Whitney Houston’s secret relationship with confidant Robyn Crawford was just a ‘teenage, year-old fling,’ claims music magnate Clive Davis
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Clive Davis weighs in on the secret romance between the late Whitney Houston and her confidante Robyn Crawford.
Robyn and Whitney — who met in 1980 when they were both counselors at summer camp — had a “teenager, one-year affair,” the music mogul claimed.
The subject of the long rumored secret relationship has resurfaced due to its inclusion in the Whitney biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody starring Naomi Ackie, which was released in theaters today.
The truth? Whitney Houston’s secret relationship with confidant Robyn Crawford was a ‘teenage, year-old affair,’ claims music mogul Clive Davis
Robyn previously confirmed the relationship with the late star herself in her 2019 memoir, claiming it was “romantic and sexual” but ended due to homophobic pressure.
In a new interview with AdditionalClive stated: “They had a year-long affair as a teenager.”
He added, “There have been so many articles that … have tried to trace her addiction to the fact that she was a frustrated lesbian or never dated a man before Bobby, all of which were totally inaccurate.”
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“I know several men she dated before Bobby. I mean, she’s been seeing Jermaine Jackson for two years.’
The pair met when Robyn was 16 and Whitney was 19, and she eventually went on to work for the superstar as her personal assistant.
Despite years of rumor — including rumors that the fling continued well into their adult years — neither of them confirmed their supposed romance while the star was alive.
Robyn, now 62, first broke her silence about their brief secret romance in 2019, seven years after Houston’s sudden death at age 48.
Robyn and Whitney – who met in 1980 when they were both counselors at summer camp – had a “teenage, one-year affair” (see above in 1998)
Speaking to The TODAY Show in an interview, she described the early days of their relationship, which began when they met as teenagers at a summer camp in 1980.
Our friendship was a deep friendship. In the beginning of that friendship it was physical,” Crawford told TODAY’s Craig Melvin.
She said no one knew about the physical aspect of their relationship because “it was ours.”
The terms of their relationship changed as Houston’s career took off. Crawford recounted how Whitney came up to her one day in 1982, around the time she was signing a record deal with Clive Davis, and said, “I don’t think we need to be physical anymore.”
“The music business was a world we were learning,” said Crawford. “We didn’t want anything to get in the way of where she was going.”
Asked if she was upset about Houston’s decision, Crawford said no.
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“I just felt like I wasn’t going to lose much. I still loved her as much as she loved me,” she said, adding, “We were intimate on many levels.”
Crawford explained that she’s opening up about the romance nearly four decades later because she wants the world to get a more complete picture of the superstar she knew and loved.
‘I looked [Houston] rising to the top of her game and I felt compelled to share who that woman behind all the fame was,” she said.
“I never thought I would speak publicly about my life and then I asked myself, ‘What would Whitney want? Would she understand, you know, the time is now?’”
Melvin asked if Crawford is concerned that people will speculate that she made up the story, to which she replied, “Some people may feel that way.” Hopefully they don’t.
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