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Close Friends Say Whitney Houston ‘Was In A Lesbian Relationship With Her Assistant’

Whitney Houston’s friends have spoken out about claims she was in a relationship with her female assistant Robyn Crawford, with one pal insisting the singer was bisexual.

The revelations come in explosive new docu-film Whitney: Can I Be Me, which explores how close she was to Robyn Crawford.

The films reveals never before seen backstage footage of the superstar, and sheds new light on decades of rumours about her sexuality.

Whitney’s dresser Ellin Lavar says:

I don’t think she was gay, I think she was bisexual. Robyn provided a safe place for her … in that Whitney found safety and solace.”

Rumours followed the women throughout their careers, including while the singer was married to Bobby Brown.

The star’s former bodyguard David Roberts has claimed Robyn and Whitney’s ex-husband Bobby Brown used to clash over their affections for the ‘Greatest Love Of All’ singer.

Bobby Brown and Robyn Crawford together were the equivalent of fire and water, petrol and a short fuse – they hated each other. Simple. They would battle for her affections and they would battle for her attention, mainly to identify with the hate they had for each other.”

Documentary maker Nick Broomfield believes Whitney and Robyn’s relationship was the “closest” she had “for 15 years”, and insisted they often shared a bed together.

He told MailOnline:

It’s almost like people want the condom or here’s the stained sheet. I don’t know what kind of conclusive proof one wants except this is the closest relationship for years that Whitney had. They shared a house together; they often shared the same bed. I think the most important thing is that it was the most productive, supportive and creative relationship that she had for probably 15 years.”

In 2015, it was claimed Whitney was the victim of an extortion plot over the alleged lesbian affair. It was claimed in book ‘Whitney & Bobbi Kristina: The Deadly Price of Fame’ that a heavily-redacted FBI file on the late singer stated she was asked for $250,000 from a Chicago lawyer on the night before the premiere of her 1992 movie The Bodyguard.

The lawyer reportedly told an FBI agent their information included “knowledge of intimate details regarding Whitney Houston’s romantic relationships” and that they would “go public with the information”. But her father John Houston was said to have “settled the matter by sending a confidentiality agreement almost immediately”.

The singer repeatedly denied rumours she was in a relationship with her close companion Crawford.

Following her daughter’s death, Houston’s mother revealed to Oprah Winfrey that had her daughter been gay, she would “absolutely” have had a problem with it.

During the interview, Oprah read the section of the book where Cissy Houston wrote: “I knew I didn’t want Robyn near my daughter and I told Nippy [the family’s pet name for Whitney] that.”

Questioned by Oprah, Cissy Houston admitted she “didn’t really like” Crawford, saying she spoke “disrespectful”.

When Oprah asked if she would have been “bothered” if her daughter was a lesbian, she replied: “Absolutely.”

Whitney Houston Was Bisexual, Says New Documentary

Whitney Houston is an icon whose songs are still played all over the world. Who hasn’t belted I’m Every Woman to boost self-confidence after a breakup, or shed a tear as someone on America’s Got Talent/American Idol/X Factor sings, I Will Always Love You.

But did you know Houston was queer?

Many people don’t. But a new documentary, Whitney: Can I Be Me, dives in-depth into Houston’s tragic love for her best friend, which blossomed into an affair that continued during Houston’s marriage.

Houston met Robyn Crawford – who today would probably be called a stud – in 1979, when they were both teenagers trying to make it in New Jersey. They formed a fast connection that went deeper than friendship.

Houston’s security personnel, Kevin Ammons, says, “Robyn and Whitney were like twins.”

But then he elaborates, shifting away from the platonic dimension of their relationship.

They were inseparable. They had a bond, and Bobby Brown [Houston’s husband] could never remove Robyn. He wanted to be the man in the relationship.”

In June 2016, Brown admitted that Houston had had an affair with Crawford, confirming rumors that had been swirling about the two women since they’d first met. He went on to say that Houston was bisexual and that after fourteen years of marriage, he knew the ins and outs of her personal life. Although Houston had always denied romantic involvement with Crawford, Brown felt it necessary to come forward.

He also made the heartbreaking statement that Houston’s homophobic mother had kept Crawford and Houston separated, and that if the two women had been allowed to explore their relationship, Houston would be alive today.

Unfortunately, while the documentary provides great insight into the singer’s personal life, these revelations are too little too late. If Brown is to be believed, then Houston’s death is, in part, another tragic casualty of homophobia. One can only wish that she and Crawford had been allowed to be themselves.