matter, many have already speculated why things didn’t work out between the two.
In Whitney, it was argued that the I Wanna Dance With Somebody singer found it impossible to maintain a relationship with Crawford due to her continued trauma and the pressures of maintaining her public image.
Aside from detailing their personal relationship, the 320-page memoir will also recount Houston’s career through Crawford’s eyes — including the songstress’s rise to fame, her tumultuous marriage to Brown, and the birth of Whitney’s late daughter, Bobbi Kristina.
A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston is set to be released on November 5.
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